The European Union and Singapore banned the use of aristolochic acid-containing herbs between 2001 and 2005. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also issued a warning letter in 2001 asking consumers to stop using any plant products containing aristolochic acid.
But in China, it has poisoned tens of thousands of Chinese people under the guise of being a "life-saving medicine". It's time to reveal its true colors!
Important warning! It is the strongest carcinogen, many Chinese people are still eating
With the discovery of **tang cough medicine in Australia some time ago, there is a toxic emergency recall event, aristolochic acid was once again pushed to the wind of public opinion.
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) found traces of two dangerous substances, aristolochic acid and bitter amygdalin, in 2 batches of cough medicines produced by Beijing **Tang. The situation is so serious that purchasers are being asked to stop taking this medicine immediately. The recall notice was accompanied by a description and product diagram in Chinese.
Important warning! It is the strongest carcinogen, but many Chinese people are still eating it
Aristolochic acid, is a class of nitro-phenanthrenecarboxylic acids that are carcinogenic and nephrotoxic. These organic compounds occur naturally in plants of the Aristolochiaceae family, such as Aristolochia spp. and Aristolochia sp. which were once widely used as herbal medicines. They are used for infectious diseases such as bronchitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, pyelonephritis, nephritis, prostatitis and boils, acne, etc., and are often used in conjunction with antibiotics to speed healing.
Recently, it has been confirmed by a paper from Shanghai Jiaotong University that aristolochic acid can indeed cause liver cancer. If there is a chain of contempt from the strongest to the weakest cancer-causing ability, then it should be located quite near the top. Moreover, the more you consume, the more likely you are to get liver cancer. So please be careful when taking herbs or pCms to avoid toxic ingredients!
Important warning! It is the strongest carcinogen, but many Chinese people are still eating it
Because of the complexity of the ingredients in Chinese medicines, no one has studied the hepatotoxicity of Chinese medicines abroad, and there is a lack of data on safety studies at home, which has led to the use of Chinese medicines in the process of Chinese medicine, and many Chinese people are not aware of some of the side-effects of the Chinese herbs.
In the minds of many Chinese people, Chinese herbal medicine represents "pure nature", and they tend to relax their vigilance on it, which can lead to overdose of wrong prescription, resulting in acute liver failure and other serious liver diseases, and even death.
So, experts once again reiterate that medicine is a poison and no drug should be used without authorization.
Important warning! It is the strongest carcinogen, many Chinese people are still eating
In addition, the Internet rumors that the fish is also contained in aristolochic acid, whether everyone should be banned from eating fish? Experts have confirmed the strong carcinogenicity of aristolochic acid I, while the fish is determined to contain aristolochic lactam BII, AII and FII class, not the same substance. So don't worry, you should be able to continue to consume fishy grass!