The curative effect of Angong Niuhuang Pill is beyond doubt, but it is by no means a panacea for all diseases. People must master the indications and precautions before taking this medicine, and it is best to take it under the guidance of a doctor. So, what should you pay attention to when taking Angong Niuhuang Pills?
1. Patients with coma accompanied by cold hands and limbs, oily forehead sweat and white greasy tongue coating should take warm prescription Su Hexiang Pill instead of Angong Niuhuang Pill.
2. Patients with yin deficiency who have symptoms of red tongue and little fur should not take Angong Niuhuang Pill, otherwise it will aggravate the damage of yin fluid in their bodies.
3. Angong Niuhuang Pill contains musk, which can easily lead to abortion for pregnant women, so pregnant women should use Angong Niuhuang Pill with caution.
4. Calculus Bovis, rhinoceros horn, realgar, Rhizoma Coptidis, Scutellariae Radix, Gardenia and other medicines in Angong Niuhuang Pills are all cold products, which are easy to damage people's spleen and stomach. Therefore, patients with spleen and stomach weakness who often have diarrhea should not take Angong Niuhuang Pill.
5. Cinnabar and realgar in Angong Niuhuang Pills contain toxic components such as mercury sulfide and arsenic sulfide respectively, so people should not take Angong Niuhuang Pills in large quantities or for a long time.
6. Angong Niuhuang Pill contains realgar. When realgar meets nitrite or ferrous salts (ferrous sulfate, ferrous gluconate and ferrous fumarate), thioarsenate can be generated, which can reduce the curative effect of Angong Niuhuang Pill. Similarly, realgar can oxidize arsenic sulfide contained in realgar when it meets nitrate or sulfate, thus enhancing its toxicity. Therefore, Angong Niuhuang should not be taken with nitrite, ferrous salt, nitrate and sulfate drugs.
7. Angong Niuhuang Pill contains rhinoceros horn. According to the principle of "Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii is not suitable for rhinoceros" in the Nineteen Fears of TCM, drugs containing Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii or Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii should be avoided when taking Angong Niuhuang Pills.
8. During taking Angong Niuhuang Pills, you should avoid spicy and thick food, so as not to help the fire produce phlegm.