Chinese herbal medicines such as ginger, ginseng, licorice, angelica or astragalus are often added to common dietary supplements in winter to nourish the body. However, people often ignore that western medicine may interact with traditional Chinese medicine. How to match ingredients with traditional Chinese medicinal materials, so as to take care of health and eat with peace of mind?
Tang Ruyi, a pharmacist from the Drug Injury Relief Foundation, pointed out that the homology of medicine and food is a common food culture in Chinese society. Chinese people often add Chinese herbal medicines to their meals or dishes. , Astragalus can invigorate qi and regulate immune function, especially in cold winter, people like to eat warm and nourishing dishes to enhance immunity and recuperate the body.
Tang Ruyi emphasized that patients with chronic diseases must pay attention to the medicines or health foods they are currently using and consider their own diseases before using ingredients that are both medicinal and edible.
For example, patients taking heart drugs (such as digoxin) or blood pressure-lowering diuretics (such as spironolactone, amiloride, furosemide, and hydrochlorothiazide, etc.), if they eat food containing licorice, are more likely to increase the toxicity of western medicine due to hypokalemia , or reduce the efficacy of antihypertensive drugs; among them, furosemide and ginseng may reduce the diuretic effect.
Another class of antihypertensive drugs calcium blockers (such as nifedipine) combined with ginseng may increase the incidence of adverse reactions of western medicines.
As for patients who take hypoglycemic drugs (such as glyburide and glimepiride), the combined use of licorice may affect blood sugar control; when using astragalus, yam and other medicinal materials, it should be noted that it may have the effect of enhancing blood sugar lowering.
Common anticoagulant drugs (such as warfarin) should also be avoided to be used together with Chinese angelica, ginger and salvia. Similar to the pharmacological effects of western medicine, long-term use may increase the anticoagulant effect and increase the risk of bleeding.
In addition, long-term use of angelica and chuanxiong in patients using antiplatelet drugs (such as aspirin and clopidogrel) will aggravate the anticoagulant effect and increase the risk of bleeding.
Tang Ruyi suggested that pregnant women, people with three highs, people with cardiovascular disease and kidney disease should consult a doctor before taking supplements. Try not to choose or buy Chinese herbal medicines to supplement your body. In addition, if you have a cold, gastrointestinal discomfort, or are in the menstrual period, it is not suitable to take supplements, so as to avoid adverse effects or excessive supplementation.
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