1, which should not be taken blindly.
1, illness delayed, even delayed. It turns out that many patients' "colds, coughs and sore throats" belong to bacterial infections and need antibacterial treatment. If we only use heat-clearing and antidote blindly at this time, the ideal antibacterial effect will certainly not be achieved, because the antibacterial effect of such drugs is weak, and the consequences of taking "weak action" against "strong enemies" can be imagined, leading to prolonged illness, repeated coughing and fever, and even aggravating the illness. In addition, for cough and other symptoms, excessive use of cold-type heat-clearing and detoxification drugs will cause pathogenic qi to stagnate inside rather than outside, and the course of disease will be prolonged and it will be difficult to recover.
Dr. Lan Haitao pointed out that clearing away heat and toxic materials and antibiotics cannot replace each other. Although studies have shown that traditional Chinese medicines for clearing away heat and toxic materials have certain antibacterial effects, it is difficult to guarantee the curative effect by using these drugs alone. So I haven't recovered after taking medicine for two or three days, so I'd better go to the hospital for further diagnosis and treatment.
2, take medicine to eat bad stomach. Many people think that Chinese patent medicine is safe and nontoxic, and it is very safe to take it for a long time. So they are used to making Banlangen tea and boat-fruited Sterculia in hot summer. In fact, both ancient records and modern research show that traditional Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials cannot be taken for a long time. It turns out that clearing away heat and detoxifying is a cold product. Long-term use will cause spleen and stomach yang deficiency, leading to loss of appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea. Many people take this medicine and feel sick in their stomachs, but they don't know it, and they don't know it. They think it is caused by other diseases.
3, do not use drugs to aggravate the condition. Professor Qi Wensheng said, for example, Qingkailing oral liquid is mainly used for high fever caused by exogenous wind-heat, fire poison, etc., but some patients use this medicine when they have mild fever, which not only can not cure the disease, but may also aggravate the condition. In addition, patients with colds in air-conditioned rooms belong to "external cold and internal heat", and it is not appropriate to use heat-clearing and antidote for bitter cold. Instead, it is necessary to use drugs such as Jiawei Gegen Decoction and Jiawei Xiaochaihu Decoction to dissipate the internal heat, otherwise the "internal heat" will be wrapped more tightly and cannot be dissipated.
There is no need to prepare heat-clearing and antidote at home.
Professor Qi Wensheng pointed out that there are three reasons for the overuse of traditional Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials. First, after the antibiotic restriction order, the antibiotics in the pharmacy can't be sold. Therefore, the clerk strongly recommends heat-clearing and detoxification drugs instead; Second, advertisements will "subtly" some incorrect drug use concepts, such as "I am relieved that Chinese medicine is anti-inflammatory", which has no medical reason; Third, people have long loved clearing away heat and toxic materials, and many people's medication experience comes from relatives, friends and even neighbors. This has caused many families to blindly store heat-clearing and antidote.
Professor Qi believes that the essence of TCM lies in syndrome differentiation and treatment. Only by taking the pulse and looking at the tongue picture in the hospital can the most suitable medicine be prescribed. It is wrong to blindly store Chinese patent medicines at home.
2. A porridge for clearing away heat and toxic materials
(1) Watermelon porridge
Ingredients: 500g watermelon, 50g sago, 0g orange cake10g, 50g rock sugar.
Practice: the watermelon is seeded and diced, the sago is soaked, and the orange cake is cut into filaments. Put seedless watermelon pulp, crystal sugar and orange cake into a pot and cook together. Add the sago and cook.
Function: It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving restlessness, quenching thirst, relieving alcoholism and lowering blood pressure.
(2) Rosa roxburghii porridge
Raw materials: Rosa roxburghii10g, japonica rice100g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: Mash the Rosa roxburghii, then remove the residue (or boil the juice to remove the residue) and leave the juice. Put the washed rice and rock sugar into the Rosa roxburghii juice and cook it into porridge.
Function: It has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting digestion and regulating stomach.
(3) Banana porridge
Ingredients: 3 bananas, glutinous rice 100g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: Peel bananas and cut them into cubes. Cook rice in a boiling water pot, add peeled diced bananas and iced sugar, and cook into porridge.
Function: clearing heat and moistening intestines, harmonizing stomach and strengthening spleen.
(4) Tomato porridge
Ingredients: tomato 250g, sago100g, sugar150g, a little rose sauce.
Practice: Boil sugar, peeled and diced tomatoes and sago (soaked in clear water until it floats completely) in a boiling pot, and add rose sauce to serve.
Function: clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and calming liver.
(5) Eriobotrya porridge
Ingredients: 6 loquats, 50g sago, proper amount of sugar and water.
Practice: Wash loquat and soak sago. Loquat, sago and sugar are boiled into porridge in clear water.
Function: moistening lung to quench thirst, relieving cough and lowering qi.