Toxic symptoms of Anticancer Traditional Chinese medicine?

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People often think that Chinese herbal medicine is mild in nature, and can cure diseases without diseases. Some patients even think that "Chinese herbal medicine has no toxic and side effects", so they have a special preference for Chinese herbal medicine. In fact, this is a wrong view. Ouyang Xuenong, director of Oncology Department of traditional Chinese medicine, pointed out that many anti-cancer traditional Chinese medicines used in clinic are toxic and side effects. Improper use can also cause organ injury or poisoning. Toxic symptoms of Anticancer Traditional Chinese medicine? Let's talk about it.

Toxic symptoms of Anticancer Traditional Chinese medicine?

Traditional Chinese medicine anti-cancer is the use of traditional Chinese medicine toxicity, bias. For cancer treatment, complete and absolutely safe traditional Chinese medicine almost does not exist. Commonly used anti-cancer Chinese medicine are: cantharides, scorpion, leech, dung beetle, centipede, toad, Croton, Naosha, etc. Most of these traditional Chinese medicines are effective and quick acting. If they are used properly in clinical practice, they can set up shenbi; If used improperly, it can cause poisoning.

In addition, the traditional Chinese medicine with its own toxic components are Muscovy turtle, Stephania tetrandra, Aconitum carmichaeli, curcuma zedoary, cantharis, etc. the main toxic components are alkaloids, which can produce the first excitation and then inhibition effect on the central nervous system; Aconitine in Aconitum kusnezoffii kusnezoffii kusnezoffii, Artemisia selengensis, soshanhu and so on, if the dosage is too large, improper processing, improper decocting or the body is too sensitive to the drug, it can cause poisoning, manifested as arrhythmia and ECG changes; Traditional Chinese medicine containing cardiotonic glycosides, such as Apocynum venetum leaves and Tangsu, can also cause digitalis poisoning; Berberine can cause acute cardiogenic cerebral hypoxia syndrome, even death; Some traditional Chinese medicines also have side effects such as allergy, carcinogenesis, teratogenesis, hemolysis, abortion and reduction of male sperm.

Although many traditional Chinese medicine is toxic side effects, but not terrible, in general, the adverse reactions of traditional Chinese medicine is far less than synthetic drugs. However, the human body has certain detoxification and detoxification functions, which can produce a certain degree of adaptability to traditional Chinese medicine; Moreover, the sugars and vitamins contained in traditional Chinese medicine may be converted into glucose and glucuronic acid, which can help detoxify; Some traditional Chinese medicines contain protein and colloid, which can protect gastric mucosa, alleviate irritation, hinder the absorption of toxic ingredients, and can combine with some toxic ingredients, such as alkaloids, and excrete them out of the body, so as to eliminate drug toxicity and adverse drug reactions.

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The characteristics of drugs to fight poison with poison are that the effective dose is very close to the toxic dose. Therefore, to ensure the quality of drugs, to improve the dosage form, to change the way of medication, to stop the drug and to detoxify are the ways to deal with it. There are also ways to detoxify, such as purging fire and defecating stool, diuresis and removing dampness, sweating, diet, vomit, acupuncture and bloodletting.