What are the effects of Zhoushen tablets?

Salvia miltiorrhiza is a relatively common Chinese herbal medicine and contains certain nutrients. Therefore, many people use it to make tea, which can calm the nerves, help sleep, replenish qi and nourish blood. In addition, it also has a certain improvement effect on irregular menstruation. Danshen tablets generally refer to compound danshen tablets, which are made with purple danshen as the main ingredient and some other Chinese medicinal materials added. Compared with some drugs, danshen tablets have little side effects, but authoritative experts recommend not to take danshen tablets for a long time.

Can Danshen tablets be taken for a long time? Generally speaking, it is not recommended to take it for a long time, because the purple salvia miltiorrhiza component in Danshen tablets can stimulate the renal tubular cortex to secrete calcium ions, causing our kidneys to secrete excessive calcium ions. These calcium ions will be excreted in the urine of the body, and over time it will cause potassium deficiency in the human body. Hypokalemia can make people feel weak, sore all over, unwilling to eat, nausea, bloating, etc. Common compound danshen tablets contain camphor. Long-term use will aggravate the symptoms of insufficient heart yang in patients with coronary heart disease, thereby damaging heart function, which is very unfavorable to the treatment of the disease.

Danshen tablets have many functions. They can be used for red, swollen and painful eyes and mouth sores in the short term. Because Danshen tablets are slightly cold in nature, they have a very good effect of clearing away heat, reducing fire, relieving swelling and removing blood stasis. Danshen tablets can open up the orifices and refresh the mind, and can also be used for some closed-symptom coma conditions. In addition, Danshen tablets are mainly used to treat some cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension and coronary heart disease. Danshen tablets have the effects of increasing arteriovenous flow and improving myocardial hypoxia.

Dietary combinations for Danshen tablets. If you take Danshen tablets frequently, you need to pay more attention to adjusting your diet, because long-term use of Danshen tablets can lead to potassium outflow from the body. You need to eat more potassium-rich foods, such as soybeans, potatoes, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, peanuts, etc. For fruits, bananas and oranges are good choices. Bananas are rich in potassium and can replenish energy very quickly.

Above we have learned about some of the effects of Danshen tablets. Danshen tablets are a therapeutic drug often taken by many patients with three high diseases. It has a very good inhibitory and alleviating effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, you don't have to rely on taking this medicine for a long time. Although its side effects and side effects are not serious, as the saying goes, all medicines are three-point poisons. Long-term use of Danshen tablets still has certain adverse effects on your health.