Can pregnant women drink Chaihu oral liquid?

Chaihu oral liquid is a medicine that can relieve fever, provide sedation and analgesia, have antibacterial and antiviral effects, enhance immunity, and lower blood pressure and blood lipids. It is widely used in clinical medicine. However, not everyone can take Chaihu oral liquid. For example, for pregnant women with special physical conditions, taking Chaihu oral liquid will have a great impact on the health of the mother and fetus, so it is not recommended.

1. Can pregnant women drink Chaihu oral liquid?

Pregnant women have special physical conditions, so they are generally not suitable for taking medications. Although some medications can be taken, they need to be taken under the guidance of a doctor. Pregnant women can take Chaihu oral liquid, but they need to be taken under the guidance of a doctor to prevent the medication from affecting the growth and health of the fetus. The main effect of Chaihu oral liquid is to relieve exterior symptoms and reduce fever, and it mainly treats exogenous fever. The main symptoms are headache, body aches, dry mouth and thirst, and fever and red face. Because the main ingredient of Chaihu oral liquid is Chaihu, the medicine is a Chinese patent medicine, which does little harm to people's body and has few side effects.

2. The efficacy and function of Bupleurum

Harmonize Shaoyang, soothe the liver and stomach, raise Yang and lift the sunken. It is used to treat alternating chills and fever, chest fullness and flank pain, bitter taste in the mouth and deafness, headache and dizziness, malaria, diarrhea and prolapse of the rectum, irregular menstruation, uterine prolapse, and heat entering the blood chamber.

Bupleurum has a bitter and flat taste and enters the liver and gallbladder meridians. It has the functions of dispelling wind, reducing fever, soothing the liver, relieving depression and raising yang. It is mainly used to treat colds and fever, alternating chills and fever, malaria, distension and pain in the flanks, and irregular menstruation.

Modern pharmacological research has shown that Bupleurum has the following effects:

1. The antipyretic and antipyretic effects are stable and reliable.

2. Sedative and analgesic, it can relieve chest tightness and pain, relieve depression and regulate menstruation.

3. Antibacterial, has inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

4. Anti-liver damage effect.

5. Antiviral, it has a strong inhibitory effect on influenza virus and has an inhibitory effect on the cell damage caused by type 1 polio virus.

6. Promote immune function. The phagocytic function and natural killer cell function are enhanced, the virus-specific antibody titer is increased, the lymphocyte translocation rate is increased, and the skin delayed allergic reaction is increased.

7. Lower blood lipids, cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids.

3. Precautions for taking Chaihu Oral Liquid

Chaihu oral liquid has the effect of relieving fever and is mainly used to treat exogenous fever, with symptoms such as fever, red face, headache, body pain, dry mouth and thirst. Its usage and dosage are: oral, 10-20 ml at a time, 3 times a day, children can take less, and it is better to take it before meals. Generally, it is taken 15-30 minutes before meals. During the use, you need to pay attention to the following points:

1. Avoid smoking, drinking, spicy, cold, and greasy food. 2. It is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicine at the same time while taking this medicine. 3. Diabetic patients and those with severe chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, etc. should take the medicine under the guidance of a physician. 4. Children, pregnant women, lactating women, and the elderly and infirm should take the medicine under the guidance of a physician. 5. Patients with fever exceeding 38.5℃ should go to the hospital for treatment. 6. If symptoms are not relieved after taking the medicine for 3 days, you should go to the hospital for treatment.