Toxicity of Cyathula officinalis

As a traditional Chinese medicine, Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata is actually used by many friends in their daily lives. Sichuan Achyranthes has many benefits for the human body, such as promoting blood circulation, relieving dysmenorrhea, and dispelling wind, and it has a good effect on treating damp waist and knee pain and joint pain. The use of Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata is also toxic, especially for pregnant women, because it can easily cause strong uterine contraction reactions.

The efficacy of Sichuan Cyathula:

Dispel wind, eliminate dampness, regulate menstruation and promote blood circulation. It is used to treat rheumatic pain in the waist and knees, leg weakness and muscle spasms, stranguria, hematuria, amenorrhea in women, and abdominal masses. It is used for amenorrhea, retained placenta, joint pain, foot paralysis and muscle spasm, hematuria and hematuria, and injuries from falls.

① "Compilation of Medicinal Materials": It is used to treat beatings, stab wounds and has the effect of relieving pain.

② "Chinese Materia Medica": breaks up blood and descends.

③ "Handbook of Chinese Medicinal Materials": It has many functions of dispelling wind and dampness, and other functions are the same as those of Chinese Rhizoma Cynoglossi.

④ "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica": dispel wind and dampness, promote menstruation and disperse blood. It is used to treat cold and dampness, pain in the waist and legs, weak feet and muscle spasms, amenorrhea and abdominal masses in women, gonorrhea, hematuria, impotence and inuria.

The role of Sichuan Cyathula:

Pharmacological Action

1. Protein assimilation

The insect metamorphosis steroid hormone contained in this product has a strong effect on promoting egg meat synthesis. About 2 hours after giving mice subhydroxyecdysterone, the incorporation of amino acid precursors in the mouse liver cell nucleus, mitochondria and microsomes increased. The effect was stronger at 4 hours, and its intensity of action was similar to that of 4-chlorotestosterone. At the same time, enhanced protein synthesis was also seen in the kidneys, but returned to its original level after 4 hours. Amaranthone also has a similar effect. Giving mice only 5mcg per day can produce obvious effects without any toxic reactions.

2. Anti-fertility effect

There are three kinds of extracts of this product, namely benzene extract, ethyl acetate extract and alcohol extract. It has anti-fertility and anti-implantation effects on mice.

3. Other functions

The aceasterone contained in this product has estrogenic activity. When immature rats were given 500 mg/(kg?d) for 3 days, the uterine weight increased, but the ovarian weight was not significantly affected. The fluid extract has a relaxing effect on the uterus of non-pregnant cats. But it has a strong contraction effect on the pregnant uterus.

Moreover, since Sichuan Rhizoma Cynoglossi is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material, many people like to take it in normal times. However, there will be certain toxicity when taking it, and the toxicity is mainly for some pregnant women, because Sichuan Rhizoma Cynoglossi can cause strong uterine contractions in pregnant women, which can cause fetal malformations in some cases and may even cause miscarriage in women. Therefore, pregnant women must pay attention. If they accidentally eat this Chinese medicinal material, they must pay attention to regular prenatal check-ups. At the same time, women with excessive menstrual flow should not take this medicinal material. And for all of us, we should try to take Sichuan Rhizoma Cynoglossi as little as possible, otherwise it will easily affect our health, so everyone should be careful.

The above introduces some information about Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata. We can find that taking Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata itself is very good. It can promote our kidney health very well and is beneficial to both men and women. However, there is also certain toxicity when taking Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata, so we cannot take too much. We need to be clear about this.