Can Niuhuang Qingxin Pills be taken casually?

Niuhuang Qingxin Pills are a common Chinese patent medicine in the form of large reddish-brown honey pills with a fragrant aroma and slightly sweet taste. It is composed of many medicinal materials such as bezoar, angelica, chuanxiong, licorice, yam, scutellaria, bitter almond (fried), soybean yellow roll, jujube (pitted), atractylodes (fried), poria, platycodon, saposhnikovia, bupleurum, donkey-hide gelatin, dried ginger, white peony, ginseng, Liushenqu (fried), cinnamon, ophiopogon, white ampel, pollen (fried), artificial musk, borneol, buffalo horn concentrated powder, antelope horn, cinnabar, realgar, etc. It has the effects of clearing the mind and calming the nerves, removing phlegm and extinguishing wind. In traditional Chinese medicine, it can be used to treat dizziness, excessive phlegm, confusion, slurred speech, convulsions, epilepsy, etc. caused by wind and phlegm blocking the orifices. Western medicine can treat high blood pressure, stroke and other symptoms. So, since it has such efficacy, can Niuhuang Qingxin Pills be taken casually?

Let’s take a closer look at its contraindications.

Niuhuang Qingxin Pills should not be taken for a long time, and should not be taken as a tonic.

1. Niuhuang Qingxin Pills are known as a "scientific herbal tea" that can both clear and nourish the body, and are also often used as a daily health care and preventive medicine.

2. Niuhuang Qingxin Pills have the effects of clearing the heart and detoxifying, calming the nerves and tranquilizing the mind, resolving phlegm and extinguishing wind. It can be used to treat hypertension, precursors of stroke, cerebrovascular accidents, sequelae of cerebral thrombosis, neurasthenia, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, etc., and has a significant effect on improving heart and brain functions. It can not only harmonize the Ying and Wei Qi and blood, but also clear the heart and relieve heat. It has exquisite compatibility, harmonious combination of warm and cool, neither cold nor hot, and it can nourish while clearing, clear while nourishing, clear while purging, and strengthen while purging. It is suitable for people regardless of their physical condition, or whether they have a strong or weak constitution. It is the first choice for treating wind and phlegm.

3. Long-term use of Niuhuang Qingxin Pills may cause drug resistance, and because Niuhuang Qingxin Pills contain ingredients such as bezoar, musk, and buffalo horn, they cannot be taken for a long time, and Niuhuang Qingxin Pills should not be taken as a tonic.

4. Long-term use of Niuhuang Qingxin Pills may cause gastrointestinal discomfort. It is not suitable for patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers and those with liver and kidney dysfunction and must be used with caution.