Can Isatis root help lose weight?

Isatis root is a medicinal material, because isatis root is used to clear away heat, detoxify and treat heatstroke, but isatis root has nothing to do with weight loss, and we cannot use isatis root to lose weight. Long-term use of isatis root is very harmful to the body, causing diarrhea and chest tightness in patients, and also causing weak spleen and stomach and loss of appetite. Therefore, if you want to lose weight, you should use exercise.

Drinking Isatis root has little to do with being fat. The healthiest way to lose weight is to control your diet and exercise at the same time. When exercising to lose weight, you must pay attention to reaching a certain intensity. The approximate calculation method is as follows. Use 220-your age = your maximum heart rate. Generally, it should reach at least 60% to 80% of this value, which is best for fat-free weight loss. Each exercise should last about 30 minutes to achieve the effect of weight loss. In terms of diet, you should eat less greasy food, sweets, and staple foods; and eat more vegetables and fruits. Control the food intake for each meal in the morning, afternoon and evening to about 70% of the original amount.

1. Some people drink Isatis root powder as tea to prevent colds, or use Isatis root to treat colds, which is actually not scientific. Isatis root cannot prevent and treat all colds or infectious respiratory diseases, and is especially not suitable for wind-cold type colds or yin deficiency colds.

2. If healthy people take too much Isatis root, it will damage the spleen and stomach. Long-term oral administration may cause loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, vomiting of clear saliva, diarrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, etc.

3. People with weak constitution, fear of cold, indigestion and prone to diarrhea should not use Isatis root granules to prevent colds, otherwise it will lead to symptoms such as chills, stomach pain, loss of appetite, etc.

4. Isatis root can also cause allergic skin reactions and adverse reactions in the digestive and hematopoietic systems, but most of the allergic reactions caused by isatis root injection are dizziness, chest tightness, shortness of breath, vomiting, cyanosis of the face and lips, conjunctival congestion, swelling and pain in the eyes, palpitations, irritability, numbness of the limbs, flushing of the skin all over the body, itching, rash or urticaria. In severe cases, it can cause anaphylactic shock and even be life-threatening.

5. Young children are weak and taking too much bitter and cold Isatis root will damage their stomach qi. In addition, when children take Isatis root, they should not use adult doses, and should not take large doses for a long time.