Angong Niuhuang Pills Efficacy and Contraindications

Angong Niuhuang Pills is a traditional Chinese medicine that has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, calming the nerves and invigorating the mind. It is often used to treat fever. It has a good therapeutic effect on high fever convulsions, coma and delirium. It can also treat stroke and coma. It can also play a good auxiliary therapeutic role for encephalitis, meningitis and toxic encephalitis. When using the medicine, you should understand the contraindications of the medicine and it cannot be taken with nitrate drugs.

Angong Niuhuang Pills

Angong Niuhuang Wan is a prescription used to treat pericardial heat in febrile diseases, coma caused by stroke, and convulsions in children. Its symptoms include coma, delirium, irritability, etc. Angong Niuhuang Wan should not be taken together with nitrates or sulfates. Because Angong Niuhuang Pills contain realgar, taking them together with nitrites and ferrous salts may generate thioarsenate, which may reduce the efficacy of the medicine.

Angong Niuhuang Pills are composed of 30 grams each of bezoar, turmeric, rhinoceros horn, scutellaria, coptis, realgar, gardenia, and cinnabar, 7.5 grams each of borneol and musk, 15 grams of pearl, and gold foil as a coating. It has the effects of clearing away heat, opening the orifices, resolving phlegm and detoxifying. It is a prescription used to treat heat trapped in the pericardium due to febrile diseases, coma caused by stroke, and convulsions in children, with symptoms such as coma, delirium, and irritability.

Contraindications of Angong Niuhuang Pills

The contraindications of Angong Niuhuang Wan include that Angong Niuhuang Wan should not be taken together with nitrates or sulfates. Because Angong Niuhuang Pills contain realgar, taking them together with nitrites and ferrous salts may generate thioarsenate, which may reduce the efficacy of the medicine. Similarly, taking realgar together with nitrates and sulfates can oxidize the arsenic sulfide contained in it, increasing its toxicity.

Secondly, Angong Niuhuang Pills should be used with caution. Pay attention to the dosage and time of use, and do not take excessively. Especially those with liver and kidney dysfunction should use it with caution to prevent adverse reactions or even life-threatening effects due to improper use. If symptoms of poisoning occur, stop taking the drug immediately. Since there is currently no specific antidote for Angong Niuhuang Pill poisoning, the patient should be sent to the hospital for emergency detoxification measures such as gastric lavage.

Secondly, the diet should be light during the medication period, and spicy and greasy foods should be avoided to avoid promoting fire and producing phlegm. In addition, this product is designed for treating coma caused by heat, and should not be used for coma caused by cold.

Precautions

1. This product is designed for heat-induced coma and should not be used for cold-induced coma.

2. This product contains musk, which has a lingering fragrance and can damage the fetus. Pregnant women should use it with caution.

3. During the medication period, the diet should be light and spicy and greasy foods should be avoided to avoid promoting fire and producing phlegm.

4. This product contains cinnabar and realgar. It is not suitable for long-term excessive use. Patients with liver and kidney dysfunction should use it with caution.

5. If during the treatment, symptoms such as cold limbs, pale complexion, continuous cold sweats, weak pulse, and the syndrome of closedness turns into syndrome of looseness occur, the medication should be stopped immediately.

6. For patients with high fever, coma, stroke, etc. who have difficulty taking this product orally, the drug should be administered through nasogastric tube.

7. Pregnant women, lactating women, children and the elderly should follow the doctor's advice when using this product.

8. Use with caution if you have allergies.

9. Children must use this product under adult supervision.

10. If you are taking other medicines, please consult your physician before using this product.

11. The wax skin, plastic ball shell and cellophane should be removed before taking the product; this product should not be swallowed whole.