Berberine Hydrochloride

Do you know about berberine hydrochloride? Do you know what kind of medicine it is? If we talk about berberine, everyone should know that berberine hydrochloride is actually called berberine in medicine. It is a Western medicine extracted from Coptis chinensis. It is very good for clearing heat and detoxifying. If we usually have symptoms of getting angry, we usually take berberine to reduce the fire. It is also an effective medicine for treating diarrhea.

When it comes to berberine hydrochloride, I probably don’t know what it is. In fact, berberine is berberine hydrochloride. It is already a very common medicine. It has many functions. The most common one is clearing away heat and detoxifying. Let’s learn about this medicine in detail.

Berberine hydrochloride is a Western medicine, and its real name is "Berberine". It is an antibacterial bioalkali extracted from Coptis chinensis and Phellodendron chinense, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. According to traditional Chinese medicine, this type of medicine is cool in nature and can clear away evil heat or false heat and eliminate harmful toxins. According to modern medicine, it can fight pathogenic microorganisms, reduce inflammation and fever, and has inhibitory effects on Shigella dysenteriae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pneumococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Salmonella typhi, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Amoeba, etc., with the strongest inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae.

Perhaps it is for this reason that "Coptis chinensis" has been a good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying in traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times. But since when, many people will take berberine immediately when they have diarrhea, and berberine has become a panacea for treating diarrhea.

It is effective for diseases such as bacterial dysentery

Berberine hydrochloride is extremely poorly absorbed after oral administration. In layman's terms, after taking berberine hydrochloride orally, its components almost all remain in the gastrointestinal tract and are not easy to pass through the gastrointestinal tract into the blood (strictly speaking, not easy to enter the body). Therefore, it is ineffective for some patients suspected of having systemic diseases, but it is particularly effective for gastroenteritis, bacterial dysentery and other inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract. Berberine hydrochloride has no effect on non-infectious diarrhea and abdominal pain, such as gastrointestinal dysfunction, irritable bowel disorder, allergic enteritis and psychogenic diarrhea.

Clinically, there are many cases where taking 2 or 3 berberine hydrochloride tablets orally can produce results, and it can be said that there are many people suffering from non-infectious diarrhea and abdominal pain. For these symptoms, even if berberine hydrochloride is not used, the cause will be eliminated and the diarrhea and abdominal pain will disappear.

Some patients experience nausea and vomiting after oral administration

"All medicines are poisonous to some extent." Like other Chinese and Western medicines, berberine hydrochloride also has its unsatisfactory aspects. For example, some patients will experience nausea, vomiting, rash and drug fever after oral administration, and frequent use can easily lead to drug resistance. Using it as a "panacea" for diarrhea and abdominal pain without asking questions or identifying the cause may sometimes not only fail to eliminate diarrhea and abdominal pain, but may even aggravate diarrhea, abdominal pain and other adverse reactions that you want to avoid but have ignored.

Berberine is not compound berberine tablets

Not long ago, the State Food and Drug Administration announced that the compound berberine tablets and compound berberine injection were among the landmark varieties of chemical drugs to be discontinued. These are completely different drugs from the berberine mentioned in this article. The berberine mentioned in this article has been included in the National Essential Medicines List. People can use it with confidence under the guidance of a doctor when needed.

After the above introduction to berberine hydrochloride, everyone should now know what kind of medicine it is. When it is mentioned, you also know that it is berberine. However, if you take this medicine in your daily life, you still need to be careful. You need to understand the side effects of this medicine and see if it is suitable for you to take it so that you can effectively avoid the side effects of this medicine.