Contraindications of using Cuscuta

Analyze the common Chinese medicine compatibility and taboos, and the compatibility taboos of medicines taken in hospitals and pharmacies, providing a basis for safe medication. So what can’t be eaten with Cuscuta australis? What are the incompatible Chinese medicinal materials, food ingredients and combination taboos? The editor below will explain it to you in detail.

The specific source of the product comes from "Shennong's Herbal Classic", which is the dried and perfected seeds of the Convolvulaceae plant Cuscuta.

The specific effects and functions of Poria cocos are sweet and warm. It enters the liver, kidney and spleen meridians. It can nourish the kidney and replenish essence, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, treat diarrhea, and nourish the fetus. Applicable to: Low back pain caused by kidney deficiency, impotence, frequent spermatorrhea, frequent and urgent urination, and thin urine volume; insufficient blood pressure and kidney essence, blurred vision and reduced vision due to lack of nourishment to the eyes; blood, spleen and kidney deficiency and diarrhea; replenishment of fetal movement disorder caused by insufficient kidney essence.

This product with specific medicinal value contains epoxy resin glycosides, glycogen, flavonoids, polysaccharides, vitamin D compounds, etc. It can enhance the contraction of the heart of paraffin-embedded toads; reduce blood pressure in anesthetized dogs; inhibit intestinal movement; stimulate the uterus; slow down the development of galactose cataracts in rats; and prevent aging.

Specific medication is contraindicated during childbirth

1. Warm in nature, it is not suitable for long-term use of a single herb for syndromes such as exogenous wind-cold-heat, internal heat, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, qi and blood deficiency and blood heat; it is not suitable for acute symptoms of urinary and reproductive system infections.

2. It has the effect of lowering blood pressure, but it is not suitable for long-term use by patients with low blood pressure.

3. It has the effect of inhibiting gastrointestinal smooth muscle peristalsis. It is not suitable for people with abdominal distension and constipation to take it for a long time.

4. It has the effect of stimulating uterine smooth muscle, and is not suitable for long-term use by pregnant women.

What medicines should not be taken together with the specific medicines? What are the contraindications for the combination of Chinese and Western medicines?

The drop is not suitable for use with antihypertensive drugs such as Reserpine and Jiangyaling, as it may cause standing hypotension, etc.

Blood pressure is not suitable for use with cardiac glycosides, which causes the heart to become more sensitive to it and leads to cardiac glycoside poisoning.