Side effects of long-term drinking of Bidens pilosa

Bidens pilosa is a Chinese herbal medicine with extremely excellent effects. After collecting the paste, we can dry and store it, and mix it with other Chinese herbal medicines to make soup, or we can use it alone to make tea. It can treat and prevent many common human diseases, but Bidens pilosa is not suitable for everyone, and it also has some side effects and taboos when taken. What are the side effects of drinking Bidens pilosa for a long time?

1. Who should not eat Bidens pilosa

1. People with low blood pressure

Everyone knows that high blood pressure is a disease, and low blood pressure is also a disease. Moreover, people with low blood pressure cannot eat Bidens pilosa, because Bidens pilosa is a common medicine for treating high blood pressure. It has a significant blood pressure lowering effect. If people with low blood pressure take Bidens pilosa, their blood pressure will continue to drop, which can easily cause low blood pressure in the human body and cause a variety of side effects in the human body. In severe cases, it can even seriously endanger life.

2. Pregnant women

In daily life, pregnant women should not eat Bidens pilosa, because the female body is more sensitive to chemicals, and Bidens pilosa has a certain stimulating effect on the female uterus. If women eat Bidens pilosa during pregnancy, it is easy to cause fetal movement disorder, and in severe cases, miscarriage, which will cause serious threats to the pregnant woman's body and the development of the baby in her belly.

2. Side effects of Bidens pilosa

1. The side effects of long-term drinking of Bidens pilosa L. tea are not very large, as long as timely maintenance and rest, and appropriate consumption, but it is recommended to use it under the guidance of a doctor.

2. In fact, Bidens pilosa was originally just the most common medicinal herb in Chinese folk medicine. It can clear away heat and fire, disperse blood stasis and promote blood circulation. It is mainly used to treat respiratory tract infections, sore throat, acute appendicitis, subacute icteric hepatitis, gastroenteritis, rheumatic joint pain, dengue fever, and external application to treat sores, centipede bites, and swelling and pain caused by falls. Because it can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and disperse blood stasis, it is very effective in treating hypertension. It does not help much in lowering blood pressure by itself, but is mainly used to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications. Its toxic and side effects have not been described yet.

3. Bidens pilosa is warm in nature, slightly bitter in taste, and non-toxic. Bidens pilosa can be used as medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing toxins, dispersing blood stasis, and reducing swelling. It is often used in folk customs to treat enteritis, dysentery and other diseases. In recent years, it has been discovered that this medicine has a good two-phase buffering effect on blood pressure. Patients with high blood pressure can reduce their blood pressure by taking water soaked in Bidens pilosa, while patients with slightly low blood pressure can raise their blood pressure to normal by taking water soaked in Bidens pilosa. Therefore, it is mostly used to lower blood pressure in clinical medicine. Using Bidens pilosa to lower blood pressure is very reliable, and it can also prevent the side effects of erectile dysfunction caused by some antihypertensive drugs.

4. Both the young grass and dried slices of Bidens pilosa have medicinal value. If you want to take it as a decoction, take 9 grams of the medicine each time and take it in water; as a tea, take 3 grams of the medicine each time, put it in a cup, pour in boiling water and soak for 15 minutes, and drink it slowly. The medicine usually takes effect three months after taking it.