A few days ago, a woman in Taiwan took the liver protection medicine "Xiao Chaihu Decoction" as a tonic after undergoing surgery for gallstones. Unexpectedly, she developed acute hepatitis. Hong Kong liver specialists emphasize that patients with liver disease should not take supplements to avoid overloading the liver, especially bird's nest, ganoderma lucidum, chicken bone grass and other supplements rich in protein. (This is Supplementary Love Evil.)
"Economic Daily" quoted Chen An'an, an associate professor of the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, as saying that he has always advised against taking supplements for liver disease patients, including those with hepatitis B and C. The Queen Mary Hospital affiliated to the University of Hong Kong had three cases of liver coma caused by eating bird’s nest in the past few years. Fortunately, all of them were rescued in the end.
"Chen Anan pointed out that he does not recommend that patients with liver disease nourish the liver and body. The protein content of bird's nest is too high, and patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis with only 10 to 20% of liver function can't cope with it at all. (Tonicing the liver is not bird's nest, but pigs. Liver and bovine liver are the best.)"
Gastroenterology and liver specialist Yu Yuk-kei said that patients with liver disease do not need to over-replenish their bodies. Three of his ten patients use Chinese medicines such as Ganoderma lucidum and chicken bone grass to recuperate their bodies. However, these Chinese medicines often lead to patients suffering from acute hepatitis without knowing it. , when the condition is mild, it can be known by blood test, and it will be too late when the patient's complexion turns yellow.
Regarding the case of a Taiwanese woman drinking "Xiao Chaihu Decoction" to protect the liver but hurt the liver, Guan Zhiyi, president of the Hong Kong Association of Chinese Medicine Physicians, and Li Ninghan, a registered Chinese medicine practitioner, said that this decoction is mainly used for colds, and most patients who take this decoction are colds Exist in the body, do not want to eat but do not have symptoms of fever and headache, if the patient has the above symptoms, he will prescribe the right medicine, but Japan only uses "Xiao Chaihu Decoction" to treat jaundice and hepatitis. Patients should consult a Chinese medicine practitioner before taking medicine.
Comment
"It is indeed wrong for Japan to use Xiao Chai Hu Tang in this way. This Hong Kong Chinese medicine doctor is right. When people are sick and want to take Chinese medicine, it is best to ask the Chinese medicine doctor first, and then decide to take Chinese medicine. This is the correct way. "
