? Five principles of safe use of Chinese patent medicine

Introduction: Many medicines have become essential for people's families, so when using them, we should pay attention to some principles. Here are five principles for using Chinese patent medicines for your reference:

1. Pay attention to the western medicine ingredients in Chinese patent medicines and avoid overlapping medication.

At present, there are more than 2 kinds of Chinese patent medicines containing western medicine. Although the proportion is not large, many people lack professional experience and do not understand the pharmaceutical ingredients, so they are easy to be taken together with western medicine, causing serious adverse reactions.

2. Read the drug instructions.

After you get the Chinese patent medicine, you should first read the instructions carefully to understand the special contraindications, dietary contraindications, symptomatic people and possible adverse symptoms of the medicine, and then decide whether to take the medicine according to your own situation.

3. Take Chinese patent medicine, and stop at the middle.

except for some or tonic Chinese patent medicines, which can be taken for one stage under the doctor's advice, most of them should be stopped immediately after the condition improves, and cannot be taken for a long time. Although the toxicity of some drugs is small, long-term accumulation can cause poisoning.

4. Avoid empirical medication.

Many people will become "doctors" by virtue of others' recommendation, simple understanding of drug names and past personal experience, and even increase their dosage privately. However, due to the differences in physique, causes of illness and specific symptoms, special attention should be paid to medication, otherwise, there will be a new effect.

5. Use drugs under the guidance of professionals.

Although most Chinese patent medicines are very convenient for ordinary people to buy in pharmacies, in order to be able to "treat diseases according to their aptitude", we should try our best to standardize the selection and use of medicines under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners or pharmacists with training experience in Chinese medicine.

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