Will eating Cistanche cause internal heat?

Health care and wellness are activities that modern people pay more and more attention to, because health care and wellness can make people healthier, prolong people's lifespan, reduce diseases, etc. The method of health care and wellness is mainly to eat some foods with health effects. For example, Cistanche is a common plant, and its health effects are very good. However, will eating Cistanche cause getting a sore throat? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

Eating Cistanche may cause you to get a sore throat.

Cistanche is sweet, salty and warm in nature. It enters the kidney and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of warming the kidney yang, benefiting the essence and blood, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It is often used to treat male impotence, premature ejaculation, infertility, and female menstrual disorders and infertility caused by kidney yang deficiency. If you have the following conditions, taking Cistanche soaked in water may cause symptoms of getting angry.

Excessive use

Cistanche has a warm nature and is a tonic medicine. If taken in excess, it may cause internal heat to rise, leading to a series of internal heat reactions such as oral ulcers, sore throat, dry mouth and tongue.

For patients with kidney yin deficiency

Cistanche has a warm nature and has the effect of warming and nourishing the kidney yang. For people with yin deficiency, eating Cistanche will not only fail to relieve the symptoms, but will aggravate the symptoms of yin deficiency such as fever in the five hearts, dry throat and mouth, hot flashes and night sweats, or cause a fire reaction.

It is not recommended to take it if you have internal heat.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that an imbalance of yin and yang in the human body, with excess yang and deficiency of yin, will lead to symptoms of internal heat. Cistanche is a medicine that warms and replenishes kidney yang and has a strong yang-replenishing effect. Taking Cistanche when you have internal heat will aggravate the excess yang in the body and may worsen the symptoms of internal heat. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not drink Cistanche when you have internal heat.

What to do if you get angry after eating Cistanche deserticola

1. Stop using Cistanche deserticola immediately. Generally speaking, for those with mild symptoms of getting angry, the symptoms will naturally disappear slowly after they stop eating Cistanche for a period of time, and no special treatment is needed.

2. Drink more water. If you experience adverse reactions such as getting a sore throat after eating too much Cistanche, try to drink more water to dilute the concentration of Cistanche in the gastrointestinal tract and help relieve the discomfort.

3. Seek medical treatment. If you take too much Cistanche and the symptoms of getting angry are severe, or you experience other discomfort, it is recommended that you consult a doctor and take some antipyretic drugs or other symptomatic treatments.