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Friends who want to treat hair loss must have heard of Polygonum multiflorum, because Polygonum multiflorum has the effect of preventing hair loss. In addition, Polygonum multiflorum is also a traditional Chinese medicine with many powerful effects, such as moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements, treating palpitations and insomnia, etc. However, no matter how good things are, they all have two sides. Polygonum multiflorum also has side effects, and eating too much of it can harm your health. So what are the side effects of Polygonum multiflorum? Let’s take a look at it together below.

Polygonum multiflorum is a kind of vine plant. The root is very slender, with a fat tuber at the end, and looks reddish-brown in appearance. The most famous ones are Songshan Mountain in Xiluo and Nanjing. Polygonum multiflorum will grow branches and leaves in spring, but the color of the leaves is not very shiny.

Its stems spread across bamboo and wooden walls. The seeds are ridged like buckwheat but smaller, only about the size of millet. The roots are harvested in autumn and winter. The large ones are as big as a fist, each with five-sided petals, and resemble small melons. The tubers, vines and leaves of the plant can be used for medicinal purposes. Their Chinese names are: Polygonum multiflorum, Polygonum multiflorum, Polygonum multiflorum leaves. Chinese medicine Polygonum multiflorum can be divided into raw Polygonum multiflorum and processed Polygonum multiflorum: raw Polygonum multiflorum has the functions of detoxification (intercepting malaria), moistening the intestines and relieving constipation, and eliminating carbuncle; processed Polygonum multiflorum has the functions of replenishing essence and blood, blackening hair, strengthening tendons and bones, and nourishing liver and kidney.

Polygonum multiflorum has certain toxic side effects, which are mainly because it contains toxic anthraquinones, such as rhein, chrysophanol, rhein, and physophanol methyl ether. If taken in excessive doses, it will irritate the gastrointestinal tract and cause symptoms such as intestinal rumbling, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting. In severe cases, paroxysmal tonic spasms, restlessness, convulsions, and even respiratory paralysis may occur.

We have briefly introduced the side effects of Polygonum multiflorum here. If you want to know more about the side effects of Polygonum multiflorum, it is recommended that you go to the hospital to consult a doctor. I believe that one-on-one communication will solve all your problems. In addition, when eating Polygonum multiflorum, avoid taking it with pork, mutton, radish, onion and garlic.