Who can't eat Bidens pilosa

Bidens pilosa, a plant that is very common in our daily life, is actually a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and lowering blood pressure. It has many benefits to our human body. However, everything has its pros and cons, and it also has two sides. Some people are not suitable for eating Bidens pilosa, which will lead to bad situations. So let’s introduce in detail who should not eat Bidens pilosa.

1. It is recommended that patients with low blood pressure do not eat Bidens pilosa, because Bidens pilosa has a blood pressure lowering effect, and eating it will aggravate the patient's condition; in addition, patients with high blood pressure should stop taking it immediately after their blood pressure returns to normal after taking it for a period of time. Otherwise, the side effects of Bidens pilosa will manifest themselves, mainly manifested as dizziness, weakness and so on. Once such a situation occurs, we must all be vigilant. Do not take in large quantities for a long time.

2. Pregnant women should not take it: Pregnant women should not take Bidens pilosa, otherwise there will be side effects of Bidens pilosa such as fetal movement disorder and miscarriage. In addition, long-term and excessive use of this product may cause poisoning. Once a large amount remains in the body, our stomach and intestines will become uncomfortable, and we may even experience headaches and coma, so we must pay attention to its usage.

The role of Bidens pilosa:

1. Anti-inflammatory effect.

The polyacetylene compounds in Bidens pilosa can significantly inhibit the auricle swelling and egg white foot swelling induced by croton oil in mice, reduce the weight of cotton ball granuloma in rats, and significantly inhibit the capillary permeability of mice and the migration of leukocytes in rats with acetic acid inflammation. The flavonoid crystals in Bidens pilosa also have good anti-inflammatory effects.

2. Sedative and analgesic effects.

Intraperitoneal injection of Bidens pilosa injection can significantly prolong the sodium pentobarbital sleep time of mice, significantly reduce the number of spontaneous activities, and has a synergistic effect with chlorpromazine and an antagonistic effect with amphetamine. The writhing method and hot plate method experiments showed that it has a certain analgesic effect.

3. Effect on the digestive system.

Subcutaneous injection of Bidens pilosa can significantly reduce the amount of gastric juice secretion in rats, lower the pH value and free acid concentration of gastric juice, inhibit the propulsion of charcoal powder by the mouse intestine, have a protective effect on experimental gastric ulcers in rats, and reduce the incidence of stress ulcers in mice.

4. Anti-cancer effect.

Various extracts of Bidens pilosa have different degrees of inhibitory effects on HL60 and V937 leukemia cells cultured in vitro, among which polyacetylene compounds have the best effect.

5. It has lipid-lowering and anti-thrombotic effects.

Oral administration of the mixed aqueous extract of Bidens pilosa and Bidens parviflora can significantly reduce Ch and β-lipoprotein in male rats, and intravenous injection can significantly inhibit experimental arterial thrombosis in rats.