Can senna help you lose weight?

Senna leaves have a certain weight loss effect, but those who want to lose weight need to be careful. If they are consumed in large quantities for a long time, the side effects will be relatively large, which may cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, and other malignant blood pressure changes.

1. Excessive dosage: Some weight loss pills contain very high levels of senna, which can be very harmful to some people. For example, some people take 10 grams and have no laxative effect or adverse reactions. However, some people who take 10 grams experience severe gastrointestinal bleeding, manifested as abdominal pain and black stools. Generally, the dosage for mild laxative should not exceed 2 grams, and for severe laxative should not exceed 6 grams. When using senna leaf slimming tea, you must try it with a small dose and then gradually increase the dose. If you experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dizziness, unsteady walking, facial numbness, etc., it means that you have taken too much.

2. Inappropriate medication. Weight loss products containing senna are not suitable for everyone. People with physical weakness and long-term constipation should not use senna, because senna is cold in nature and can damage the vital energy while purging. Clinically, some elderly patients have been taking senna for a long time to induce diarrhea, which is not a cure. It can be combined with Cistanche, Cynomorium songaricum, Semen Amomi, Rehmannia glutinosa and other kidney-tonifying, yin-nourishing and laxative products, with a small amount of senna to slow down the diarrhea and gradually withdraw the senna. Otherwise, it will aggravate the deficiency of qi and yin, which is not conducive to fundamentally solving the symptoms of constipation.

3. Women who are breastfeeding, menstruating or pregnant should not use this product. Excessive dosage may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

4. In addition, there are reports that after taking senna leaves, there will be facial numbness, dizziness, no feeling or itching during urination and defecation, varying degrees of hypoalgesia in the distribution area of ​​the trigeminal nerve, and taking large doses of senna leaves may cause urinary retention and malignant blood pressure changes.