What are the contraindications of gynecological Chinese medicine?

Women are prone to gynecological diseases due to their special physiological characteristics. For example, gynecological inflammation, etc. Although such symptoms are sometimes not difficult to treat, if not treated in time, they may cause some serious diseases. When Chinese medicine treats gynecological diseases, special attention should be paid to the contraindications of some drugs and prescriptions. So what are the contraindications of gynecological Chinese medicine treatment? Let’s talk about it below.

(1) Contraindications for the use of Chinese medicine: Certain drugs may produce opposite or antagonistic effects after formulation, which may reduce the efficacy of each other or cause toxic and side effects. Therefore, they should not be used together.

(2) Contraindications for use of drugs by pregnant women: Mainly to avoid fetal movement and abortion. Most pregnant women have poor tolerance to extremely cold or hot drugs, strong laxatives, blood-breaking and blood-stasis-removing drugs, and highly toxic drugs. Therefore, the relevant drugs must be avoided.

(3) Dietary taboos during medication: commonly known as dietary taboos, they are mainly to avoid interference factors when taking medicine in order to improve the efficacy of the medicine. They can be divided into two categories: dietary taboos corresponding to a certain medicine and dietary taboos when taking medicine under different disease conditions. For example, dietary taboos during medication include ginseng and radish, turtle shell and amaranth, licorice and silver carp, shanshan and onion, and poria and vinegar. The latter means that when taking medicine for chronic diseases, one should avoid eating raw or cold food; during the treatment of febrile diseases, one should avoid eating spicy and greasy food; for carbuncles, ulcers, and skin diseases, one should avoid eating fish, shrimp, goose meat, and spicy food.

Things that can increase heat and cause fire, and damage body fluids, such as tobacco, alcohol, onions, garlic, leeks, and fried foods. People with fever, thirst, and constipation should not eat it, and people with high blood pressure should avoid it. Things that can increase heat and cause fire, and damage body fluids, such as tobacco, alcohol, onions, garlic, leeks, and fried foods. Most of them have the properties of promoting growth, dispersing qi, and being hot, and can cause evil toxins to run rampant, such as eggplant, fungus, pork head, eggs, etc. People with urticaria, eczema, stroke and other diseases should not eat it.

When using any treatment method or drug to treat a disease, there are basically some contraindications. If these taboos are not followed, not only will the treatment not be effective, but it may also cause other more serious disease symptoms in the body. Therefore, it is very important to use medications correctly and safely.