Doctors in the past dynasties have emphasized this point for a long time and specially compiled \”Pregnancy Prescriptions\”, which lists dozens of drugs that should not be used during pregnancy, divided into two categories: contraindications and caution.
Pregnant women should not take highly toxic drugs, such as cantharides, spurge, croton, morning glory, pokeweed, aconite, saponins, araceae, etc. They should be contraindicated to avoid endangering the safety of mother and baby.
Pregnant women should not take laxatives, such as Glauber\’s salt, rhubarb, senna, etc.; or drugs with strong medicinal properties, such as leeches, horse flies, musk, Changshan, etc., should also be contraindicated. Because most of these drugs will congest the uterus and pelvic cavity and enhance uterine contraction, it is easy to cause miscarriage.
Pregnant women should not eat peach kernels, safflower, madder to activate collaterals and remove blood stasis, Citrus aurantium to break stagnation, Daxin aconite, dried ginger, cinnamon, pinellia, fenugreek, Akebia, Tongcao, etc., which have a soothing effect. effects, etc., should be used with caution. In addition, drugs such as Achyranthes bidentata, Corydalis Corydalis, Moutan Bark, Ocher, Coix Seed, Bezoar, etc. should also be used with caution.
Although some drugs do not cause miscarriage and are not teratogenic, they are harmful to the fetus and should be avoided. Taking antipyretic and analgesics as an example, phenacetin can damage fetal kidneys, and aspirin can cause bleeding disorders.
It should be pointed out that some Chinese patent medicines actually contain some antipyretic and analgesic Western medicines, which may cause harm if taken carelessly.
It can be seen that pregnant women should be careful whether they take Chinese medicine, Western medicine or a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. Try not to take medicine if you can, but if you really need to take medicine, you must use it under the guidance of a doctor.