What are the side effects of taking Astragalus for children?

When children's bodies are fragile, their resistance will decrease, which is more harmful to their health. Therefore, parents like to give their children some nourishing Chinese medicine. For example, astragalus is a very popular one and is often given to children by parents. However, long-term consumption of astragalus has some side effects that need to be paid attention to. Let's take a look at the side effects of eating astragalus for children.

Astragalus is a very common and important herb. For adults, it has the effects of curing diseases and nourishing the body. Many adults use Astragalus to make medicinal food to nourish the body and achieve the purpose of health and wellness. Although many adults eat astragalus regularly, many parents do not allow their children to eat too much of it. This is because eating too much astragalus may cause various adverse effects on children.

1. Promote pseudo-precocious puberty in children

If children are given Astragalus frequently, it can easily cause precocious puberty in children. This is mainly because consuming a large amount of Astragalus will affect the normal functioning of the child's endocrine function. This kind of precocious puberty is induced by parents, so it is called pseudo-precocious puberty. Its characteristics are thickening of the boy's penis, sudden enlargement of the girl's breasts or leucorrhea-like secretions from the vagina, and growth of pubic hair. This completely damages the child's physical and mental health and is not conducive to the child's normal growth and development.

2. Aggravation of existing symptoms

If you take tonic medicine that is incompatible with your constitution, it will not only be useless but may also aggravate your symptoms. For example, if a person with yang deficiency takes yin-nourishing medicine, the yang deficiency will become worse; if a person with yin deficiency takes astragalus, the yin will become more deficient; and if a person who often suffers from gastrointestinal bloating takes qi-tonifying medicine such as astragalus, the symptoms will become more severe. Children's constitutions are weaker than adults, and if they take astragalus frequently, they will over-tonify themselves.

3. Other symptoms

If children are given too much Astragalus, they are likely to experience swelling such as nosebleeds, bleeding gums, thirst, and constipation. Even if the child has a weak constitution, it is not advisable to feed the child too much food with warm medicinal properties, so as to avoid causing other adverse reactions.