Are there any side effects to children taking Chinese medicine?

Traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive. With the development of the times, more and more people are aware of the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine. It is precisely because of this that traditional Chinese medicine has entered the lives of ordinary people. In real life, many people believe that eating more Chinese medicine is good for the body. In fact, if you don’t have any symptoms, it is not recommended to take Chinese medicine. After all, medicine is three-point poisonous, especially for children. So what are its side effects?

There are many misused sayings in China, and this is one of them. Many people who don't want to take medicine will keep this sentence in mind as an excuse.

When it comes to Western medicine, this sentence is very appropriate. Basically all Western medicines have clear side effects, and they are written in the instructions. Many people think that since it is written in the instructions, it means there are no side effects. This idea is strange, but it is indeed common. For example, when giving Western medicine to children, we don’t think there are any side effects and they must take the medicine. When it comes to traditional Chinese medicine, people think that the side effects can harm children. It's quite ridiculous.

Let’s look at the toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine. The concept of toxicity in traditional Chinese medicine can be divided into two categories.

Cool the hot ones and warm the cold ones. Chinese medicine treats diseases by using the bias of medicine to correct the bias of the human body. For example, if you have a cold stomach, you can take warm Chinese medicines such as ginger and peppercorns to correct your cold stomach. If these biases were not there, the disease could not be cured. In other words, without these "poisons", the disease cannot be cured.

The second is the narrow concept. This is really poisonous and can be fatal if used improperly, such as aconite, centipede, blister beetle, arsenic and the like. However, the Chinese have accumulated a lot of experience in using these poisons and have reduced their toxicity to the lowest level. As long as they are not taken in excess, there will be no danger.

Compared with those chemically synthesized poisons in Western medicine, those truly toxic Chinese medicines do not seem so scary. After all, it is purely natural and can be excreted from the body naturally. Children who can take Western medicine are more likely to take Chinese medicine.

If the child is just sick, these toxic medicines are generally not needed. So in most cases, it is just ordinary Chinese medicine, it just has some bias, and it is not toxic as we often say.

This depends on the level of the doctor. If a doctor prescribes a large bag of medicine to treat a child's illness, it is recommended to change doctors. If it is a traditional Chinese medicine, you can usually boil a bowl of water into one-third of a bowl (about 60 ml). It is not difficult for a child to drink this amount.

3. Chinese medicine is very bitter

This is a common phenomenon, especially today when cold and cool medicines are popular. Most cold and cool medicines are bitter.

However, traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions are generally sweet, especially those for treating colds, which are basically sweet. If you are worried that your child will not want to drink Chinese medicine because it is too bitter, it is recommended that you find a local Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe the medicine. It was still a pleasure to drink.

Therefore, children can drink Chinese medicine and there is no need to worry too much.