Recently, a piece of information has been circulating on the Internet.
It is said that the winter solstice is a very important solar term.
Eat it for three days before and after the winter solsticeAngong Niuhuang Pills
It can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Affected by this. Some older people have purchased this medicine.
Angong Niuhuang Pill is expensive, ranging from 200 yuan to 800 yuan per pill depending on the manufacturer and dosage. Is Angong Niuhuang Pill a preventive medicine or a first-aid medicine?Who is it suitable for?Who is not suitable for use?On December 28, the reporter interviewed Professor Zhang Yan, a famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor and well-known cardiovascular expert in Liaoning Province.
Phenomenon:"Health experts" recommend taking Angong Niuhuang Pills
In recent years, every time the corresponding solar terms, all kinds of "health experts" are suggesting:
"Angong Niuhuang Pill can be chewed or taken with warm water every day the day before, on the same day, and the day after various solar terms to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. ”
Some elderly patients compare themselves with each other and ask their children to buy Angong Niuhuang pills for themselvesSome even take one pill a month as a health supplement.
The reporter saw in several pharmacies in Shenyang that many staff also recommended it as a preventive medicine to be taken according to the solar terms. The reporter saw in the United States that Angong Niuhuang Pill is expensive, ranging from 200 yuan to more than 800 yuan for 3 grams (per pill).
Viewpoint:Angong Niuhuang Pill is not a preventive medicine and health care medicine
Zhang Yan said in an interview with reporters that Angong Niuhuang Pill is the most prestigious emergency medicine in China's traditional medicine, and its prescription originates from China's classic medical book "Differentiation of Warm Diseases", and together with Zixuedan and Zhibaodan, it is collectively known as "the three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine for warm illness and coolness".
Zhang Yan said that the heart is the official of the monarch, the pericardium is like the palace city of the monarch, the monarch suffers from evil, and the evil heat of the pericardium is well cleared by this party, so that the heart can live in its palace, and the bezoar is the main medicine, so it is named Angong Bezoar Pill.
Angong Niuhuang PillsIt is generally used in acute fever, for example, acute stroke and some mental disorders of the central system with high fever, such as convulsions. Even if the stroke is hot, if the patient's tongue is red and greasy, the body is hot, and there are hot manifestations, you can take Angong Niuhuang Pills.
Zhang Yan said that traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation**, what kind of symptoms are used with what kind of medicine, what needs to be clear is Angong Niuhuang PillIt is a first-aid drug, not a health care drug, and has no effect on preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Analysis:Angong Niuhuang Pill is not suitable for people with cold constitution
Many Chinese medicine experts in China have evaluated the drug, and their views are basically the same as Zhang Yan's.
Zhu Yong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said in an interview with reporters"The cinnabar and realgar of Angong Niuhuang Pill have a certain toxicityDo not take if asymptomatic. ”
Li Tao, director of the Department of Neurology of Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, said: "Cinnabar (the main ingredient is mercury sulfide) and realgar (the main ingredient is arsenic disulfide) are two dangerous medicines, the former has a calming and calming effect, and the latter has a detoxification effect, but long-term use may cause a small amount of soluble mercury and arsenic to be absorbed by the body, and produce certain chronic toxicity to the kidneys and blood system
The main ingredients of Angong Niuhuang Pill are bezoar, buffalo horn concentrated powder, artificial musk, pearl, cinnabar, realgar, coptis, skullcap, gardenia, tulip, borneol, a large number of which are cold medicines.
Zhang Yan said that recently, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients often come to the outpatient clinic to consult whether they can use Angong Niuhuang PillSome patients have stomach pain after self-medication, and some patients have palpitations, which are all manifestations of the wrong medicine, be sure to take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.
Survey:Why doesn't the hospital use Angong Niuhuang Pill for first aid?
The reporter learned in a number of hospitals in Shenyang that doctors do not recommend the use of the drug, even after the occurrence of a stroke, it is rarely used in the rescue.
So, why doesn't the hospital use Angong Niuhuang Pill for first aid?The reporter learned that there are three main reasons:
First, Angong Niuhuang Pill is expensive, one pill costs a few hundred yuan, and it has not been included in medical insurance and cannot be reimbursed, and some hospitals do not have this drug.
Second, some doctors, especially emergency doctors, lack understanding of the pharmacological effects, course of medication, contraindications and other information of Angong Niuhuang Pill, lack of clinical application experience, and dare not blindly use drugs.
Third, it has not been included in the ** guideline. For patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, doctors generally use traditional methods such as antihypertensive, hemostasis, and anticoagulants. 
*: Shenyang.com.
Editors: Diao Jingwen, Zhang Wei.
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