The Medicinal Side Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (中药的毒副作用)

As medical science advance, the poison aspect to the treatment of illness is seen as the Medicinal Side Effect (中药的毒副作用). So what is Medicinal Side Effect?

Medicinal side effect is defined as the after effect on a human body after consuming the medicine with the correct dosage prescribed. These after effect is seen as the incorrect medicinal behaviour that should appear after consuming the medicine. Typically this after effect should not last long and should clear by itself after stopping the medicine.

Some of the example of these incorrect after effects are the appearing of rashes, stomach upsets, nausea, etc. The medicinal side effect caused by traditional chinese herbs can be caused by the characteristics of the herbs (药物本身的特性), the processing process of the herbs(炮制), mixture of herbs (配伍), etc. Through qualified practitioners medicinal side effect can be greatly reduced.

Drug allergy is also another form of medicinal side effect. This is a very aspect of medicinal side effect, where no one would know whether they would be having allergy to a certain drug. The common symptoms seen for drug allergy are rash, itch, chest discomfort, out of breath and for the more serious case, shock.