In Guangdong, herbal tea is a part of life just like eating and going to work. All kinds of herbal tea have a bitter, sweet and sour taste all year round. Summer is particularly hot, and a bowl of herbal tea is refreshing, plump and hot. Many people like to drink a cup of herbal tea when they have nothing to do, to prevent diseases and relieve summer heat, and to clear away heat and fire.
Herbal tea may be secretly hurting your kidneys;
The formula of herbal tea is mainly some cool Chinese herbal medicines, which look green, nutritious and healthy, but a little carelessness will hurt the kidney! Because some herbal teas may contain cool Chinese herbal medicines such as Ardisia japonica and Houttuynia cordata, if they are not handled well, the addition ratio is too high, which will cause damage to the kidneys all the year round; On the other hand, people who often drink herbal tea and have a cold constitution drink it for a long time, and bitter cold hurts qi and yin and kidney.
-Chinese herbal medicine is a double-edged sword.
The so-called "herbal tea hurts the kidney" is mainly related to the formula. Some prescriptions contain some herbs harmful to renal function, such as Shā rotto Katakuri and Rosa laevigata root, and some cool Chinese herbal medicines, such as Ardisia japonica and Houttuynia cordata mentioned above. If it is not handled properly or eaten excessively, it may have an impact on renal function.
Ardisia is harmful to the kidneys.
Ardisia crenata is a rare and precious medicinal material, which has always been considered as a specific medicine for treating stomachache. Because of its cold nature and bitter taste, it has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and relieving pain, so it is often used to cook herbal tea. On the other hand, Ardisia rosea has the side effect of kidney injury, and it has been prescribed as a prescription drug.
Because Ardisia crenata root needs to be excreted through the kidney, too much will cause kidney damage, and in severe cases, it will lead to acute renal failure. For example, cinnabar poisoning, in addition to general symptomatic treatment, there is no specific antidote, especially when complicated with acute renal failure, the toxin is more difficult to excrete. Therefore, for patients with kidney disease, drinking herbal tea should be strictly controlled to prevent renal failure accidents.
Herbal tea is good, but it is too late.
Secondly, it is related to intake, and it is easy to drink more familiar flavors. Once you drink too much herbal tea, it will definitely have a burden on your kidneys. If the intake of Chinese herbal medicine exceeds the toxic dose, it will not only cause kidney damage, but also damage the liver and other organs of the body.
For example, Houttuynia cordata Thunb. It is often used as flavored herbal tea in Guangdong. Because of its cold nature, it is mostly reserved for reducing internal heat in summer. However, if the dosage is not well controlled, long-term use will weaken human metabolism. For consumers who are used to drinking herbal tea containing traditional Chinese medicine to reduce fire, if there is no professional guidance, once they drink too much, it is easy to have problems.
The main reasons are as follows:
Although Chinese medicine has a long history, so far, the standards of Chinese medicine can not be unified.
At present, Chinese medicine is really not standardized by western medicine. "Excessive heavy metals and the extensive use of chemical pesticides, farmland degradation, resource depletion, environmental pollution and other issues are affecting the quality of medicinal materials.
The quality is not up to standard, but the hard index is still not up to standard.
"Quality" includes not only the processing flow, but also whether the planting process conforms to the growth characteristics of medicinal materials. In order to shorten the planting time, many medicinal materials will lead to insufficient ingredients and no therapeutic effect.
The production of herbal tea is not standardized and unreasonable.
Many herbal tea shops have not gone through strict training courses on Chinese medicine conditioning, and their understanding of medicinal properties is only a little knowledge, and more is purely for making money. Therefore, it is easy to cause unreasonable processing of medicinal materials, and mixing Chinese medicinal materials intentionally or unintentionally will have very serious consequences. Like before