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Is Panax Notoginseng Powder Suitable for You?

  By Li Hongying from TCM Internal Medicine Department under Huairou Hospital of Tranditonal Chinese Medicine

       "Dr. Li, I heard that many people are drinking panax notoginseng powder now. Who are suitable to drink it? What are the benefits of drinking it? I’d like to drink panax notoginseng powder. Could you see if I am suitable to drink it?" "Is it better to drink panax notoginseng powder on an empty stomach or after a meal?" "Could I drink panax notoginseng powder for a long time?" These questions are repeatedly asked by different patients almost every day. Therefore, I made a summary of the frequently-asked questions in my free time.

  First of all, it’s safe to say that panax notoginseng powder is a popular drug of traditional Chinese medicine. It has the functions of stopping bleeding, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, protecting liver, stopping bleeding and dispersing phlegm, reducing swelling and pain, resisting fatigue, enhancing immunity and delaying aging. In addition, it also plays a role in making the bi-directional regulation of blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, inhibiting arteriosclerosis, softening blood vessels, promoting blood circulation, and effectively preventing various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, although it is very good, panax notoginseng powder is not something you can drink at any time.

  Six taboos for taking panax notoginseng powder

  1. Don't drink it when you catch a cold

  People with a wind-heat cold should not take panax notoginseng powder because taking panax notoginseng powder can cause aggravation of heat for a wind-heat cold patient. However, any patient having a cold due to the wind cold is allowed to take it.

  2. Don't drink it during menstrual period

  Females should not eat panax notoginseng powder during menstrual period. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and therefore is called the first holy herb. If taken during menstruation, it can lead to excessive bleeding. However, if suffering from blood stasis type of irregular menstruation, you can use the panax notoginseng powder to regulate menstruation.

  3. Pregnant women do not drink it

  Women should not take panax notoginseng powder during pregnancy because it has a strong function of boosting blood circulation and lowering blood pressure, which is not good for the health of pregnant women and fetuses. However, if there is more blood loss after childbirth, it is best to use the panax notoginseng powder to supplement the blood, because it has the best effect of stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis. Furthermore, it can also be used to improve the maternal physique.

  4. Don't drink panax notoginseng powder when you are allergic to it

  Before taking the notoginseng powder, we need to know our body and see if there occurs an allergy. If you are allergic to it, be sure to stop taking it promptly. In fact, there are fewer people who are allergic to panax notoginseng powder. So, don't worry too much about it.

  5. Don't drink it with some foods affecting its absorption

  You should not take panax notoginseng powder with broad beans, fish and seafood as well as spicy, cold and sour foods because these foods can lead the body to have the poor absorption of nutrients in the panax notoginseng powder, and may also cause any allergy or poisoning. So it’s suggested that you shouldn’t eat the above foods when taking the panax notoginseng powder.

  6. Don't drink more than you need, and don’t drink it on and off

  Don’t take too much panax notoginseng powder. Generally, people with normal physique may take 6-10 grams in divided doses per day.

  You should take panax notoginseng powder for a long time. You take it "on and off", which   can not generate the desired health care effect.

  Therefore, if you plan to take panax notoginseng powder, you are advised to take it for a long time: the long-term use of panax notoginseng powder can promote blood circulation, soften blood vessels, lower blood pressure, reduce blood fat, deal with liver fibrosis, and have the effects of maintaining beauty and keeping young, delaying aging and so on.

  Best time to take panax notoginseng powder

  Take it in the morning: enhance immunity and resist aging

  In the morning, take 3 grams of panax notoginseng powder with warm boiled water. It can help enhance immunity, resist aging and so on.

  Take it at night: help you to fall asleep

  It’s best to take panax notoginseng powder before a meal, which can improve sleep. If after a meal,   you should take a small amount of it, with at most 3 grams. The excessive use at night can lead to excitement. Therefore, it is best not to take it before going to bed, because you are more likely to fee thirsty after taking it.

  Is it better to take panax notoginseng powder on an empty stomach or after a meal?

  Taking it on an empty stomach can make the drug enter the intestine faster, which is beneficial to intestinal absorption, thus reducing the adverse effects of food on its bioavailability.

  People with a poor stomach had better take it after a meal

  People with a poor stomach may take the panax notoginseng powder about 30 minutes after a meal, which can lower the stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract by the medicine, and is beneficial to the absorption and utilization of the medicine.

  October 16, 2018

   

   

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