Wuweizi is a highly valued traditional Chinese medicine with the effects of nourishing the lungs, stopping cough, stopping diarrhea, and stopping sweating. Some people also claim that wuweizi can be used to treat liver diseases, so many liver disease patients buy wuweizi as a health supplement. Can wuweizi treat liver diseases?
Can Wuweizi Treat Liver Diseases?
Wuweizi has a certain protective effect on the liver, but no obvious therapeutic effect.
Common liver diseases include hepatitis B, hepatitis A, hepatitis C, cirrhosis, fatty liver, alcoholic liver disease, and liver cancer.
Wuweizi is a traditional Chinese medicine with a sour and sweet taste and a warm nature. It belongs to the lung, heart, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of astringing and securing, nourishing qi and generating saliva, and nourishing the kidney and calming the mind. It is commonly used to treat symptoms such as chronic cough, weak breathing, nocturnal emission, frequent urination, spontaneous sweating, and night sweats. The active ingredients in wuweizi have a good health-promoting effect on the liver, can promote liver cell regeneration to a certain extent, but they cannot have an antiviral effect. Liver diseases are complex and varied, wuweizi can promote the detoxification process of the liver, protect and nourish the liver, but it cannot completely cure liver diseases.
Can Liver Disease Patients Take Wuweizi?
Yes, they can.
Wuweizi has a certain anti-inflammatory effect, can promote the repair and regeneration of liver cells, inhibit liver damage, or repair damaged liver cells to a certain extent, inhibit the activity of alanine aminotransferase, regulate the body's immune mechanism, and have a strong liver-protective effect. Although it cannot have obvious therapeutic effects, it is a good liver-protective herb for liver disease patients. Therefore, liver disease patients can take wuweizi.
How to Take Wuweizi for Liver Protection?
Wuweizi Tea
Preparation:
1. Take about 3 grams of wuweizi and grind it into fine powder.
2. Put the ground wuweizi into a tea bag and place it in a teapot.
3. Pour boiling water into the teapot, cover it, and let it steep for about 15 minutes.
4. It can be brewed 2-3 times a day and drunk instead of tea.
Wuweizi Congee
Ingredients: 10 grams of wuweizi, 10 grams of jujube, 100 grams of glutinous rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Preparation:
1. Crush the wuweizi, remove the jujube pits.
2. Wash the glutinous rice, add wuweizi and jujube to the pot.
3. Add enough water to cook the congee.
4. After the congee is cooked, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook for another 5 minutes.
5. Take it once in the morning and evening.
What Precautions Should Liver Disease Patients Take When Taking Wuweizi?
1. Pay Attention to the Dosage
Although wuweizi does not have obvious toxic side effects, as a traditional Chinese medicine, it has certain dosage regulations. The usual dosage of wuweizi is 2-6 grams. If wuweizi is taken in excess, adverse reactions such as hiccup, acid reflux, stomach pain, burning sensation in the stomach, and drowsiness may occur.
2. Prevent Allergies
Some people may experience a series of allergic or toxic reactions when taking wuweizi, such as fever, headache, urticaria, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, etc., and even palpitations, shortness of breath, chest tightness, etc. If it is not possible to determine whether one is allergic, a small amount of wuweizi soaked in water can be consumed first, and the body can be observed for about 1 hour. If no discomfort occurs, continue to take it.
Contraindications for Taking Wuweizi
People with Early Stage of Cold Cough
In the treatment of early stage of cold cough, the focus should be on dispelling pathogenic factors. Wuweizi has a sour and sweet taste and has a strong astringent effect on the lungs. Taking wuweizi for people with early stage of cold cough will cause the pathogenic factors to be trapped in the body, leading to aggravation of cough, headache, and other symptoms of external pathogenic factors.
People with Early Stage of Measles
The treatment of people with early stage of measles should focus on dispersing and promoting rashes. Wuweizi has a astringent effect, and taking it for people with early stage of measles will retain pathogenic factors, leading to aggravation of measles symptoms.
