Can pregnant women eat traditional Chinese medicine?

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Can pregnant women eat traditional Chinese medicine?

pregnant women take Chinese medicine with blood tonic, nourishing liver and kidney, protecting fetus and preventing fetus, such as perilla leaf, scutellaria root, longan, wolfberry, etc., it generally does not affect the development of fetus, usually can eat. But if taking Chinese medicine with blood circulation effect, such as safflower, notoginseng, salvia miltiorrhiza, etc., may lead to miscarriage, generally not recommended to eat; In addition, for some toxic traditional Chinese medicine, such as Rhizoma Arisaematis, Pinellia ternata, raw Pinellia ternata, etc., it is not recommended to eat.



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