Patient's question:
What medications can cause miscarriage if smelled by pregnant womenDoctor's answer:
Experts in traditional Chinese medicine have conducted long-term research and found that Chinese herbal medicines such as ginkgo biloba, bitter apricot kernel, peach kernel, arsenic, realgar, cinnabar, magnetite, and magnetic cinnabar pills, as well as cinnabar calming pills, can cause abnormal fetal growth and development. The harmful effects of traditional Chinese medicine on pregnant women and fetuses.Opinion/Suggestion: Based on different severity levels, they can be categorized into two types: prohibited and cautious use:
Prohibited: Mostly drugs with strong toxicity or potent properties. Examples include tallow tree seeds, pharbitis seeds, emodin, verbascum, cantharidin, brucine, mercury, white precipitate, musk, spikenard, curcuma, leeches, horse flies, achyranthes, rhubarb, etc.
Cautious: Includes drugs that promote menstruation and remove blood stasis, regulate qi and dispel stagnation, as well as pungent-warm and slippery drugs. Examples include peach kernel, safflower, rhubarb, dried tangerine peel, bitter orange, aconite, aconite root, cinnamon, pinellia, ginger, winter melon seeds, etc.
For prohibited drugs, pregnant women must absolutely avoid them. For cautious drugs, they should be used under the guidance of a doctor based on the pregnant woman's condition, and if avoidable, they should be used as little as possible. Never self-prescribe traditional Chinese medicine to prevent fetal miscarriage and malformation.