Can I take Shuanghuanglian oral liquid while breastfeeding?

Patient's question:

No

Doctor's answer:

Shuanghuanglian oral liquid is a traditional Chinese medicine preparation. Its main ingredients are double flower (Honeysuckle), Huanglian, and Lianqiao. Taking the first character of these three Chinese medicine names, it is called Shuanghuanglian. Double flower refers to Honeysuckle, which is cold in nature and sweet in taste, with a sharp and fragrant aroma. It can clear wind-heat and cool internal heat, as well as detoxify blood. It is suitable for conditions such as fever, macules, and sore throat in warm diseases.
Huanglian is bitter and cold in nature, capable of draining excess fire from the heart and clearing damp-heat from the intestines. It is suitable for conditions like excessive heart fire, damp-heat in the intestines, and damp-heat toxicosis.
Lianqiao is cool in nature and bitter in taste, capable of clearing heart fire, draining heat, and removing various heat conditions in the upper. It is suitable for the initial stages of warm diseases, such as headache, fever, thirst, as well as carbuncles, boils, and erysipelas caused by heat-toxin stagnation.
It is safe, non-irritating, and highly effective. Breastfeeding mothers can take Shuanghuanglian oral liquid.