中药安全：你真正需要的注意事项
The herb section of this site runs to 322 entries. The most important thing on every one of them is not the property — it is the safety note. Here is why.
In the traditional system, herbs are a materia medica with recorded actions and recorded cautions. They interact with prescription drugs. The reason this site deliberately does not list doses is simple: doses are set by a licensed practitioner for a specific person, not pulled from a reference.
Standard pharmacovigilance literature records interactions between several common botanicals and prescription drugs (blood thinners, some heart and diabetes medications among them). If you take anything regularly, that conversation belongs with your pharmacist or doctor, not a website.
It means this is a reference, not a prescription. The handbook and the one-to-one Q&A explain the tradition; neither tells you what to take or how much.
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No. Doses are set by a licensed practitioner. The entries are reference, not prescription.
Some do. Discuss any botanical with your pharmacist or doctor, especially if you take blood thinners or heart medication.
Because dose is a clinical decision for a specific person, not reference data.
Educational and cultural information only — not medical advice. We do not diagnose, prescribe, or recommend medicines or doses. If you have a health concern, consult a licensed healthcare professional. Nothing here should delay you from seeking care.