Guest guest Posted June 8, 2002 Report Share Posted June 8, 2002 Thanks for the response Todd. For the last 3 months I have been taking a modified gui zhi fu ling prescription for a large fibroid. Just this week, I have developed what appear to be signs of kidney toxicity or heat and damp in the upper jiao- swollen face and eyes (with watering), rash with dryness and itching and very hot neck, face and ears. Have any of you had experience of this happening after taking herbs for a long time or with blood moving type herbs such as: (as part of a modified gui zhi fu ling) dan shen, chi shao, tao ren, chuan san jia, tu bie chong, san leng, (e-zhu occasionally) In addition: mud dan pi, bai zhu, xia ku cao, bai hua she she cao, zhi shi and gan cao, hai zao and kun bu (recently tian hua fen and xuan shen as well). It was improving slightly when I stopped taking the herbs and then my TCM doc suggested that i take out the Blood movers and start the decoction again. The reaction to the new prescription has been worse than before which makes me think that its toxicity rather than the the effect of moving too much and depleting qi and yin. I am wondering what to do next ? > , sjeevanjee@a... wrote: > > Does anyone have experience of kidney toxicity when patients > have been taking decocted herbs long-term? > > what herbs? if nephrotoxic herbs are present, then the form of > administration does not matter and if there are no nephrotoxins, > then its not an issue. > > > > Can swollen eyes be the result of taking too many moving > herbs? > > " moving " herbs often deplete the qi and yin. there are > pathomechanisms for both leading to swollen eyes. inorder to > determine whether the herbs have causerd the sdie effect, it is > necessary to determine the pattern of disharmony that underlies > the swollen eyes and see if makes sense in terms of the herbs > that were used. It is also possible that it is an allergic reaction to > an herb and has nothing to do with formula's action, per se. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2002 Report Share Posted June 8, 2002 toxicity rather than the the effect of moving too much and depleting qi and yin. I am wondering what to do next ?>>>>Actually sounds like allergy. If you are developing an allergy to one of the herbs then every new exposure would lead to a stronger reaction. Alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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