Salvia Miltiorrhiza Pellets, the name of this medicine may not be familiar to many people, but many people have seen it before, especially in many film and television productions. We often see elderly people suffering from cardiovascular diseases. When they experience angina, they quickly take a few Salvia Miltiorrhiza Pellets, and the pain subsides after a while, giving people the impression that Salvia Miltiorrhiza Pellets are a ‘lifesaving medicine’. However, for acute myocardial infarction, Salvia Miltiorrhiza Pellets cannot save people.

The actual effects of Danshen Drop Capsules

The main effects of Danshen Drop Capsules are two: one is the effect on the endocrine system, and the other is the ability to promote tissue repair and regeneration.

Danshen Drop Capsules can enhance the dilation of capillaries and coronary arteries, thereby increasing the cardiac blood volume, and also dilate peripheral blood vessels to increase blood volume. In addition, Danshen Drop Capsules can also enhance the contractility of the heart, improve cardiac function, and can inhibit platelet aggregation to promote blood circulation.

Danshen Drop Capsules have a good therapeutic effect on coronary heart disease by inhibiting the excessive proliferation of fibroblasts, but are ineffective for subacute myocardial infarction.

Why are Danshen Drop Capsules ineffective for acute myocardial infarction?

When an acute myocardial infarction occurs unexpectedly, the only effective method is to dissolve thrombus or use a stent to reconnect the blood vessels. The scenario of Danshen Drop Capsules taking immediate effect can only be seen in movies. In fact, Danshen Drop Capsules are ineffective for acute myocardial infarction and are generally used to treat chronic stable angina.

When an acute myocardial infarction occurs, the truly effective rescue drugs are these two: one is nitroglycerin, and the other is aspirin. However, emergency drugs are not ‘life-saving drugs.’ When in doubt about the sudden onset of acute myocardial infarction, it is necessary to call 120 first to truly save lives!

Although Danshen Drop Capsules are ineffective for acute myocardial infarction, they have a significant effect on these two diseases.

What kind of diseases is Danshen Drop Capsule used to treat?

Danshen Drop Capsules are mainly composed of purple Danshen, Panax notoginseng, and camphor, and traditional Chinese medicine believes that Danshen Drop Capsules have the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and regulating Qi to relieve pain. Therefore, Danshen Drop Capsules are commonly used in the treatment of coronary heart disease, angina, and other cardiovascular diseases. Because the price of Danshen Drop Capsules is relatively affordable, many elderly people often have symptoms of heartache and commonly use this medicine for treatment.

Because Danshen Drop Capsules have a rich effect on alleviating the discomfort of various cardiovascular diseases, many people will take Danshen Drop Capsules for a long time. However, as the saying goes, ‘Three parts of poison in every medicine,’ can long-term use of Danshen Drop Capsules cause side effects?

Does long-term use of Danshen Drop Capsules have side effects?

Many drugs can cause side effects when taken for a long time, and if Danshen Drop Capsules are taken for a long time, the camphor in the composition may cause irritation to the gastrointestinal tract, leading to damage to the gastrointestinal tract, especially for patients with Yin deficiency and internal heat in the gastrointestinal tract, it is not advisable to take Danshen Drop Capsules for a long time.

In addition, there are some common issues when taking Danshen Drop Capsules, for example, patients allergic to purple Danshen or Panax notoginseng should not take Danshen Drop Capsules, otherwise it is very easy to develop symptoms such as urticaria, even respiratory discomfort.

Patients with blood diseases or severe liver diseases should not take Danshen Drop Capsules because Danshen Drop Capsules have the effect of anti-platelet aggregation, and these patients have weak blood coagulation, which can easily cause bleeding after taking them.