Excessive Post Extraction Bleeding Associated with Cordyceps sinensis: A Case Report and Review of select Traditional Medicines used by Vietnamese people living in The United States

Publication date: Available online 21 July 2018

Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Author(s): Michael N. Hatton, Kalpesh Desai, Dzung Le, Annie Vu BS

Abstract

Many older people who have emigrated from Vietnam to the United States continue to use traditional medicines that they used within their country of origin. Clinicians trained in the West may not be familiar with these products. The authors review six Asian based traditional medicines that are popular among elder Vietnamese peoples living in the United States. Each medicinal has significant side effects that can lead to complications for patients undergoing surgery. The authors present a patient who experienced prolonged bleeding after dental surgery who used Cordyceps sinensis daily as a tonic.

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