Six taboos on taking traditional Chinese medicine for health care

　　In this era of advanced technology, many people still believe in traditional Chinese medicine for health care, but traditional Chinese medicine is not a panacea. Do you know what are the taboos of taking traditional Chinese medicine? Can you drink tea when drinking traditional Chinese medicine? If you don’t understand, come and take a look. This is no joke!

　　Six taboos on taking traditional Chinese medicine

　　1. Avoid raw or cold food

　　During the period of taking Chinese medicine, you should also try to avoid eating all kinds of raw and cold foods. Traditional Chinese medicine points out that raw and cold foods are often cold in nature and are very difficult to digest after eating. Moreover, raw and cold foods can also stimulate the gastrointestinal tract after consumption. In this case, if Chinese medicine is taken immediately, it will seriously irritate the gastrointestinal tract, thus affecting the gastrointestinal absorption of the drug. Therefore, special attention should be paid to avoiding eating raw and cold foods when taking traditional Chinese medicine to treat "cold syndrome" such as medicines for warming the meridians and unblocking collaterals, and medicines for dispelling cold and removing dampness.

　　2. Avoid radish

　　Experts remind that whether you are taking Chinese medicine or Western medicine, you should try to avoid eating radishes while taking the medicine, otherwise the medicinal properties will be greatly affected. The reason why many people's condition does not improve after taking a large amount of drugs has a lot to do with improper diet. Especially when taking traditional Chinese medicine, you should not eat radish, except of course some medicines that regulate qi and reduce phlegm. The reason why you cannot eat radishes during this period is because radish has the effects of digestion and qi-breaking, especially when taking nourishing Chinese medicines such as ginseng and astragalus.

　　3. Avoid spicy food

　　People who are taking traditional Chinese medicine also need to avoid all kinds of spicy food. Otherwise, it will not only weaken the properties of the medicine, but also react with the traditional Chinese medicine, thus seriously endangering human health. Traditional Chinese medicine points out that hot and spicy foods are warm in nature and consume qi and trigger fire. Therefore, you should try to avoid such foods when taking traditional Chinese medicines such as clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and increasing fluids, cooling blood and nourishing yin. Or you should try to avoid eating spicy foods during the treatment of carbuncle ulcers.

　　4. Avoid greasy food

　　All kinds of greasy food should also be avoided while taking traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine points out that greasy food is sticky in nature, and it also has the characteristics of promoting dampness, phlegm, smooth intestines and stagnation of qi. After consumption, it will mix with the medicine and hinder the gastrointestinal absorption of the active ingredients of the medicine, thereby reducing the efficacy. In particular, some patients suffering from spleen and stomach weakness, indigestion, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and other diseases should eat less of these foods in their daily lives.

　　5. Avoid hairy things

　　These foods are all products that stimulate wind, produce phlegm and help fire. Due to the different degrees of food selection of diseases, their "disease" is also different. Such foods include mushrooms, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, pumpkins, rooster meat, pig head meat, sow meat, etc. For example, patients with hyperactivity of liver yang and internal liver wind should not eat rooster meat and pig head meat; patients with boils, boils, sores, carbuncles and other skin diseases should not eat mushrooms, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, rooster meat, pig head meat, and sow meat, otherwise it will accelerate redness, swelling and pus; people with gastrointestinal diseases should not eat pumpkin, because pumpkin contains sugar, and eating more will produce more acid, which is irritating to the gastrointestinal tract. In view of this, "hair" can be said to promote the worsening of the disease to a large extent.

　　6. Avoid fishy smell

　　Generally, traditional Chinese medicines have aromatic odors, especially aromatic dampness-removing and aromatic qi-regulating medicines, which contain a large amount of volatile oils, which rely on their therapeutic effects. Such aromatic substances are most incompatible with fishy smells. If you do not avoid the smell of fishy smell when taking traditional Chinese medicine, the efficacy of the medicine will often be affected. Such as the fishy smell of fish, shrimp and seafood, and the smell of beef and sheep. For those patients with allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, boils, eczema, urticaria and other allergic dermatitis, they must avoid eating fishy and tangy things while taking traditional Chinese medicine.

　　Winter tonic Chinese medicine

　　1. Ginseng

　　Ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter, and neutral in nature. Returns to the spleen, lung, and heart meridians. Ginseng contains ginseng saponin II, ginseng acid, volatile oil, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and other substances. In addition, it also contains sugar, choline, and niacin. These ingredients can play the role of invigorating vitality, nourishing the spleen and lungs, calming the mind and improving intelligence, producing body fluids and quenching thirst. It can also strengthen the excitatory process of the cerebral cortex, and at the same time strengthen the inhibitory process, improving the efficiency of mental work.

　　2. Donkey-hide gelatin

　　Donkey-hide gelatin is made from black donkey skin that has been blanched and dehaired, and then added with rock sugar and other ingredients. This herb is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the functions of nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs, regulating menstruation and relieving miscarriage. It is a nourishing treasure that has been used throughout the ages. "Shui Jing Zhu" has a record of "boil glue every year to pay tribute to Tianfu", so it is called tribute glue. "Compendium of Materia Medica" even calls it a "holy medicine".

　　3. Angelica sinensis

　　Angelica sinensis is sweet, slightly pungent, and warm in nature. Heart, liver, spleen meridians. Angelicae contains volatile oil, sucrose, vitamin B12, vitamin A substances, palmitic acid, stearic acid, unsaturated oleic acid, linoleic acid, p-glutinol, etc. It has the effects of nourishing blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moistening dryness and smoothing the intestines. It has the functions of regulating uterine contraction, protecting liver, sedating, resisting vitamin E deficiency and antibacterial effects. It is often used for irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, abdominal pain, metrorrhagia, blood deficiency, headache, dizziness, intestinal dryness and difficulty in defecation.

　　4. Astragalus

　　Astragalus nourishes qi and raises yang, replenishes essence and consolidates the surface, diuresis and reduces swelling. It is suitable for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, edema, internal injury and fatigue, spleen deficiency, diarrhea, anal prolapse and all diseases of qi and blood deficiency. Astragalus has the effect of enhancing the body's resistance and immune function, and has sex hormone effects. It can also adjust blood pressure, stabilize the surface and stop sweating. Eat 100 grams of chicken stew and drink soup every day. Astragalus is a diuretic and is also suitable for people with diabetes. However, it should not be used by those with severe fever symptoms such as high fever, severe thirst, and constipation.