How long can I take Chinese medicine continuously?

There are many ways to treat diseases. Western medicine can treat them, and Chinese medicine can also treat them. However, whether it is Western medicine or Chinese medicine, if taken for a long time, it will more or less cause side effects to the health of the body. Although Chinese medicine takes a long time to take effect, its side effects are relatively small. Therefore, many people will choose Chinese medicine for treatment when treating diseases. Medicine is three-point poison. How long can Chinese medicine be taken continuously?

When treating diseases, Chinese medicine mainly aims to harmonize the balance of yin and yang, qi and blood in the human body. The specific duration of taking the medicine should be determined based on the individual's medical condition. Clinicians use their rich clinical experience and comprehensive evaluation to determine the specific course of medication. For some exogenous diseases, it usually takes 3-5 days to take the medicine; for the conditioning of some chronic diseases, a course of treatment is 7 days.

In terms of treatment principles, it is not recommended to use excessive and long-term medications to interfere with the balance of yin and yang in the human body. During the process of taking the medication, after the symptoms are relieved, you can mobilize the body's own immune and defense functions by being careful about your daily life, adjusting your diet, and regulating your emotions to achieve a balance between yin and yang in the body.

Precautions for taking Chinese medicine

1. It is best to take Chinese medicine 30-60 minutes after a meal. It can avoid the stimulation of gastric mucosa by Chinese herbal ingredients.

2. It is best not to drink tea, coffee, milk or soy milk about one hour before and after taking Chinese medicine, so as to avoid chemical reactions between the Chinese medicine ingredients and the tannins, caffeine and proteins in the tea, which may affect the efficacy. You can drink water.

3. If you feel uncomfortable or have diarrhea after taking Chinese medicine, please contact us in time. Please stop taking the medicine if you have a cold or cough.

4. If you feel the taste is bitter, you can add some sugar before taking it.

Generally, Chinese medicine should be taken warm. After decocting, let it sit for a while and take it when it is neither hot nor cold, such as mild tonic medicines. All medicines for colds and flu should be taken while hot to achieve the purpose of sweating; the same applies to medicines for dispelling cold and activating blood circulation, so as to dispel cold and promote blood circulation.

Taboos of taking Chinese medicine

1. During the period of taking Chinese medicine, you cannot eat any fishy food, such as seafood such as fish, shrimp, crab, and mutton and other fishy foods, because these foods contain foreign proteins, which will dissipate the efficacy of the medicine and easily cause side effects such as allergies.

2. While taking Chinese medicine, you cannot drink strong tea, because strong tea contains more tannic acid, which will reduce the efficacy of Chinese medicine. It is particularly important to note that many people have the habit of eating donkey-hide gelatin and white fungus, which are also traditional Chinese medicines. Taking them with strong tea will hinder the body's absorption of their effective ingredients. If the patient has the habit of drinking tea, it is recommended to drink tea 2 to 3 hours after taking Chinese medicine.

3. While taking Chinese medicine, you should not eat raw, cold, greasy or spicy food. This is because raw and cold food will affect the stomach and intestines' absorption of the medicine, and is not conducive to nourishing the stomach and spleen; greasy food can easily cause slippery intestines and stagnation of gas, which is not conducive to the absorption of the medicine; spicy food can easily produce phlegm and irritate the stomach and intestines. It should be noted that spicy food is not just very hot and numbing food, but also includes hot ingredients such as onions, ginger, garlic, and pepper.

4. You cannot eat radish while taking Chinese medicine, as it can easily reduce the efficacy of the medicine and prevent it from having a therapeutic effect. However, this depends on the type of Chinese medicine you take.