What is the reason for dizziness, nausea and vomiting after taking Chinese medicine?

Some friends feel dizzy and vomit after drinking Chinese medicine, and they worry that Chinese medicine may cause certain rejection effects on the body and cause damage. Some tonic medicines may cause the body to be too weak to be replenished if taken in large doses. It is also possible that the patient has yin deficiency and excess fire in the body. These factors can cause dizziness and nausea.

1. Will taking Chinese medicine cause dizziness and nausea?

Many patients experience dizziness when taking traditional Chinese medicine, so they worry that it will cause harm to their bodies. For some patients who experience such symptoms, they want to fully understand why they feel dizzy and nauseous after taking Chinese medicine.

The effect of tonic drugs is slow, so they should not be used too hastily. Using too much can cause phlegm and turbidity in the body, as well as dizziness and heaviness of the head. Chest tightness and nausea, poor appetite and excessive sleep. In the early stages of diarrhea, you should not take supplements suddenly to avoid trapping evil qi. But purgation should not be excessive. The hole damages the yin fluid. Small spots on tongue as if burned. This indicates that the body fluids have been damaged, and warming and hot tonic drugs will damage the stomach yin. Therefore, I feel dizzy and nauseous.

2. Causes of dizziness after taking Chinese medicine

Dizziness is not a normal phenomenon. It may be caused by Yin deficiency and excessive fire. You need to nourish Yin and reduce fire. If you use the purgation method directly, your Yin may become more deficient. It is recommended that you stop taking the medicine and seek help from another doctor.

In the Chinese medicine prescription: Phellodendron chinense, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Sophora flavescens, Crataegus pinnatifida, roasted pangolin, Curcuma aromatica, Costusroot, and Radix Dipterocarpa. These medicines are bitter and cold and can damage Qi, break blood and consume Qi. The dizziness and weakness may be related to taking Chinese medicine.

3. What should I do if I feel like vomiting after taking Chinese medicine?

Why do some people vomit after taking Chinese herbal medicine? This is because Chinese herbal prescriptions are made up of a variety of Chinese medicines. Each Chinese medicine has a different taste, such as bitter, pungent, sour, numb, salty, and astringent. The decoction brings these tastes together to form a smell that is difficult to swallow. Especially some patients with sensitive taste nerves are prone to nausea, vomiting and other phenomena.

3.1. Take small doses frequently: let the patient take a small sip to test it first. If he vomits, let him vomit. After two or three times, he will generally get used to it. Then he can take the medicine again and he will generally not vomit again.

3.2. Take large amounts of medicine quickly: After the medicine has cooled down, hold your breath and drink it all in one breath. It is best not to pause during the process of drinking the medicine to avoid evoking the smell of the medicine and inducing vomiting. After drinking the medicine, rinse your mouth with cold boiled water immediately and then drink a small amount of cold boiled water. You can also chew a piece of gum to remove the taste of the medicine.

3.3. Use drug intervention method: decocted 20 grams of licorice root in water, and then take the decoction when vomiting stops (this method should not be used for anti-licorice drugs such as Euphorbia, Daphne, Sargassum, and Gelsemium elegans in traditional Chinese medicine to avoid the opposite effect); put 6 grams of Angelica dahurica powder on the tongue, and then lick and swallow it with the tongue; if vomiting continues after taking the medicine: add 1 to 2 tablespoons of ginger juice to the decoction, or take some ginger soup after taking the medicine.