What are the contraindications of taking Chinese medicine?

As people in modern society are becoming more and more aware of Chinese medicine, many friends will think of using Chinese medicine for conditioning when they are sick, because although Chinese medicine has a slow effect, it can treat the symptoms and the root cause very well, which can also inhibit the recurrence of the disease. However, we should also pay attention to some contraindications of Chinese medicine. So what are the contraindications of taking Chinese medicine? In the next time, please join me in the following discussion.

Avoid spicy and hot foods. Spicy foods are mostly warm in nature and can consume energy and cause fire. If you are taking Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and eliminating toxins, nourishing yin and increasing fluid, cooling blood and nourishing yin, or during the treatment of febrile diseases such as carbuncles, ulcers and toxins, you should avoid spicy food. For example, spicy and hot foods such as onions, garlic, pepper, mutton, and dog meat, if consumed, will offset the effects of traditional Chinese medicine. Some may even induce inflammation, damage the yin and cause bleeding.

Avoid greasy foods. Greasy foods are sticky, promote dampness and phlegm, cause loose bowels and gas, and are difficult to digest and absorb. Moreover, mixing greasy foods with medicines can hinder the gastrointestinal absorption of the medicine's active ingredients, thereby reducing its efficacy. If you eat greasy food while taking Chinese medicine, it will inevitably affect the absorption of the medicine. Therefore, patients with heavy phlegm and dampness, weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, hypertension, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, high blood viscosity and obesity must avoid eating greasy foods such as animal fats.

Avoid fishy smell. Generally, Chinese medicines have aromatic smells, especially aromatic dehumidifying and aromatic qi-regulating medicines, which contain a large amount of volatile oils to exert their therapeutic effects. These aromatic substances are the most incompatible with fishy smells. If you do not avoid fishy smell when taking Chinese medicine, it will often affect the efficacy of the medicine. Such as the fishy smell of fish, shrimp, and seafood, and the mutton smell of cattle and mutton. Patients with allergic dermatitis such as allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, boils, eczema, urticaria, etc. must avoid eating fishy foods while taking Chinese medicine. They should also eat less fishy, ​​spicy and irritating foods such as chicken, lamb, pork head, crab, and goose meat. Because these foods contain foreign proteins, some patients are particularly sensitive and prone to allergies, which aggravates their condition.

I believe that with the above discussion, most of the friends have already remembered some of the taboos of taking Chinese medicine, so that they can avoid more troubles in the process of taking Chinese medicine in daily life. Of course, I want to tell you that although many friends have clearly understood the benefits of Chinese medicine to the human body, some friends choose to give up halfway because the effect of Chinese medicine is relatively long and the taste is relatively bitter. In fact, this is an unwise decision.