What are the taboos of drinking warm tonic Chinese medicine?

As we all know, many people now choose Western medicine to treat diseases, but more people choose Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies. However, due to the continuous development of society, people are gradually moving away from traditional Chinese medicine. As a result, they know very little about the precautions when taking traditional Chinese medicine, which will cause many problems. So, what are the taboos of drinking warm tonic Chinese medicine?

1. When taking Chinese medicine, it is advisable to eat less beans, meat, greasy, cold and some indigestible foods to avoid increasing the patient's digestive burden. Children and the elderly should eat less of these foods while taking Chinese medicine because they have weak spleen and stomach and poor digestive function.

2. When taking Chinese medicine to treat colds, you should avoid eating raw, cold or acidic foods, because they have astringent effects and will affect the medicine's ability to relieve symptoms and induce sweating.

3. When taking Chinese medicine for clearing heat and reducing fever, alcohol, meat, fish and spicy food should be avoided. Because alcohol and spicy food are hot in nature, and fish and meat have the effect of causing greasiness, heat and phlegm, once eaten they will make the condition worse.

4. When taking warming and tonic Chinese medicine, you need to avoid eating mung beans and radishes; do not drink tea, because mung beans, radishes, and tea are all cool in nature and can reduce the warming and tonic effect of the medicine.

The four medicinal properties of cold, hot, warm and cool were also called the four Qi in ancient times. Among them, warmth and coldness belong to two different properties. Warm and hot, cold and cool have common properties respectively; warm is inferior to hot, and cool is inferior to cold, that is, there are differences in degree within the common properties. Some medicines are usually labeled with words such as very hot, very cold, slightly warm, and slightly cold to distinguish them. The cold, hot, warm and cool properties of medicines are summarized from the reactions that occur when the medicines act on the body. It is relative to the cold or hot nature of the disease being treated. Drugs that can alleviate or eliminate heat symptoms are generally cold or cool in nature. For example, Scutellaria baicalensis and Isatis root have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying for heat symptoms such as fever, thirst, and sore throat, indicating that these two drugs are cold in nature.

On the contrary, medicines that can alleviate or eliminate cold symptoms are generally warm in nature. For example, aconite and dried ginger have a warming and cold-dispersing effect on cold symptoms such as cold pain in the abdomen and weak pulse, indicating that these two medicines have heat properties. In terms of treatment principles, "Shennong Bencao Jing" says: "Treat cold with hot medicine, and treat heat with cold medicine. "Sujian. Zhizhen Yao Da Lun" says: "Treat cold with heat, and treat heat with cold. This is the basic rule of medication.

Everyone must learn in time about the taboos of drinking warm tonic Chinese medicine. Although Western medicine can now treat diseases very well, Chinese medicine also has many benefits that Western medicine cannot compare to. Although Chinese medicine is not as effective as Western medicine, it has fewer side effects on the body. At the same time, instead of providing a harsh treatment for physical discomfort, it is a gentle way of treating the body's health.