What are the contraindications of taking Chinese medicine for regulating menstruation?

In real life, many women have encountered some gynecological diseases, especially irregular menstruation and abnormal leucorrhea, which seriously affect women's normal life and work. Long-term irregular menstruation in women will also cause some uterine diseases, which is very harmful to physical health. Traditional Chinese medicine has been a very mild medicine since ancient times. Many women choose to take traditional Chinese medicine to regulate menstruation. So what are the taboos of taking traditional Chinese medicine for regulating menstruation? Let’s take a look at it together below.

Avoid strong tea. Generally, do not drink strong tea when taking Chinese medicine, because tea contains tannic acid. Strong tea contains more tannic acid. When taken with Chinese medicine, it will affect the body's absorption of the active ingredients in the medicine and reduce its efficacy. Especially when taking "ejiao" and "tremella", avoid taking them with tea. Taking them at the same time will cause the tannic acid, bioalkali, etc. in the tea to precipitate, affecting the body's absorption. If you have the habit of drinking tea, you can drink a little green tea, and it is best to drink it 2 to 3 hours after taking the medicine.

Avoid radish. It is not advisable to eat raw radish when taking Chinese medicine (except for taking qi-regulating and phlegm-resolving medicines), because radish has the effects of helping food and breaking up qi. Especially when taking tonic Chinese medicines such as ginseng and astragalus, eating radish will weaken the tonic effects of ginseng, reduce the efficacy of the medicine and fail to achieve the therapeutic purpose.

Avoid raw and cold food. Raw and cold foods are mostly cold in nature and difficult to digest. Raw and cold foods can also easily irritate the gastrointestinal tract and affect the gastrointestinal absorption of drugs. Therefore, when taking Chinese medicine to treat "cold symptoms", such as medicines for warming the meridians and unblocking the collaterals, dispelling cold and dampness, or medicines for strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, you must not avoid raw and cold foods.

Avoid spicy and hot foods. Spicy food is mostly warm in nature, and can consume energy and stimulate 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 food. Greasy food is sticky in nature, which promotes dampness and phlegm, causes loose bowels and gas, and is difficult to digest and absorb. Moreover, mixing greasy food with medicine 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.

The above article describes the taboos of taking Chinese medicine for regulating menstruation. Female friends should pay attention to their health and maintenance in daily life. Taking good care of the uterus can reduce the occurrence of some gynecological diseases. In addition, women should pay more attention to rest and should not be too tired. They can do some slow exercises to strengthen their physical fitness. They should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.