What are the contraindications of drinking Qi and blood-tonifying Chinese medicine?

Traditional Chinese medicine places the most emphasis on sufficient Qi and blood in the human body, which not only makes people feel better, but also reduces the symptoms of disease. Therefore, in traditional Chinese medicine, sufficient Qi and blood are essential for a healthy person. If your qi and blood are insufficient, you can use some Chinese medicine to supplement them. This will have a very good health-care effect. However, these qi and blood replenishing medicines also have contraindications when used.

Qi deficiency: The main manifestations of qi deficiency are: shortness of breath, laziness to speak, general fatigue, low voice, shortness of breath when moving, easy sweating, dizziness and palpitations, sallow complexion, loss of appetite, false heat, spontaneous sweating, rectal prolapse, prolapse of the uterus, pale and fat tongue with teeth marks on the edge of the tongue, weak pulse, etc. These are manifestations of qi deficiency, not necessarily illness. People with qi deficiency need to replenish qi. Drugs for replenishing qi include ginseng, astragalus, codonopsis, etc.

Foods that replenish qi deficiency: beef, chicken, pork, glutinous rice, soybeans, white lentils, dates, crucian carp, carp, quail, eel, shrimp, mushrooms, etc. You can change your clothes frequently.

Foods that should not be eaten when suffering from Qi deficiency: hawthorn, bergamot, betel nut, garlic, kohlrabi, radish greens, coriander, turnip, pepper, longan, middle finger, perilla leaf, mint, lotus leaf;

Avoid or eat less: buckwheat, grapefruit, tangerine, kumquat, kumquat cake, orange, water chestnut, raw radish, ground skullcap, mustard greens, leek, Jundacai, Amomum villosum, chrysanthemum, tea, and tobacco and alcohol.

Appropriate meals: Huaishan lily and lotus seed soup; stewed pigeon with ginseng and herbs; spiced beef; roasted pig's trotters with peanuts and dates;

What are the contraindications of drinking Chinese medicine for replenishing qi and blood? Blood deficiency: The main manifestations of blood deficiency are; sallow complexion, pale lips and nails, dizziness and fatigue, blurred vision and palpitations, insomnia, dry stool, delayed menstruation, scanty and light-colored menstruation, pale tongue, slippery and dry tongue coating, and weak pulse. Tonic should be used to replenish blood, nourish blood, and produce blood. Blood-replenishing medicines can be selected from angelica, donkey-hide gelatin, cooked rehmannia, mulberry fruit, etc.

Foods that replenish blood deficiency: black-bone chicken, black sesame, walnut meat, longan meat, chicken, pig blood, pig liver, brown sugar, red beans, etc., can be used alternately:

Foods to avoid for blood deficiency: water chestnuts, garlic;

Related meals: Angelica sinensis and Rehmannia glutinosa black-bone chicken; Huaishan beef brisket stew; Huaiju hairtail; Rose Huaiju dew;

Avoid or eat less: seaweed, cardamom, lotus leaves, white wine, mint, chrysanthemum, betel nut, raw radish, etc.

There are some contraindications when using any medicine. The same is true even for drugs that have very good therapeutic effects. Only by paying attention to these contraindications when using these drugs can these drugs exert greater efficacy and achieve the desired results. Otherwise, it may cause other diseases.