You can't drink coffee when you eat traditional Chinese medicine, because coffee contains caffeine and alkaloids, which can excite the central nervous system of the human body and have a refreshing effect. In addition, there are diuresis and vasoconstriction. If you eat traditional Chinese medicine and drink coffee, it will cause acid-base reaction and produce precipitation, which will make it difficult for the drug to be absorbed by the human body, thus reducing the efficacy and affecting the therapeutic effect. Therefore. Don't drink coffee while eating Chinese medicine. Avoid food, that is, avoid some foods that hinder the efficacy and unfavorable conditions during medication.

When taking medicine, generally eat less beans, meat, cold and indigestible food.

For thermal diseases and skin itching, alcohol, spicy, fishy, greasy and other irritating foods should be prohibited or used with caution.

Buyang Jiedu drugs should not eat cold and sour food.

Drink less tea and avoid eating radishes for tonic drugs.

Poria cocos is jealous of vinegar; Turtle amaranth; Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonum multiflorum avoid onions, garlic and radishes; Smilax glabra avoids tea; Mint avoids turtle meat; Licorice avoids silver carp; Honey turns into onions, etc.

Eat ginseng and avoid radish and garlic: American ginseng and ginseng are common tonics, and radish has the effect of promoting digestion. At the same time, radish will dissolve the medicinal properties of ginseng. Similarly, when taking other tonic drugs, you should not eat foods that promote digestion such as radish and garlic within one hour before and after. 2. Eat Shuanghuanglian avoid garlic: Shuanghuanglian is a commonly used medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials and treating exogenous wind and heat, which is cool and garlic is hot. If you eat garlic while taking Shuanghuanglian, it will reduce the efficacy. 3. Eat Banlangen avoid cold drinks: Because Banlangen is cool, if you drink cold drinks before and after taking it, it will be cold, and your stomach will have diarrhea if you can't stand it. Similarly, cold foods such as mung beans, bananas and cucumbers should not be eaten with Banlangen. 4. Take antiperspirants, avoid vinegar and cold food: vinegar and cold food have astringent effects. If you take antiperspirants at the same time, it will counteract the efficacy. 5. Avoid eating fish, shrimp and goose meat during taking medicine for skin diseases: fish and shrimp are rich in protein, and goose meat belongs to crude fiber meat. People with skin allergies are easily allergic to these two substances, so avoid eating them.

There is a general principle in the taboo of traditional Chinese medicine: when taking warm or cold traditional Chinese medicine, try to eat neutral and peaceful food, because the taste of traditional Chinese medicine is contrary to that of food, which will weaken the efficacy and fail to achieve the due curative effect; In some cases, drugs and food have the same taste, which will also increase the strength of drugs to the human body, beyond the range that the human body can bear, which is counterproductive.