In addition, there are some taboos during taking Ejiao.
Ejiao is a good medicine for nourishing yin and blood, moistening dryness and invigorating qi, but don't eat radish and garlic before and after taking Ejiao, and don't drink too much tea to avoid reducing the efficacy.
Radish and garlic are qi-promoting and digestion-promoting foods, while donkey-hide gelatin is a qi-invigorating drug. This effect of tonifying and harmonizing is balanced, which greatly reduces the efficacy of donkey-hide gelatin, and does not play a role in enriching blood and invigorating qi. Therefore, don't eat cold shredded radish, radish soup or garlic for 1 hour before and after taking Ejiao.
When donkey-hide gelatin is used to treat anemia and other diseases, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and other medicinal materials can be boiled into decoction and taken together after melting donkey-hide gelatin, so as to strengthen the blood-enriching effect. No one suggests that the dosage should be around10g every day. If you only have dizziness, palpitation, shortness of breath, leg weakness, menorrhagia and other symptoms, you can take a lump of donkey-hide gelatin and melt it with hot water.
In addition, although Ejiao is good, not everyone is suitable. If the urine and yellow tongue coating indicate that the yang is strong and the internal heat is heavy, it is necessary to fast Ejiao. If you have a cold, excessive expectoration, diarrhea or menstrual cramps, you should stop taking Ejiao until the disease is cured or stopped. Colla Corii Asini is sticky, which hinders digestion, spleen and stomach weakness, dyspepsia, and poor appetite in loose stool. Before taking Colla Corii Asini, it should be conditioned with appetizing and spleen-strengthening prescriptions, such as dried tangerine peel, Pinellia ternata, Chuanpu, Fructus Aurantii, Massa Medicata Fermentata, hawthorn, etc., to make the spleen and stomach healthy, and then take Colla Corii Asini.
In addition, Ejiao is afraid of rhubarb and generally should not be taken with rhubarb.