eating taboos of boat-fruited Sterculia
1. Boat-fruited Sterculia is cold. Long-term overdose will damage yin and cause deficiency of both qi and blood, leading to symptoms such as diarrhea, reduced diet, chest tightness, emaciation and low blood pressure, especially for people with low blood pressure. In addition, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, cough caused by wind-cold cold and lung yin deficiency, and diabetic patients should not take it.
It is not suitable for hoarseness caused by excessive drinking and smoking. For some people who suddenly lose their voice or have spleen deficiency, it can also cause sore throat.
2. Boat-fruited Sterculia can't make tea to take (eat), because some patients may have allergic reactions, such as itchy skin, edema of lips and so on, and long-term drinking in large quantities may be life-threatening.
For the phenomenon that some people take Ginkgo biloba, boat-fruited Sterculia, licorice and other Chinese herbal medicines at their fingertips and make tea at will, Chinese herbal medicines as tea are toxic.
3. Generally, Boat-fruited Sterculia can be taken in water or boiled water for 3-5 capsules at a time. Generally, it can be taken for two or three days, and it is advisable to take it continuously for no more than 7 days.
4. Boat-fruited Sterculia in China mostly comes from humid and hot areas in Southeast Asia, and its improper preservation is most likely to cause mildew and moth-eaten, and there are few fresh products used in clinic, so it is best to boil it.
How to eat Boat-fruited Sterculia
Chinese medicine believes that Boat-fruited Sterculia can only be used as medicine, and it should be "used in the right way, and harvested when it works". For example, acute tonsillitis, take 3 ~ 5 pieces of boat-fruited Sterculia with boiling water for two or three days, and stop using it after the symptoms are relieved. Dry throat and hoarseness caused by wind-heat cold, use 5 pieces of boat-fruited Sterculia and 3 grams of licorice to make tea for two or three days. If it is effective, you should stop using it. If it is ineffective, you should see a doctor in time.