There is a general principle of taboo of Chinese medicine: in some cases, the same taste of medicine and food will increase the strength of medicine to the human body, which is beyond the range that the human body can bear, and it is counterproductive. For example, drinking Chinese medicine can eat black fungus, which is beneficial to treatment.
When the body is weak, under the premise of light and digestible diet, millet, red dates, tremella, auricularia and other fresh fruits and vegetables are properly selected and eaten, which is also conducive to treatment.
Different drugs have different taboo requirements. According to the nature and taste of food and drugs, generally speaking, foods such as cigarettes, wine, spicy, fragrant and dry, fried, etc. are taboo for hot diseases. Therefore, when taking traditional Chinese medicine for clearing internal heat, it is not advisable to eat hot foods such as onions, garlic, pepper, mutton and dog meat. When taking traditional Chinese medicine to treat cold syndrome, you should fast cold food.
2, the taboo of drinking Chinese medicine
2. 1, some traditional Chinese medicines contain toxic components, such as aconitine in aconite, which has therapeutic effect when used in small doses, and poisoning can be caused when used too much or improperly.
2.2. Some traditional Chinese medicines do not contain toxic ingredients, but excessive use can also cause poisoning. For example, excessive use of cinnamon can cause hematuria.
2.3. Improper medication based on syndrome differentiation, such as taking asarum and cinnamon to patients with hyperactivity of liver yang, is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.
2.4, improper varieties of traditional Chinese medicine sources, such as Taxilli is non-toxic, but Taxilli parasitized on toxic plants will contain corresponding toxic components.
2.5, some medicinal materials without processing or improper processing, such as processed Pinellia ternata is not toxic, but raw Pinellia ternata is toxic.
3. What food can't you eat when drinking Chinese medicine?
3. 1, when taking Chinese medicine, it is not advisable to eat radish (except taking qi-regulating and phlegm-resolving drugs), because radish has the effects of digestion and qi-breaking, especially when taking nourishing Chinese medicine such as ginseng, eating radish will reduce the tonic effect and make it lose its tonic effect, thus failing to achieve the therapeutic purpose.
3.2, patients with digestive tract diseases, such as hepatitis, chronic gastroenteritis, when taking spleen-invigorating, stomach-warming and stomach-warming drugs, garlic is forbidden. Garlic contains allicin, which can stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa and make the mucosa congested, so the traditional Chinese medicine can not effectively play its therapeutic role.
3.3. You can't eat Chili when taking Chinese medicine, especially for heat-induced diseases. It's even more inappropriate to eat Chili when taking drugs for clearing heat and cooling blood or nourishing yin and reducing inflammation. Chili can reduce the efficacy, make the treatment ineffective or weaken the curative effect.