Five Taboos of Drinking Herbal Medicine

There is no such thing as “five contraindications to drinking Chinese herbal medicine”, but it should be noted that the contraindications vary according to the different medications taken and the patient’s physical condition. During the period of taking Chinese herbal medicine should follow the doctor’s instructions, avoid eating cold, spicy stimulation, indigestible food, and if you take other drugs at the same time should consult a physician or doctor. Avoid eating cold, fishy, nourishing, stomach-hindering and stimulating foods such as slippery fruits, lettuce, raw garlic, raw meat, seafood, fat pork, etc. during the period of taking Chinese herbs. According to different diseases, dietary taboos are also different. Such as hot disease avoid eating spicy, fried, greasy; cold disease avoid eating cold, cold; chest paralysis avoid eating fatty meat, fat, animal offal, etc.; jaundice, jaundice, avoid eating animal fat, spicy stimulation, etc.; liver hyperactivity avoid eating white wine, chili peppers, garlic, etc. hot and spicy food. Spleen and stomach weakness avoid eating fried sticky, cold and hard, indigestible food; kidney disease edema avoid eating too much salt and alkali and acidic and spicy stimulating food; sores and skin diseases avoid eating spicy stimulation and fish, crabs, shrimp and other fishy and hairy things. If you feel unwell, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, Chinese herbs need to be taken under the guidance of a professional doctor’s diagnosis, do not take on your own.