Ginger, red dates and lotus seeds are not contraindicated, generally can be taken with cooking.
1. Ginger is pungent, slightly warm, belonging to the lung, spleen and stomach meridian; it has the effect of relieving cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle), warming and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach), resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and relieving the toxicity of fish and crabs; it is used for treating wind-cold colds, vomiting of stomach colds, coughing with phlegm and fish and crab toxicity; avoiding those who are full of heat and those who suffer from yin deficiency and internal heat.
2. Red jujube is sweet and warm in nature, belonging to the spleen, stomach and heart meridians; it has the effects of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi (treating qi deficiency by replenishing the spleen), nourishing the blood and calming the mind (stabilizing the mind and soothing the emotions by nourishing the blood). It is used for treating spleen deficiency with little food, loose stools (thin and unformed feces), and women’s agitation (upset and depressed, sadness and wanting to cry for no reason) and other conditions.
3. Lotus seed is sweet, astringent and flat in nature, belonging to spleen, kidney and heart meridians; it has the effects of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping bandhas, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, and is used for treating diarrhea due to deficiency of the spleen, bandhas (in a broader sense, it refers to the women’s menstruation, bandhas, fetus, childbirth and miscellaneous illnesses), spermatorrhea, palpitation and insomnia, and so on.
Ginger, red dates and lotus seeds have no contraindications, generally can be taken with cooking. If you need to take the above drugs to cure or regulate the body, it is recommended to take under the guidance of a doctor to avoid the risk of medication.