Whether or not you can eat watermelon during the consumption of Chinese medicine needs to be decided according to the nature of the Chinese medicine, the patient’s condition and physical condition and other factors. If the Chinese medicine is warm not recommended to eat watermelon during the Chinese medicine, the nature of the Chinese medicine is cold usually can eat watermelon.
According to Chinese medicine, watermelon is cool in nature, sweet in taste, and has the effect of clearing heat and removing vexation, diuretic and swelling. If the patient takes the nature of traditional Chinese medicine is warm, such as warm tonic type of formula (such as tonic in the Yiqi Tang), pungent and warm relief of the table type of formula (such as ephedra soup), warm down type of formula (such as rhubarb and epiphyllum soup), etc., in the period of taking this kind of traditional Chinese medicine is not recommended to consume watermelon, so as not to weaken the efficacy of this kind of medicine.
If the patient is taking the nature of the herbal medicine is cold, such as pungent and cool to relieve the epidermis type of formula (such as Yin Qiao San), cold down type of formula (such as Da Cheng Qi Tang), clearing the heat type of formula (such as Bai Hu Tang), etc., taking these types of medicines can be eaten watermelon, in order to increase the therapeutic effect of the drug, but need to be moderate in the amount of food.
While taking Chinese medicine, patients are advised to consult a medical professional to find out if they can eat watermelon and follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.