How long should a stroke patient refrain from eating? The length of time for stroke patients to avoid eating depends on the patient’s specific situation and the content of the prohibition, which can be divided into the following three aspects. The first aspect is those related to the onset and recurrence of stroke, such as avoiding fatty, sweet and thick taste, alcohol, high sodium salt intake, etc. These taboos are almost lifelong, because once you do not pay attention to these aspects of the taboo, it may lead to a recurrence of stroke, thus affecting the health of the patient. The second aspect is those related to the patient’s constitution, such as stroke patients in the yin deficiency and hyperactivity of the body contraindicated the intake of warm and dry food, this aspect of the contraindication is temporary, once the physique in age, physical condition and the role of drugs change to other types of physique, this contraindication also disappeared. The third aspect is the drug-related dietary contraindications, such as the stroke patients who are taking drugs containing dioscorea contraindicated radish, patients who are taking bismuth citrate potassium tablets before and after taking drugs contraindicated milk, etc., this contraindication is also temporary, as long as the drugs taken by the patient changes, this contraindication will immediately cease to exist.