How long after eating can drink Chinese medicine by the type of Chinese medicine to decide, if it is a tonic medicine can drink before meals or any time after meals can be, tranquilizer medicine usually need to drink before going to bed, on the gastrointestinal tract stimulation of the desirability of half an hour after meals and then drink.
1. tonic drugs: tonic class of Chinese medicine are generally recommended to take on an empty stomach, so that you can reduce the impact of food on the absorption of drugs, can better play the efficacy of tonic drugs, in general, such as the need to take after meals, after meals at any time to take can be, tonic class of Chinese medicine is not generally a great stimulus to the gastrointestinal tract, so you can drink on an empty stomach before meals.
2. Tranquilizers: Tranquilizers should be taken 1 to 2 hours before bedtime, so that the concentration of the drug in the patient’s blood peaks before bedtime, and the patient soon enters the sleep state. If tranquilizers are taken during daytime working hours, they may make it impossible to concentrate on work. If the time of taking tranquilizing drugs is too late, it takes some time for the drug to take effect, which may make the patient anxious.
3. To the gastrointestinal tract stimulation of the drug: to the gastrointestinal tract stimulation of the drug should be taken half an hour after meals, relieve the drug on the gastrointestinal tract stimulation; in addition to food can slow down the gastric emptying of the drug, prolonging the effect of the drug time.
Specific medication should consult a professional physician, avoid self-medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.