Spicy foods such as chili peppers, mustard, onions, scallions, ginger and garlic should not be eaten when taking Chinese medicine.
According to Chinese medicine, when taking Chinese medicine, it needs to be transported by the spleen and stomach to make the medicine work, and spicy food will stimulate the spleen and stomach, resulting in a decline in the transport function of the spleen and stomach, so it is difficult for the human body to fully absorb the ingredients of the medicine after consumption, which will lead to a weakening of the effect of the medicine. This will not be conducive to the recovery of the disease, and will seriously aggravate the condition and increase the burden on the spleen and stomach.
Especially when taking traditional Chinese medicine that has the effect of nourishing Yin and cooling blood, nourishing Yin and promoting the production of body fluid, and clearing heat and detoxification (removing heat and toxicity from the body), if spicy food is eaten, it may lead to the aggravation of the situation of internal heat and internal heat, which will in turn make the condition worse.
However, if you are taking the herbal medicine for warming yang and dispersing cold (warming yang qi and dispersing cold) to treat the internal invasion of cold or deficiency of yang qi, you may consume spicy food appropriately, which will help to increase the therapeutic effect of the medicine.
During the period of taking Chinese medicine, it is better to follow the doctor’s advice to avoid eating, so as not to cause the efficacy of the medicine to decrease and aggravate the condition.