Generally speaking, Chinese medicines that are mild in nature and less irritating to the stomach and intestines can usually be drunk on an empty stomach in the morning, and it is recommended that they be taken in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.
There are many kinds of Chinese medicines, clinically divided into heat-clearing medicines, laxatives, blood circulation and blood stasis removing medicines, deficiency tonic medicines, etc. Usually, most of the deficiency tonic medicines, such as qi tonic and blood tonic medicines, are flat or warm in nature, sweet in taste, relatively mild in nature, and less stimulating to the gastrointestinal tract, so they can usually be taken on an empty stomach in the morning.
On the other hand, most of the drugs for clearing heat, laxatives and activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis are cold in nature and bitter in taste, with relatively strong medicinal properties and greater stimulation to the stomach and intestines, so they are generally not recommended to be taken in the morning on an empty stomach, so as to avoid damage to the stomach and intestines.
Therefore, it is recommended that patients follow the doctor’s instructions to take, not blindly on their own in the morning on an empty stomach, so as not to cause gastrointestinal stimulation.