Whether you can eat kelp during taking traditional Chinese medicine depends on whether the traditional Chinese medicine contains licorice or the traditional Chinese medicine for treating hyperthyroidism and other diseases, if so, you can’t eat it, but you can eat it in other cases. 1. You can’t eat kelp during the period of eating traditional Chinese medicine containing licorice. In the Chinese medicine with taboo eighteen anti, nineteen fear, there is a match taboo, is kelp anti licorice. It means that if you eat licorice and kelp at the same time, there may be adverse reactions, which is not good for your health. 2. Eating Chinese medicine for hyperthyroidism, can not eat kelp. Kelp is relatively high in iodine, which may aggravate hyperthyroidism and promote thyroxine synthesis when eaten. In addition to the above, kelp can be eaten in traditional Chinese medicine, and does not have obvious side effects. It is recommended that patients consult their physicians about contraindications when prescribing traditional Chinese medicine.