Forgetting to put jujube and ginger when boiling Chinese medicine has an effect. Each herb in a Chinese medicine prescription has its own efficacy and function, and other drugs complement each other, the lack of any one of them will affect the original efficacy and function of the prescription, so it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions for the use of medication.
Red jujube, i.e., jujube, has the effects of nourishing blood and tranquilizing the mind, tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi (treating qi deficiency by tonifying the spleen). It is suitable for women with dirty agitation (upset and depression, sadness and wanting to cry for no reason), spleen deficiency with little food, weakness and loose stools (thin and unformed feces). Attention to insect stagnation and dental disease, food stagnation, phlegm condensation, dampness is cautious or forbidden to take.
Ginger has the effects of relieving surface cold (removing cold from the muscle surface), relieving cough, stopping vaporization, warming and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach). It is used in treating stomach cold and vomiting, wind-cold and flu, fish and crab poisoning, phlegm (a pathological product of impaired water metabolism), wheezing and coughing, and diarrhea. Note that it is forbidden to be taken by people with deficiency of Yin and internal heat and solid symptoms.
From the viewpoint of the utility of jujube and ginger, Chinese medicine prescription if there are jujube and ginger and forget to add, will affect the overall efficacy of the drug, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions to use the drug.
Drugs should be taken under the guidance of a physician, do not self-medication, to avoid causing adverse consequences.