The instructions for Yuquan Pills do not indicate whether to take it before or after meals, so you can take it before or after meals. However, if you have stomach discomfort, it is recommended to take this medicine after meals. Yuquan Pill is effective in nourishing yin and generating fluid, quenching thirst and removing vexation, benefiting qi and harmonizing the middle (tonifying qi and harmonizing the spleen and stomach). Yuquan Pill, consists of Pueraria Mirifica, Smallpox Pollen, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Rhizoma Ophiopogonis, Rhizoma Ophiopogonis, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Radix Glycyrrhizae. It is used for the treatment of thirst caused by yin deficiency, or overeating greasy food, or overuse of hot and dry products, or excessive emotional and emotional, or intercourse damage, yin deficiency caused by internal heat, the symptoms of thirst, like cold drinks, more food and easy to eat, more urine and redness, dry throat and mouth, heartburn, constipation, red tongue with yellow fur, fine and slippery pulse, etc.. Note that spicy food should be avoided when taking this medicine. If this drug is to be taken, patients are advised to take it under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner for identification of symptoms.