Chinese medicine is a treasure of the Chinese nation, but the circulation of many rumors about Chinese medicine not only jeopardizes public health, but also negatively affects the image of Chinese medicine. Let’s see what rumors have been fooled. Rumor one: late ginger is equal to eat arsenic Ginger is the essential spices in every household, in the cooking of fish, chicken into the ginger, both to remove the stench of fishy, but also mellow appetizing. It is a cheap traditional Chinese medicine, with a warm stomach and vomiting, dispel cold and relieve the effects of the table. “Eat ginger at night is equal to eat arsenic” is pure nonsense, the Chinese people’s dinner has always been less ginger, ginger is not suitable to eat time, only not suitable to eat people. Whether it is suitable to eat ginger, the general principle is: wind-cold disease is suitable, hot disease is not suitable; cold constitution is suitable, hot constitution is not suitable; Yin deficiency of internal heat (manifested as dry mouth and tongue, hands and feet and heart heat, etc.) and heat patients (manifested as fever, bitter mouth, constipation), and hemorrhoids patients avoid serving ginger, high blood pressure patients is not suitable to eat ginger. Rumor 2: serving Chinese medicine can not eat green beans green beans medicine and food, have heat, water detoxification effect. Most people believe that mung beans to solve the medicinal properties, so drink Chinese medicine can not eat mung beans. This statement is too absolute. In fact, the Chinese medicine can eat mung beans, depending on the disease of the cold and heat of the virtual reality, as well as the medicinal properties of the Chinese medicine. From the point of view of cold and heat: if suffering from heat stroke, urinary tract infection, constipation and other hot confirmed evidence, or due to aconite, epiphyllum, half-summer poisoning, drinking Chinese medicine when eating mung beans can be assisted in the treatment; if you suffer from chronic gastroenteritis, limb joints, cold pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea and other cold evidence of false evidence, eating mung beans when serving traditional Chinese medicine will exacerbate the condition. From the point of view of Chinese medicine: in the taking of ginseng, cinnamon, with the seeds and other warm tonic drugs and cinnamon sticks, ginger, fine Xin and other warming cold class of Chinese medicine, eat mung beans will reduce the effectiveness of the medicine; in the taking of Huanglian, Scutellaria baicalensis, Phellodendron Bark, leaves of the Qing, Panlangen, oxalis, honeysuckle, gypsum and other clearing of the heat class of traditional Chinese medicine, eat mung beans, but to complement each other’s roles. Rumor 3: expensive herbs beneficial to the body Many older people often take the Cordyceps, Agaricus, ginseng and other expensive herbs as a baby, the body is not comfortable to eat a little, in fact, this is wrong. The premise of taking expensive Chinese medicine is “symptomatic”, if “not symptomatic” it is easy to make up bias. For example, ginseng can complement the deficiency of the gas, fire Qi biwang people ate instead of nosebleeds. And any kind of drug has toxicity, overdose will be detrimental to health. Long-term overdose of ginseng can cause insomnia, agitation, bloating, loss of appetite, neurasthenia, increased body temperature, and even bleeding and other adverse reactions. In fact, there is no need to pursue expensive herbs, some herbs are inexpensive, the efficacy is not worse than expensive herbs, such as silver fungus and bird’s nest can nourish the face, ginseng and ginseng can strengthen the spleen, the former much cheaper than the latter. It is recommended that you follow your doctor’s advice and choose the right tonic before using expensive herbs. Pharmaceutical tonic at the same time with exercise, regulate the diet and mentality, is beneficial to prolong life. Rumor 4: men must tonic kidney “ten men nine weak” and other advertising, so that many middle-aged and elderly men once feel weak, they think they are kidney deficiency, and thus indiscriminately take tonic kidney medicine, this practice is really ridiculous. Although soreness is a manifestation of kidney deficiency, it may also be caused by lumbar muscle strain, pancreatitis or prostatitis. If the body’s yin and yang are in a balanced state, taking tonic medicines indiscriminately will break the balance, leading to fire, dry throat, dry stools and other side effects. It is best to follow your doctor’s advice on whether or not you need to supplement your kidneys. For most people, dietary supplements are better than medicines. Winter is the best time to tonify the kidneys, kidney yin deficiency should eat more pork, duck, black beans, green beans, winter melon, etc.; kidney yang deficiency should eat more mutton, leeks, etc., protect your feet, sleep well. Rumor 5: a wound can not eat “hair” Life has circulated a statement: a wound should not eat eggs, fish, tofu, leeks and other “hair”, otherwise it will affect the wound healing. This statement is not accurate. People often put “hair” refers specifically to easy to induce certain diseases, or aggravate the disease has occurred food, but Chinese medicine on the “hair” is still a lack of systematic, complete and accurate theoretical interpretation. Usually, hairy food is also food, moderate consumption of most people will not produce side effects or cause discomfort. Essential protein foods such as eggs and fish can also promote wound healing. Wound healing is primarily related to age and immunity. Once you have a wound, follow your doctor’s advice, avoid water and infection, and eat more fruits and vegetables and fine protein foods such as meat, fish and eggs to promote wound healing. Rumor six: cold hands and feet is cold hands and feet is a lot of women’s life in the trouble, they think they are cold patients, but also anxious about whether the impact of fertility, in fact, this worry is completely unnecessary. Chinese medicine on the “uterine cold” refers to women’s kidney yang insufficient to show a series of symptoms, including menstrual cycle disorders, menstrual flow and blood clots, and even menstrual shutdown can not. Although cold hands and feet are one of the manifestations of uterine cold, it is not the case that cold hands and feet are equal to uterine cold. Cold hands and feet can also be caused by external factors such as cold living environment and cold foods. People with true uterine cold are more afraid of cold than the average person, not only cold hands and feet, the whole body is cold. People with cold hands and feet should pay attention to keep warm, less navel dress, moderate exercise, while avoiding cold food, appropriate to eat more leeks, walnuts, dates and other warm-yang food.