The taking time of tonics varies according to the different diseases. Most tonics should be taken before meals, but drugs that are stimulating to the stomach and intestines or eliminating food should be taken after meals.
The specific taking time of the tonics should be based on the different parts of the disease, the nature of the drug, etc. Most of the drugs can be taken before meals in order to promote its absorption to play the efficacy of the drug, such as for the liver, kidneys and other diseases of the lower focal point of the drug.
For the treatment of upper jiao lesions such as headache, dizziness, etc. and for the elimination of food stagnation (to promote food digestion) or the gastrointestinal tract of the drugs have a stimulating effect on the choice of taking after meals.
Soup medicines can be taken before or after meals according to the actual situation, and there are also tonic medicines and anthelmintic medicines that can be taken on an empty stomach, but no matter whether they are taken before or after meals, they should be taken at an interval of one hour or so from the time of eating, so as not to affect the efficacy of the medicines.