Many patients will ask what is contraindicated during a consultation, and the herbalist will often say, “Avoid spicy stimuli.” What is pungent? In this context, pungent refers to a strong-smelling diet. In particular, some spices, such as pepper, star anise, cinnamon, fennel, onion, ginger, garlic, etc., can be consumed in excess to help heat and fire, depleting qi and hurting yin. Fish, sheep, seafood and other fishy and greasy food, eating more may also help to produce dampness, heat, phlegm, obstruct the operation of blood, causing physical damage. With the progress and development of modern science, people’s lifestyles have quietly changed. Artificial flavors, fragrances, nitrites, preservatives and other chemical additives are flooding all kinds of convenience foods, and tobacco and alcohol are proliferating, endangering people’s health. These substances are also gradually included in the category of “spicy” in Chinese medicine. Spicy refers to foods with a spicy taste, such as chili peppers, which is easy to understand. Some substances are both pungent and spicy, such as tobacco and alcohol. Stimulating food refers to a wide range of foods that are too cold and hot, too coarse and hard, with a strong flavor, whether sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, are included. Sometimes, Chinese medicine also says: “Avoid eating fatty, sweet and thick taste.” Fat, refers to high-fat food. Whether vegetable oil, animal oil, do not consume too much. More should eat less food containing margarine, cream, phyllo. Sweet, refers to sweet food, including a variety of sweeteners, orthodontics. Thick taste, refers to the diet with strong smell or taste, too much oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, strong tea, MSG, chicken essence, mushroom essence, seafood essence, etc., all may damage the health.