Take western medicine can drink tea, but after taking western medicine can not immediately drink tea. Western medicine and tea in the tea polyphenol composition, there is a contradiction between western medicine and tea or have a reaction with each other, so after eating western medicine can not immediately drink tea. Tea contains tea polyphenols, but also contains theophylline, this alkaline component if and the acidic components of Western medicine together will reduce the effectiveness of Western medicine, but also trigger adverse reactions to Western medicine. Usually doctors recommend that you can not drink tea immediately after taking western medicine, if you like tea very much, you can drink light tea after half an hour to an hour after taking western medicine, not drink strong tea.