1. When taking Chinese medicine, avoid any food that is cold, greasy, fishy, spicy, indigestible, raw garlic, raw leek, raw onion, mustard and irritating to ensure the best medicinal effect of Chinese medicine. Ice, pineapple, longan, lychee, mango, tangerine, cabbage, melon, bamboo shoots, glutinous rice, chili pepper, duck meat, sauerkraut, groundnut leaves, eggplant, etc. must be avoided during taking Chinese medicine. 2, avoid hairy things. “Hairy things” refers to the wind and phlegm, hair poisoning and fire to help evil products, easy to induce old diseases, aggravate the disease, and even cause new diseases food. In general, allergic asthma, dermatitis and sores should not eat chicken, pork, fish, shrimp, crab, leek, beef, mutton and other hairy items, which are prone to allergies and further aggravate the condition. Because during an asthma attack, eggs, milk, fish and shrimp and other high-protein foods will become aggravated “hair”, 3, avoid tea, do not drink strong tea during medication. Tea contains a substance called tannic acid, and the stronger the tea, the more tannic acid it contains. And most Chinese medicines are rich in alkaloids, heavy metal salts, etc.. If the two are taken together, the tannic acid will chemically react with the ingredients in the drug, generating insoluble precipitates, affecting the absorption of the active ingredients of the drug, but also reduce the effectiveness of the treatment. At the same time, tea should not be consumed when taking sedative, hypnotic and cough suppressant drugs, because the caffeine in tea has an excitatory effect, which will conflict with the medicinal properties. It is best to drink mainly plain water during taking Chinese medicine, other drinks such as coffee, cola and soft drinks are not suitable. 4.Two hours are needed between taking western medicine and taking Chinese medicine. 5.When there is stagnation in the stomach and intestines, it is advisable to have a light diet and not to consume greasy, high-protein, high-fat foods, such as meat, eggs, fish, etc. These foods tend to increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, which is not conducive to the performance of drugs; at the same time, it is not advisable to eat more starch-based foods, otherwise it is easy to produce gas and cause abdominal distension. 6, a long period of illness and physical weakness, in a light and easily digestible diet under the premise of appropriate chicken soup or fish soup, conducive to the recovery of physical weakness. Millet, red dates, silver fungus, fungus and other fresh fruits and vegetables, appropriately selected for consumption, is also conducive to treatment. 7. Different drugs have different contraindication requirements, depending on the nature and taste of food and drugs. Generally speaking, hot diseases avoid smoking, alcohol, spicy, fragrant, dry and fried foods, so when taking Chinese medicine to clear internal heat, hot foods such as onion, garlic, pepper, mutton and dog meat should not be consumed; when taking Chinese medicine in the treatment of cold evidence, cold foods should be prohibited. When taking these drugs, if you eat food that is contraindicated, the efficacy will not be satisfactory or even have the opposite effect. The specific contraindications are as follows: (1) after taking sweating drugs, forbidden to eat vinegar and other sour and cold food. Because these foods have astringent effect, if you take sweating drugs at the same time, it will offset the effect of the medicine. (2) after taking bone-setting drugs, forbidden to eat vinegar, pepper and other stimulating food. (3) cold and flu or children’s rash is not transparent, should not eat cold, sour, greasy food; treatment of chest congestion caused by gas stagnation, abdominal distension, should not eat beans and white potatoes, because these foods tend to cause flatulence. Others such as edema patients eat less salt; hepatitis patients should not eat spicy, greasy. (4) After taking laxative drugs, forbid the consumption of greasy and indigestible food. (5) After taking tonic drugs, forbid the consumption of tea and radish.