Do I need to avoid certain foods after taking Chinese medicine?

When taking Chinese medicine, pay attention to diet. The doctor will also remind you, the most typical thing is not to eat spicy, cold, or greasy food. Many people think that if these foods meet with Chinese medicinal materials, chemical reactions will occur, which will affect the efficacy and even cause toxic side effects. Therefore, they are very cautious when taking the medicine, but as soon as the medicine is stopped, they will relax and finish eating again. So do you need to avoid certain foods after taking Chinese herbal medicines?

In fact, it is incorrect. It is not so much that we need to avoid eating Chinese medicinal materials, but rather that we need to avoid eating in our daily life, the human body and physical fitness. Therefore, diet should not only be followed when taking medicine, but also a long-term habit in daily life.

We often have to be careful about what we eat because when we are sick and taking medicine, the symptoms or physical condition itself has obvious bias, and taking Chinese medicine is to correct this bias. And these foods that need to be avoided can be more one-sided. For example, if you are prone to getting angry, or you have a hot constitution, acne on your face, and dry stools, you need to avoid spicy food at this time. Chili pepper is the most suitable, followed by ginger, pepper, etc. However, even if you finish taking the medicine and the symptoms are relieved or disappeared, you can't relax the spicy food, otherwise you have to go back to take the medicine. If you don't avoid eating while taking the medicine, the cold nature of the medicine may be offset by these hot foods, and the medicinal effect will be poor. However, if you take the medicine, the symptoms disappear and you start eating again, the imperfections in your physical condition will still appear, because there is no medicine to restrict it. Therefore, you should not only be careful about your diet when taking medicine, but you should develop better living habits according to your physical condition. Even if there is no problem, you should eat less or no food that is bad for your physical condition, because the damage caused by these foods is more serious than you think, and the side effects caused by the combination with medicines are comparable to those caused by the combination with medicines.

In fact, people with weak spleen and stomach should always pay attention to cold foods, whether it is cold in temperature or cold in nature, they must be cautious.

People with a hot constitution should eat less spicy food, among which chili pepper is the least valuable. Among all irritating foods, only chili pepper cannot be used as medicine, because its spiciness can only stimulate the effect, unlike ginger, pepper, etc., which also have a regulating effect. It is just comfortable, and this comfort still has a price.