What should I do if I take Chinese medicine and eat mutton?

Lamb is very good for the body because of its mild nature. Eating lamb regularly can replenish the body's needed essence and blood and effectively improve the problem of excessive fatigue. However, for patients who need to take Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies, they need to control their diet, because many foods may affect the efficacy of Chinese medicine. So what should you do if you accidentally eat mutton after taking Chinese medicine?

Can I eat mutton while taking Chinese medicine?

1. Mutton is a kind of meat that is hot in nature. Regular consumption of this meat can replenish energy for our body. At the same time, mutton can also replenish essence and blood, relieve lung deficiency, and improve fatigue. However, drinking Chinese medicine and eating mutton will not produce ideal treatment results.

2. Do not eat irritating foods when taking Chinese medicine. The scope of irritants is very broad, and sometimes even meat and fish are considered irritants. Therefore, you cannot eat mutton while taking Chinese medicine.

3. In addition, mutton has a fishy smell. Generally, Chinese medicine has an aromatic smell, especially aromatic dehumidifying and aromatic qi-regulating medicines, which contain a large amount of volatile oils to exert their therapeutic effects. These aromatic substances are the most incompatible with fishy smells. If you do not avoid fishy smell when taking Chinese medicine, it will often affect the efficacy of the medicine.

4. Friends who take Chinese medicine also need to stay away from raw, cold and spicy foods, as such foods will affect the therapeutic effects of our medicines.

How long after taking Chinese medicine can I eat mutton?

Eating mutton immediately after taking Chinese medicine will have a certain impact on the medicinal properties of the medicine, so it is not recommended to eat mutton after taking Chinese medicine. Generally speaking, decocted Chinese medicine is in liquid form and is digested and absorbed relatively quickly in the body. You can eat mutton 2 hours after drinking the Chinese medicine.

Taboos of taking Chinese medicine

Never drink strong tea when taking Chinese medicine, because tea contains tannic acid. If taken at the same time as Chinese medicine, it will affect the body's absorption of the active ingredients in the medicine and reduce its efficacy.

Never eat radish while taking Chinese medicine, because radish has the effects of helping food and breaking up gas. Especially when taking tonic Chinese medicine such as ginseng, eating radish will not only reduce the effect of the tonic, but may also affect the tonic effect of the medicine.

Patients with digestive tract diseases such as hepatitis and chronic gastroenteritis should never eat garlic while taking spleen-strengthening, stomach-warming and stomach-regulating medicines. Because garlic contains allicin, which can irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa, making the Chinese medicine taken unable to effectively play its therapeutic role.

When taking Chinese herbal decoctions and pills, you should avoid eating raw, cold, or greasy foods. Because raw and cold foods not only stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, but also affect the gastrointestinal absorption of drugs. Greasy food is difficult to digest and absorb, and greasy food mixed with drugs can hinder the gastrointestinal absorption of the active ingredients of the drugs, thereby reducing the efficacy.

In addition, patients with sores and skin diseases should avoid eating fish, shrimp, crab, mutton, pork and other foods. Patients with edema should avoid eating salt. Hepatitis patients should avoid spicy, pungent and greasy foods.