Do I need to avoid certain foods when using Sanfutie?

During the treatment of a disease, there are actually many foods that we need to avoid, because the medicines we use may react with some drugs and cause physical discomfort. For example, after surgery, you cannot eat irritating foods, especially for female patients. You also cannot eat raw or cold foods during treatment of an illness. So the question is, what should we avoid eating when using the traditional Chinese medicine Sanfutie to regulate the body and treat diseases?

Some foods cannot be eaten after Sanfutie, as this will affect the treatment effect.

On the day of applying the medicine and the next day, you should not eat raw, cold, seafood, spicy food, or food that is prone to suppuration, such as beef, duck, goose, peanuts and other fried foods. You should not take a bath within 10 hours of applying the medicine. During treatment, you should avoid eating beef, duck, goose, peanuts and other fried foods. During the application period, you should avoid eating raw, cold, irritating foods, do not be greedy for coolness, do not eat fatty, greasy foods, foods that produce phlegm and dampness, and avoid eating seafood, shrimps and other easily-inflammable foods, so as not to affect the treatment effect.

Within two hours after applying the patch, avoid eating foods that are considered "irritating," which are divided into six categories based on their properties:

One is the food that produces heat, such as scallions, ginger, prickly ash, pepper, mutton, dog meat, etc.;

The second is wind-inducing things, such as shrimp, crab, goose, eggs, toon buds, etc.;

The third is things that cause dampness and heat, such as maltose, glutinous rice, pork, etc.

Fourth, foods that induce cold, such as watermelon, pear, persimmon and other raw and cold foods;

The fifth is things that stimulate blood, such as chili pepper, pepper, etc.;

Sixth, foods that release stagnant qi, such as mutton, lotus seeds, and Euryale ferox, etc.

Seven are the foods that have been used by the people for a long time to cause allergies, such as konjac, taro, kimchi, coriander, leek, etc.

Eating high-moisture foods such as ice cream, chilled watermelon, etc. within two hours after applying the patch will affect the effectiveness of the patch. It is best not to eat these things on the day of applying the medicine. Babies with weak spleen and stomach should also limit their intake of sweets. Do not eat hot fruits either. Since the therapeutic principle of Sanfutie is to eliminate the cold evil in the body through application, thereby achieving the effect of invigorating yang energy and promoting blood circulation, do not give your baby hot fruits such as longan, lychee, mango, etc. within two hours after application. These fruits include peaches, apricots, ginkgo, peanuts, mangoes, bayberries, cherries, lychees, melons, etc. These are all hot fruits and should not be eaten within 2 hours after application.