Can I eat fish if I take Chinese medicine for stomach problems?

If you have stomach problems, you should take medication to treat them in time. When patients take some Chinese medicine, they must understand some dietary taboos, such as not eating raw, cold, or irritating foods, and not eating some irritating foods. You can eat fish while taking Chinese medicine. We know that fish has a relatively high nutritional value and is easily absorbed by the stomach and intestines. It has a good conditioning effect on the treatment of stomach problems. Therefore, there is no need to avoid fish while taking Chinese medicine.

Taboos of taking Chinese medicine

1. Avoid eating radish

It is not advisable to eat raw radish when taking Chinese medicine (except for taking qi-regulating and phlegm-resolving medicines), because radish has the effects of helping food and breaking up qi. Especially when taking tonic Chinese medicines such as ginseng and astragalus, eating radish will weaken the tonic effects of ginseng, reduce the efficacy of the medicine and fail to achieve the therapeutic purpose.

2. Avoid eating raw or cold food

Raw and cold foods are mostly cold in nature and difficult to digest. Raw and cold foods can also easily irritate the gastrointestinal tract and affect the gastrointestinal absorption of drugs. Therefore, when taking Chinese medicine to treat "cold symptoms", such as medicines for warming the meridians and unblocking the collaterals, dispelling cold and dampness, or medicines for strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, you must avoid eating raw and cold foods.

3. Avoid drinking strong tea

Generally, do not drink strong tea when taking Chinese medicine, because tea contains tannic acid. Strong tea contains more tannic acid. When taken with Chinese medicine, it will affect the body's absorption of the active ingredients in the medicine and reduce its efficacy. Especially when taking "ejiao" and "tremella", avoid taking them with tea. Taking them at the same time will cause the tannic acid, bioalkali, etc. in the tea to precipitate, affecting the body's absorption. If you have the habit of drinking tea, you can drink a little green tea, and it is best to drink it 2 to 3 hours after taking the medicine.

4. Avoid spicy food

Hot and spicy foods are mostly warm in nature, and can consume qi and stimulate fire. If you are taking Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and eliminating toxins, nourishing yin and increasing fluid, cooling blood and nourishing yin, or during the treatment of febrile diseases such as carbuncles, ulcers and toxins, you should avoid spicy food. For example, spicy and hot foods such as onions, garlic, pepper, mutton, and dog meat, if consumed, will offset the effects of traditional Chinese medicine. Some may even induce inflammation, damage the yin and cause bleeding.

5. Avoid greasy food

Greasy food is sticky in nature, promotes dampness and phlegm, causes loose bowels and gas, and is difficult to digest and absorb. Moreover, mixing greasy food with medicine can hinder the gastrointestinal absorption of the effective ingredients of the medicine, thereby reducing the efficacy. If you eat greasy food while taking Chinese medicine, it will inevitably affect the absorption of the medicine. Therefore, patients with heavy phlegm and dampness, weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, hypertension, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, high blood viscosity and obesity must avoid eating greasy foods such as animal fats.