What foods can’t be eaten while taking Chinese medicine?

Many people should pay attention to dietary precautions while taking Chinese medicine. You cannot eat random things at ordinary times, because it is very likely to affect your health. Try not to eat beans or raw and cold foods while taking Chinese medicine, because it may affect the effect of Chinese medicine. Also, try to eat less deflating things.

When taking Chinese medicine, you should pay attention to the following aspects of your diet:

1. Do not eat greasy and irritating food, meat, beans, raw, cold, sticky, or indigestible food while taking Chinese medicine.

2. During the medication period, you should drink less tea, eat less radish, and avoid eating mung beans and other antidote foods. Some cold foods, such as bananas, bitter gourds, pears, radishes, ducks, etc., should also be avoided.

3. Do not eat too much spicy food such as raw garlic, raw onions, peppers, etc., and do not drink alcohol.

4. Do not take Chinese medicine together with milk or tea to avoid reducing the efficacy of the medicine or causing side effects.

Taboos between drugs and food:

Licorice should not be eaten with pork, cabbage, and kelp. Ophiopogon japonicus and Asparagus cochinchinensis are not suitable for eating crucian carp. Chinese yam should not be consumed in noodle soup or tea. Salvia miltiorrhiza, Poria cocos and Poria cocos should not be eaten with vinegar or any acidic substances. If you take ginseng, astragalus, etc., you should avoid drinking tea and eating alkaline foods such as kelp.