Will taking Chinese medicine cause stomachache?

Taking Chinese medicine is a very common way for people to treat diseases nowadays. Compared with taking Western medicine, taking Chinese medicine may be a little slower to take effect, but the main advantage of Chinese medicine is that it can effectively treat people's root causes of the disease, and the effect is relatively mild and not prone to allergic reactions. However, some people experience stomach pain after taking Chinese medicine. Is this caused by the medicine? Let us introduce it below.

Some Chinese herbal preparations that reduce internal heat can easily cause mild abdominal pain and diarrhea. Don't be too nervous. It cannot be ruled out that the condition is caused by gastrointestinal factors. If necessary, a gastroscopy can be performed to confirm the diagnosis. No other nutritional medicine is needed during the medication period, or it should be used as directed by the doctor.

Taboos of taking Chinese medicine

When taking Chinese medicine, in order not to affect the efficacy of the medicine, you need to pay attention to many taboos, such as not eating spicy and greasy foods. In fact, in addition to spicy and greasy foods, there are many other things that patients need to pay attention to while taking Chinese medicine.

1. During the period of taking Chinese medicine, you cannot eat any fishy food, such as seafood such as fish, shrimp, crab, and mutton and other fishy foods, because these foods contain foreign proteins, which will dissipate the efficacy of the medicine and easily cause side effects such as allergies.

2. While taking Chinese medicine, you cannot drink strong tea, because strong tea contains more tannic acid, which will reduce the efficacy of Chinese medicine. It is particularly important to note that many people have the habit of eating donkey-hide gelatin and white fungus, which are also traditional Chinese medicines. Taking them with strong tea will hinder the body's absorption of their effective ingredients. If the patient has the habit of drinking tea, it is recommended to drink tea 2 to 3 hours after taking Chinese medicine.

3. While taking Chinese medicine, you should not eat raw, cold, greasy or spicy food. This is because raw and cold food will affect the stomach and intestines' absorption of the medicine, and is not conducive to nourishing the stomach and spleen; greasy food can easily cause slippery intestines and stagnation of gas, which is not conducive to the absorption of the medicine; spicy food can easily produce phlegm and irritate the stomach and intestines. It should be noted that spicy food is not just very hot and numbing food, but also includes hot ingredients such as onions, ginger, garlic, and pepper.

4. You cannot eat radish while taking Chinese medicine, as it can easily reduce the efficacy of the medicine and prevent it from having a therapeutic effect. However, this depends on the type of Chinese medicine you take.

5. In fact, the dietary restrictions for Chinese medicine are not absolute. They depend on the patient's own condition. For example, patients with inflamed abscesses should not eat irritating foods, patients with the three highs should avoid greasy foods, and patients with fragile gastrointestinal tract should avoid eating raw and cold foods.

Precautions for boiling Chinese medicine

1. Soak medicine. Put the Chinese medicine in a casserole and soak it for 30-50 minutes. The water should be three pounds, which is about three bowls. Stir the medicine thoroughly with a spoon while soaking so that the effect will be better.

2. Boil the medicine. When boiling the medicine for the first time, the heat is very important. First, put the soaked medicine on the stove (if it is an induction cooker, the effect is not very good), turn the fire to high heat, wait until it boils, then switch to low heat and boil it slowly. It takes 20-30 minutes. In the middle, use a spoon to measure to see if the medicine liquid reaches half of the spoon head. If it is half, it is fine. The medicine liquid poured out is half a bowl of the amount. It should not be too much, otherwise the patient will not be able to drink it.

3. When boiling for the second time, it is best to add two bowls of water, and boil it on high heat first, then on low heat for 20-40 minutes. The amount of liquid medicine poured out is half a bowl. Just mix the first and second times together.