Can Chinese medicine be taken cold?

Many people prefer to treat diseases through traditional Chinese medicine, and in people’s daily lives, many people also regulate their bodies by drinking traditional Chinese medicine. As we all know, Chinese medicine can only be consumed after being decocted. People usually drink Chinese medicine while it is hot. Many people have such a question: can Chinese medicine be drunk cold? Let me introduce it in detail below.

Nowadays, many people have begun to believe in the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, and there are also many people who take Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine can be taken cold, but not too cold. Cold Chinese medicine is not good for some people with weak and cold constitutions, especially the "iced" Chinese medicine directly out of the refrigerator, which needs to be warmed up before taking. You can choose to apply cold compress to Chinese medicine at room temperature. As long as there are no symptoms after taking it, such as abdominal pain, there is basically no problem. If some discomfort symptoms occur, you must stop taking it. It is recommended to take it when warm for better results.

Precautions for taking Chinese medicine:

1. Adjust your diet

Is there anything special that needs to be paid attention to in terms of diet while taking Chinese medicine?

1. Avoid raw and cold food: Do not eat too cold things, such as ice cream, cold noodles, cold skin, etc. These foods can easily block the Qi and affect the efficacy of the medicine.

2. Avoid spicy food: alcohol, peppers, mustard and other overly spicy foods can easily cause getting inflamed, which is like "adding fuel to the fire" for fever and can easily aggravate the condition. It is best to eat less or not eat them.

3. Avoid fishy foods: Shrimp, clams, beef, mutton, dog meat and other fishy foods, which can easily cause allergies or trigger old diseases. Therefore, try to avoid eating these things while taking Chinese medicine.

4. Avoid greasy food: Too greasy food can easily produce dampness and phlegm, block the Qi flow, and hinder the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine. It is not conducive to the recovery of the disease, so excessive consumption of greasy food should be avoided.

2. Be careful about sex

Frequent sexual intercourse will deplete kidney essence, thereby aggravating the condition or making the disease lingering and difficult to cure. Therefore, during the period of taking Chinese medicine to treat the disease, you should appropriately reduce the number of sexual intercourse, conserve your energy, and facilitate rapid recovery of the body.

3. Express your emotions

Maintaining a happy mood is also crucial to the body's rapid recovery. Various negative emotions will affect the health of the body. The ancients said: anger hurts the liver, joy hurts the heart, thinking hurts the spleen, sadness hurts the lungs, and fear hurts the kidneys. If you maintain a comfortable mood and allow your Qi to flow smoothly and harmoniously, all diseases can be easily cured.

4. Suitable for cold and temperature

The appropriate temperature here refers to, firstly, that the Chinese medicine should be drunk when the temperature is suitable, and secondly, that clothes should be added or removed in time to prevent external evil from invading the body again.

5. Don’t overwork

Do not overwork. As the name suggests, it means do not be too tired. Specifically, do not work too hard, do not stand for a long time, do not sit for a long time, do not stare for a long time, and do not stay up late. For patients with prostatitis, varicocele, epididymitis, etc., standing or sitting for a long time will aggravate the condition. Staying up late often will secretly deplete kidney essence, leading to decreased immunity and mental fatigue.

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.