Can I eat peanuts while taking Chinese medicine?

The effect of traditional Chinese medicine in treating diseases should be very good, but now patients should also pay attention to dietary adjustments when taking traditional Chinese medicine. For example, there are some foods that should not be eaten, while some foods are better to be eaten less. So we should adjust it according to people's physical fitness. Peanuts are a kind of food that people are familiar with, so can we eat peanuts while taking Chinese medicine?

Peanuts are edible. However, peanuts are high in fat. It is difficult to digest and can easily cause food stagnation. It is best to eat less.

What should I pay attention to when taking Chinese medicine?

1. For those who have early menstruation due to blood heat, be sure to avoid eating spicy foods, onions, garlic, ginger and other irritating foods. These foods may offset the effects of traditional Chinese medicine and even cause more negative effects. It is better not to take traditional Chinese medicine. If this is the case, then the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine will not be fully exerted, which would be a loss.

2. For those who have abnormal menstruation due to deficiency and cold, they usually feel cold in the body, so they should avoid eating raw and cold fruits, sour, cold, bitter and spicy foods. Therefore, when taking medicines for regulating menstruation, do not eat these foods, no matter how little. You must do this during the period of taking the medicine so that it can truly play a regulating role.

3. Seafood is a taboo for any Chinese medicine, so seafood cannot be consumed when taking Chinese medicine for regulating menstruation. Everyone should learn to control themselves and learn to avoid seafood.

What are the taboos of taking Chinese medicine?

1. Raw and cold food

This type of food is mostly cold in nature, and its main function is to clear away heat and quench thirst, so it is suitable for heat-syndrome diseases. However, it can easily affect gastrointestinal function, so it should be avoided by people with weak and cold constitution and patients with gastrointestinal diseases. For example, white radish is cold in nature and has the effects of helping food, resolving phlegm, and regulating qi. If people with weak constitutions or gastrointestinal diseases eat it, it will add to the cold and make their gastrointestinal function worse. In addition, when taking ginseng and other tonic medicines at the same time, due to their incompatible properties, the effectiveness of the tonic medicines can be reduced or eliminated, so radish and ginseng should not be taken together.

2. Foods that cause hair growth

"Fa" can be said to have the meaning of promoting the aggravation of the disease to a large extent. These foods are all those that stir up wind, generate phlegm and boost fire. Since the degree to which the disease selects for food varies, the effects of these foods will also be different. Such foods include mushrooms, champignons, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, pumpkin, rooster meat, pork head, sow meat, etc.

For example, patients with hyperactivity of liver yang and internal liver wind should not eat rooster meat and pork head meat; patients with skin diseases such as furuncles, boils, sores and carbuncles should not eat shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, rooster meat, pork head meat and sow meat, otherwise it will accelerate redness, swelling and pus formation; people with gastrointestinal diseases should not eat pumpkin, because pumpkin contains sugar, eating too much will produce more acid, which will irritate the gastrointestinal tract.

3. Fishy foods

Most of these foods are salty, cold and fishy, ​​and contain foreign proteins, which can easily cause allergic reactions. Eating too much can damage the spleen and stomach and induce diseases. Therefore, people with spleen and stomach diseases should not eat too much, especially those with allergies. Such foods include yellow croaker, carp, hairtail, clam meat, shrimp, crab, etc., while carp, sardines, catfish, yellow croaker, crab and yellow mud snail are most likely to cause allergies. Fishy foods are also considered to be allergenic.

4. Spicy food

This type of food is mostly spicy and hot, and has the effect of promoting yang and strengthening the stomach. If consumed too much, it can easily produce phlegm and fire, disperse qi and consume blood. Therefore, this type of diet is only suitable for people with cold syndrome diseases, but not for people with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, as well as patients with blood syndrome, febrile diseases, hemorrhoids, fistulas, carbuncles, etc. Such foods include onions, garlic, leeks, ginger, wine, peppers, etc. As chili peppers are hot in nature, if people with symptoms of heat such as fever, constipation, short and red urine, dry mouth, dry lips, sore throat, nosebleed, and red tongue eat them, it will inevitably aggravate the symptoms of "getting angry", thereby offsetting the effects of heat-clearing, cooling blood and nourishing yin drugs. Therefore, patients with heat syndrome should not eat chili peppers when seeing a Chinese medicine doctor.

5. Greasy food

This type of food includes animal fats and solid foods that are fried or deep-fried. Greasy food can damage the spleen and stomach, so it should be avoided by those suffering from external diseases, jaundice, and diarrhea. Fried foods are hard, hot and difficult to digest. People with gastrointestinal diseases or those suffering from "internal heat" should avoid eating them.