What are the dietary taboos while taking Chinese medicine?

We all take traditional Chinese medicine in our daily lives. Traditional Chinese medicine can treat various diseases, but when taking traditional Chinese medicine, we must pay special attention to our diet. There are some dietary taboos. If we do not pay attention to our diet, it is easy to get poisoned or even endanger our lives. Do you pay attention to this information when taking traditional Chinese medicine? What are the dietary taboos when taking traditional Chinese medicine? The following is a detailed introduction for you.

1. Avoid eating radish and mung bean while taking ginseng and codonopsis. Because of the different medicinal properties, the qi-replenishing effect will be offset.

2. When taking mother of pearl, jujube kernel, fritillaria, and pinellia, you should avoid drinking tea to prevent the tannic acid in the tea from reacting with them and reducing the efficacy of the medicine.

3. Patients with febrile diseases should avoid spicy and greasy foods.

4. Patients with cold diseases should avoid eating raw and cold fruits.

5. People with hyperactivity of liver yang should avoid eating spicy and hot foods that boost yang, such as onions, garlic, meat, and rich foods.

6. People with indigestion should avoid eating fried, greasy, and indigestible foods.

7. People with allergic diseases or skin diseases such as urticaria, itching, and asthma should avoid eating "irritating foods" containing foreign proteins, such as fish, shrimp, and seafood, so as to avoid allergic reactions that aggravate the condition.

8. Patients with coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia or hepatitis should avoid eating animal fats.

9. Patients with edema should avoid salt.

10. Patients with diabetes should avoid sugar.

11. People with phlegm-damp constitution or diseases should avoid sour and astringent foods.

12. Patients with diseases such as sores, abscesses, etc. should avoid eating fishy and irritating foods such as fish, shrimp, crab, etc.

The above are the dietary taboos while taking Chinese medicine, including many issues. When taking Chinese medicine, you must pay attention to which foods cannot be eaten and which foods cannot be eaten with certain foods. If you do not pay attention to this aspect, it is most likely to cause physical problems. Therefore, when taking Chinese medicine, you must be especially careful and never take Chinese medicine casually.