Is it better to take Chinese patent medicine before or after meals?

"Tangye Bencao" said: "Medicinal Qi and food Qi do not want to meet each other. When the food Qi is eliminated, take medicine, and when the medicinal Qi is eliminated, eat. The so-called before and after food has its meaning." However, the ancients had a deep understanding of the relationship and mutual influence between medicine and food, and accumulated rich experience. So should Chinese patent medicine be taken before or after meals? Next, let me take you to listen to the expert’s introduction.

Generally, Chinese herbal decoctions can be taken once in the morning and evening or between meals, that is, once at 10 am and once at 3 pm. According to folk custom, take it once before going to bed and again the next morning. There are different ways of taking medicine for different diseases and prescriptions.

1. There are several opinions on how to choose the time of administration:

1. Synchronize the effects of drugs with human body rhythms. That is, yang medicines are used when yang is growing, yin medicines are used when yin is dominant, ascending medicines are used when ascending, and descending medicines are used when descending.

2. Determine the time of administration according to the site of the disease. For example, in the "Preface to Shennong's Herbal Classic", it is stated: "If the disease is above the chest diaphragm, eat first and then take the medicine (i.e. take the medicine after meals); if the disease is below the heart and abdomen, take the medicine first and then eat (i.e. take the medicine before meals); if the disease is in the blood vessels of the limbs, it is better to take the medicine on an empty stomach in the morning; if the disease is in the bone marrow, it is better to take the medicine at night."

3. Once the disease is discovered, give medication promptly and control the time interval according to the condition. For example, in Qianjin Fang, it is said: "When making decoctions, one must not avoid the auspiciousness of morning and night. As soon as one feels the disease, it is best to treat it. If one does not wait until morning or evening, it will be easier to recover." It also says, "For dysentery that does not improve, take Wumei Huanglian Mi Pills three times a day and twice at night." "For malaria with repeated attacks of chills and fever, take Hengshan Gancao Decoction once every five miles." "When wind poison is prevalent... take Loulu Lianqiao Decoction once every five miles."

㈡How to determine the administration time of Chinese patent medicine? Generally speaking, the determination of the administration time should be based on the needs of the disease, and the principle is to maximize the preventive and therapeutic effects of the medicine and reduce adverse reactions. Specifically, please refer to the following treatments:

1. For general oral medications without special regulations, the daily dose should be divided into 2 to 3 times, taken once in the morning and evening, or 0.5 to 1 hour after breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

2. Generally, tonic medicines should be taken before meals to facilitate absorption; yin tonic medicines should be taken once at night to improve the efficacy.

3. Medication for critical and severe illnesses should be administered promptly. To ensure that the drug continues to work, the required amount should be given in divided doses as appropriate.

4. Antipyretic drugs should be given in time to prevent pathogenic factors from entering the body from the surface. If the condition permits, diaphoretic and antipyretic drugs should be given before noon (around 11 o'clock), which can follow the rise of Yang Qi and help the drugs to expel pathogens and eliminate diseases.

5. Sedatives and hypnotics should be given 1 to 2 hours before bedtime.

The above is the answer to whether Chinese patent medicine should be taken before or after meals. Do you all know it? From the above we can know that each medicine has a different time to be taken, so when you are sick and take medicine, you should go to a regular hospital to ask the doctor's opinion to avoid endangering your life and health. We should pay attention to improving our body's immunity.