How long does it take for the effect of Chinese medicine to disappear after stopping taking it?

Being sick can cause great damage to people's bodies, so people must use various types of medicines for treatment. Generally speaking, Western medicine works quickly, and Chinese medicine can cure the disease completely, but many people don’t know how long it takes for the effect of Chinese medicine to disappear after stopping the medicine. In fact, it is generally about half a month, but it varies according to individual physical differences, so there is no definite time standard.

1. How long does it take for the effect of traditional Chinese medicine to disappear after stopping taking it?

The therapeutic effect of general drugs requires that the drugs maintain a certain drug concentration in order to achieve the effect of treating the disease. If you stop taking Chinese medicine, the concentration of the medicine will decrease over time and the concentration of the medicine in the body will not be enough to treat the disease. There are also some drugs with toxic side effects whose effects are maintained in the body for a long time, and when they reach a certain level, they will cause disease. As the saying goes: All medicines are 30% poison. Since each Chinese medicine has different medicinal properties and dosages, its metabolism time in the body is also different. There are also individual differences, generally ranging from half a month.

2. Precautions for Chinese medicine

1. Be sure to distinguish between internal and external use. External use medicines must never be taken internally.

2. Be sure to ask the person who prescribes the Chinese medicine what the effect of the medicine is, how to decoct it, how to take it, what to avoid eating after taking the medicine, what precautions to take, etc. Don't ask around, it's useless. Only the person who prescribes the medicine has the right to interpret his own prescription. No one else has the right to interpret it. It's useless to ask! If you were asked about his "enemy" and he told you not to eat, would you eat it or not? ! If you ask some so-called pharmacists who can’t cure diseases, and they say this is poisonous and that is poisonous, would you eat it or not? !

3. Generally speaking, only use one Chinese medicine prescribed by a doctor in a day, and try not to use other Chinese medicines, Chinese patent medicines, Western medicines and health supplements (whether for oral or external use) to avoid the interference of the medicinal effects.

4. Without the consent of the prescribing physician, the prescription of Chinese medicine is absolutely not allowed to be changed, not even a single ingredient is allowed to be changed. Do not reduce the dose of medicine just because the pharmacist says that the medicine is poisonous or that the dosage is too large. Make sure to get the sufficient dose. If you are really unsure, ask the prescribing doctor before getting the medicine. For medicines that the doctor does not emphasize the need for special decoction, you do not need to follow the pharmacist's instructions; the doctor's instructions should prevail. After you get the medicine back, you cannot reduce or increase the dosage without authorization.