Chinese medicine, avoiding food, must follow the physician's instructions. Because so is the physician in the treatment of various diseases, day after day in the exploration of the experience gained, do not abstain from food, the treatment of relative symptoms will trigger counterproductive or ineffective. Both aggravate the condition.

There is an old saying (taking medicine without contraindications in vain doctor's hand), contraindications are very important when drinking Chinese medicine ，，，，

Not absolute. But some are very spiritual, analogous to eczema patients, do not eat beef, many patients respond to eat a flare-up. But from Western medicine can not explain, think just a high-calorie diet.

It's an ambiguous question. We're talking about timing just a little less slightly less. Don't exceed the limit. Of course some diseases are not a matter of limits for certain foods. It's still the fact that eating it causes an untimely onset. It does make some sense, but it's not absolute.

Medicine and food have the same origin, food also has its own properties, the occurrence of disease, development and the therapeutic effect of drugs, have a certain impact. Such as the Qing dynasty chapter apricot cloud written by "adjusting the disease diet discernment" book in the cloud: "the patient diet, in order to nourish the stomach gas, Xuanxing line of medicine, so the diet is appropriate enough for the help of the medicine bait, not appropriate to counteract with the medicine bait for the enemy."

However, there are different degrees of abstinence. Strictly speaking, the so-called "food avoidance" means "avoiding food as far as possible", and it is better not to eat it. Therefore, there are also "food taboos" for ordinary people, such as avoiding foods that are too cold, too hot and too stimulating, or avoiding excessive salt and sugar, or avoiding rotten eggs, dead embryonic eggs, chicken buttocks, and so on.

Most of the things that are "avoided" are not conducive to good health, recovery from diseases or affect the efficacy of medicines, and if they are consumed, they will have an effect in this regard.

Generally, "absolutely can not eat" is often indicated by "fasting". Eat this kind of food, the damage caused to the body is much greater, not only is not conducive to recovery, but also very easy to react with the components of the drug, resulting in poisoning. This is the same as the Chinese medicine "" "fear" reason, such as wine, or some mushrooms, often in the medication "fasting" in the list.

In the prescription there are contraindications and caution, contraindications are some of the drugs in the prescription and contraindications with the same items, easy to increase the toxicity, and reduce the efficacy of the drug, change the nature of the drug and the attribution; caution, caution, caution, refers to the less food and drink, the effect of the drug is not significant, there must be a risk of affecting the efficacy of the treatment of the disease in the prescription must be asked. P.S.: I always adhere to this theory, does not represent the views of colleagues.

The Chinese medicine of avoiding food comes from the Chinese medicine theory of homology of medicine and food, so any food that is contrary to the medicinal properties of the medicine taken and is not conducive to the restoration of health should be avoided.

Why do doctors always tell you to avoid food?

Contraindication is short for dietary abstinence from taking medication and is an important part of post medication regimen.

There are three general reasons for abstaining from food:

1. Obstruction of absorption

Some foods can hinder the function of digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach, thus affecting the effect of the drug on the body.

Included:

Fried and sticky, cold and hard foods that are not easily digested, such as fried foods, rice cakes and popsicles;

2. Exacerbation

There are foods that can have a detrimental or worsening effect on the disease.

• For example, salt is contraindicated in patients with edema;
• Sugar is contraindicated in patients with thirst (diabetes);
• Diarrhea discharges avoid greasy, cold; fear of cold and other cold evidence avoid cold;
• Avoid cayenne pepper for heat such as sore throat and cough;
• Avoid sweet and sour foods for symptoms of upper reflux such as acid reflux and heartburn;
• Patients suffering from boils and skin diseases should avoid eating fish, shrimp and crab, which are high in protein and prone to allergies.
  

3. Increased toxicity or reduced efficacy

Some foods and medicines may produce some chemical effects, or have what is known in Chinese medicine as a "negative (weakened efficacy)" or "opposite (increased toxicity)" effect;

• For example, you can't drink alcohol while taking medication, as alcohol interacts with the medication and can lead to the accumulation of acetaldehyde in the body;

• For example, do not drink tea at the same time you take Chinese medicine, tannic acid in tea will also interact with the ingredients of Chinese medicine and reduce the absorption of the active ingredients;

• For example, don't eat radish when taking tonic medicines because the Qi-breaking effect of radish will reduce the tonic effect of tonic herbs.

The subject of the taboo, is included in these three, can be right into the number. As the saying goes, "three parts of the disease seven parts of maintenance", their own body, they are responsible for the main body.Some patients have had stenting twice, which shows how serious the arterial blockage is, but they still adopt a heavy diet high in fat, sugar and salt, which is an extremely irresponsible practice for their own bodies.

Therefore, the taboo is not necessarily not to eat, but it is better to choose not to eat, eat the taboo things, the recovery of the disease has an impact on the condition. If because of eating the taboo things, lead to recurrent attacks, it is not worth the loss. Therefore, abstaining from eating is a kind of "long pain is better than short pain" approach.

It's not that absolute, it can be consumed in small quantities, especially cold and sticky foods, and generally on medical advice.

Right! It must not be eaten!