1, you must take "road-opening medicine" before tonic.
You should first see if your physical condition is suitable for tonic, and then eat tonic cream. For example, people with poor gastrointestinal function, thick and greasy tongue coating, indigestion and frequent abdominal distension will aggravate the above symptoms if they take nourishing cream directly.
For this kind of people, "resuscitation-inducing drugs" should be given before tonic, such as tangerine peel, Pinellia ternata, Magnolia Officinalis, Fructus Aurantii, Massa Medicata Fermentata, and hawthorn, which should be decocted to regulate dampness and improve the function of spleen and stomach transport. Secondly, a sick friend must first completely cure the disease. If the patient has a cold, cough, expectoration, etc. A cold and cough must be cured before tonic can be taken. Otherwise, it will be like "building a car behind closed doors", which will not only fail to achieve the tonic effect, but also make the cold and cough linger.
2. The dosage is related to personal physique.
The correct way to take the cream is: store the cream in a closed porcelain jar, take a spoonful of boiling water on an empty stomach every morning, and it is best to take a little hot porridge or hot rice immediately; You can also take it with yellow wine according to the needs of your illness. For example, the prescription is rich in drugs such as Rehmannia glutinosa or the dosage of gum in the ingredients is large, and the paste is very thick and difficult to wash off, so it can be taken after steaming with water.
Experts remind that the dosage of ointment should be determined according to the condition of the patient or the physical condition of the patient and the nature of the drug, which is closely related to the digestive function of the patient. Generally speaking, the dosage of ointment should start from a small dose and gradually increase. For example, adults should eat one tablespoon a day, about 10 ~ 15g. If the digestive function is normal, they should take it twice a day after 1 week, that is, take it on an empty stomach after getting up in the morning and take it 1 hour before going to bed at night. When taking the cream, you need to cooperate with diet, combine work and rest, and exercise moderately, so that the cream can play its best role.
3. Pay attention to taboos when taking ointment.
During taking the cream, if you eat the diet you avoid by mistake, it can reduce the curative effect of the cream or cause adverse reactions. If you take a cream containing ginseng, astragalus and other qi-invigorating ingredients, you should avoid eating raw radish, because radish is a product that breaks the qi and helps digestion. It is generally not advisable to drink tea when taking the cream, because tea can detoxify and affect the curative effect.
If the patient belongs to yang deficiency and cold, he should avoid eating cold food; If it is yin deficiency and fire, avoid spicy and irritating food; If you are an asthmatic, you should avoid the smell of shrimp and crabs. Besides, if you have a cold, fever, diarrhea, etc. You should stop taking it for a while. After the above acute diseases are cured, you should resume taking ointment to avoid "staying indoors".
4. Adverse reactions can be handled in this way.
After taking the ointment, if there is diet loss, abdominal distension, diarrhea, thick and greasy tongue coating, etc. Shen Ling Baizhu Powder, Xiangsha Yangwei Pill and Huoxiang Zhengqi Tablet can be selected as Chinese patent medicines, and tangerine peel, bergamot and Amomum villosum can be selected as Chinese traditional medicines.
Symptoms such as thirst, dry throat and dry nose appear after taking the ointment, because the glue used to make nourishing ointment should be melted with yellow wine, which is hot, has the functions of warming stomach, dredging blood vessels and promoting drugs, and its nature is dry and hot. Therefore, a few people with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity will be thirsty and dry after taking it. You can use grapefruit, sugar cane, lemon and other fruits to quench your thirst. You can also choose tremella and Ophiopogon japonicus to moisten the lungs and produce fluid.
5. Pay attention to storage and access.
Ointment should be stored in porcelain, enamel or plastic packaging, but aluminum cans should not be used as containers. It should be stored in a cool place, such as a refrigerator. When taking ointment every day, don't change a spoon every time to take it out, so as not to bring water into the jar and promote mildew and deterioration. You should put a fixed spoon in the jar.