1. Don't eat Cistanche deserticola for diarrhea patients: We all know that Cistanche deserticola has the function of treating constipation, but it is not suitable for people who often have diarrhea, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of diarrhea. "Compendium of Materia Medica" in Ming Dynasty said: "Although it can benefit essence and blood, it is not suitable for people who suddenly use reactionary stool." If you are in a state of spleen deficiency and loose stool for a long time, that is, the stool is not formed and the spleen and stomach are weak, if you take Cistanche deserticola, it will accelerate diarrhea.
2. Avoid iron and bronze. Cistanche deserticola can't use metal utensils such as iron and bronze to soak in water and wine. Such metal will absorb the nutrients in Cistanche deserticola, and make Cistanche deserticola lose its own nutritional value. "Ying Ben Cao" and "Ben Cao": Cistanche deserticola is taboo against copper and iron. It is suggested that it is best to soak Cistanche deserticola in glass, so as to fully retain its effective components.
3. Minors under18 should not eat Cistanche deserticola. Minors are underdeveloped and should be better supplemented with other nutrition. Deliberate consumption will be counterproductive. Minors under 18 should not eat cistanche deserticola. The main function of cistanche deserticola is to tonify kidney. Minors are in the developmental stage, and they are not fully mature, both physically and psychologically. Eating cistanche deserticola at this time has a certain impact on all aspects of physical development.
4. Women should not eat Cistanche deserticola during menstruation. During menstruation, women mainly excrete wastes and toxins in their bodies. Eating cistanche deserticola blindly will damage their physical function and cause unnecessary diseases. Although cistanche deserticola has a conditioning effect on female dysmenorrhea, palace cold, infertility and other symptoms, the best time to eat it is in the premenstrual period, which can relieve dysmenorrhea and other symptoms. Because cistanche deserticola has the function of warming kidney and strengthening yang, it can accelerate the blood circulation of the whole body and easily make menstrual bleeding abnormal.
5. Patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire can't eat Cistanche deserticola: Cistanche deserticola nourishes kidney-yang, and people with yin deficiency and excessive fire are the phenomenon that yang flourishes and yin declines. Fire due to yin deficiency is concentrated in a certain part of the body, that is, deficiency of essence and blood, vexation and fever, night sweats, hot flashes or toothache caused by yin deficiency, sore throat, dry mouth and lips, hot flashes due to bone steaming, dizziness and tinnitus, red tongue with little coating, zygomatic redness in the afternoon, summer heat, red face, thirst, aversion to cold, Huang Chi in urine, constipation, even mania, coma and constipation. At the same time, people with strong yang and unstable essence should also avoid using cistanche deserticola to prevent it from causing strong kidney yang and serious imbalance between yin and yang. Therefore, it is necessary to fully understand the physical diseases, prescribe the right medicine, and not blindly follow the trend.