First of all, let me introduce the knowledge of drugs and health care products to you! You should know better after reading it.
Many consumers have this definition of health care products: health care products are useless! Eating health care products has side effects!
When you have such doubts, you have actually been drunk by public opinion and advertisements for many years.
Let's talk about the differences between prescription drugs, OTC drugs, health food and food.
Drugs that can only be bought with a doctor's prescription.
Prescription drugs are not allowed to be bought and sold without a doctor's prescription and need to be used in strict accordance with the doctor's advice. Prescription drugs are used to treat diseases and even save lives. However, prescription drugs are allowed to have side effects. If taken improperly, it may even endanger people's lives, so it is said that "drugs are toxic in three ways". The therapeutic effect of prescription drugs varies from person to person, and cannot be guaranteed by 100%.
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OTC is an over-the-counter drug and can be purchased at will without a doctor's prescription. The target diseases are colds, coughs and so on. (in layman's terms, it is a minor illness). If the autoimmune system is good, you can also take it with you. OTC drugs are also allowed to have side effects, but they are relatively small (generally not life-threatening), otherwise they can only be classified as prescription drugs. The therapeutic effect of OTC drugs also varies from person to person, and 100% cannot be guaranteed.
health foods
Health food is called "health food" in Europe and America and "functional food" in Japan. Mainly used for health care, conditioning and improving sub-health of body function. For example, lack of nutrition can lead to premature aging, or insomnia due to heavy work pressure. Health care products are products without any acute or chronic harm, that is, there are no side effects (provided that they are regular health care products), but health care products should not be eaten indiscriminately. For example, eating ginseng for yin deficiency and American ginseng for yang deficiency will be counterproductive. The therapeutic effect of health care products also varies from person to person, and cannot be guaranteed by 100%.
food
Food includes chicken, duck, fish, rice and beans, dried red dates, fruit specialties, milk, tea and drinks. They are all called food, and food has no side effects. But like health care products, you can't eat them indiscriminately. For example, you can't eat beef when you get angry, and shallots can't mix tofu.
After reading these, you should understand the difference between medicine and health care products!
As the saying goes, if you don't keep in good health now, you will raise a doctor in the future!