First, the taboo of eating Chinese medicine
1, spicy:
This kind of food is pungent and hot, and has the effect of activating yang and strengthening stomach. If you eat too much, it is easy to produce phlegm fire and dissipate qi and consume blood. Therefore, this diet is only suitable for patients with cold syndrome, not for patients with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity combined with blood syndrome, fever, hemorrhoids, carbuncle and so on. This kind of food includes onions, garlic, leeks, ginger, wine, peppers and so on. Hot pepper, if eaten by people with fever, constipation, short and red urine, dry mouth, sore throat, epistaxis, red tongue and other symptoms, will inevitably aggravate the symptoms of "getting angry", thus offsetting the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood and nourishing yin. Therefore, patients with heat syndrome should not eat Chinese medicine plus pepper.
2, greasy:
Most of these foods are salty and contain foreign protein, which is easy to cause allergic reactions. Eating too much is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach and induce diseases. Therefore, people with spleen and stomach diseases should not eat too much, especially those with allergies. These foods include yellow croaker, carp, hairtail, mussel, shrimp and crab. Carp, sardines, catfish, yellow croaker, crab and yellow snail are the most likely to cause allergies. Fish-flavored food is also a hair care product.
3. Hair products:
This kind of food is the product of wind-induced phlegm to help fire, and its "hair" varies with the degree of food choice of diseases. This kind of food includes mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, pumpkins, pheasants, pig's head meat, female pork and so on. For example, patients with hyperactivity of liver yang and endogenous liver wind should avoid pheasants and pig's head meat; Patients with skin diseases such as furuncle, furuncle, sore and carbuncle should avoid eating mushrooms, bamboo shoots, pheasants, pig's head meat and female pork, otherwise it will accelerate redness and pus; People with gastrointestinal diseases are forbidden to eat pumpkin, because pumpkin contains sugar. Eating too much will produce more acid and stimulate the gastrointestinal tract. From this point of view, "hair" can be said to have the meaning of promoting the deterioration of the disease to a large extent.
4, cold class:
This kind of food is mostly cold food, whose main function is to clear away heat and quench thirst, and is suitable for diseases with heat syndrome. However, it is easy to affect gastrointestinal function, and people with deficiency-cold constitution and patients with gastrointestinal diseases should avoid it. For example, white radish is cold, which has the effects of promoting digestion, resolving phlegm and regulating qi. People with deficiency-cold constitution and gastrointestinal diseases eat it, and the cold gets worse and the gastrointestinal function gets worse. In addition, when taking tonics such as ginseng at the same time, because the medicinal properties of the drugs are biased, the efficacy of the tonics can be reduced or eliminated, so radish and ginseng should not be taken together.
5, greasy:
This kind of food includes animal fat and fried and fried hard food. Greasy is harmful to the spleen and stomach, and those with exogenous diseases, jaundice and diarrhea should not eat. Fried and fried foods are hard, hot and difficult to digest, and those with gastrointestinal diseases and "excessive internal heat" are forbidden to eat.
6. Acidity:
Too much acid will irritate the stomach, so patients with hyperacidity will have gastrointestinal ulcers quickly. Astringent, mostly containing tannins. For example, tea contains tannin, while strong tea has a higher content. When taken together with Chinese herbal medicine, it can combine with some protein, alkaloids and heavy metal salts in Chinese herbal medicine to produce precipitation, which affects the absorption of effective components of the medicine and also affects the absorption of nutrients such as protein. Therefore, when taking Chinese herbal medicine, it is generally not appropriate to take it with strong tea.
Second, the health care function of Chinese herbal medicine
1, ginseng
This is one of the most important and expensive Chinese medicines for invigorating qi. Its taste is sweet, slightly bitter, and its nature is slightly warm, which has great functions of invigorating vitality, improving intelligence and calming the nerves. It is a good product for nourishing and health care. Has the effects of nourishing, strengthening body and resisting aging. It is suitable for chronic diseases such as physical weakness, palpitation, cold limbs, shortness of breath, collapse, heart failure and neurasthenia. , improve immune function and promote disease recovery.
2. Astragalus membranaceus
Astragalus membranaceus is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of invigorating qi and yang, invigorating qi and consolidating exterior, supporting toxin and promoting granulation, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. It is suitable for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, blood stasis and edema, painful gangrene, internal injuries and fatigue, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, proctoptosis and all symptoms of qi deficiency and blood deficiency. However, those with excess heat such as high fever, thirst and constipation should not use it.
3. American ginseng
American ginseng, also known as American ginseng, is a good product for nourishing and health care. Anyone who wants to use ginseng but can't stand its temperature can use it. American ginseng is sweet and slightly bitter, and has the functions of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, clearing fire and promoting fluid production. Suitable for lung deficiency, fatigue cough, chronic cough, asthma cough, hemoptysis, lung flaccidity and aphonia. It is good for people who are tired, weak and sweaty after strenuous activities.
4. (Chinese herbal medicine) Codonopsis pilosula
Codonopsis pilosula can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, promote fluid production and nourish blood, and is often used for symptoms such as deficiency of qi and weakness, shortness of breath, palpitation, loss of appetite, thirst in loose stool, deficiency of both qi and blood, sallow complexion, dizziness, physical weakness and malnutrition after illness.
5. Pseudostellaria heterophylla
Pseudostellaria heterophylla can replenish lung and spleen, benefit qi and promote fluid production, and is used for anorexia, mental fatigue and thinness in children with weak temper; Lung deficiency, cough, spontaneous sweating, palpitation, thirst due to fluid deficiency, and deficiency of both qi and yin after illness.
6. Atractylodes macrocephala
Atractylodes macrocephala has the effects of invigorating qi and spleen, eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis, arresting sweating and preventing miscarriage, and can be used for treating spleen deficiency, anorexia, loose stool, fatigue and spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency. Phlegm and edema caused by stagnant water; Pregnancy, spleen deficiency, qi deficiency, fetal distress, foot swelling, etc.