Eating ginger at night is equivalent to eating arsenic, and you can't eat "hair" if you are injured. Are your hands and feet cold? You must have heard of these "common sense". But what you may not know is that these statements are not credible rumors.
Chinese medicine is a treasure of the Chinese nation, but the spread of many rumors about Chinese medicine not only harms public health, but also has a negative impact on the image of Chinese medicine.
Proverbs 1: You can't eat mung beans when you eat Chinese medicine.
Mung beans have the same origin of medicine and food, and have the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, diuresis and detoxification. Most people think that mung beans are the antidote, and they can't eat mung beans when drinking Chinese medicine. This statement is too absolute.
In fact, whether you can eat mung beans when you eat Chinese medicine depends on the cold and heat of the disease and the medicinal properties of the Chinese medicine you eat.
Judging from the deficiency of cold and heat:
If you suffer from heatstroke, urinary system infection, constipation and other heat syndromes, or are poisoned by aconite, aconite and Pinellia, you can eat mung beans while drinking Chinese medicine as an auxiliary treatment;
If you suffer from cold syndrome such as chronic gastroenteritis, cold pain in joints of limbs, abdominal pain, diarrhea and dysmenorrhea, eating mung beans while taking Chinese medicine will aggravate your condition.
Judging from the medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine:
When taking ginseng, cinnamon, aconite, cassia twig, dried ginger and asarum, eating mung beans will reduce the efficacy;
Eating mung beans plays a supplementary role when taking heat-clearing traditional Chinese medicines such as Coptidis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, Cortex Phellodendri, Folium Isatidis, Radix Isatidis, Calculus Bovis, Flos Lonicerae and Gypsum Fibrosum.
Myth 2: Eating ginger at night equals eating arsenic.
Ginger is an essential condiment for every household. When cooking fish and chicken, adding shredded ginger can not only remove fishy smell, but also stimulate appetite. It is also a cheap Chinese medicine for treating diseases, which has the effects of warming stomach, stopping vomiting, dispelling cold and relieving exterior syndrome.
"Eating ginger at night equals eating arsenic" is sheer nonsense. Ginger is always indispensable in China's dinner. There is no time when ginger is not suitable for eating, only people who are not suitable for eating.
Whether it is suitable for eating ginger, the general principle is:
Cold disease is suitable, but fever is not suitable;
Cold constitution is suitable, but hot constitution is not suitable;
Yin deficiency with internal heat (manifested as dry mouth, fever in hands and feet, etc.). Patients with fever, bitter taste and constipation, and patients with hemorrhoids should avoid taking ginger, and patients with hypertension should not eat more ginger.
Two commonly used prescriptions:
Patients with wind-cold and cold can take Fangfeng 10g, Schizonepeta tenuifolia 10g, ginger 15g, and take it in decoction for 200ml twice. The bedspread will make them slightly sweaty and help them recover.
For those with postpartum blood deficiency, try Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup. Put 30g of ginger, 0/5g of angelica sinensis/kloc and 0/00g of mutton/kloc into a pot, add water to the pot, and add a little salt to taste when the meat is cooked.
Myth 3: Precious medicinal materials are good for health.
Many elderly people often regard precious medicinal materials such as Cordyceps sinensis, donkey-hide gelatin and ginseng as treasures, and they want to eat a little when they are uncomfortable. Actually, this is not right. The premise of taking precious Chinese medicine is "symptomatic". If it is "not symptomatic", it is easy to make up.
For example, ginseng can tonify deficiency and replenish qi, but people who get angry will have nosebleeds instead. Moreover, any drug is toxic, and excessive use will be harmful to the body. Long-term overdose can cause insomnia, irritability, bloating, loss of appetite, neurasthenia, elevated body temperature and even bleeding.
In fact, there is no need to pursue precious herbs. Although some medicinal materials are cheap, their efficacy is not worse than that of precious medicinal materials. For example, tremella and bird's nest can nourish the skin, and Codonopsis pilosula and Ginseng can strengthen the spleen. The former is much cheaper than the latter.
It is suggested that you should follow the doctor's advice and choose the appropriate tonic before using precious medicinal materials. It is beneficial to prolong life to supplement drugs with exercise and adjust diet and mentality.
Myth 4: Men must tonify the kidney.
Advertising campaigns such as "Ten Men and Nine Deficiencies" have made many middle-aged and elderly men think that they have kidney deficiency once they feel weak in waist and knees, so they take kidney-tonifying drugs at random. This is really ridiculous.
Although backache is a symptom of kidney deficiency, it may also be caused by lumbar muscle strain, pancreatitis or prostatitis. If yin and yang in the body are in a state of balance, taking tonics indiscriminately will break the balance, leading to side effects such as excessive internal heat, dry throat and dry stool.
Whether it is necessary to tonify the kidney, it is best to follow the doctor's advice. For most people, food tonic is better than medicine tonic.
Winter is the best time to tonify kidney. People with kidney yin deficiency should eat more pork, duck, black beans, mung beans and wax gourd. People with kidney-yang deficiency should eat more mutton and leeks, protect their feet and sleep well.
There is a saying in life, don't eat eggs, fish, tofu, leeks and other "hair" when there is a wound, otherwise it will affect wound healing. This statement is not accurate.
People often refer to "hair products" as foods that are easy to induce certain diseases or aggravate diseases that have already occurred, but Chinese medicine still lacks a systematic, complete and accurate theoretical explanation for "hair products".
Usually hair is also food, and moderate consumption will not cause side effects or discomfort to most people. Protein such as eggs and fish can also promote wound healing.
Wound healing is mainly related to age and immunity. Once there is a wound, avoid water and infection according to the doctor's advice, and eat more refined protein foods such as fruits and vegetables, meat, fish and eggs to promote wound healing.
Myth 6: Cold hands and feet are palace cold.
Cold hands and feet is a problem in many women's sexual life. They think they are suffering from palace cold and are worried about whether it will affect their fertility. In fact, this kind of worry is completely unnecessary.
The term "palace cold" in Chinese medicine refers to a series of symptoms of kidney-yang deficiency in women, including menstrual cycle disorder, less menstrual flow, blood clots and even menstrual stop. Although cold hands and feet is one of the manifestations of palace cold, it does not mean palace cold.
Cold hands and feet may also be caused by external factors such as cold living environment and love of cold food.
People who are really afraid of the cold in the palace are more afraid of the cold than the average person, not only their hands and feet are cold, but also their whole body is cold. People with cold hands and feet should pay attention to keep warm, wear less navel clothes, exercise moderately, and avoid eating cold food and eat more leeks, walnuts and jujubes.
Myth 7: Traditional Chinese medicine has a good effect after long-term release.
It is the habit of some old people to hoard Chinese medicine. They think that Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Flos Lonicerae and other medicinal materials are relatively dry and have better efficacy after long-term storage. Colla Corii Asini, Ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, etc. They are all expensive, so there is room for appreciation if you hoard some. This is a wrong understanding.
Under the influence of sunlight, air, temperature and humidity, a series of physical and chemical changes will occur in most animal and plant medicines. Some drugs will be moldy, moth-eaten, accelerate deterioration and affect the curative effect.
Any medicinal material has a shelf life, which can be kept for six months to one year, up to two years, under the cool condition of 18~20℃.
Shelf life of some common Chinese medicines:
Lycium barbarum and Cordyceps sinensis can be stored in cold storage for 1 year.
Ganoderma lucidum and saffron can be stored in sealed refrigeration for 2 years, and ginseng should not exceed 2 years, and both should be moth-proof;
Dried tangerine peel, Pinellia ternata, Fructus Aurantii, Herba Ephedrae, Stellera chamaejasme, Evodia rutaecarpa, etc. Although there is a saying of "six elders" in traditional medication experience, it cannot be stored for too long.
Gypsum, alum, ochre and other mineral drugs, keel and other fossil drugs should be stored for 5-7 years, not long-term open storage.