Is it good to drink Chinese medicine in dog days

In summer, high temperatures occur in most parts of the country, so the weather is very hot. Depending on how hot the weather is, people have different names for it. Generally, the hottest period is called the dog days. Be sure to take precautions against heatstroke when traveling during the dog days of summer, as it is very easy to get heatstroke during this period. Some people choose Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies for a long time. So is it good for the body to drink Chinese medicine during the dog days of summer?

Can I drink Chinese medicine during the dog days?

The temperature is very high during the dog days of summer. Many people say that it is not suitable to drink Chinese medicine, believing that taking Chinese medicine in hot weather can easily "add fuel to the fire" and cause discomfort. However, in the opinion of professional Chinese medicine practitioners, this statement is wrong.

Traditional Chinese medicine points out that diseases are divided into yin and yang, cold and hot, and medicines are also divided into yin and yang, cold and hot. When diagnosing and prescribing medicine, Chinese medicine practitioners will choose the appropriate prescription based on the yin and yang, cold and heat properties of the patient's disease. Through reasonable addition and subtraction of drugs, the entire prescription will be consistent with the yin and yang properties of the patient's disease in terms of cold, heat, warmth and coolness.

To put it simply, when the weather is hot or the patient suffers from certain fever symptoms, the Chinese medicine practitioner will add some cold medicines to the prescription and remove some warm medicines, so as to achieve the therapeutic effect of "treating heat with cold and cold with heat". Moreover, the best time to treat certain cold diseases, such as dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, and joint pain caused by stagnation of cold evil, or cold pain in the lower limbs and diarrhea caused by deficiency of yang qi, is precisely the dog days of summer.

There are many Chinese herbal prescriptions suitable for taking in hot weather, such as Shengmai Yin, Sangju Yin, Wuwei Xiaodu Yin, etc., which can clear away heat and reduce fire, relieve summer heat and promote salivation. Not only will they not cause getting angry after taking them, but they can treat symptoms of getting angry. Although it is not suitable to take tonic soups and medicines in hot weather, people with yang deficiency and qi deficiency can also take tonic medicines under the guidance of a doctor.

Whether decoctions can be taken during the dog days of summer depends on the patient's physical condition. The season can only be used as a reference factor. Under the guidance of a doctor, patients can appropriately increase or decrease the dosage or adjust the type of medicine according to the season. However, it should be reminded that the weather is hot and dry during the dog days, and taking tonic medicines such as Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan can indeed easily cause "getting angry". At this time, it is recommended to take them with light salt water, which can play the role of "reducing dryness and extinguishing fire".