Can I eat bayberry while taking Chinese medicine?

Bayberry is a favorite of many people. It can have a good effect of promoting salivation and quenching thirst. However, we all know that we must also understand the dietary taboos of these fruits, especially for people who are taking Chinese medicine. It is actually not suitable to eat bayberry because the acid in bayberry has an astringent effect. If you eat these acidic foods immediately after taking Chinese medicine, it will reduce the efficacy of the medicine. If you want to eat them, you should leave an interval of one to two hours.

1. It is not recommended to eat bayberry after taking medicine

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, bayberry is sour and has an astringent effect. At the same time, the acidity can also detoxify. Therefore, whether taking Chinese or Western medicine, it is best not to eat acidic foods such as bayberry, vinegar, etc. immediately to avoid reducing the efficacy of the medicine. It is not recommended to eat bayberry right after taking medicine. It is best to leave a gap of 1-2 hours. At the same time, it is best not to eat spicy, greasy, and fishy foods while taking the medicine, as this will also affect the efficacy of the medicine.

2. Raw and cold food

This type of food is mostly cold in nature, and its main function is to clear away heat and quench thirst, so it is suitable for heat-related diseases. However, it can easily affect gastrointestinal function, so it should be avoided by people with weak and cold constitution and patients with gastrointestinal diseases. For example, white radish is cold in nature and has the effects of digesting food, resolving phlegm, and regulating qi. If patients with weak constitutions or gastrointestinal diseases eat it, it will add to the cold and make their gastrointestinal function worse. In addition, when taking ginseng and other tonic medicines at the same time, due to their incompatible properties, the effectiveness of the tonic medicines can be reduced or eliminated, so radish and ginseng should not be taken together.

3. Foods that cause hair loss

This type of food is all wind-inducing, phlegm-generating and fire-stimulating. Since the degree to which the disease selects for food varies, the effects of this disease will also be different. Such foods include mushrooms, champignons, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, pumpkin, rooster meat, pork head, sow meat, etc. For example, patients with hyperactivity of liver yang and internal liver wind should not eat rooster meat and pork head meat; patients with skin diseases such as furuncles, boils, sores and carbuncles should not eat shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, rooster meat, pork head meat and sow meat, otherwise it will accelerate redness, swelling and pus formation; people with gastrointestinal diseases should not eat pumpkin, because pumpkin contains sugar, eating too much will produce more acid, which will irritate the gastrointestinal tract. In view of this, "fa" can be said to, to a large extent, to promote the deterioration of the disease.

4. Greasy food

This type of food includes animal fats and solid foods that are fried or deep-fried. Greasy food can damage the spleen and stomach, so it should be avoided by those suffering from external diseases, jaundice, and diarrhea. Fried foods are hard, hot and difficult to digest. People with gastrointestinal diseases or those suffering from "internal heat" should avoid eating them.