What to do if the mouth feels bitter after taking medicine

Generally, medicines are quite bitter. Some people will feel a bitter taste in their mouths after taking medicines. The bitter taste in the mouth can affect people’s mood. Usually, it is because the medicine is bitter that the mouth also feels bitter. At this time, you can eat some sweeter foods to relieve the bitter taste in the mouth. Many people don’t know what to do if they have a bitter taste in their mouths after taking medicines. What should they do if they have a bitter taste in their mouths after taking medicines? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What should I do if my mouth tastes bitter when taking medicine?

It is normal to have a bitter taste in the mouth when taking medicine. You can eat some fruits or candies to improve the bitter taste. If the bitter taste in the mouth lasts for a long time, it may be a manifestation of cholecystitis. It may also be caused by excessive bile fire forcing bile to go up into the mouth. Check and treat it in time.

2. What to do if you have a bitter taste in your mouth?

1. Chrysanthemum, Job's tears and winter melon syrup. Chrysanthemum, Barley and Winter Melon Decoction is mainly used to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and to treat bitter taste in the mouth caused by summer heat. Take 15g chrysanthemum, 30g coix seed, 100g wax gourd and 15g white sugar, add water and boil chrysanthemum and coix seed for 30 minutes, remove the two herbs and keep the juice, then add wax gourd and cook soup, add white sugar when the soup is ready.

2. Tangerine peel and jujube soup. Tangerine peel and lentils both have the function of dehumidifying, and tangerine peel can also regulate qi, while lentils can clear away heat. As for jujubes, they have even more benefits. Autumn is also the season when jujubes mature. Eating them regularly can replenish blood and qi. The method of making tangerine peel and jujube is to wash the lentils and jujubes, put them into a casserole together with white peony root and tangerine peel, add 1000 ml of water, simmer until 500 ml remains, and drink it after it cools down a little. It can treat bitter taste in the mouth.

3. Decoction of Ophiopogon japonicus. Ophiopogon japonicus is the tuber of a plant in the Liliaceae family and is a cold medicine. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing the heart and relieving troubles, and is often used for dry mouth, dry lungs, etc. Take 10~20 grams and boil it into soup.

4. Fresh bamboo shoots and lean meat soup. Fresh bamboo shoots and lean meat soup is mainly used to cool down and reduce heat, and treat symptoms such as bitter taste in the mouth and dry mouth. Take 50g fresh bamboo shoots and 100g lean meat. Add water and cook the lean meat until it is soft, then add fresh bamboo shoots and cook until the bamboo shoots are cooked, then add a small amount of salt.

5. Wolfberry and egg soup. Wolfberry and egg soup is mainly used to treat mild bitter taste in the mouth. Take 15g wolfberry and 2 eggs. First put wolfberry and water to boil soup, then add beaten eggs and bring to a boil.

3. Notes

Pay attention to oral hygiene and drink more warm water. Eat less spicy food, food that irritates the stomach, and fried and greasy food. These things will affect the body's normal metabolism.