Can I eat fruit right after taking medicine?

People will always have problems of one kind or another in the process of growing up. When some diseases occur, many people like to use traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine generally has relatively small side effects, but I believe that no one likes to drink traditional Chinese medicine, especially after drinking it, the bitter taste in the mouth is very uncomfortable. So, can you eat fruit right after taking the medicine?

After drinking Chinese medicine, it is best to wait a while. Because the fruit is raw, it is not easy to digest all at once after eating, so it will affect the absorption of traditional Chinese medicine.

Choosing the correct time to take Chinese medicine will achieve the best therapeutic effect, especially for Chinese medicine. The time to take Chinese medicine should be determined according to the condition and the nature of the medicine. Most medicines should be taken half an hour to an hour after a meal.

When Chinese medicine practitioners use Chinese medicine in combination, they pay attention to the "four properties and five flavors", and formulate prescriptions based on the cold, hot, warm, and cool properties of the medicine, and the five flavors of pungent, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. When taking medicine on an empty stomach, cold medicines or medicines with strong flavors may cause certain damage to the gastric mucosa.

Different types of Chinese medicine require different times of taking. For liver, kidney, and intestinal diseases, medicines should be taken before meals; for dizziness and throat diseases, medicines should be taken after meals; laxatives, tonics, and anthelmintics should be taken on an empty stomach; sedatives should be taken before bedtime.

These are general requirements for the time of taking medication based on different conditions and the characteristics of the drug's effects. When taking medication, the doctor will adjust the medication according to the patient's physical changes. The prescription will not be limited to a certain type of medicine. In addition, long-term medication will inevitably cause damage to the gastric mucosa. Therefore, it is recommended that people who drink Chinese herbal decoctions for a long time take the medicine within 30 to 60 minutes after a meal to reduce the direct stimulation of the drug on the gastric mucosa.

It is best not to eat fruit right after taking medicine, because fruit is difficult to digest all at once and will have a certain impact on the absorption of Chinese medicine. It is best to wait for a while after taking medicine before eating fruit. If there is a bitter taste in your mouth after taking Chinese medicine, you can rinse your mouth with clean water. In addition, most medicines are better taken after meals.