Can I eat carrots while taking Chinese medicine

When the body has some diseases, in addition to Western medicine treatment, people will also choose Chinese medicine treatment. Chinese medicine treatment is actually more effective for our health and there are no side effects. However, some dietary combinations should also be paid attention to when taking Chinese medicine. For example, you cannot eat carrots when taking Chinese medicine. Let us understand why you cannot eat carrots when taking Chinese medicine.

Although carrots are the most commonly eaten food in our lives, different foods combined together may cause adverse reactions. Therefore, I hope everyone can abide by these principles in their daily diet, which will be more beneficial to our health.

Do not eat radish when taking tonic Chinese medicine. Tonic Chinese medicine nourishes the qi, blood, yin and yang of the whole body by replenishing qi. Radish has the effect of breaking qi, which will greatly weaken the tonic effect. Therefore, do not eat radish while taking tonic Chinese medicine.

1. Do not drink strong tea when taking Chinese medicine, because tea contains tannic acid, and strong tea contains more tannic acid. When taken with Chinese medicine, it will affect the body's absorption of the effective ingredients in the Chinese medicine and reduce the efficacy. It is not advisable to eat white radish when taking Chinese medicine (except for taking qi-regulating and phlegm-resolving medicines), because white radish has the effects of digestion and breaking qi. Especially when taking tonic Chinese medicines such as ginseng, eating white radish will reduce the effect of the tonic and make it lose its tonic effect and fail to achieve the purpose of treatment.

2. Patients with digestive tract diseases, such as hepatitis and chronic gastroenteritis, should not take garlic when taking spleen-strengthening, stomach-warming and stomach-regulating medicines. Garlic contains allicin, which can stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa and cause congestion of the mucosa, so the Chinese medicine taken cannot effectively play its therapeutic role. Do not eat chili peppers when taking Chinese medicine, especially for febrile diseases. It is even more inappropriate to eat chili peppers when taking heat-clearing and blood-cooling or yin-nourishing and anti-inflammatory medicines. Chili peppers can reduce the efficacy of the medicine, making the treatment ineffective or weakening the efficacy. When taking Chinese medicine decoctions and pills, avoid eating raw, cold and greasy food. Because raw and cold foods stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and affect the gastrointestinal absorption of drugs, greasy food is not easy to digest and absorb, and greasy food mixed with drugs can hinder the gastrointestinal absorption of the active ingredients of the drug, thereby reducing the efficacy.

3. People with sores and skin diseases should avoid saltwater fish, shrimp, crab, mutton, pork and other foods; people with edema should avoid salt; patients with hepatitis should avoid spicy, hot and greasy foods; when taking Nepeta tenuifolia, avoid taking fish, shrimp and crab; when taking Asparagus cochinchinensis, avoid taking carp; when taking Atractylodes macrocephala, avoid taking garlic, etc.

After reading the above introduction, I believe everyone has the answer to whether you can eat carrots while taking Chinese medicine. In fact, we do not recommend eating carrots when drinking polyuria, because it may reduce the efficacy of the medicine and may also bring more adverse effects to the body. Therefore, I hope everyone can pay attention to it.