Is white sugar an antidote?

When a disease occurs in the human body, in order to promptly control the condition or reduce the degree of damage to the body, the human body will use drugs to treat the disease. Chinese medicine or Western medicine treatment will be selected according to the condition of the disease. White sugar, as a food, contains a large amount of mineral elements, so it is suitable for a wide range of people to eat. However, some people believe that white sugar has the effect of antidote. So is white sugar an antidote? Let's take a look.

First, is white sugar an antidote? The chemical composition of sugar is relatively complex. Sugar, especially brown sugar, contains more elements and impurities such as iron and calcium. Once the proteins, tannins and other components contained in traditional Chinese medicine combine with them, a chemical reaction will occur, causing some effective ingredients in the medicine to coagulate and denature, and then become turbid and precipitate. This not only affects the efficacy of the drug, but also endangers health;

Second, in each prescription of traditional Chinese medicine, the ingredients of the medicines have different flavors of "sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty", and the medicinal properties also have differences of "cold, hot, warm, and cool". Sugar also has certain medicinal properties and therapeutic effects. For example, sugar has the effects of moistening the lungs and the middle, nourishing the spleen and soothing the liver. It can be used to treat dry cough, dry mouth and tongue, and stomach pain. Therefore, Chinese medicine also regards sugar as a Chinese medicine.

Third, Chinese medicine has four properties: cold, hot, warm, and cool, and five flavors: pungent, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Among them, pungent can disperse, sweet can slow down, sour can contract, bitter can astringe, and salty can enter the kidney. Chinese medicine with different tastes has different therapeutic effects. Adding sugar to some Chinese medicines will change their medicinal properties and affect their efficacy. Some bitter medicines can stimulate the peripheral nerves and reflexively secrete digestive juices such as saliva and gastric juice to help digestion and promote appetite. If you put a lot of sugar in the medicine, it will completely cover up the bitter taste and lose its stomachic effect.

Is white sugar an antidote? White sugar can remove "fire" due to its cool nature; brown sugar can dispel cold due to its warm nature. In folk prescriptions, white sugar is used to boil tea to dispel heat; brown sugar is used to boil ginger and onion water to dispel cold, cure colds, etc. Generally speaking, if it is a "quick illness", it is okay to add some sugar occasionally, but if you are fat or have a phlegm-damp constitution, you should be careful. Drinking it for a long time will affect our digestive function and eventually cause diseases such as abdominal distension and indigestion.