Traditional Chinese medicine administration method

1. Administration time of traditional Chinese medicine: Nourishing drugs and stomach strengthening drugs should be taken before meals to increase the absorption rate of effective components. Spicy and irritating drugs should be taken after meals to reduce the irritation to the stomach. Insecticides or antipsychotics should be taken on an empty stomach to enhance the curative effect. To treat malaria, you should take medicine before the attack, take medicine before going to bed when taking sedatives, and take medicine as soon as possible for patients with acute diseases, regardless of time.

2. Frequency of taking medicine: generally, take medicine 2-3 times a day, and those who maintain the curative effect/kloc-0 times a day, and some times a day or decoction instead of tea, with unlimited times.

3. General Chinese medicine decoction is taken warm. According to the condition and treatment needs, there are also people who take cold medicine for heat syndrome and people who take hot medicine for cold syndrome.

4. Choice of drugs and drinks: Generally, it is taken with boiled water. If it is difficult to take medicine because of vomiting, you can drink ginger juice and add sugar or flavoring agent to the liquid medicine. Taking stasis-removing and blood-activating agents to enhance the curative effect, and taking yellow wine as a drink.

5. Taboo: generally avoid cold, greasy, spicy and other indigestible foods during medication. Skin diseases and sores should not eat fish, shrimp, fishy food and irritating food.

Author: Jia Haizhong (Doctor of Medicine)