Is Chinese medicine drunk before or after meals?

By type, if it is used to treat stomach diseases, most of them are eaten before meals. However, drugs for tonifying kidney yin are generally taken after meals at night.

1. Tonics should be taken before meals;

2. Most laxatives, anthelmintics and laxatives are taken on an empty stomach;

3. Stomach-invigorating drugs and drugs irritating to the gastrointestinal tract should be taken after meals.

4. Take sedatives, which should be taken before going to bed.

5. Acute symptoms are not limited in time and should be taken quickly.

6. Others, such as diarrhea caused by spleen-kidney deficiency and cold, should be taken before going to bed or at midnight.

7. Drugs for gastrointestinal diseases should be taken before meals, because taking them before meals is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of drugs.

8. The medicine for stopping nocturnal emission should also be taken once in the evening.

No matter before or after meals, the interval between taking medicine and eating should be about 1 hour, so as not to affect the digestion and absorption of drugs and food and their efficacy.

Depending on the medicine, the time is different.

If it is a stomach medicine, take it before meals; Otherwise, after dinner

There is no difference between drinking most drugs before and after meals. Some drugs, such as those that stimulate the stomach, are better to eat after meals.