In daily life, almost everyone has had the experience of using Chinese medicine. In addition to choosing a regular Chinese medicine hospital and choosing the right doctor to prescribe the right medicine, the process of using medicine should also pay attention to the time and method of taking Chinese medicine to improve clinical efficacy.
The time and method of taking Chinese medicine
1. Stomachic medicine.
should be taken 10 minutes before meals and are not easily diluted, not to mention adding sugar, fruit juice, etc. to avoid reducing the effectiveness of the medicine.
2. Tranquilizers.
should be taken before bedtime to help sleep.
3. Drugs that stimulate the stomach and intestines.
It is advisable to take it after meals, the food in the stomach can ease the stimulation of the drug on the gastric mucosa.
4. Anti-epidemic drugs and antipyretic drugs.
It is appropriate to take an hour before meals, taking antiphlogistic agents should avoid wind and cold or increase clothing or supplemented with porridge to help sweat.
5. Antiphlogistic drugs.
Should be taken one hour after meals;
6. Tonic drugs and precious drugs.
Should be taken on an empty stomach, to give the full effect.
7. Anthelmintic.
It is appropriate to take on an empty stomach, especially before bedtime, and avoid greasy, sweet food.
8. Soup.
A dose is divided into 2-3 times, 1 day 1 dose, adults generally take 200ml each time, for heart failure and a limited amount of patients should take 100ml each time, the elderly, and children should follow medical advice. In case of special circumstances, 2 doses can be taken in a row for one day to enhance the effect of the medicine.
9. Tonics for resolving phlegm and relieving cough.
Hot medicine should be taken cool or slightly warm, high fever patients can be taken as often as they like, vomiting patients can gently wipe their tongue with fresh ginger juice and then drink the medicine to avoid vomiting and cold too much to hurt the stomach. And bitter-cold prescriptions should be taken half an hour to 2 hours after meals.
Always pay attention to
1. Capsules of proprietary Chinese medicines taken internally should not be filed or bitten.
2. The combination, suspension, syrup, oral solution, etc. can not be diluted and should be shaken well, and taken directly.
3. Such as senna leaves, fat sea, and other applications of boiling water infusion offspring tea drink.