What are the taboos of drinking gynecological Chinese medicine?

Just like some Western medicines cannot be used together, when Chinese medicine is used to treat diseases, many medicines and methods cannot be used together and there are contraindications. Especially for some drugs, if you fail to pay attention to the contraindications when using them, the efficacy of the drugs may be greatly reduced, and the symptoms of the disease may become more serious. Next, let’s talk about some contraindications of gynecological Chinese medicine.

Contraindications for medication during menstruation

When taking medication during menstruation, be careful not to damage the kidney qi, the spleen and stomach, or the liver yin. Do not overuse pungent, bitter, cold, slippery, laxative, or blood-dissolving products. Patients with oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea should not use laxatives to hasten the disease; patients with menorrhagia or metrorrhagia should not insist on using astringent drugs. Instead, they should differentiate symptoms and treat them according to the cause, and use medication based on the cause.

Contraindications for use during pregnancy

During pregnancy, any medicines that are strong, laxative, blood-clearing, qi-consuming, extremely pungent and hot, bitter, cold, icy, heavy, or poisonous should be used with caution or prohibited because they can lead to adverse consequences such as fetal movement disorder, abortion, miscarriage, malformation, and fetal death in the womb. Drugs that are prohibited during pregnancy include: musk, centipede, leech, genkwa, gansui, euphorbia, croton, blister beetle, horsefly, pokeweed, morning glory seed, sulfur, realgar, arsenic, calomel, camphor, toad venom, earthworm, trillium, zedoaria, and bezoar.

Contraindications for postpartum medication

Postpartum women lose blood and damage body fluids, so when taking medicine, you should pay attention to nourishing blood, nourishing yin and preserving body fluids. It is not advisable to overuse warm, dry, bitter, cold, strong, or sweat-inducing medicines. When relieving depression, do not be too dissipating. When promoting digestion, you must also support the spleen, replenish the deficiency without stagnating the evil, and resolve blood stasis without damaging the blood. Do not damage the spleen and stomach during breastfeeding, and refrain from taking any toxic substances.

In addition to the special periods mentioned above, there are the following taboos on drinking gynecological Chinese medicine.

No smoking or drinking

It is prohibited to drink alcohol, smoke, abuse drugs, or drink strong stimulating beverages such as coffee, cola, etc. The reason for saying this is that the methanol in spirits, the nicotine in cigarettes, and the caffeine in coffee and cola can cause great damage to various organs in the human body. If a woman does not change her bad habits when she has kidney deficiency, drinking Chinese medicine is equivalent to not drinking it. The effect will be greatly reduced and it will be more harmful to the body. At the same time, women should be careful to avoid drug abuse and take medication as directed by their doctor.

Follow doctor's advice and get more rest

When women take Chinese medicine for kidney nourishing, they should follow the doctor's advice carefully, avoid behaviors that may cause harm to the body, such as disrupting the biological clock, staying up late, being overly excited, being impatient and irritable, and get more rest. They can also use some dietary therapy to warm and nourish the kidneys to achieve the effect of nourishing the kidneys.

Chinese medicine has more contraindications than Western medicine. Because Chinese medicine uses many ingredients as medicines. This way we should pay more attention to our daily diet. Many foods with antidote effects. For example, mung beans cannot be eaten while taking Chinese medicine. Otherwise, the efficacy of the drug cannot be fully exerted and it cannot be effective in treating the disease.