Can Chinese medicine and tea be drunk together

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Nowadays, many people have the habit of drinking tea every day. Drinking tea does bring a lot of benefits to our health. But sometimes if we are sick and need to drink Chinese medicine, we will worry about whether we can drink them together. Today we will talk about this problem.

Can Chinese medicine and tea be drunk together

First: during the period of taking traditional Chinese medicine, in order to ensure the efficacy, do not eat those foods that may react with drugs, so as not to reduce the efficacy, or produce toxic and side effects and aggravate the disease. First of all, we should avoid tea. Whether traditional Chinese medicine, western medicine generally can not be served with tea.

Second: Because tea contains a substance called tannic acid, it will react with proteins, alkaloids or heavy metal salts in drugs to form insoluble precipitates, affect the absorption of effective components of drugs and reduce the curative effect.

Third: sometimes it will not only affect the absorption of drugs, so that drugs lose efficacy, but also stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, causing discomfort. When taking tonic drugs, it will also affect the absorption of nutrients. Tea contains caffeine, theophylline and other components are not conducive to the rest of patients.

matters needing attention

Chinese medicine and tea can't be drunk together. We can take good care of our body first, and then drink tea when we are well. Usually strengthen exercise, strive for less illness.