When talking about medication, always, less is more! After all, who doesn’t want the curative effect of the medicine being enhanced (or thus doses of medicine can be reduced)? Below are some Dos and Don’ts provided by Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners. Check them out:
- Drink more water when taking antipyretic, saline laxative, or sulfanilamide medicine.
- Don’t drink sugary liquid when taking medicine for stomach function that is bitter in flavor.
- Don’t eat soybeans, radish, almonds, or peanuts that may inhibit thyroid peroxidase, an enzyme necessary for thyroid hormone production, when taking thyroid hormone preparation.
- Don’t drink water right after taking throat lozenge or cough syrup.
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