Encyclopedia of Family Medicine

Chapter 26: Essentials in the Family Medicine Cabinet (3)
Do not take medicine with fruit juice

The fruit acid in fruit juice or cold drinking water can easily lead to the absorption of many drugs in the small intestine, which greatly reduces the efficacy of the drugs; there are also many drugs, such as aspirin, phenylbutazone and other anti-rheumatic drugs, which have a stimulating effect on the gastric mucosa , and fruit acid can aggravate the stimulation of the stomach wall, and even cause gastric mucosal bleeding; Liquid reacts producing hazardous substances.

Drink more water when taking medicine
Some people do not use water or use only a small amount of water when taking pills or capsules, especially when taking the medicine in a lying position or going to bed immediately after taking the medicine.Especially those who take potassium chloride tablets, tetracycline, doxycycline, erythromycin, prednisone, aspirin, indomethacin, phenylbutazone and other drugs that can easily cause esophageal damage should pay more attention.Bed medication should be avoided as much as possible. When taking tablets or capsules, take them with enough warm water.

Which Chinese and Western medicines cannot be taken together

(1) When taking digitalis drugs, you should avoid taking Chinese patent medicines such as Liushen Pills, Liuying Pills, Huzheng Pills, and Toothache Pills containing toad venom at the same time, because toad venom has similar pharmacological effects to digitalis, and digitalis has certain properties. Toxicity, taking the two drugs at the same time can increase the toxicity of digitalis.

(2) When taking Jiangya Tablets, Jiangyaling and other medicines, it is not advisable to take ephedra and medicines containing ephedra together, such as Zaizao Pills, Dingchuan Pills, Fangfengtong Pills, Maxing Shigan Syrup, Qufeng Shujin Pills, etc.Because the active ingredients contained in these medicines, Linhuangjian, have the effect of raising blood pressure while relieving phlegm and relieving asthma.

(3) When taking aminophylline, it is not advisable to take it together with ephedra and its products, otherwise symptoms such as tachycardia, headache, and nausea may occur.

Which drugs are addictive
After some patients take certain medicines, once they stop using them, they will experience tears, runny nose, trembling, collapse, listlessness, general discomfort and other phenomena. Lost.

Drugs that are prone to addiction are mainly anesthetics used for analgesia and cough relief, such as opium, morphine, cocaine, pethidine, analgesic, anon pain, compound platycodon, etc.

There are also some hypnotics such as sleeping pills, methaqualone, luminal, amitol, etc., which are also prone to addiction if taken for a long time.

Knowledge of skin medicine

For common skin diseases such as eczema and dermatitis, in the acute stage, you can choose an aqueous solution or lotion with astringent and exudate-reducing effects, such as 3% boric acid solution and calamine lotion, which are all effective.However, it is not advisable to use ointment or emulsion containing irritating drugs, because the use of ointment or emulsion containing irritating drugs in the acute stage will not only not cure the disease, but will aggravate the condition.In the chronic phase of eczema and dermatitis, you can choose ointments and plasters that protect the skin, relieve pain and itching, and promote the healing of skin injuries, but water or lotions that have astringent and dry effects should not be used, because they will not produce therapeutic effects.It should be noted that antibacterial drugs have no therapeutic value for skin diseases caused by fungal infections.In addition to the types of medication, there is also knowledge in the method of medication.For example, when using a paste, you can wash the affected area with peanut oil for the next medication, and then use the paste medicine, which can improve the curative effect.Pay attention to the concentration of the drug, so as not to be too irritating or even cause allergies.Different ages, different genders, and different patient positions must have certain differences in the use of medication.Women and children often have delicate facial skin. In order to avoid redness, swelling, blisters and other adverse reactions, it is advisable to choose drugs with less irritation and lower concentration.Drugs on the mucous membrane are easily absorbed, so care should be taken not to use too much.Generally, powders, lotions and pastes are not suitable for areas with hair.It is also worth noting that it is not appropriate to use too much medicine.

food mediation
In daily life, many foods can complement each other, regulate the nutrition needed by the human body, and achieve the purpose of not only preventing and curing diseases, but also maintaining health.According to traditional Chinese medicine, food can also be divided into cold and warm. Anyone who has fever in the afternoon, hot palms and feet, dry mouth, short yellow urine, dry stool, insomnia, and night sweats should not eat warm food anymore, but should increase it appropriately. Cold food, such as mung beans, soybean milk, oranges, lilies, sugar cane, persimmons, pears, rabbit meat, etc.Anyone who is afraid of cold, often cold limbs, pale lips and tongue, does not want to drink water, spontaneous sweating, clear and long urine, thin stools, and impotence should not eat cold food, but should increase warm food appropriately, such as wine, vinegar, Ginger, green onions, garlic, oranges, walnuts, chicken, lamb, pork, etc.

vegetable medicinal
1.Chinese cabbage

Boiling soup with cabbage root can cure colds and colds.Decoction with cabbage, green onions, and ginger is served warmly, which can cure colds and is also effective for bronchitis.Smash the cabbage and apply it to the affected area to cure allergic dermatitis.Regular consumption of cabbage can cure constipation.Take a few leaves of frozen cabbage, add water to boil, and wash on the affected area to cure frostbite.Take one hour for each wash, warm up after the water is cold, wash two or three times for mild cases, and five or six times for severe cases to heal.

2.celery

Celery is sweet and cool in nature and non-toxic. It has the effects of lowering blood pressure, sedation, invigorating the stomach, and diuresis.For those with high blood pressure, headache, brain swelling, flushed face, and easily excitable spirit, wash with half a catty of fresh celery, scald it in boiling water for about 2 minutes, finely chop the juice, take 1 small cup each time, twice a day, symptoms can be severe Eliminate quickly.For women with irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia or bleeding in urine, 50 grams of fresh celery, 10 grams of madder, and 20 grams of Liuyuexue can be decocted in water, and the effect is obvious.

Regular consumption of fresh milk to cook celery can neutralize uric acid and acidic substances in other parts of the body, which is quite effective in the treatment of gout; it is also very beneficial for people with rheumatic diseases to eat more celery.

There are many people who like to eat celery, but not many people eat even leaves, which is a pity.Because celery leaves are almost higher than celery stalks in terms of nutritional value and pharmacological effects, and have unique advantages in many aspects, so it is best to eat celery with stalks and leaves together.

3.Winter melon
The melon seeds, melon leaves, melon vines, melon pulp and melon skin of wax gourd can be used as medicine.Chinese medicine believes that wax gourd has a good therapeutic effect on patients with arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension and obesity.Wax gourd is slightly cold in nature, facilitates urination, quenches thirst, cures edema, nourishes qi and prolongs life, relieves chest fullness, dispels head and face heat, long-term consumption can make the body light and healthy.Winter melon also has the function of detoxifying fish and alcohol, can remove excess fat accumulated in the human body, and can promote water.The sugar content in wax gourd is low, and it is also suitable for diabetics to "satisfy hunger".For patients with coronary heart disease, the daily supply of calories is slightly lower than the normal requirement, which can reduce the basal metabolic rate and gradually restore the heart's normal working ability.

4. Potatoes
It is economical and convenient to treat chapped hands and feet with potatoes.Cook the potatoes, peel off the skin, smash them into sticky strips, apply them to the cracks, and then stick them with adhesive tape. It will heal in one go, which is better than any oil.

Long-term intramuscular injection can easily cause redness, swelling, heat, pain and local induration. If not treated in time, abscesses will occur.Such as topical application of potato flakes, in addition to local induration.Specific method: wash the affected area with hot water, apply the potato chips, stick with tape, the induration will soften within 24 hours, and the induration will disappear after 3 to 4 days of continuous use, and there is no adverse reaction.

5.eggplant

Most people think that eggplant can only be eaten, but it is not. In addition to being delicious in various cooking methods, it also has many medicinal uses.Eggplant belongs to the Solanaceae family, and there is a little-known name called "Luosu".This substance is sweet and cold in taste and non-toxic.Eggplant is divided into white eggplant, green eggplant, purple eggplant and other varieties, all of which can be used as medicine, among which white eggplant is widely used.Almost all varieties of eggplant have the functions of hemostasis, dispersing blood, diuresis, detoxification and analgesia. In clinical practice, they can be used to treat or assist in the treatment of acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchitis, rheumatoid arthritis, tooth swelling and pain, dental caries and unknown poisoning.To treat common cough and asthma, 90-120 grams of eggplant straw can be used. After decoction, take 2-3 times a day, or calcined ashes and ground into powder, 3 times a day, about 9 grams each time; For old and old diseases, use 30-60 grams of white eggplant each time, remove the residue after cooking, add an appropriate amount of honey, take 2 times a day, and try one stage; for rheumatoid arthritis, use white eggplant root, plus surgical prevention 2 roots and 15 grams of each glutinous vegetable, decoct in water; in case of swollen teeth or caries, there are the following methods: or smoke with eggplant as a cigarette, or mix the burnt ashes of eggplant with Asarum powder and apply it to The affected area, or soaked in white wine and then dipped in cotton balls to plug the caries; the way to cure unknown poisoning is: put the dried eggplant in a brazier and burn it, then make a conical cover with paper and open a hole on it , Facing the affected part of the patient, smoke with burning eggplant, repeat 3 to 4 times a day as well.If you have any of the above ailments, give it a try.

6.cucumber

If you wake up in the morning and find that your eyelids are swollen, it may be because you drank too much water before going to bed last night.Because the skin structure near the eyes is thin and loose, it is easy to retain water.The way to eliminate puffiness: You can apply a small piece of cucumber to the eyelid and rest for about 10 minutes.Because cucumber contains trace amounts of substances that astringe the skin.Cucumber is a medicinal fruit.It is cool in nature, sweet in taste, and has the effects of clearing heat, diuresis, dehumidification, and smoothing intestines.Raw cucumber is rich in propanol acetic acid, which can inhibit the conversion of carbohydrates into fat, so eating more cucumbers can help you lose weight.The cellulose contained in cucumber has a certain effect on promoting the excretion of spoiled food in the intestine and lowering cholesterol.Scientists have also discovered that cucumbers also have the effect of moisturizing the skin and making it youthful.

7.radish

Digestion aid: When you eat too much beans and pasta and your stomach becomes bloated, eat some raw radish to smoothen your Qi, dissolve your food, and help you digest it.

Prevention and treatment of throat diseases: After decocting white radish and fresh olives, drink it as tea.

Treatment of migraine: Take raw radish juice and drip it into the nasal cavity to relieve pain.

Treatment of nosebleeds: drinking raw radish juice with heated wine can stop nosebleeds.

Dispelling cold and relieving pain: When taking a bath, put radish juice into the bathtub, which has a certain effect on treating cold syndrome and neuropathy.

Treatment of colds and colds: decoct white radish and water, drink while it is hot, once in the morning and in the evening.It can relieve fever and sweat.

Treatment of vomiting blood: Take white radish and lotus root juice together, twice a day, to cure vomiting blood.

Treatment of sore throat: eating raw radish can reduce swelling and relieve pain.

Treat foot sweat and foot odor: Boil white radish slices and wash feet, which can remove foot sweat and odor.

Cough due to cold: Take a carrot in the shape of a disc, hollow out the inside (about 2 cm in diameter), put some sugar in the hollowed out place, and steam it to eat.

Treatment of gas poisoning: white radish juice can be taken when dizziness and nausea are present, which has detoxification effect.Use 1 small cup each time, twice a day, which can lower blood pressure and relieve symptoms.

8.Chinese chives

The root of leek can promote blood circulation and disinfect, the leaves can dispel blood stasis and stop bleeding, and the seeds can warm the kidney and strengthen essence.Sternal and rib pain, take 15 grams of leek root and 12 grams of tangerine peel, decoct in water and add a small amount of aged wine, three times a day.For night sweats, use 60 grams of leeks, wash and decoct in water, and take it before going to bed.

For kidney deficiency, use 15 grams of chive seeds, 30 grams of golden cherry seeds, and 15 grams of lotus flesh. After decoction, take it twice a day, twice a day.For bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, wash and smash the leek and apply it to the wound to reduce swelling and relieve pain.For stubborn u-path (nervous u-path), grind leek seeds into fine powder, take 15 grams each time with boiling water, twice a day, and stop on the same day.

9.Chili
Helps digestion: People with indigestion can eat some chili peppers properly, which can cure chronic diseases such as stomach cold and stomach pain, and help digestion, but it is not advisable to eat more.

Increase appetite: Capsaicin contained in chili can stimulate saliva and gastric secretion, accelerate gastrointestinal motility and increase appetite.

Protection from cold and wind: Eating chili in winter can keep out the cold, and it can also prevent rheumatoid arthritis, chronic low back pain, colds, frostbite and other diseases caused by cold and damp.Soak 3~5 chili peppers in a bottle of 75% alcohol and seal it for 7 days to make chili wine, which can treat frostbite.Those who work outside for a long time in winter can use 1 gram of finely ground chili pepper and 4 grams of Vaseline oil to prepare a chili ointment and apply it to the places prone to frostbite, such as the helix, the back of the hand, and the heel, to prevent frostbite from occurring.

10.The conditioning function of several vegetables:

Mung bean sprouts: heat-clearing, diuretic, detumescence.

Soybean sprouts: invigorate the spleen, diuresis, laxative.

Cowpea: invigorates Qi, invigorates the spleen and quenches thirst.

Tomato: clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and calming liver.

Bitter gourd: diuresis, clears swelling, clears water and relieves heat.

Medicinal use of wild vegetables
1.Dandelion
Dandelion is commonly known as mother-in-law. It is a perennial herb with a bitter, sweet and cold nature. It contains a variety of vitamins, minerals and other ingredients. It has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and dermatophytes. It can treat inflammation and fever without causing allergic reactions. And accumulated poisoning, no drug resistance.Eating dandelion can reduce heart fire, expel plague poison, increase appetite, and have obvious therapeutic effects on hepatitis, bacillary dysentery, gastritis, constipation, boils and carbuncle.Fresh dandelion is washed and smashed for external application, which can cure scalds, mastitis, skin ulcers, etc.

2.Shepherd's purse

Shepherd's purse is commonly known as shepherd's purse.This wild vegetable is rich in nutrients, not only containing protein, fat, sugar, but also minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin C, carotene and other indispensable substances for the human body.It is not only a delicacy, but also a good medicine for health care.It can cure women's menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, internal injury bleeding, dysentery and other diseases.

3.Allium

Scallion is commonly known as small root garlic.The allicin contained in it, under the action of allicinase, will generate allicin with strong bactericidal function, which can kill Shigella, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and pyogenic coccus.It can be used to treat coronary heart disease, tracheitis, high blood pressure, chest tightness and pain, rheumatism and other diseases.It can also treat trauma. In case of bruises, sprains, blood stasis, redness and swelling, you can wash and mash small roots of garlic for external application. It has the effect of dispelling blood stasis, relieving pain and reducing swelling.

fruit medicinal
1.Pineapple

Take pineapple flesh or squeeze pineapple juice and drink it with cold boiled water, it can cure summer heat and relieve heat and polydipsia; take one or two pineapple leaves or roots, decoct with water, and treat summer sha and diarrhea.

Pineapple contains an enzyme, bromelain, which can not only dissolve the thrombus that causes a heart attack, but also prevent the formation of thrombus and reduce the mortality of heart disease patients.A two-year research project in Hawaii, USA, pointed out that 140 heart patients received pineapple ferment during the study period. When the two years expired, only 2% of them died, while at least 20% were expected to die. of people will have a fatal heart attack by the end of the two years.

2.pear
In addition to being a sweet fruit, pears also have great medicinal value.It can dispel wind and heat, cool the heart and moisten the lungs, eliminate fire and eliminate phlegm.There are many folk remedies for treating diseases with pears, such as steaming pears and Fritillaria sichuanensis, which can relieve cough and reduce phlegm; steaming pears and honey or stewing pears and rock sugar together can cure coughs; The effect of moisturizing the intestines; oranges and pears are fried together, which can cure vitamin C deficiency; sudden hoarseness, it is advisable to drink pear juice frequently.

Pineapple contains "Buzeyiyin" enzyme, which can not only make blood clots in blood vessels in the human body disappear, but also prevent the formation of blood clots early, so it is a "good fruit" for preventing heart disease.

In addition, pears have certain curative effects on tuberculosis, gastritis, measles, scarlet fever, bronchitis, asthma, hemiplegia, and high fever.

3. Orange
Oranges have a special effect on treating respiratory infections in children. In addition, they also have significant effects on wind-heat cough, tonsillitis, pleurisy, scurvy, suppurative pharyngitis and other diseases.

Rotten oranges can also cure burns: put rotten oranges in a colored bottle, seal them for later use, the better as they age, because rotten oranges contain a kind of citrinin, which has a strong antibacterial effect.

4.cherry

Taking cherry soaked wine can cure left paralysis and right paralysis, numbness of limbs, rheumatism, waist and leg pain.Eating cherries often can clear blood heat, nourish blood and kidney, and prevent throat diseases.Eating cherries after illness can cure deficiency and replenish vitality.The nutritional value of cherries is very high, and the nature and taste are sweet and warm, but they should not be eaten too much, as eating too much can cause deficiency and heat.

5. Banana
Take a ripe banana, peel off the outer skin, crush the clean pulp, and rub it evenly on the affected area, which can promote the healing of cracked skin.In addition, you can also take a banana, bake it next to the stove, and then wash your hands with hot water. After the crack becomes soft, rub the affected area with a little hot banana and rub it. It can heal after several times of continuous use.

Bananas are also suitable for patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers, especially for patients with hemorrhoids, which can relieve pain and relieve constipation.The elderly are constipated, and eating bananas is very effective, but patients with high blood pressure should not eat more.

6. Hawthorn
Hawthorn is sour and sweet in nature and has the effects of dispelling food and eliminating accumulation, relieving vomiting, relieving pain, astringent and antidiarrheal.For hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and paroxysmal tachycardia, etc., it is advisable to take 10-13 grams of wild hawthorn or 3-9 grams of hawthorn flower, decocted in water.For enteritis and diarrhea, 15-30 grams of hawthorn is advisable. After decocting in water, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, and take it 2-3 times a day.For indigestion and fullness in the upper abdomen, you can take 12-18 grams of hawthorn, 9 grams each of radish seeds and citrus aurantium, decoct in water, and take it twice a day.For urticaria, you can take 30 grams of hawthorn, 15 grams of malt, 15 grams of fresh bamboo leaves, 3 grams of licorice, decoct in water to remove residue, and take it twice a day.Hawthorn has astringent effect on the uterus, so it should be used with caution by pregnant women; it should be used with caution by those with gastric ulcer and hyperacidity because of its sour taste.

7.watermelon

Watermelon is cold in nature and rich in nutrition. It has auxiliary effects on high blood pressure, nephritis, edema, diabetes, jaundice, and cystitis.It can be eaten in moderation according to the condition.

8.Jujube
Jujube contains rutin, which can cure high blood pressure if eaten regularly.Jujube contains a lot of vitamin C, which can beautify the skin when eaten regularly.Suanzaoren is a good medicine for calming the nerves. Use 3-6 grams of Suanzaoren to grind into fine powder, add sugar to reconcile, and take it before going to bed. It has a very good effect on treating neurasthenia and insomnia.

Jujube also has the functions of nourishing the stomach, strengthening the spleen, benefiting blood, and strengthening the spirit. Chinese medicine often uses jujube as an introduction to medicine.

9.Grape

Eating a lot of grapes can treat edema caused by heart and kidney diseases.For those with red and yellow urine, eating grapes also has a certain effect. Note that diabetic patients should not eat more.

10.apricot
Apricot contains a lot of vitamin C, which has the effect of "lightening the disease from fruit to patients" for patients with high blood pressure, bleeding gums, bronchitis, and cancer.

11.apple

It has a certain curative effect on dry skin, hair loss, colds and other diseases.

Apple is also a good antidiarrheal medicine, because it contains a lot of tannic acid and pectin, which can adjust physiological functions and have obvious astringent effects on the intestines, especially for children suffering from dyspepsia diarrhea, the effect is more significant.

dried fruit medicinal
1. Walnut
Walnut is rich in nutrition and crispy in taste. It is a good fruit suitable for all ages, and its medicinal value is particularly significant.Soaking walnuts with bee sugar and taking it regularly has a miraculous effect on treating chronic bronchitis in the elderly.From autumn to Qingming Festival every year, eating one walnut a day can help digestion and phlegm, cure asthma, strengthen the brain and strengthen the body.Use the fleshy pericarp (called Qinglongyi) outside the fresh walnut to treat diseases such as psoriasis and alopecia areata.Fresh walnut bark can cure epigastric pain.The woody septum of the ovary in the walnut fruit (called distracting wood) can treat the diseases such as spermatorrhea, enuresis and women's uterine bleeding.It is contraindicated for patients with cough due to phlegm-heat, dyspnea and hyperactivity of fire due to deficiency of yin.

2.sunflower seeds
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