Wu Xiang Teng Medicinal Liquor can clear heat, detoxify, promote blood circulation, and relieve swelling and pain. Wu Xiang Teng is a common medicine for relieving swelling and pain. It can not only treat influenza and rheumatism, but also alleviate menstrual disorders in women. So what are the contraindications for drinking Wu Xiang Teng Medicinal Liquor?
1. Patients who should not drink alcohol
For patients with chronic nephritis, chronic renal insufficiency, chronic colitis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, gastrointestinal ulcers, infiltrative or cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis, epilepsy, heart failure, and hypertension, alcohol should be avoided, even medicinal liquor is not suitable, in order to avoid worsening the condition.
However, this is not absolute. Some diseases can benefit from targeted low-alcohol medicinal liquor. However, caution should still be exercised. In addition, medicinal liquor should be avoided or used with caution for people who are allergic to alcohol or certain skin diseases.
2. People who should not drink alcohol
Not everyone is suitable for medicinal liquor or alcoholic beverages. Those who are not suitable should avoid drinking. Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and children should not drink medicinal liquor or alcoholic beverages. Elderly and weak individuals, due to relatively slow metabolism, should also reduce the amount of medicinal liquor consumed and avoid excessive drinking.
3. How much medicinal liquor to drink at a time
The optimal dosage is about 20 milliliters (half an ounce) per day, and long-term use should be avoided to prevent damage to the heart, liver, kidneys, and nervous system caused by alcohol.
Those who are not good at drinking can choose low-alcohol fermented wines such as yellow wine and rice wine when preparing tonic medicinal liquor. Those who are good at drinking can choose higher-proof distilled liquors such as baijiu and daqu liquor, with an alcohol content of around 50 degrees, when preparing medicinal liquor for treating diseases.
Tonic medicinal liquor should be taken before meals so that it can be quickly absorbed by the body and exert its effects faster. It should not be taken with meals to avoid affecting the efficacy.
The optimal dosage is about 20 milliliters (half an ounce) per day, and long-term use should be avoided to prevent damage to the heart, liver, kidneys, and nervous system caused by alcohol. Those using therapeutic medicinal liquor should prepare and take it according to the doctor's prescription or empirical formula.
4. Choose medicinal liquor according to the condition, do not drink indiscriminately
Each type of medicinal liquor has its own range of indications and should not be consumed indiscriminately. For example, people with symptoms such as cold, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea should choose appropriate medicinal liquor and avoid consuming tonic medicinal liquor.
