Perspectives of Drug Therapy

Incompatibility of Drugs in Prescription

Chinese Traditional herbs are the main ingredients in the dietetic therapy. Of all the 5000 Chinese traditional herbs in the clinical use, more than 500 can be applied in the dietetic therapy. For example, dong chong xia cao, ren shen, dang gui, tian ma, du zhong, go qi zi, etc. The prescription follows the principle of TCM theory. In dieteic therapy, the application of drugs observes the rules of “eighteen clashes” and “inneteen incompatibilities”. “Eighteen clashes” are: gan cao clashes gan sui, da ji, hai zao and yuan hua; wu tou clashes bei mu, xi xin and shao yao. “Nineteen incompatibilities” are: liu huang incompatible with pu xiao; shu yin incompatible with pi shuang; lang du incompatible with mi tuo seng; ba dou incompatible with qian niu; ding xiang incompatible with yu lin; chuan wu and cao wu incompatible with xi jiao; ya xiao incompatible with with san ling; guan gui incompatible with ci shi zhi; renshen incompatible with wu ling zhi. We can refer to these incompatibilities of drugs in prescription; but there are some exceptions. However, this kind of prescription needs to be caried out under the guidance of professionals.contraindications of dietetic therapy Contraindications of Dietetic Therapy
Incompatibility of Drugs and Food in Prescription

It is the accumulated experience of ancient people that we usually follow. Though some of the incompatibilities need to be testified, we should follow the traditional sayings and take the therapies with care. Generally speaking, sweat-inducing formula is incompatible with cold food; speen-stomach regulation formula is incompatible with fatty food; detumescence and qi-regulating formula is incompatible with beans; cough-checking and dyspnea-soothing formula is incompatible with fish; diarrhea formula is incompatible with fruits. The contraindications are: pork clashes wu mei; jie geng huang lian, hu qianhuang, bai he, cang su; mutton clashes ban xia, cang pu, cmdisin compatible with copper dan sha; dog meat clashes zhu shang lu, cmd is incompatible with xin ren; fish clashes hou pu, it incompatible mai dong; aparrow meat incompatible with bai zhu, plum; onion incompatible with chang shan, di huang, he shou wu and honey; radish incompatible with di huang, he shou wu, cinegar incompatible with fu ling; tu fu ling, wei ling xian incompatible with tea, etc.

Incompatibilith of food in prescription

Ancient people believe that some food connot be cooked with one anouther. It is a good reference in the dieteic therapy. The incompatibilities are: pork incompatible with barley, pigeon, fish and soybean. mutton incompatible with vinegar; Dog’s meat incompatible with garlic; crucian carp incompatible with leaf mustard and pig’s livev; pig’s blood incompatible with soybean; pig’s liver incompatible with buckwheat, soybean sauce, carp, fish; carp incompatible with dog, turtle incompatible with amaranth, wine, fruit; eel incompatible with dog; sparrow incompatible with pig’s liver; duck’s egg incompatible with mulberry, plum; chicken incompatible with mustard, sticky rice, plum; crabmeat incompatible with pork, rabbit’s meat, duck, amaranth, egg, etc.
Food taboos in Drug application

Food taboos belong to TCM theory and practice. Food taboos fall into two categories: first, food taboos for a certain disease. For example, liver disease should avoid hot and pungent food; heart disease should avoid salty food; edema should avoid the use of salt; bone diseases avoid sour and sweet food; illness of the gall bladder should avoid greasy food; cold syndrome should avoid fruit; people with sore and ulcer should avoid fish and shrimp; people with vertigo and insomnia should not take pepper, chilli, tea, etc. Second, food taboos for a certain syndrome. For example, patient with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire and affliction of bodu fluid should not take ginger, pepper and mutton that are mild and dry in nature; people should not take garlic, crab, egg after cold, ulcer, throat abscess, etc; the syndrome of dampness-heat should not take pork, sugar, ice wine, etc; people after disease and delivery should not take watermelon, plum, clam, crab, etc; for the syndrome of bleeding, hemorrhoid, ci gu and pepper should be avoid. During pregnancy, food that is poisonous, hot, and blood activating should be avoided. Some of the food taboos are proved to be reasonable. Others seem to be impractical, anyway, it is a good reference for the application of dietetic therapy.