Pay attention to taking traditional Chinese medicine in summer

Recently, the news about the excessive agricultural residues and heavy metals in traditional Chinese medicine continues, which is bad news for many people who take the traditional Chinese medicine "winter disease and summer treatment" in summer In this regard, sun Zhongshi, an expert of the national monitoring network of rational drug use of the health and Family Planning Commission, said that the agricultural residue of traditional Chinese medicine was not a new problem At present, the standards of pesticide residues in Chinese herbal medicines are not comprehensive, and Chinese herbal medicines are mostly collected from the hands of pharmaceutical farmers, so there is a great risk of pesticide residues, and it is difficult to identify the pesticide residues in Chinese herbal medicines purchased from all over the country Because they are worried about the pesticide residues in the Chinese herbal medicines they buy, many patients think that the agricultural residues can be removed after proper processing However, sun Zhongshi pointed out that traditional Chinese medicine processing is not aimed at pesticides, but at the toxicity of the drug itself He stressed that in order to avoid the agricultural residues of traditional Chinese medicine, we should start from the source, promote the gap in China, and strengthen the supervision of relevant regulatory departments In addition, when taking traditional Chinese medicine in summer, we should also pay attention to some problems After all, the weather is hot If we don't pay attention to the methods, the medicine and liquid are easy to deteriorate and get moldy, and the health care will not hurt us Experts suggest that if the traditional Chinese medicine in the hospital or drugstore is packaged in a vacuum seal, the best way is to store the liquid in the refrigerator, and the storage time should not exceed seven days If the medicine bag is bulging or the medicine liquid tastes bad or has bubbles, the medicine liquid is likely to have gone bad It is better not to take it If it's self decocting Chinese medicine, you can't decocting it twice a day in summer, but you should decocting it once, then add water to decocting the second dose and put it into the evening The decocting medicine juice should be put into the refrigerator in time for low temperature preservation, and should be heated before drinking It should be pointed out that the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine is generally not recommended to take overnight.