Sugar is also a traditional Chinese medicine. You can't add it randomly when you drink it

The effect of traditional Chinese medicine soup is very good, but the taste is bitter Can you add some sugar in the traditional Chinese medicine soup? Experts pointed out that sugar is also a traditional Chinese medicine, and can't be added randomly Let's take a look at why we can't add sugar at will when drinking traditional Chinese medicine In each prescription, there are differences in "acid, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty" and in "cold, hot, warm and cool" drug properties And sugar is also a traditional Chinese medicine, but also has certain drug properties and curative effect, with the effect of moistening the lung, nourishing the spleen and slowing down the liver, can be used to treat lung dry cough, dry mouth and dry tongue, Zhongjiao deficiency, stomach pain Therefore, it is not recommended to add sugar when drinking traditional Chinese medicine, because the lighter will reduce the curative effect and the heavier will have side effects First of all, polysaccharide will help heat If the patient has symptoms such as abdominal distention, stagnation of damp heat, thick and greasy tongue coating, it is generally forbidden to add sugar to avoid adverse reactions Secondly, white sugar is cool and brown sugar is warm If white sugar is added to the warm medicine or brown sugar is added to the cold medicine, it will weaken the drug resistance, hinder the full absorption of the efficacy and affect the efficacy Thirdly, the chemical composition of traditional Chinese medicine is relatively complex Sugar, especially brown sugar, contains more elements such as iron and calcium The protein and tannin in traditional Chinese medicine can be combined with them to produce chemical reaction, which makes some effective ingredients in the liquid coagulate and denature, and then produce turbidity and precipitation, which not only affects the efficacy, but also harms health Finally, some drugs use bitterness to stimulate the secretion of digestive glands, so as to better play the effect For example, Coptis chinensis can stimulate the appetite center through the taste analyzer, and increase the secretion of gastric juice reflexively, so as to play the role of invigorating the stomach If we add sugar, we will lose this effect, and we will not achieve the therapeutic effect.