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Precautions to be taken before seeing herbalist

Author: John
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Time: 2014/11/24 10:05:38

Look, listen, question and feel the pulse are four diagnostic methods of TCM. However, duo to the neglect of some specifics before seeing herbiest, a large number of people get an inaccurate diagnosis. Therefore, what precautions people need to pay attention to before seeing herbalist?

Don't wear make-up

The look diagnostic method of TCM is very helpful for ascertaining. Pale face commonly means lacking of blood and Qi. So it is very important to show yourself to herbalist without wearing make-up. Lipstick, blusher, eye shadow and polish are all forbidden.

Don't eat food which can dye the color of the furred tongue

Foods like milk, peanut and soy milk contain lots of fat can make your furred tongue become white. Waxberry, ebony and olive can make the color of the furred tongue black. Coffee, orange and vitamin B can turn the color into yellow. Hot beverage can make the furred tongue red. Therefore, before seeing herbalist, it is better to skip breakfast. But, if you already have your furred tongue dyed, please do not worry about it. You just need to tell herbalist what you ate and what you did.

Wear no perfume or eat foods with strong smell

Before seeing a herbalist, people should also avoid wearing perfume and eating strong smell foods, or the diagnostic accuracy will be affected. Foods like onion, garlic, organ and chewing gum are not allowed.

Has no furious exercise

Feel the pulse is a significant diagnostic method of TCM and the pulse can be affected by exercise or mood greatly. Therefore, before visiting herbalist, people should stay peace and avoid furious exercise. However, if you are running to see herbalist, please take a rest until the pulse back into normal.

Do not change your doctor frequently

Just like Rome was not built in a day, disease also cannot be healed in a short time. Since different doctors have different views on treating, changing doctor frequently only can make diseases worse. Generally speaking, when curing chronic disease, doctors can be changed after one to two months treatment with no positive result. But please keep the medical file well so that doctors can understand your condition easily.

Do not take the same formula twice

Some people hold the view that they should keep the prescription in case the relapse. There are some who even also keep some prescriptions other peopled used before. Actually, such kind of concept is wrong. Although different disease causes different symptoms, one symptom can also be generated by lots of different diseases, so please do not reuse the same prescription without doctor's suggestion.

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