How to take the medicine?​

1. Take the medicine TWICE a day

Depending on the doctor's instructions, if there were no specific instructions given, usually this is how you take the medicine：

• Before breakfast: take the medicine 30~60 minutes before breakfast. By doing this, it allows the herbs to travel down to the stomach and intestine faster, so there is faster absorption. The medicine will have more interactions with the mucus in the intestine and the stomach, as it will be more effective.

• After dinner: take the medicine 60~90 minutes after dinner.

• If you have forgotten or are unable to take the medicine for one time, please have two packages the next time to make it up.

2. ​​Medicine temperature

The medicine are drunk only at warm temperature 30℃～50℃. Please do not drink the medicine at room temperature or straight out of the fridge.

You can warm up the medicine by:

• Socking the medicine in hot water until its warm throughout. The packaging is made out of special material designed to with stand high heat, so it’s fine to sock in hot water.

• Microwave for 20-30s, the plastic package are designed to tolerate high heat so it will be safe to microwave.

What NOT to eat/do during medication:​

When taking medicine, please avoid food that is raw, cold, stick or spicy.

1. Please do not drink any dairy product, and do not drink coffee, tea or soy milk within 1hr before and after taking the medicine.

2. Try to avoid soft drinks and limit the amount of drinking water to 1.5L/day, including the herbal medication (around 350ml in total).

3. If you have Oedema, please avoid salty food.

4. Try to eat warm food, do not eat food/drink straight out of the fridge; all food should be ingested at above room temperature.

5. Please do not eat too many carrots and radish, as it might cancel the effect of the medicine.

6. During the female menstruation period, avoid anything cold that goes in the mouth and avoid alcohol.

7. Avoid the Melon family (e.g watermelon, rockmelon, cucumber, etc), try to avoid cold salad (raw), or introduce spice to the salad (gallic, ginger, spring onion or turmeric etc) to balance the nature of the meal

Depending on the individual situation, there might be different suggestions given by the practitioner. Please follow the instructions given over the suggestion above. NO sugar in the medication!

Changes in the body you might experience while taking medication：

There might be different signs that will occur during the treatment duration, which we refer it as the improvement response. These responses include:

1. Loose/or frequent bowel motion: this is a sign that your inner heat is passing out of your body, and all the toxic accumulated in the body can be passed down through the intestine. After passing bowel, you should feel lighter in the stomach and intestinal area, less bloated feeling (if you used to have them).

2. Decreased swelling of the face/or limbs: if you wake up and see your face is getting smaller, or decreased oedema. This means that the water that is accumulated in your cells and lymphatic system is being removed gradually.

3. Gas travelling up wards/frequent farting: this suggest that the block Qi in your body previously is now trying to move out of you (anything blocked e.g. Qi/blood will result in pain), sometime maybe in the wrong direction (going up), if you feel this please consult your practitioner so the next medication can help you to bring the gas downwards.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact your practitioner or call the clinic on 03 9807 8904 or email us on info@909health.com.au

*NOTE: Please stop taking the herbs if you experience any adverse reaction and consult with the practitioner. If the symptom is severe, contact emergency or consult with your GP as soon as possible, but also let us know. ​

If you are unsure whether you can take your herbs during menstruation, the common flu and cold, please contact us, our practitioners are always happy to help.