If taken in the summer or autumn people would have no appetite for them, and since the body is meant to retain the tonic's heat, any benefit would be lost in the summer as the excess heat would just be sweated off.
在夏、秋服用，一方面沒胃口、吃不下；另方面這些藥性，是要保持熱量，但夏天汗一流熱量也流失了，補也沒用。