Until your cough recedes and the bad blood is no longer choking your airways.

[He set about cleaning up his writing kit. Slower than he pulled it out and with great care for cleaning the brush.]

If you experience any unnatural chills, then you have taken too much. If you do, you may need some yang food to bring your body back into balance. However, it's better to try foods that are neutral before looking for those with yang. A healthy body will have a natural balance for both and align to that balance when not unduly influenced. Foods aren't as strong as medicines, since those are heavily concentrated. But foods will aid in restoring the natural balance when it is upset.

[He reached over and pushed the pile of medicines he approved of a little closer to her.]

Pick one to try. Do not mix them.

[And then, a little pointedly and with a good deal of grumpiness, like it was somehow a personal offense:]

And eat more than just one orange a day. You are not like that orchid in the window, who can subsist on only morning dew and sunlight.

...Mortals must eat more often.