Traditional Chinese medicine health care methods

Adjust the rhythm of life according to the weather, adjust the physical condition based on syndrome differentiation, and protect the root of righteousness without fussing. All specific methods must be adjusted based on your own physique, current season and living conditions. There is no "universal health formula" suitable for everyone.

Not long ago, I met a 26-year-old girl at a clinic. She followed the spring fashion and drank "Spring Heat-Reducing Tea" from a blogger. She piled half a cup with honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, and kuding. After drinking it for three weeks, the fire did not subside. Instead, her aunt postponed the registration for 10 days, breaking out in a cold sweat from the pain. In fact, different schools have different opinions on maintaining health in good time: the Febrile Disease School believes that when Yang Qi rises in spring, the first thing is not to blindly use cold and cool medicine to suppress Yang Qi. Even if you get a little angry, just use some chrysanthemums and mint to clear away the fire, and don’t attack it deeply. ； The febrile disease school believes that warm evil is easy to cause in spring. For people who are prone to dry mouth and aphthous ulcers, it is okay to use some cool and moisturizing products. The key point is to see your own background. There is no truth that "everyone should drink liver-nourishing tea in spring".

Many people always think that "if I get angry, I need to get rid of it" or "if I'm afraid of cold, I need to replenish yang". In fact, it's not that simple? A while ago, an old and regular customer from the Internet came to me with a mouth full of oral ulcers. The pain was so painful that he couldn't even drink coffee. He drank Jiaduobao and Niuhuang Jiedu tablets at home for half a month. The pain didn't go away. Instead, he had diarrhea every day and felt weak. When the pulse is picked up, the middle burner is tightly blocked, the fire above cannot go down, and the yang energy below cannot rise. It is typical of upper heat and lower cold. How can it be real fire? I gave him boiled water with Jiao Sanxian and stir-fried chicken gizzard. Every time I drank it, I sprinkled some cinnamon powder to induce the fire to go down. After three days of drinking, the ulcer disappeared and there was no diarrhea. You see, it's the same "heat", but the conditioning method is vastly different. Blindly adjusting based on the symptoms is often counterproductive.

It’s interesting to say that nowadays many people are more involved in maintaining their health than working. They start with a cup of ginger-date tea in the morning, moxibustion for half an hour in the morning, cupping and scraping in the afternoon, and a foot soaking pack in the evening. After two months of struggling, they feel more and more tired and catch a cold at every turn. This is a typical example of "excessive health maintenance" that consumes righteousness. Regarding the care of the root, different inheritances also have different emphasis: Most of the inheritors of Taoist health care will say, "A good nap at noon is more effective than eating ten pounds of ginseng." Especially for people who stay up late, it is better to lie down before 11 o'clock every day and squint for 15 minutes at noon. ； Most doctors from the Jingfang School will tell you to take good care of your spleen and stomach first. Only if you can digest and absorb what you eat can it be a supplement. Otherwise, no matter how good supplements you take, it will put a burden on your body. For example, for people who often socialize and have irregular meals, don't worry about moxibustion to replenish yang. Eat warm and soft meals first, and drink less ice wine and ice drinks. If your spleen and stomach are well nourished, your energy level will naturally rise. ； As for those who sit in the office every day and stay up late to change plans, don't think about drinking health tea every day. First, change the problem of staying up late. That's better than anything else.

Really, I am most afraid of patients asking me, "Doctor, can I drink wolfberry every day?" ”“Can I moxibustion every day? ”What can I do? If your mouth is dry after eating hot pot today, don’t drink wolfberry. Make some chrysanthemums and drink it to feel comfortable. ； If you go out running all day and your feet are cold from the cold, and you go home and do moxibustion for 15 minutes or three miles, and you feel extremely comfortable, then this is suitable for you.

It snowed a few days ago. I met Aunt Zhang from the community downstairs. She was wearing thick cotton trousers and her ankles were tightly wrapped. She said to me, "Girl, don't imitate the young man upstairs and expose your ankles in the winter. When I was young, I also loved beauty. I wore single pants in winter. Now that I am old, my knees hurt and I can't walk." You see, in fact, many of the rules passed down by the elders are essentially the simplest way to maintain health: wear clothes when you are cold, eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are sleepy, and don’t compete with your body. This is the best way to take care of yourself.