Winter diseases can be treated in summer
In the blink of an eye, it is already a hot summer. At the same time, the four words "winter diseases and summer cures" will appear more and more frequently in our ears. Treating winter diseases in summer is an important treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine. It is based on the theory of "nourishing yang in spring and summer", taking advantage of the favorable opportunity when the temperature is high in summer and the body's yang is abundant, to adjust the body's yin and yang balance, and treat some diseases that are prone to relapse in winter. Onset of yin-cold diseases.
Zhang Zhongjing pointed out in " Treatise on Febrile Diseases": "When Taiyang Disease is to be solved, it is from Si to Wu." It is not three o'clock in the afternoon, and it is the middle of the day in terms of the day, and it is the middle of the day in terms of the year. It's summer. Summer is the season when yang is strong and yin is weak. It is also when the human body's yang qi is strong, and the cold qi in the body is in a state that is easy to resolve. "What is cold is hot," and using heat to drive away cold is in line with the treatment principles of traditional Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Application Therapy
The earliest application therapy can be traced back to the "Fifty-Two Prescriptions for Diseases" written in the Warring States Period . It was developed during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and used to prevent and treat lung diseases. With the development of the times and the progress of society, the applicable people for winter disease and summer treatment are not only chronic lung diseases, but also play a great advantage in orthopedics. For example, wind-cold-dampness paralysis, that is, blocked paralysis, refers to the main symptoms of limb joint and muscle soreness, numbness, heaviness, difficulty in flexion and extension, and even joint intolerance to cold caused by wind, cold, and dampness on the surface and meridians of the human body. A type of disease syndrome.
In addition, women who catch cold after childbirth and cold and damp remain in the body are also in this category. If the cold and damp evil energy stays in the neck, you will feel stiff neck, dizziness, shoulder and back pain, numbness in the upper limbs, fear of cold and other symptoms; in the waist, you will have low back pain, pain and numbness in one or both lower limbs, Being unable to stand for a long time and walk for a long time, etc.; in the knee , symptoms of knee joint will be manifested as knee joint pain , fear of the cold, preference for warmth and heat, and even symptoms of joint swelling and difficulty in moving.
Let’s take the most common lumbar spondylosis ( lumbar disc herniation ) as an example to give a brief introduction.
Lumbar disc herniation
Lumbar disc herniation belongs to the category of "bone paralysis and low back pain" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is often caused by kidney deficiency, cold and damp invasion, qi stagnation and blood stasis. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine focuses on relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, promoting qi and blood circulation, Dispersing cold and dampness, nourishing the liver and kidneys for dialectical treatment. Especially for patients with lumbar disc herniation of wind-cold-dampness type, this is a rare and good time for treatment, so patients with lumbar osteopathy should be treated "while the heat is hot"!
Adopting the treatment method of "winter disease and summer treatment" in the dog days of summer can prevent or alleviate the symptoms, degree and frequency of recurrence of lumbar spondylosis in autumn and winter. Modern Western medicine believes that lumbar disc herniation is caused by the stimulation of local soft tissues after lumbar disc herniation, resulting in edema and pain-causing substances. External application therapy can also be used as an auxiliary treatment.
So which types of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint application are more effective in treating lumbar spondylosis? Let’s take a look below!
1 Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupoint Patch
According to the characteristics of the disease and combined with the clinical experience of many masters of traditional Chinese medicine, we select drugs that promote qi and activate blood circulation, dispel cold and dampness, and stimulate the meridians and activate meridians.
First find the Tiaokou point, which is on the front and outside of the calf, 8 inches below the knee depression and one finger across from the front edge of the tibia. Use your middle finger to measure one horizontal finger outward from the Tiaokou point, which is Fenglong.
It is generally applied to areas with waist pain, or according to the guiding principles of meridian acupoints, select Shenshu , Large Changshu , Bladdershu , Huantiao, Weizhong , Fenglong and other acupoints for application. Before using traditional Chinese medicine patches, you must first evaluate the patient's skin condition. If there are skin allergies, skin ulcers, rashes and other skin-related diseases, try to avoid using them.
2 Traditional Chinese Medicine Ointment
Use medicines that can dispel cold, dampness, and activate menstruation, such as Millet Spatholobus , Angelica sinensis , Shenjincao, Poria , etc. Grind it into fine powder and prepare it into a paste, and apply it on the lumbar disc. on prominent parts.In addition, traditional Chinese medicine techniques , rubbing, , kneading, and far-infrared heating are used to promote drug absorption and quickly eliminate coldness and moisture from the body.
3 Traditional Chinese Medicine Hot Compress
According to different conditions, through the dialectics of traditional Chinese medicine, prescriptions for different symptom types are prepared, wrapped in non-woven fabrics into medicine bags, heated and applied to the lumbar spine for conditioning. It can promote local blood circulation and the absorption of inflammation and pain-causing substances, relieve edema, reduce pain near the lumbar spine and radiating pain of the lower limbs caused by lumbar disc herniation.
The above is an introduction to the traditional Chinese medicine application series to treat lumbar spondylosis. If you have lumbar spine or other bone and joint diseases, you can try these treatment methods. During use, pay attention to the skin to avoid skin damage. scald. In addition, a variety of traditional Chinese medicine special treatment items such as "Chinese medicine collapse", "Chinese medicine hot buns", "subcutaneous needle embedding", "ear point pressure pills", "gua sha cupping", " traditional Chinese medicine moxibustion " can be used in conjunction with treat.
Content source: Tongrentang e-family member WeChat public account
Editing and editing: Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing Magazine
Correspondent: Sun Lei, Qin Shasha, Wang Jingjing, Dong Wei
