Original article on health by a female doctor from Peking University, No. 672
Chronic diseases such as cold-damp gout relapse or worsen when exposed to cold. Winter diseases can be treated in the summer. , get twice the result with half the effort, and the effect is unexpected.
A few days later, it will be the traditional solar term Xiaoshu. , after the mild summer heat, the annual " three-volt paste " that cures winter diseases and summer diseases in the north and south of the country will become popular.
In fact, winter diseases are treated in the summer. There is not only Sanfu plastering, but there are also many methods such as Du meridian moxibustion, health-preserving moxibustion, balanced cupping therapy, massage plastic therapy, acupoint catgut embedding therapy , all of which are used to treat winter diseases in the summer. It is suitable for diseases that recur and are difficult to heal, such as those that relapse or worsen when exposed to cold, such as recurrent colds, stubborn aphthous sores, chronic coughs, chronic rhinitis, chronic pharyngitis, asthma and bronchial diseases; Headache, chronic diarrhea, etc. induced or aggravated by wind and cold.
Of course, it also includes dampness syndrome, physical fatigue caused by cold-damp paralysis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout and other recurring diseases caused by dampness.
For the above-mentioned diseases, if winter diseases are treated in summer, the effect will be twice the result with half the effort.
Cold-damp gout, why is it suitable to "treat winter disease in summer" in summer?
A simple understanding is that winter diseases are treated in the summer. This winter disease mainly refers to cold diseases, especially those caused or induced by deficiency cold, damp cold and real cold, and are particularly likely to occur or be aggravated in winter. This principle is probably based on the reason that "where evil gathers, its qi will be deficient", so cold diseases tend to occur in autumn and winter when people's yang qi is relatively weak.
Xia Zhi refers to the season of summer, when the Yang Qi is strong in the four seasons, with the help of the Yang Qi in nature to replenish the human body's body temperature and Yang, and take advantage of the trend to regulate and treat. In this way, it can treat deficiency and cold types. Diseases dominated by yin evil, such as cold-damp type and cold-damp type, can often achieve twice the result with half the effort.
The theory of treating winter diseases in summer comes from "Suwen", which records: "Husi is yin and yang, the root of all things, so the sage nourishes yang in spring and summer, and nourishes yin in autumn and winter to get rid of its roots."
So it is based on this "winter" "Disease" is a disease caused by weak Yang Qi, and summer can warm and nourish Yang Qi, thereby achieving the purpose of "treating winter diseases in summer".
Cold-damp gout, how should winter disease be treated in summer?
Cold-damp gout, in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, also belongs to the category of paralysis . It is considered to be the deficiency of spleen and kidney or liver and kidney yang qi, insufficient qi and blood, or fatigue and sleepiness. Although gout is mainly caused by dampness, heat and phlegm stasis in the body. Paralysis is caused by exogenous wind, cold and dampness, and has many similarities with the immune disease rheumatoid arthritis caused by exogenous wind, cold and dampness.
In accordance with the traditional Chinese medicine health care and disease treatment guiding ideology of "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter" in "Su Wen", by targeting the deficiency of yang qi in the human body with cold-damp gout when the yang qi of the human body is at its strongest. , to replenish temperature and yang, dispel cold and dredge collaterals, and remove yin and cold diseases.
For example, some researchers use the theory of treating winter diseases in summer and use traditional Chinese medicine for external application combined with Xuanbi Decoction for oral administration. The prescription for oral administration consists of Fangfeng, Atractylodes rhizome, Guizhi, Zhi Sichuan Wu, Trachelospermia , Coix Seed , Angelicae . Decoct in water and take orally. The prescription for external application consists of Clematis , Chuan Duan , Achyranthes bidentata , White peony root , Chinese yam , Drynariae , Angelica sinensis, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Millet Spathula , Lulu Generally composed, decoct in water for several times, filter, apply the medicine externally to the Yang points on the back, illuminate with magic lamp , then apply the towel soaked in the concoction to the joints of the patient, and wrap three to four plastic wrap hours, one course of treatment per week.
The principle of doing this is that the external application of Clematis and Passepartout can dispel rheumatism and unblock the meridians; Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Sichuan Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Sichuan Rhizoma Rhizoma Rhizoma Sichuan Province has been widely used in medicines. Yin, softening the liver and relieving pain. The comprehensive prescription can dispel wind and dampness, dispel cold and relieve pain, nourish liver and kidney, and strengthen muscles and bones. The acupuncture point Zhiyang is the ultimate Yang point. It governs the Yang Qi of a person's body. Penetrating the acupoint can promote the Yang Qi of the whole body, promote blood circulation, and remove evil spirits throughout the body.
In pickled vegetables taken orally, dispelling wind, relieving the surface, dehumidifying and relieving pain is the anti-wind effect; removing dampness and cold, warming the meridians and dredging the meridians are the effects of Atractylodes and Guizhi; You: Coix seed strengthens the spleen and exudes dampness; Angelica sinensis nourishes and activates blood circulation, and the whole prescription is used to relieve pain, activate blood circulation and replenish temperature and yang.
In this way, internal and external treatment can achieve the effect of treating the disease and seeking the root cause.
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(References of this article: the pictures and texts are from the Internet, and have been deleted): Wang Hairong and others’ article "Observation on the clinical efficacy of 300 cases of rheumatoid arthritis treated with the "winter disease and summer treatment" method in the 28th issue of "Chinese Community Physician Journal" in 2016 .
