1, traditional Chinese medicine for clearing liver and improving eyesight
Traditional Chinese medicine health theory holds that "the liver begins to improve eyesight" In other words, protect your eyes and protect your liver. How to clear liver and improve eyesight? Try Chinese medicine conditioning. Chinese medicine believes that applying mulberry leaves to eyes or smoking mulberry leaves can effectively moisten eyes, improve vision and relieve eye fatigue.
1, medlar.
Lycium barbarum is rich in vitamin A, carotene, vitamin B 1, B2, C, calcium, iron and so on. It is an essential nutrient for healthy eyes. Lycium barbarum can nourish liver and kidney and improve eyesight, which is the most practical way to make tea on weekdays. Similar tonics include dodder and Ligustrum lucidum.
Chinese medicine 2, cassia seed
Cassia seed also has the health-preserving effects of clearing liver-fire, improving eyesight and moistening intestines, and can improve eye swelling and pain, redness and tears, and prevent visual impairment. However, it should be noted that if you have symptoms of yang deficiency such as diarrhea, chills and cold limbs, it is best not to use it, because it belongs to the product of clearing liver and improving eyesight, and it is cold in nature and also has the effect of losing weight.
Chinese medicine 3, mulberry leaves
Mulberry leaves have the effects of dispersing wind and heat, clearing lung-heat, moistening dryness, clearing liver-fire and improving eyesight. It also has the effect of eliminating wind-heat common cold, lung-heat dry cough, dizziness and headache, blurred vision and other diseases.
Chinese medicine 4, honeysuckle
Honeysuckle has broad-spectrum antibacterial, heat-clearing and detoxicating effects, and can be used to treat common cold, headache, red eyes, deafness and other symptoms. Honeysuckle and chrysanthemum make tea together, and the effect of clearing away heat and improving eyesight is also good.
Skillfully use mulberry leaves to moisten eyes and improve eyesight
I use the computer at work, watch TV and play computer after work, and my eyes work tirelessly for a long time. As a result, eyes are tired, vision is decreased, and some people suffer from dry eye. What methods are there to protect your eyes? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mulberry leaf external application or mulberry leaf fumigation can effectively moisten eyes and improve eyesight and relieve eye fatigue. Let's take a look at the method of mulberry leaf eye protection!
Eye protection method 1: Mulberry leaves are applied to the eyes.
Mulberry leaf sticking is a very suitable treatment for office workers. The treatment method of hot air application of Chinese medicine decoction to eyes has the dual therapeutic effects of physical hot compress and drug direct treatment to patients. In addition to warm stimulation, fumigation with traditional Chinese medicine can moisten eyelids, conjunctiva and cornea, and solve the feeling of dryness and discomfort of eyelids, conjunctiva and cornea.
Specific methods: Wash with 1.5 ~ 20g frosted mulberry leaves, decoct with water to remove residues, let cool, and then apply a dry towel to soak eyes. Generally, it is effective several times a day for 2~3 days.
Method 2: Wash your eyes with mulberry leaves.
Wash mulberry leaves first, then decoct them with frost, and wash your eyes with the temperature of mulberry leaves, which also has the effect of moistening your eyes and improving your eyesight.
Eye protection method 3: steam mulberry leaves to smoke your eyes.
Mulberry leaves are bitter, sweet and cold, which can disperse wind and heat, clear lung and moisten dryness. It is a good medicine for treating dry eyes and itching and eliminating eye fatigue. You can use mulberry leaves to decoct and smoke your eyes with mulberry leaves steam. Can relieve eye fatigue. In addition, salt can also be added to the water, which can promote the penetration of the liquid medicine into the eye skin and help to exert the drug effect.
Reminder: Don't use eye drops to "replenish water" to your eyes.
Some patients go to the drugstore to buy a bottle of eye drops and "replenish water" to their eyes without authorization. In fact, this is harmful. Most of the eye drops bought in pharmacies are antibiotic eye drops. Long-term use will irritate eyes and destroy the stability of tear layer on corneal surface. Not only can it not relieve symptoms, but it will also aggravate eye discomfort and cause organic damage to the eyes.
2. Pay attention to eating Chinese herbal medicines
1, what can't we shoot together?
In fact, what you can't eat during taking Chinese medicine depends on your constitution and what Chinese medicine you eat.
1, when eating ginseng, especially red ginseng. Eating ginseng has shown that the body needs nourishment, so it is forbidden to eat ingredients that will consume gas.
2. If you are already eating herbs that reduce fire, such as rhubarb, coptis root or peony bark, don't eat hot and dry food, such as ginger duck, spicy pot and onion.
In addition, in fact, whether it is Chinese medicine or western medicine, taking it with warm water is the safest and the least likely to cause chemical reactions. Some parents may let their children take orange juice or other fruit juices together, but this may cause the interaction between fruit juice and medicinal materials, that is, the pH value of fruit juice may change the medicinal properties or the concentration of traditional Chinese medicine, which should be avoided as far as possible to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort. The doctor reminded that if Chinese medicine and western medicine are taken at the same time, the interval should be above 1 hour.
2. What containers are used for cooking Chinese herbal medicines?
The best containers for cooking Chinese herbal medicines are pottery pots and porcelain pots. If there is no such container at home, stainless steel can be used next. Be careful not to use aluminum pot and wok, because heavy metals will dissolve easily after high temperature heating, which may cause Alzheimer's disease.
3. How to preserve Chinese herbal medicines?
If the weather is hot and humid, it is recommended to put it in the refrigerator as much as possible and keep it dry, especially those with pulp, such as red dates and black dates. It must be refrigerated in the refrigerator, never at room temperature. If it is a leaf or petal, it can be preserved at room temperature.
Dr. Qiao Lin Sheng reminded that when buying Chinese herbal medicines, we should pay attention to the place where they are stored. If exposed to the sun, its quality will be damaged, so we should pay special attention to the environment where the medicinal materials are placed.