Summer treatment of winter diseases is a characteristic therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, which refers to the targeted treatment of some diseases that are prone to occur or aggravate in winter, so as to improve the body's disease resistance and alleviate or disappear the diseases that are prone to occur or aggravate in winter. So why is winter disease treated in summer?
Because of this kind of problems, they are basically "deficiency-cold constitution". Usually accompanied by: cold hands and feet, fear of cold and warmth, fear of wind and cold, mental fatigue and so on. Chinese medicine believes that yang deficiency leads to internal cold. Even in midsummer, they may sleep in quilts and socks.
People who "treat winter diseases in summer" are prone to deficiency and cold. In winter, the temperature outside is freezing, and there is no possibility of thawing when two cold currents strike. Just like we hang clothes, it is the same reason that clothes are not hung for half a month in rainy season. In summer, it is hot and sunny outside, and the sun rises and dissipates in the body. Those "accumulated cold" will tend to the back or joints. As we know, the back is the place where the bladder meridian of the foot sun circulates, and it is the surface of the whole body. At this time, the accumulated cold in the body is easily dispelled. Therefore, there is a practice of "treating winter diseases in summer".
The purpose of treating winter diseases in summer
1. causes disease
In summer, the human body has the most abundant yang, and the skin pores are wide open, so it is easier for drugs to enter acupuncture points and meridians, and reach the focus through meridians and qi and blood, thus playing a therapeutic role.
2. Solid elements
In the process of "summer treatment" of traditional Chinese medicine, drugs or massage stimulate the regulation of human body through nerve reflex, promote the production of antibodies and improve resistance. At the same time, it regulates endocrine, immune system and nervous system, and plays a role in strengthening the body.
Nourish yang qi
Treating winter diseases in summer also accords with the idea of "harmony between man and nature" in traditional Chinese medicine. Summer is yang, with the help of natural yang, the yin and cold in the body are discharged, which plays a role in strengthening the body and strengthening yang.
Step 4 nip in the bud
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that all diseases begin with cold, and the external environment is cold in winter. If there is cold in the body, the disease will not get better easily, and it will also lead to the accumulation of cold in the body. Winter disease is only a temporary solution in winter and a permanent cure in summer.
Through the method of "summer treatment", on the one hand, it can drive away the cold in the body, remove the cause of disease and change the physique. On the other hand, the cold in winter will be deposited in the body and become the cause, leading to poor qi and blood, joint pain, numbness of hands and feet and chills. Summer treatment can remove the cause. It plays a role in treating diseases from two aspects.
What are the methods for treating winter diseases in summer?
It is generally believed that there is only a "dog patch" for treating winter diseases in summer, but it is not. Three-volt patch is only the most widely used method. In fact, moxibustion, acupuncture, cupping, scraping, massage, fumigation and bathing are all treatments for winter diseases in summer.
In addition, there are oral decoction, pills, tablets, medicated diet, dietotherapy, exercise, etc., which can also be classified as the treatment of winter diseases in summer.
But you need to choose the one that suits you according to the doctor's advice.
Principles of treating winter diseases in summer
According to Chinese medicine, winter is cloudy. In winter, due to the lack of yang in the body and the cold environment, the invasion of pathogenic factors leads to the recurrence or aggravation of some chronic diseases, such as cough, asthma and joint pain.
The sun is dominant in summer, and the yang of human body and nature is the most abundant in the dog days of summer. At this time, Yang Can was warmed and dispelled by traditional Chinese medicine, which can enhance resistance and treat diseases.
There are many ways of life conditioning to eliminate cold and dampness, and there is no specific way to say which one is the most effective. Because all diet, daily life and aftercare can help the body eliminate cold and dampness, and they are all effective.
For example, people with cold and wet constitution should pay attention to keep warm in daily life, avoid catching the wind, eat moderately, and don't eat cold and unclean food for a long time.
If you have symptoms of cold and dampness and severe spleen and stomach, you can often do moxibustion at Zusanli to strengthen the function of spleen and stomach. At ordinary times, you can strengthen your exercise, strengthen your physique, and make your body vigorous and not susceptible to evil. Even in summer, don't be greedy for cold because of heat, especially pay attention to keeping your abdomen warm to avoid evil spirits. Life should also avoid staying in wetlands for a long time and avoiding wading in the rain.
If the symptoms are serious, you can also use acupuncture or fumigation, external application of drugs and other comprehensive treatment.
How to preserve health by the method of "treating winter diseases in summer"? I think the following four points are worth noting:
Control the consumption of frozen cold drinks:
"Winter disease treated in summer" is due to the lack of yang in winter, which can not dispel the yin and cold. In summer, yin and cold qi tends to flow to the back and the sun meridians. Eating too many frozen cold drinks in summer will "douse" Yang Qi's enthusiasm and "restrain" the yin cold. Especially for friends with a little lack of yang, drinking cold beer, herbal tea, fruit ice and the like in summer, coupled with being in an air-conditioned environment for a long time, the effect is that the old cold has not gone, and new colds are born again. You know, cold will accumulate. Where the body is attacked by cold, there is bound to be blood stasis, which is called "cold coagulation and blood stasis". Therefore, it is best to control eating frozen cold drinks in summer.
Properly sweating to dispel cold and dampness;
The evil of cold and dampness blocks the meridian joints, just like the obstacles on the road, which leads to the unsmooth operation of qi and blood. Generally speaking, cold and dampness staying in joints can cause pain, and cold and dampness staying in viscera can easily cause abdominal mass (lower abdomen caking, swelling, fullness, or pain). Abdominal pain is due to depression, liver injury, dereliction of duty, poor blood circulation, qi stagnation and blood stasis; Spleen deficiency, abnormal ascending and descending, phlegm food block); Cold and dampness stay in the meridians, the meridians will be blocked, and qi and blood will not work. Not only will the limbs be tepid, but also numbness will often appear.
In summer, many friends stay in air-conditioned environment for a long time because they are afraid of sweating, so the frequency of exercise is low and the probability of sweating is reduced. In fact, proper sweating in summer is conducive to the release of cold and dampness in the body. Therefore, despite the high temperature in summer, it is best to exercise properly and sweat moderately in the relatively cool time in the morning and evening, which is not only conducive to the accumulation of cold, but also conducive to the spread of new cold, which is very beneficial to health.
Drink a cup of hot water every day.
Or brown sugar, Jiang Shui or something.
In summer, the outside temperature is high, the yang is distributed, and there is relatively yin in the body (yin is different from the evil of cold and dampness). If you covet coolness and drink cold drinks for a long time, you will tend to aggravate the yin cold in your body. It is suggested that even if the temperature is high, you can drink a cup of hot water, especially when you feel a little hot and sweaty after drinking, which can not only reduce yin qi, but also help the cold to disperse. It's also a good idea.
If people with heavy yin, cold and dampness, you can also use brown sugar Jiang Shui instead of boiled water. Because of the pungent taste of "ginger", it is possible to sweat. If you don't want to sweat too obviously, you can "take ginger soup to cool", that is, drink it after it is slightly cool, which can warm your stomach and dispel the cold. Good, too. Sweat is the liquid of the heart. Moderate sweating in summer can purge the heart fire, and it can also expel the cold evil in the skin in time, which is a good way to expel the cold evil in the body.
Xia Yijing Yang once:
In summer, the ancients kept in good health by purging the qi and blood (fire) of the heart meridian and replenishing the weakness (cold) of the bladder meridian. The heart belongs to fire, and it should be in summer; The bladder meridian of Foot Taiyang is the body surface of the human body, which is equivalent to the "fan" of the human body. It is a barrier against external cold and a channel to dredge internal cold. Therefore, summer is suitable for rest, that is, proper meditation is conducive to nourishing the heart and subduing the yang.
Starting from the treatment of winter diseases in summer:
People are prone to fatigue: applying ointment nourishes human strengths, such as Zusanli, Guanyuan and Qihai.
Low back pain and fear of cold: it means that the cold in the human body is too heavy and kidney deficiency, and Wenyang ointment should be placed on Dazhui, Mingmen and Shenshu points.
Poor sleep: use drugs to calm the nerves, and use drugs for the heart, diaphragm and medial part;
Poor appetite means that the spleen and stomach function is not good, so it is necessary to use drugs at Zusanli and Zhongwan points (or massage has a certain effect).
From the official account of WeChat of Huang Qi Social Alumni Association.