Myth 1: Health care needs to be supplemented.
Many people think that taking some precious Chinese herbal medicines, such as velvet antler, cordyceps sinensis, American ginseng, Korean ginseng and so on. Soaking your feet and soaking in wine is good for your health. These herbs are good, but most people are healthy and don't need such tonic. If we compare a healthy person to a balloon, it will explode when gas is injected into it to a certain extent. The same is true of our bodies. Healthy people don't need such supplements.
But now there is a new state in our life, which we call sub-health, which is mainly related to work, life pressure, environmental pollution, food additives and other factors. Sub-healthy people often have various symptoms such as fatigue, sweating and insomnia. At this time, it is right to choose Chinese medicine tonic. And some people are just blood deficiency and fire deficiency. At this time, we should pay attention to the choice of Chinese herbal medicines, otherwise we will lose more and more.
There are strict standards for the application of Chinese medicine. One of the most important principles in Zhang Zhongjing's Treatise on Febrile Diseases is that "evidence can be used as medicine", but our so-called qi deficiency syndrome, blood deficiency syndrome, yin deficiency syndrome and yang deficiency syndrome are all judgments made by Chinese medicine doctors through comprehensive analysis after seeing, smelling, asking and feeling patients, which are not simply applied and cannot be supplemented simply for health preservation.
Myth 2: Chinese medicine has no side effects.
It is a three-point poison, which refers not only to western medicine but also to Chinese medicine. Many people think that Chinese medicine is natural and has no side effects. If you think so, then your view can be said to be very wrong.
We should know that Chinese medicine under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory is medicine, and one of the most important basic ideas of its treatment is "treating bias with bias", that is, using the bias of drugs to adjust the deviation of human function, so drugs themselves have therapeutic effects. Although according to modern pharmacological research, most traditional Chinese medicines are not toxic to liver and kidney, it does not mean that there are no side effects.
This means that if Chinese medicine is used improperly, it will not cause liver and kidney damage, but it will cause damage and deviation of body function.
Myth 3: Non-drug therapy is infinite.
Some people think that Chinese medicine is not medicine, but it can be said to be non-medicine from the perspective of health preservation. In fact, the non-drug therapy we are talking about should be cupping, acupuncture, massage and other methods.
In the process of regulating physical condition for health preservation, if the method is not properly selected and operated, it will cause damage to vital qi and even aggravate the condition. Clinically, many patients suffer from subcutaneous induration, severe skin bruising and even necrosis and scarring due to excessive cupping.
Meridian, which is considered by Chinese medicine as the channel of qi and blood circulation, is beaten and stimulated by many health preserving methods, thus achieving the function of disease prevention and health care. Theoretically speaking, acupuncture and other therapeutic methods act on meridians, and achieve the purpose of treating diseases by regulating qi and blood of meridians.
Myth 4: Diet therapy is suitable for everyone.
Dietotherapy is a good therapy, but it is better for chronic diseases or possible diseases. Some people will combine various nourishing ingredients and medicinal materials such as "turtle, sea cucumber, abalone, medlar and black-bone chicken", and of course, there are also heat-clearing and detoxicating drugs such as "purslane, begonia purpurea, taro and yam". Although there are many styles, they are generally simple to piece together.
The method of TCM health preservation is very good, but we should also be careful not to be misled by the misunderstanding of TCM health preservation. You must know more about your body and health knowledge in your life. If you really don't know, go to a regular Chinese medicine hospital for consultation.