What are the traditional Chinese medicines for dispelling cold and dampness?
1, Ginger: Ginger is our most common ingredient and an essential component of Chinese medicine. It is an aromatic and spicy medicine for invigorating the stomach, which has the functions of warming, stimulating, sweating, stopping vomiting and detoxifying, and is especially suitable for fish and crab poisoning, Pinellia ternata, Arisaema tuber and other drug poisoning. Suitable for exogenous wind-cold, headache, excessive phlegm, cough, stomach cold and vomiting; After suffering from ice, snow, dampness and cold, drinking with ginger soup can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and dispel cold evil.
2. Perilla frutescens: Perilla frutescens is the dry aerial part of Perilla frutescens and Perilla frutescens in Labiatae. Location: Guangxi, Hunan, Hebei and other places. Cut in summer and autumn, dry in the sun, cut into sections, and use raw. Traditionally, Elsholtzia has the functions of sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold and removing dampness, neutralizing and promoting diuresis, and reducing swelling.
3, Litsea cubeba: Litsea cubeba is a warm Chinese medicine, used for chest and abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea, loss of appetite, cold hernia and abdominal pain, turbid urine and other symptoms caused by cold and dampness stagnation.
4. Notopterygium: dispelling cold, expelling wind, removing dampness and relieving pain. Used for common cold, headache, rheumatic joint pain, shoulder and back pain.
5. Xanthium sibiricum: Xanthium sibiricum is a traditional Chinese medicine for expelling wind and removing dampness. Its indications are: dispelling cold and clearing nose, expelling wind and removing dampness, and relieving pain.
6, aconite: returning to the yang to save the inverse, warming the spleen and kidney, dispelling cold and relieving pain. Daxin is hot and Yang is cold.
7, cinnamon: suitable for people who are always afraid of cold, cold limbs, cold stomach pain, loss of appetite, spitting, dull abdominal pain, diarrhea.
What traditional Chinese medicine is used to bathe and drive away the cold?
1. wormwood bath: there is an aromatic substance in wormwood, which can promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, and has certain insect repellent, antiviral and bactericidal effects. Take 30-50g fresh Folium Artemisiae Argyi, put it in boiling water for 5- 10 minute, take it out, add water to adjust it to the appropriate water temperature, and then take a bath.
2, chrysanthemum bath: chrysanthemum has the effect of dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight, can prevent dizziness, dizziness and other symptoms, but also make the skin tender and white. Use 500 ~ 800g of fresh chrysanthemum, add water to the pot, fry it into juice, pour it into the bathtub, and take a bath after cooling to a suitable temperature.
3. Pueraria lobata bathing: Pueraria lobata has the functions of relieving pain, lowering blood pressure and blood sugar, and can also remove skin age spots and sweat spots, making joints more flexible, muscle contractility stronger and fatigue less. This bathing method is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and people with darker skin color. Generally, pueraria lobata 50 ~ 100g is used every time, and water is added for decoction to get juice, and then the juice is poured into the bathtub and can be used when the temperature changes.
4. Mulberry leaf bathing: Mulberry leaves after frost and snow are bitter and cold, and have the functions of expelling wind, clearing heat and improving eyesight. Use it to soak in water to protect the skin from degreasing, especially for people with rough skin, which can make the skin tender after bathing. Put about 100g of dried mulberry leaves into a pot, cook for 10 ~ 15 minutes, then pour into the bathtub, and wash after the water is warm.
5, mint bath: mint leaves have the effect of dispelling wind, clearing heat and relieving itching, which is especially effective for exogenous wind and heat, itchy skin, sore throat and red eyes. Take 200 grams of fresh mint or 50 grams of dried mint, put it in a pot, add water to get liquid medicine, and pour it into the bathtub.
6, duckweed bath: duckweed is the whole grass of duckweed, which is cold and has the effects of sweating, relieving exterior syndrome and penetrating rash. Bathing with duckweed can treat colds, fever, sweating, wind-heat addiction, various skin diseases, and also clear away heat and promote diuresis, which is suitable for those with edema and exterior heat. Grind 1 kg duckweed into fine powder, and pour 1 2 bowls into the bathtub for soaking.
7, Sophora Flavescentis bath: Sophora Flavescentis is a leguminous plant, Sophora Flavescentis root is cold, its specialty is clearing heat and drying dampness, which can guide the lower jiao to penetrate into the mandible, dispel wind, kill insects and relieve itching, and is often used for itching, scabies, leprosy, damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice and other symptoms. Grind 1 kg Sophora flavescens into fine powder, and pour it into the bathtub 1-2 bowl for soaking in each bath.
Benefits of traditional Chinese medicine bathing
1, to detect the truest health condition of the body.
2. Detect the disease situation and the diseased part.
3. Dredge the meridians, get through the whole body blood and small blood vessels, and get through the whole body qi and blood meridians and viscera tissue system.
4, dispel wind and cold, remove damp heat, disperse internal toxins, and eliminate toxins in the body through sweating.
5, killing blood and promoting blood circulation.
6. Coordinate viscera, dredge joints, regulate five elements, and balance yin and yang.
7. Activate cells, enhance immunity and increase the content of immunoglobulin in blood.
8. Enhance skin elasticity and vitality, beautify skin and delay aging.
Conclusion: It is easy to catch a cold in autumn and winter, especially for female friends. Taking a bath with traditional Chinese medicine is good for physical and mental health.