Dr. Kuang Xiuying, deputy director of the Department of Preventive Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that if people have a balance of qi and blood and harmony between yin and yang, they will not get sick. Unbalanced qi and blood circulation, such as qi stagnation, blood stasis, cold coagulation, phlegm obstruction, etc. , leading to blockage of meridians, excess or deficiency of viscera function, and various problems will occur in the body. Common manifestations include pain and numbness in limbs, insomnia and lethargy, and fear of cold. Because there are many meridians and acupoints in the human body, Chinese medicine often uses hyperthermia to help adjust the balance of qi and blood in order to improve the physical condition. The warm water bag plays a role in hyperthermia.
Apply back to relieve cough
Dr. Xu Hongwei, from the Department of Preventive Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that Chinese medicine believes that cough is mostly caused by lung diseases, which belongs to upper energizer diseases. The lung governs the fur, and it is easy to damage the lung when the human body is attacked by external pathogens, which leads to the retention of pathogens in the lung and cough. The elderly and infirm lack vital qi, and young people's bad habits such as eating cold and staying up late lead to the consumption of vital qi. Once the evil spirits go deep, it is difficult to cure them. In this case, hot water bottles can be used to warm back meridians and stimulate Shu Fei, Fengmen, Dazhui, Dingchuan and other acupoints on the back, so as to protect against cold, eliminate pathogenic factors, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.
Specific operation method: prone, put a warm water bag between the shoulder blades of the neck and back, the temperature is moderate, not too hot. Once the temperature cools, immediately replace the hot water and apply 15~30 minutes each time. After hot compress, if you sweat slightly, dry it in time and keep warm to prevent evil spirits from taking advantage of it again.
Use the neck to help sleep.
Kuang Xiuying introduced that the neck qi and blood supply the brain, which can nourish the heart and improve the quality of sleep. If the blood supply to the neck is not smooth or the meridians are not smooth, qi and blood can not circulate naturally, which is easy to cause insomnia symptoms. There is an acupoint on the pillow called Sleeping, which can improve the local qi and blood state, promote blood supply to the brain, relieve neck muscle tension and achieve the effect of helping sleep.
Specific operation method: take off the pillow and lie flat, put the warm water bag on the neck pillow for about 20 minutes at a time, and keep the neck warm after the end to prevent air from entering.
Apply navel to regulate qi and blood
The navel is a channel connecting the body and the nature, and the acupuncture point in traditional Chinese medicine is called Shenque. Hot compress on this point can regulate the kidney meridian of foot shaoyin and stomach meridian of foot Yangming. At the same time, the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow and the source of qi and blood biochemistry. Hot compress of navel can regulate the function of spleen and stomach, promote digestion, absorption and excretion, and improve the circulation of qi and blood throughout the body. In addition, the navel is located in the middle jiao, and the spleen and stomach of the middle jiao belong to the soil, which is the central axis of the rise and fall of human qi. The spleen-stomach axis of the middle energizer runs smoothly, which can promote the normal rise and fall of other viscera functions, and all diseases are not born.