Symptoms: Gastrointestinal symptoms include burning pain in the stomach, abdominal distension, dry mouth and bad breath, loose stool, constipation, swollen gums and loss of appetite. Stomach fire can also be divided into deficiency fire and excess fire. Deficiency fire is characterized by slight cough, loss of appetite, constipation, abdominal distension and red tongue with little coating. Excess fire is manifested as epigastric discomfort, dry mouth and bitter taste, and dry stool. Stomach fire is stomach heat. Internal heat caused by improper diet, such as drinking, eating spicy food, overeating cream, strong taste, etc., is called stomach fire in Chinese medicine, usually caused by damp heat and food stagnation. At the same time, getting angry is also caused by the quantity, quality and time of diet. People with mild stomach fire seem to never get enough to eat, but it is actually an illusion that stomach heat gives the brain; When the fire reaches a certain stage, there will be inflammation in the stomach and you can't eat anything. It can be said that the extremes meet. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the regulation of stomach fire should follow the principle of clearing heat and resolving stagnation, and diet should be controlled, overheated food should be eaten less, and sweet and greasy food should be eaten less. Yellow-green vegetables and seasonal fruits should be added to the diet to supplement the deficiency of vitamins and inorganic salts, and proper attention should be paid to oral hygiene. In terms of drug therapy, Sichuan lotus, corduroy, lotus seed core and Ophiopogon japonicus can be used to purge fire.
Prescriptions for reducing fire: fresh radish juice, mung bean porridge and watermelon.
Modern research shows that radish has obvious antibacterial effect. Chinese medicine believes that radish juice is pungent, sweet and cool, belonging to lung and stomach meridians. People with stomach fire can drink radish juice for conditioning treatment. But it is not suitable for aphtha patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. Mung bean porridge has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, clearing heart fire and purging stomach fire. Lotus seeds, gordon euryales and yam are all appetizers, while watercress, lettuce, lettuce, tomatoes and loquat are all digestive foods. People with overheated stomach fire can also eat watermelon in the dead of winter to reduce the fire.
The second fire: liver fire
Manifestations: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, dry mouth and tongue, bitter mouth and bad breath, pain in both ribs, unstable sleep, sultry body and thick tongue coating.
Anger in the liver is mostly caused by external stimuli, so it is very important to regulate and stabilize emotions. Anxiety will add fuel to the fire, and keeping a good mood will help to adjust the internal heat. Lack of sleep or poor sleep quality can also lead to an increase in liver fire. Often staying up late will disrupt the normal work and rest time of the human body, and the liver can't rest and detoxify as scheduled, so it has to work overtime to remove impurities and toxins accumulated in the body, which undoubtedly increases the burden on the liver itself. To prevent excessive liver fire, besides adequate sleep and relaxation, some simple herbs or food can also help clear the fire. For example, in terms of medication, people with liver heat can take Jin Juhua, Rabdosia rubescens, Prunella vulgaris, Radix Paeoniae Alba and other herbs to calm the liver and reduce fire. It is not advisable to eat spicy, fishy, too greasy and sour, fried food, as well as mutton, shrimp, fat meat and dark plum, so as not to add fuel to the fire.
Prescription for reducing fire: Fritillaria cirrhosa, rock sugar, pear juice, wolfberry and chrysanthemum tea.
Pears are rich in sugar and vitamins, which can protect the liver and help digestion. Chrysanthemum and Lycium barbarum are both Chinese herbal medicines for eye protection, especially for dry eye caused by excessive liver fire and excessive eye use. Eat more fresh green leafy vegetables and fruits, such as cucumbers, oranges, bitter melons, figs, pea seedlings and leeks. It has a good effect of clearing fire. Carrots also have a good effect on supplementing human vitamin B and avoiding chapped lips. In addition, all kinds of refreshing granules can be taken orally, such as Xiasangju granules and Jin Ju granules, and the effect of clearing fire is also very good. Chinese medicine also believes that nourishing liver can eat more pig liver or chicken liver, which is especially suitable for people with dizziness, red eyes and dry eyes and frequent brain use.
The third fire: heart fire
Symptoms: upset and impatient, red face and thirst, insomnia due to heart heat, dry urine and blood, sores on the tongue and mouth, and sores on the skin. Heart fire can be divided into real fire and virtual fire. Deficiency fire is characterized by low fever, night sweats, upset and dry mouth. Excess fire is characterized by repeated oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, and irritability. Rising heart fire can cause oral diseases. Chinese medicine reminds us to control our emotions, reduce our nervousness and worry less. In particular, reduce those worries that are delayed, complicated and involve many interpersonal relationships, so as to avoid excessive heart fire and induce heart and brain diseases. The prevention methods of heart fire are mainly to maintain a good attitude, moderate cold and temperature, eat more fruits and vegetables, eat less spicy and exciting things, ban alcohol and exercise more. Use drugs such as coptis root and lotus plumule to clear away heart fire.
Prescriptions for reducing fire: rock sugar lotus seed soup, lily tremella Yuzhu soup.
Those who are heartbroken can eat more cold and bitter foods, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, lily, kudingcha, etc., and eat more jujube, jujube, lily or clean animal placenta to nourish the heart and kidney. People with rising deficiency fire can often drink rock sugar lotus seed soup to clear their hearts and moisten dryness. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "clearing heart and removing heat" of lotus seeds has a good therapeutic effect on irritability and insomnia caused by internal fire, in addition to annoying heat, clearing heart and purging fire, nourishing heart and calming nerves. Lily is slightly cold, non-toxic, and can tonify deficiency, clear heart, remove annoyance and soothe the nerves. The sweet soup made of lily, tremella and Polygonatum odoratum has the function of clearing heart and nourishing yin. People with a strong heart can also often drink tea cooked by bamboo leaves, licorice, rushes, rehmannia and Ophiopogon japonicus, which has the effect of clearing the heart.
Fourth fire: lung fire
Manifestations: dry throat pain, cough and chest pain, dry cough without phlegm or with little phlegm but sticky, dry mouth and nose, hot flashes and night sweats, feverish hands and feet, insomnia and red tongue.
Although it is cold in winter, people wear more clothes, the house is warm, there is less activity, the diet is high in calories, and it is easy to accumulate heat in the body, so lung fire sometimes occurs in winter. Chinese medicine believes that the lung governs the fur, so it is advisable to eat some cool foods, such as white radish, tremella, Chinese cabbage, celery, spinach, winter bamboo shoots, bananas, pears, apples, lilies, carambola and loquat, and drink more water at the same time, and eat less high-calorie foods such as meat and chocolate. In addition to lung fire, breathing, coughing and lung washing can also help the respiratory tract to discharge secretions and enhance immunity through deep breathing and active coughing. You can choose a place with fresh air, inhale and exhale repeatedly, and try to expel the gas from the lungs. In addition, coughing several times a day is also a positive protective reflex action, which can effectively clean the lungs. Those with stagnation of lung heat can take Xuan Tong Li Fei Pill and Maxingshi Glycyrrhiza Decoction under the guidance of a doctor, and those with insufficient lung heat can take Yangyin Qingfei Oral Liquid or Jinguoyin. There are also Cynanchum atratum and Lycium barbarum, which are all clearing away lung heat.
Prescriptions for reducing fire: pork liver and medlar, Siraitia grosvenorii and pork lung soup.
Lycium barbarum is cool, which can clear liver and kidney, reduce lung fire, and eat pig liver to remove lung fire. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Siraitia grosvenorii is sweet and cool, which has the functions of clearing away heat and cooling blood, clearing away lung-heat, relieving cough, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, and can also treat hoarseness, cough discomfort and sore throat caused by wind-heat invading the lung. Eating pig lungs can also clear lung heat and nourish lung yin.
Herbal Yangzhengtang National Chain Nourishing Health Organization-Tianjin Tanggu Branch