In the Han dynasty, everyone wore a small coat called hugging the abdomen, which was popularly called Chinese-style chest covering. This is the underwear that protects the chest and abdomen in China traditional clothing, which can prevent the abdomen from catching cold.

The abdomen is where the five zang-organs live, and it is called "Miyagi of the five zang-organs, the source of Yin, Yang Qi and blood".

Because the back is yang and the abdomen is yin, the abdomen is very afraid of cold. The function of Chinese-style chest covering is to cover it in summer to avoid catching cold. For example, many people should cover their abdomen with a towel when sleeping in hot weather, otherwise they will have diarrhea or abdominal cramps.

The spleen and stomach live in the middle of the abdomen and dominate the limbs. If the spleen and stomach suffer from cold for a long time, the yang of the middle energizer will be inhibited, which will not only lead to abdominal pain, but also lead to deficiency of qi and blood in limbs, causing chills and joint pain. Syndrome differentiation is pale tongue with white fur and slow pulse.

In the Song Dynasty, there were two pieces of ginger in the official medical book "Taiping Huimin Hejiju Fang"

Proces ginger and galangal each10g,

Pulverize into fine powder, and warm with orange peel soup after meals to dispel cold and relieve pain. Treat the above symptoms.

The two brothers, canned ginger and galangal, are the favorites of the spleen and stomach.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Spleen Prosperity is not affected by pathogens of four seasons, and processed ginger and Alpinia officinarum are pungent and hot products, which can break stagnation and relieve pain, dissipate cold with heat energy, and the processed ginger also goes straight into the kidney meridian. Because spleen yang is rooted in kidney yang, processed ginger is better at warming spleen and dispelling cold.

Alpinia officinarum focuses on dispelling stomach cold and relieving pain. Only with the concerted efforts of the younger brothers can the spleen and stomach flourish, warm the middle and dispel the cold, and eliminate abdominal pain and joint pain.

There is also a classic formula, orange peel soup (equivalent to orange peel soup), and the dosage is as follows:

60g of dried ginger, 60g of dried tangerine peel and 30g of green tangerine peel of Alpinia officinarum are decocted in water.

Take orange peel to resolve phlegm, regulate qi and dredge collaterals. However, if the cold coagulation and qi stagnation are serious, you can add dried tangerine peel and green tangerine peel to dredge the meridians and replace them with ginger soup.

Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride are brothers and brothers.

Green peel is the peel or young fruit picked by an orange when it is immature. It is very spicy, bitter, dry and warm, and it is an expert in soothing the liver and breaking the qi, eliminating stagnation and resolving stagnation. Strong strength, good at breaking gas.

Dried tangerine peel or dried at low temperature, bitter taste warms the lungs and spleen. Regulating qi and strengthening spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. Warm and powerful, good at regulating qi.

The combination of the two flavors not only has the effect of regulating qi, but also has the effect of regulating qi. Moreover, because of the large amount of dried tangerine peel, it is better at drying dampness, regulating qi and dredging collaterals, helping ginger to get rid of all cold stagnation in abdomen and joints and relieve pain.

Chinese medicine says that all diseases start from cold, so it is no wonder that cold-proof Chinese-style chest covering has been circulated for thousands of years. Erjiang Pill, however, is the top combination of dispelling cold and relieving pain by warming meridians and dispersing cold in middle energizer and gathering cold in middle energizer.

The combination of these two prescriptions is often used in patients with cold syndrome such as acute and chronic gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal spasm and rheumatoid arthritis in modern times.

Matters needing attention

Although there is no big taboo in daily health care, the imbalance between clinical prescriptions and patients' physique has become an urgent and difficult problem to solve. We should pay attention to relevant taboos and set things right. The distinction between taboos should be treated dialectically.