"Winter nourishes Sanjiu Buwang, and summer treatment is busy." This is a scene of preserving health in ancient Chinese medicine. It is said that acupuncture and cupping in dog days can have the same effect as tonic in winter for people who are weak.
The principle of "treating winter diseases in summer" comes down to only two: one is aimed at cold pathogens; The second kind is aimed at the cold due to physical weakness. There are many pathogenic factors in nature, which are summarized as wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire by the ancients, and are also called "six evils", among which diseases caused by cold pathogens are frequent in winter.
Such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, recurrent cold, angina pectoris, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic diarrhea and chilblain. It will get twice the result with half the effort to treat and adjust these diseases which are easy to occur in winter and summer with strong yang and weak yang.
Modern laboratory studies have confirmed that acupoint application can enhance the nonspecific immunity of the body, significantly reduce eosinophils in the blood and significantly increase cortisol. Acupoint sticking drugs can stimulate the absorption and metabolism of acupuncture points and drugs, affect the physical and chemical receptors related to the lungs, directly and indirectly regulate the function of the autonomic nervous system of the cerebral cortex, improve the responsiveness of the body, and enhance the disease resistance.
The best treatment effect of winter disease in summer is respiratory diseases, and its indications are mainly patients with traditional Chinese medicine syndromes such as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergic rhinitis and variant cough, or patients with cold and heat mixed with colds; It is also suitable for patients with deficiency-cold constitution who are afraid of cold, wind, cold or repeated colds in winter.