With the arrival of dog days, some patients with chronic bronchitis and asthma may go to the hospital to try the traditional treatment of winter disease in summer. However, for many people, what is the treatment of winter diseases in summer? What is its therapeutic principle? What disease is effective for? They don't understand. In order to understand this ancient and magical unique therapy, we visited Zhao Lili, the director and deputy chief physician of acupuncture department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
"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 can have the same effect on people who are weak as tonic in winter. Now people are not used to sticking needles when they are not sick, but gradually recognize the simple and painless treatment method of Chinese medicine application.
The application effect is good in dog days. Liao, from gongyi city, is 17 years old. He has been suffering from bronchial asthma since he was five years old. Every winter, he gets sick, can't breathe, coughs, and then loses his appetite. A doctor suggested that he should be treated with plaster for "treating winter diseases in summer". He started his first treatment last summer. When I went to Qiu Lai in summer, the frequent attacks were obviously reduced. In order to consolidate the curative effect, he called the acupuncture department to make an appointment for treatment in March this year.
Many patients who come here for treatment are follow-up patients. Li, who suffers from asthma, is most afraid of catching a cold, because whenever he catches a cold, his throat hurts and he can't breathe. His throat seems to be stuffed, making it difficult to breathe. He has been to many places, and the treatment effect is not ideal. Finally, with the mentality of giving it a try, he began to apply in the dog days. After three years of application, he stopped catching a cold and could do heavy work. The doctor said not to come back after three years. But he came to make an appointment for this year's treatment. He thinks this treatment is very cheap, and there is no harm in sticking it a few times.
What is winter disease?
Experts explained that the so-called winter disease refers to diseases that are easy to recur and worsen in cold winter, such as chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It can also involve some other diseases, such as weak cold, allergic rhinitis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, etc.
Here, she stressed that asthma in Chinese medicine refers to the symptoms of wheezing, coughing, excessive phlegm and wheezing, which is different from western medicine's understanding of asthma. Western medicine refers to asthma, mainly allergic bronchial asthma.
The root of treating winter diseases in summer.
Why should diseases that are prone to occur in winter be treated in summer? Director Zhao said that about 80% of patients with chronic bronchitis and asthma in clinic belong to yang deficiency constitution. People with this constitution cough frothy sputum and have poor physical resistance. External pathogens can easily invade the lungs through fur. The treatment of such patients in winter is generally to relieve symptoms. For example, chronic bronchitis is treated with anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic drugs at the onset, which belongs to the "urgency is the standard" of Chinese medicine and cannot achieve the goal of radical cure.
The dog days of the lunar calendar are the hottest in China. During this period, the human body has the highest yang, full of qi and blood, smooth meridians and blood, and sensitive acupoints, which is the best period to treat chronic intractable diseases. At this time, a special Chinese medicine ointment is selected and smeared on specific acupoints, which can stimulate Yang Qi, improve immunity and achieve the purpose of "treating diseases".
The reaction is good after application.
Director Zhao said that they made asthma ointment with musk, asarum, white mustard seed and other traditional Chinese medicines in a certain proportion, which was developed by the old experts in the hospital on the basis of inheriting the ancient prescription. During treatment, it is applied to Dazhui, Shu Fei, Xinshu and Shu Ge on the back according to each person's condition and physique. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, Shu Fei's function is to spread lung and regulate qi, Xinshu can regulate qi and blood, and Shu Ge can strengthen spleen and resolve phlegm. The specific application time is: from the first day to the last day, every 10 day 1 time, 4 ~ 10 hour each time, and one dog day is a course of treatment, lasting for 3 years.
Some people will feel itchy after pasting, which is the therapeutic reaction of drugs, and some people will have redness, swelling, heat, pain or blisters. If there is a blister, you can take out the plaster in time, draw out the liquid in the blister with a sterile needle or syringe, and apply some tincture of iodine. Of course, this situation is rare, and only 1% ~ 5% people may appear. From the clinical observation results, the curative effect of patients with strong reaction is often unexpectedly good.