At present, there are many people who are overnourished, but not many people really need supplements. In addition, drugs are toxic in three ways. When preserving health in winter, you should first identify your physical symptoms (you can see Chinese medicine if you can't identify them), and then choose tonic and health care methods according to the symptoms.
Some people may have some misunderstandings about health preservation, and like to blindly buy various tonics and follow suit. For example, bird's nest, donkey-hide gelatin and other health care products, or eat ginseng, Cordyceps sinensis and other precious medicinal materials. The reason for these misunderstandings is that citizens do not understand the basic principles of medicine, their own situation, the efficacy and toxicity of drugs.
2. Make up the symptoms first.
According to the theory of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine, people have many symptoms such as cold syndrome, heat syndrome, deficiency syndrome and excess syndrome when they are sick. Among them, cold syndrome and heat syndrome do not need tonic, deficiency syndrome needs tonic, and excess syndrome cannot. Even the deficiency syndrome that needs tonic can be divided into two types: yang deficiency and yin deficiency, and the methods of tonic are different.
The external manifestations of yin deficiency constitution are emaciation, flushing, dry mouth and throat, restless mood, fever in hands and feet, little sleep, intolerance in spring and summer, and red tongue with little fur. In terms of health care, we should pay attention to protecting yin and hiding yang, eat more light food and stay away from greasy food. The external manifestations of yang deficiency constitution are white and fat body or pale face, fear of cold, weakness of limbs, long urination and pale and fat tongue, which can be adjusted by eating mutton, dog meat, venison, leek and other foods.
3. Bushen should be classified.
To tonify kidney, it is necessary to distinguish between tonifying kidney yin and tonifying kidney yang, which are complementary to each other. If it is tonifying kidney yin, you can choose Dendrobium, Polygonatum odoratum, Cornus officinalis, Cistanche deserticola, Lycium barbarum and other drugs; Bushenyang can use drugs such as aconite, cinnamon, velvet antler and cistanche deserticola. The best way to complement yin and yang is to use tortoise-deer glue.
Finally, I remind you not to be superstitious about precious medicinal materials, because drugs are divided into four flavors: cold, cold, warm, sweet, sour, bitter and salty, which correspond to different constitutions and diseases and cannot be eaten casually. For example, Cordyceps sinensis, patients with rheumatoid arthritis and children, pregnant women, people with colds, fever and cerebral hemorrhage cannot use it; Ejiao can replenish blood and stop bleeding, nourish yin and moisten dryness, but it hinders digestion, and has the side effects of making people weak in spleen and stomach, not thinking about diet and abdominal distension and loose stool.
Many people buy some Chinese herbal medicines for decocting, making tea, soaking in wine or grinding powder to supplement their health. The quality inspection department of traditional Chinese medicine reminds consumers that some Chinese herbal medicines sold by unlicensed drug dealers on the street are counterfeit products, so beware of being deceived.