A friend always asks me, "Why do you always write about colds?" ? Can you only treat colds? "

Yes, why do I always write about colds?

This stems from my personal experience at the beginning of studying medicine.

My old home is in the northeast, and the weather is cold. Every flu season, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people in the city will catch a cold. Walking in the shopping mall, people with heavy nasal sounds can be seen everywhere, and hospitals have to queue up for intravenous drip.

At that time, when I saw the flu raging, I was very anxious, so I found a famous expert on the theory of injury and blood stasis, hoping to study the flu and provide information to the government. As a result, the old expert smiled and said nothing.

The most embarrassing thing is that I have a cold and I am very confused. As soon as you catch a cold, you start to analyze whether it is a cold or a wind-heat cold, and don't analyze it until the cold is cured.

Don't underestimate this cold. The most overbearing enemy in the history of human medicine is a cold. After a long time of thinking, I think medical workers should first know how to treat colds, which is the first step in their homework, and then they are qualified to treat other diseases.

So, how does Chinese medicine recognize these exotic diseases?

Chinese medicine believes that there are six kinds of evil spirits in the world, which are called wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire, among which wind, cold and dampness are yin, while summer, dryness and fire are yang. When these pathogens invade the human body, they will cause diseases, including colds. We call these six evils six evils, which means that these six things are normal phenomena in nature, and they are called six evils. However, if they are excessive (lewdness means excessive), they will cause imbalance between yin and yang in the human body. When yin and yang are unbalanced, diseases will come. Therefore, as long as we control these six evils and make our bodies function normally, the disease will leave us.

However, these six evils do not attack the human body alone, but often go hand in hand. For example, wind and dampness combine to form rheumatism in the human body; For example, wind and cold combine to form wind and cold in the human body; For example, when cold and dampness are combined, they form cold and dampness ... Here we mainly talk about the summer dampness formed by the combination of damp and heat in the body.

In hot and humid weather, there is often summer moisture in the body. At this time, a cold will form a summer cold. This kind of cold is different from the common cold. The common cold is just a kind of heat or cold, and summer cold is wet besides heat. How to deal with this cold? I choose Sanren decoction.

Sanren decoction is the "three kernels" of almond, cardamom and coix seed, plus Pinellia ternata, bamboo leaves, magnolia officinalis and medulla tetrapanacis. If the tongue coating turns yellow, you can also add a small amount of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Coptidis Rhizoma, 35g.

The "three kernels" in this prescription are all dampness-removing, among which almonds open lung qi, which Chinese medicine believes is the source of water; Cardamom kernel opens the gas of medium coke; Coix lachryma-jobi seeds are watery due to diarrhea. As soon as the water is wet, the body will recover itself. According to my experience, this kind of summer-damp cold recovers very quickly after using Sanren decoction, and often the problem can be solved in a day or two.

In addition, in hot and humid weather, no matter how thirsty we are, don't drink too much water, especially ice water, and it is best to drink water at room temperature. Moreover, in hot and humid weather, many people with poor cardiopulmonary function will feel uncomfortable and even get sick; There are also some people with skin diseases who will relapse at this time, all because of damp heat.

At this time, we must find ways to get rid of the heat and humidity in summer.

It is difficult to deal with the combination of summer heat and humidity, but as long as we remove the humidity, there is nothing to rely on the summer heat and humidity attached to the humidity. The specific regimen is-

First of all, when cooking, you can put a handful of barley, which is barley. This medicine is actually food, which was eaten by ancient emperors. It has the function of removing moisture. At the same time, you can choose almond dew when drinking drinks, because almonds are lung-invigorating foods. As soon as the lung qi is opened, the whole body qi circulates and the water is easily dispersed.

Secondly, you can buy some cardamom nuts, which are sold in pharmacies and vegetable markets. Take out a few when you go home, mash them, and put them in when you cook, which can also play a role in steaming.

If you catch a cold on a hot and humid day, it is probably a hot and humid cold. You can look at your tongue coating in the mirror. If you find that the tongue coating suddenly thickens or turns white, it means that the moisture is heavy. You can consult your doctor to see if you want to use Sanren Decoction.

Sanren decoction is also very effective for skin diseases in sauna days.

When a friend was in the sauna, a lot of red spots appeared on his arm, one by one, looming on his skin, which was terrible. He doesn't know what's going on, and it's no use applying ointment. According to the characteristics of the weather, I gave him Sanren decoction. Later, he said that after eating it, the whole body broke out in a rash, and the red spots disappeared the next day.

It should be noted that in hot and humid weather, everyone is prone to catch cold, and many wet diseases are caused at this time, because the pores are open at this time, and the body can easily breathe in the wet and cold air.

In addition, pregnant women should not take these prescriptions for eliminating dampness. If you take it, you need a doctor's specific guidance, because some drugs are downward, and everyone can't judge for themselves.