Sitting in the office for a day, getting up after work, I can't help but sigh, my back is sore and my back hurts ... I go home at night and lie in bed beautifully, thinking that I can finally rest. I felt like a fairy, but suddenly my leg cramped with pain. ...

An advertisement said: "Back pain and leg cramps, the body reminds you, calcium deficiency! As a result, a variety of calcium products came into being, countless. Some people, especially some elderly people, have backache and leg cramps and start taking calcium tablets. But is it really that effective? I don't judge, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, there is no concept of calcium deficiency.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that leg cramp with backache is actually a typical feature of cold evil hurting people. Cramp is called spasm in medicine, and this is called pulling in the nature of cold. Retraction means contraction and urgency. When the skin surface is cold, the pores will shrink, and the cold pathogen will further invade the meridians and joints, which will strain the meridians and muscle spasms, leading to unfavorable joint flexion and extension. Because cold is the performance of Yin Qi, Yang Qi and Yang Qi, which are most likely to damage the human body, are damaged and lose their warm-keeping function, so obvious cold phenomena will appear in the whole body or part of the human body, such as fear of cold and cold hands and feet. If the cold invades the human body, the qi and blood in the meridians lose the warmth of yang, which will lead to stagnation of qi and blood and can't be said to be painful. At this time, a series of pain symptoms will appear, such as headache, chest pain, abdominal pain, back pain and so on. ...

Therefore, special attention should be paid to cold protection when maintaining health. Cold is the main qi in winter, and cold pathogens cause diseases mostly in winter. Therefore, we should pay attention to keep warm in winter to avoid wind blowing. Cold alone can't get into the human body. It must be brought in by the wind. So in the cold winter, when the north wind blows, you should wear a cotton hat and scarf when you go out, which is to keep out the cold.

But in winter, because the outside temperature itself is relatively cold, people can easily feel the chill, and they will work harder to keep warm, and they will basically not be negligent. For example, in the spring of March, when it was warm and cold at first, the ancients said it was the most difficult time to rest. If you are not careful, you will catch cold and typhoid. Therefore, we should pay special attention to dress in spring. The ancients said that "spring is chilly, that is, don't take off your heavy cotton-padded jacket in spring, but hurry to put on your light coat." Spring is the main source of growth, and everything revives. All kinds of pathogens are also easy to breed at this time. In spring, the wind is strong, and the wind sweeps the cold. It seems to be warm and swallowing, but in fact it is aggressive. Be extra careful.

Then, in the hot summer, people are sweating like rain. Do you need to keep out the cold? Of course I know. In summer, we often eat cold food and drinks, iced watermelons, iced beer, ice cream, popsicles and so on. And often stay in an air-conditioned room for a day. When I go out from work at night, the muscles of my legs and feet contract and become stiff, and my legs and stomachs are sour and dizzy. Even the aisles will feel awkward and my legs will not feel like my own. At this time, cold evil has invaded your body.

Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to prevention before illness, but it is always impossible to prevent. Accidentally let the cold evil take advantage of it, and my back aches and my legs cramp. What should I do? Don't worry, I'll tell you a wonderful prescription to relieve the pain. Why does Chinese medicine say prescription, not medicine? The so-called prescription is to tell you a correct method, find out the cause and prescribe the right medicine for your symptoms.

The painkiller prescription I want to talk about is actually very simple, called Shaoyao Gancao Decoction. Back pain is actually muscle soreness, and leg cramps are naturally muscle spasms. If the spleen has tendons, the liver has tendons, and the tendons have problems, it is necessary to find the main cause and reconcile the liver and spleen. Paeonia lactiflora is sour, sour taste enters the liver, licorice is sweet, and sweetness enters the spleen, so the taste of Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza decoction is known as a good medicine for relieving pain, and it is not bitter at all. The preparation of Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza uralensis decoction is very convenient. Peony and licorice can be bought in general Chinese medicine shops. Take 20 grams of Paeonia lactiflora and 0/0 grams of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., or brew with boiling water or cook with warm fire, and make tea. Note that the peony and licorice I am talking about here must be raw peony and licorice, not fried, and the medicinal properties of fried peony will change.

Seeing this, some people have doubts again. "I have cramps in my back and back. Can't I rub it? " Must I take medicine? Kneading is certainly possible, and the effect is very good. For example, when the calf cramps, press the Chengshan point of the affected leg slightly with your thumb, then rotate and knead it clockwise and counterclockwise for 60 times, then knead it up and down several times on the straight line of Chengshan point with your thumb to make the local skin feel hot, and finally pat the calf with your palm to relax the calf muscles. After a few minutes or even seconds, the symptoms of hamstring tendon can disappear. However, although this mark has been temporarily removed, the root cause is still there and it has not healed from the outside to the inside. Beating and rubbing some meridians and acupoints can dispel blood stasis and activate qi and blood, but fundamentally, it is necessary to completely expel the cold from the body, so that you can be as light as a swallow and walk like a fly, just like the old lady in the advertisement, flying with a fly and a comb, with flexible legs and feet and full of gas field. How enviable!