What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the world. It is a widespread chronic respiratory disease, which leads to dyspnea, limited exercise (especially in lower limbs), decreased quality of life and even loss of lung function, which has caused great burden to patients, families and society.
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Recently, Mr. Zhang has suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for many years. Dry cough after a cold, no phlegm, difficult to cough up, accompanied by chest tightness, palpitation, shortness of breath, aches and fatigue all over. After many treatments, he still has recurrent attacks. Later, I went to the Chinese medicine department to receive Chinese medicine treatment, and the effect was obvious. This is the first case of COPD in our department.
So how is Chinese medicine treated?
1, Chinese medicine hot bag hot compress
Selecting Chinese medicines with specific efficacy, and making into Chinese medicine bag. After heating, it is applied to the back and bilateral Zusanli points, and combined with infrared radiation, it can promote local inflammation absorption, relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and relieve asthma.
Since the beginning of this year, the nursing project has been well received by the majority of patients, and the treatment effect is obvious, which greatly shortens the hospitalization days of patients.
2. Massage therapy
Massage therapy is a traditional method that uses various manipulations to act on certain parts or acupoints of the human body to achieve therapeutic purposes. It can stimulate qi and blood, coordinate yin and yang, dredge qi and blood in meridians and restore the functions of viscera.
3. Supervise moxibustion
Du moxibustion can directly act on the affected area, so that the treatment can directly reach the affected area. This method combines the comprehensive functions of meridians, acupoints, drugs, moxibustion and foaming, and gives full play to the effects of warming kidney and strengthening yang, promoting qi circulation and removing blood stasis, detoxifying and resolving hard mass, dispelling cold and promoting diuresis, dredging channels and relieving pain. Du moxibustion combined with western medicine can effectively improve the clinical symptoms and lung function of patients with lung and kidney qi deficiency in remission stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and the curative effect is better than that of western medicine alone.
3, moxibustion
Moxibustion is a kind of moxibustion method in acupuncture therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, lighting moxa sticks made of moxa sticks and mugwort leaves to smoke human acupoints, so as to achieve natural therapy of health care treatment. Moxibustion has the functions of dredging channels and collaterals, promoting qi and blood circulation, eliminating cold and dampness, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass, restoring yang and rescuing adverse events, preventing diseases and protecting health. For chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, we must insist on moxibustion, which may take several months or even more than a year to make obvious changes.
In TCM theory, COPD has two names, one is asthma and the other is flatulence. Wheezing, nasal distension (nasal wing distension) and shoulder rest (dyspnea, lifting the shoulder to help breathing) are different clinical manifestations of asthma syndrome, and the main lesion is the lung. Pulmonary distension is a disease syndrome in which many chronic lung diseases recur and persist, resulting in inability to converge due to pulmonary distension.
There are three symptoms of lung distension: asthma, cough and fullness of chest and lungs. Director Zhi Li, a respiratory doctor of Chinese Medicine Department of Beijing Sihui West Hospital, introduced that the "six-character prescription" is a kind of health-preserving qigong handed down from ancient China, which regulates the function of zang-fu organs through respiratory guidance, thus achieving the function of preventing and treating diseases. "Six characters" means "shush, heh, shout, shush, blow and giggle". Different lips, teeth and throat can affect the operation of different zang-fu organs and meridians. This method focuses on concentration, and it is almost silent when reading words. Specific practices are as follows:
Preparatory type. Open your feet shoulder-width, raise your head, hold your chest out, look ahead and down, bend your knees slightly, breathe naturally and smile.
Let's begin. Slowly lift your palms from both sides of your body, lift them to your chest, turn them over and press them to your abdomen, bend your knees, push your palms down, then slowly withdraw them, and close your hands to your lower abdomen.
1. The word "shh" plays the role of calming liver qi. Release your hands, slowly lift from the front of the lower abdomen, palm up, close to the waist, turn left, right palm forward until the right palm is lifted, spit out the word "shh", put the right palm back to the waist, then turn right, left palm forward until the left palm is lifted, spit out the word "shh", and the body becomes a full member. Repeat the above actions 6 times.
2. the word "ha" helps to fill the heart. Stretch your palms up and forward, squat slightly, raise your elbows, palm up, palm to the front of your neck, look at your palms, fold your hands inward, and palm down; Turn your hands over, put your hands on the back of your hand, put your hands down, read the word "ha", and put your hands on your abdomen at the same time; Palm down, arc outward, turn your hands over and get up. Repeat the above actions 6 times.
3. The word "roar" cultivates temperament. Turn the palm of your hand inward, retract to your abdomen, and get up. Open your hands outward, palms inward, squat slightly, and pronounce the word "hoo" until your open hands seem to hold a big ball. Then get up and put your hands back on your abdomen. Repeat the above actions 6 times.
4. The word "benefit" plays the role of invigorating lung qi. Two arms fell down. Lift your hands from the front of your lower abdomen, palms up, and gradually turn your palms to face each other until your breasts are flat. Turn your arms outward, turn your palms over and stand up, put down your elbows and clamp your ribs, spread your shoulders and expand your chest, your neck down, your palms push forward and your knees squat slightly. Read the word "Shu" Turn your palms outward back to your chest and put down your elbows to clamp your ribs. Repeat the above actions 6 times.
5. The word "blow" can tonify the kidney. Loosen your wrist, hold out your palm, palm down, open your arms to both sides, arc to your lower back, slide your palm down and swing forward, squat down slightly and read the word "blow". Put your hands on the front side of your body, retract your palms to both sides of your navel, and stand upright with your legs. Draw your hands behind your waist along the belt (grinding pulse). Repeat the above actions 6 times.
6. The word "xi" stands for triple focus. Hang your hands at your sides, look down, bend your knees, turn your palms relative to each other, lift your elbows and palms, open them at the front sides of your head, and lift them horizontally. Take back your hand, press down from your chest, read the word "Xi", and continue to swing your hand down to your sides until it forms a 45-degree angle. Two arms fell down. Repeat the above actions 6 times.
Director Zhi Li, a respiratory doctor of Chinese Medicine Department of Beijing Sihui West Hospital, said that in Chinese medicine, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can be divided into many syndromes, such as phlegm blocking the lung, phlegm heat blocking the lung, phlegm unconsciousness and so on. Combined with tongue coating and pulse condition, different treatment methods are given in the treatment, and oral administration of traditional Chinese medicine is divided into syndrome differentiation treatment and special treatment. Syndrome differentiation treatment is mainly based on the symptoms of tongue coating and pulse condition of patients. With regard to special therapy, some experts emphasize regulating lung and kidney, while others focus on warming yang and strengthening spleen (the director can explain the treatment method according to his own therapy). The treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly to control the development, improve the present situation, prevent its further development, and then improve the quality of life.