Qingyang sachet has a long history, and Han folk culture and art are very rich. The sachet, which comes down in one continuous line with Huang Qi medicine, is a wonderful flower in Han folk art, which not only has high aesthetic value, but also has the special effect of preventing and treating diseases. It has made certain contributions to the prosperity of mankind for thousands of years. This paper discusses its medical value as follows.
Qingyang sachets have many names. Among them, various forms of sachets, ear pillows and Chinese-style belly pockets are helpful for fitness and disease prevention.
The medicated bags are mostly made of aromatic drugs such as Rhizoma Atractylodis, Realgar, Herba Agastaches, Eupatorium odoratum, Herba Menthae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinalis, Borneolum Syntheticum and Radix Saposhnikoviae, so as to prevent and treat infectious diseases in time.
As for the ear pillow, it refers to digging a piece in the middle of the pillow, and the space is just big enough to protect the ear from being crushed. Pay attention to clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing liver and improving eyesight, and use chrysanthemum, Uncaria rhynchophylla, silkworm excrement, mint, Acorus gramineus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, wick, Flos Magnoliae, Radix Saposhnikoviae and Flos Lonicerae. Prevent and treat insomnia, dizziness, pain, hypertension, cervical spondylosis, head and face facial diseases and children's night crying. If chrysanthemum, wick and other drugs are added, it will not only clear the brain and strengthen the body, but also be pleasing to the eye.
Evodia rutaecarpa, clove, mugwort leaf, fennel, Amomum villosum, kaempferia kaempferia, Gan Song, Cinnamomum cassia, Atractylodes rhizome and Alpinia officinarum are the main drugs in Dou Du, which can not only prevent abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea, but also stimulate appetite and enhance immunity. Medical research shows that most of the components of aromatherapy drugs are volatile oils, which contain ketones, phenols, aldehydes, alcohols and other substances, and can promote blood circulation and gland secretion.
Wearing sachets and using medicated pillows can make the strong fragrance of drugs inhaled through the nose and mouth. By stimulating the olfactory nerve of the brain with good fragrance and slowly stimulating local acupoints, the content of immunoglobulin in the body can be increased and the defense ability of the human body can be enhanced, so as to achieve the purpose of disease prevention and health care. Studies have shown that some components of traditional Chinese medicine can not only act on the sensory nerve endings of the skin, but also reflexively cause deep vasodilation, which may be one of the mechanisms of "promoting blood circulation and relieving pain". Children's Hospital affiliated to Suzhou Medical College is made of Kaempferia Kaempferia, Realgar, Alpinia officinarum, Borneolum Syntheticum, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Eupatorium odoratum, etc. , can increase the content of immunoglobulin SIgA in children, and has bactericidal and antiviral effects. Chinese Medicine Clinic in Bengbu City, Anhui Province used Alpinia officinarum, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Atractylodes lancea and Litsea cubeba as sachets to treat anorexia in children, and achieved good results. The function of Dou Du method is mainly in navel. Umbilical cord, located in the center of abdomen, is integrated, and its acupoint name is Shenque, which belongs to Ren meridian, and Ren and Du meridians regulate human meridians from exterior to interior. The special relationship between navel and meridian provides a scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of diseases.
Traditional Chinese medicine originated from Huangdi Neijing attaches great importance to the combination of prevention and treatment. It is recorded in Su Wen's Theory of Regulating Qi and Spirit that "if you don't treat the disease, you will be cured, and if you don't treat it, you will be treated indiscriminately." In Su Wen's acupuncture theory, there is also a saying that "healthy qi exists inside, and evil cannot be done". Volume Nine, written by Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, contains nine prescriptions for typhoid fever: veratrum nigrum, ephedra, aconite, cinnamon, pearl, asarum, dried ginger, peony bark and Gleditsia sinensis, which are one inch square and packed in bags. It fully shows that wearing sachets can avoid epidemic and prevent epidemic. The Sui Dynasty Fang's Theory of Pathogens (Volume 45) states that children should wear a hat, dry clothes and chrysanthemum as a pillow. It is still in use today. Longdong also uses buckwheat shells, mung bean clothes and silkworm excrement as pillows for children to rest on, all of which are intended to benefit the leader. Otherwise, as Chen Wenzhong in the Song Dynasty said in "Children's Pathogenic Prescriptions", "The head is the meeting of all the Yang, and all the Yang also. The brain is the ocean of bone marrow. When it is hot, the bone marrow will sweat, or the skull of the neck will swell, or the seam of the head will open, or the head will be sour. In addition, there are two prescriptions for treating diseases with medicinal pillows in Volume Six. " My eyes hurt and I can't sleep. There are pillows in steamed soybean bags "; Deal with the dragonfly in your ear, fry and mash the flax, put it in a bag, pour it into your ear and pillow it, and then come out. "Doodle can also cure diseases. Wu Shiji, an expert on external governance in the Qing Dynasty, recorded in Li Long Parallel Prose: "A new thing to cure all diseases ... using aconite, fennel, clove, clove, costustoot, cimicifuga rhizome, Schisandra chinensis, kansui, agarwood, musk, rubbing moxa to make Du Du and Zhadantian points".
The above methods of grinding drugs into powder, bagging, puncturing, pillow and Dou Du are collectively called Chinese medicine bag therapy, which is an important part of Chinese medicine clothing therapy, especially suitable for Chinese medicine pediatrics.
Pillow method and Dou Du method are more suitable for the elderly. Qingyang, as one of the birthplaces of Chinese culture, every year on the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, adults in every household will put on their children carefully embroidered sachets, which are tied on their shoulders, hung on their chests, hung on their backs, hung under their armpits and sewn on their sleeves. There are also customs such as sending longevity pillows, ear pillows and stomachaches to the elderly. Chinese medicine theory holds that children's skin is delicate, dirty and refreshing, and drugs are easy to penetrate. As long as it is used properly, the dial can be sensitive, light and effective. Moreover, children are not enlightened, it is difficult to take medicine, and they are afraid of injections. It is simple and convenient to use sachet for disease prevention and health care.
The elderly often have symptoms such as headache, insomnia, dizziness, abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea due to the relative weakness of qi, blood, spleen and stomach. Medicated pillow and ear pillow can clear the brain, and piercing the abdomen can warm the middle warmer and dispel the cold, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach. This fully shows that the traditional photo-taking method of Qingyang people is scientific and reasonable, and also embodies the traditional virtue of respecting the old and loving the young.