Peng Kang, deputy dean of the Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Southern Medical University and academic leader of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that Chinese medicine believes that "the disease starts from the cold, and the cold starts from the foot." Foot is the starting point of the three Yang meridians and kidney veins of foot. If the feet are cold, cold pathogens will invade the human body and cause damage to organs such as liver, kidney and spleen.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi can be used for moxibustion and health preservation.
Now medical theory has also confirmed the importance of keeping feet warm for health. The feet are far away from the heart, and the fat layer on the surface of the feet is very thin, so the ability to keep warm is weak, so the feet are very sensitive to cold. Moreover, once the feet catch cold, it will also reflect and affect the normal physiological functions of the upper respiratory mucosa such as nose, pharynx and trachea, weaken the ability of these parts to resist pathogenic microorganisms, thus leading to the enhancement of pathogenic bacteria activity and the human body is more prone to various diseases.
In order to keep fit in time, in addition to keeping your feet warm-"not showing your feet", it is also a good way to soak your feet with Chinese medicine. Professor Peng Kang introduced several methods of traditional Chinese medicine pedicure.
energy
Ginger and dried ginger have slightly different effects.
Ginger not only contains gingerol, gingerol and other physiologically active substances, but also contains protein, polysaccharide, vitamins and various trace elements, which integrates nutrition, seasoning and health care. Since ancient times, ginger has been regarded as a good product of medicine and food by medical scientists. It has many health-care functions, such as dispelling cold and removing dampness, warming stomach and promoting blood circulation.
Ginger is pungent and warm, and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. Has the effects of sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, warming lung, relieving cough, and detoxicating. Indications: exogenous wind-cold, stomach cold, vomiting, wind-cold cough, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Chinese fish and crab poison, etc. And the functions of waking the stomach, opening the spleen and appetizing.
Dried ginger is pungent in taste and hot in nature, and enters spleen, stomach, heart and lung meridians. It has the effects of warming middle warmer, dispelling cold, restoring yang, dredging veins, warming lung and relieving hangover. Can be used for treating epigastric pain, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach in middle energizer; It can be used for treating yang failure caused by heart-kidney yang deficiency and yin-cold interaction. Can be used for treating cough and asthma caused by cold drink, cold back and excessive phlegm.
Modern research shows that ginger contains spicy ingredients, which can be used for cold and cold, and can relieve exterior cold evil by sweating. Gingerol can stimulate oral cavity and gastric mucosa, promote the secretion of digestive juice, stimulate appetite, and increase intestinal tension, rhythm and peristalsis. Gingeron has an exciting effect on respiratory and vascular movement centers, and can promote blood circulation.
Ginger decoction, 3- 10g per day. Tamping ginger juice has the function of eliminating phlegm and stopping vomiting, which is convenient for emergency use.
Pedicure prescription: 50 grams of ginger or dried ginger is decocted in water, or ground into a medicine bag to soak feet; It can also be mixed with safflower 15g and salt 10g, and soaked in water.
folium artemisiae argyi
The whole herb is used as medicine, with bitter and pungent taste and warm nature, and enters the spleen, liver and kidney. It has the effects of warming channels, stopping bleeding, dispelling cold, regulating menstruation, and preventing miscarriage, and can be used for bleeding due to deficiency cold, especially uterine bleeding, menoxenia, dysmenorrhea, infertility due to uterine cold, deficiency cold in lower energizer or fetal movement uneasiness caused by cold cells.
Artemisia argyi leaves are dried and mashed to make "moxa wool", which can be made into moxa sticks for moxibustion and can also be used as raw materials for "inkpad". Soaking sun-dried plants in water for fumigation can disinfect and relieve itching. Mothers often bathe or fumigate with wormwood water.
Compendium of Materia Medica records that Folium Artemisiae Argyi is warm, bitter, non-toxic and pure yang, and has the functions of restoring yang, regulating qi and blood, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage, so it is also called "herb".
Modern research shows that Folium Artemisiae Argyi has antibacterial and antiviral effects. Antiasthmatic, antitussive and expectorant effects; Hemostatic and anticoagulant effects; Sedative and antiallergic effects; Protect liver and gallbladder, etc.
Wormwood can be used as recipes such as wormwood tea, wormwood soup and wormwood porridge to enhance the body's resistance to diseases. Wormwood has a special fragrance, which can repel mosquitoes and insects. Therefore, the ancients often hung wormwood in front of the door to ward off evil spirits and repel mosquitoes.
Take this product in water, 3- 10g per day. Warming channels to stop bleeding should be charcoal fried.
Pedicure prescription: 50 grams of this product, soaked in water; Or adding Radix Angelicae Sinensis 10g, Ramulus Cinnamomi 10g, and Flos Carthami 10g, and decocting in water to soak feet.
Chinese angelica
Angelica sinensis can not only enrich blood, but also promote blood circulation.
All the roots are slightly cylindrical, the upper end of the root is called "Guitou" and the main root is called "Guishen" or "Cunshen". The root of the branch is called "returning to the tail" or "returning to the leg", and the whole branch is called "returning to the whole".
Sweet, pungent and warm, entering the liver, heart and spleen meridians. It has the effects of enriching blood and promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moistening dryness and relaxing bowels. Indications: Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal mass, metrorrhagia; Deficiency-cold abdominal pain, flabby and numb skin; It is difficult to have intestinal dryness, severe dysentery, carbuncle, ulcer, traumatic injury and so on.
Peng Kang said that Angelica sinensis is sweet and heavy, so it can replenish blood, and its qi is light and pungent, so it can promote blood circulation, tonify middle energizer and tonify middle energizer, which is the main medicine in blood. It can not only enrich blood, but also promote blood circulation, and can dredge channels and activate collaterals. All common diseases of women, such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea due to blood deficiency, sallow complexion, anemia, metrorrhagia, postpartum blood stasis, amenorrhea (oral and nasal bleeding during menstruation), can be treated with angelica.
Angelica sinensis is a commonly used medicine in clinic, and it can also be used to make soup, especially suitable for anemia patients. Peng Kang said that Angelica sinensis is usually used to replenish blood, angelica tail is used to promote blood circulation, and all Angelica sinensis is used to replenish blood and promote blood circulation.
Modern research shows that Angelica sinensis can significantly promote the hematopoietic function of the body and increase the contents of red blood cells, white blood cells and hemoglobin; It can dilate coronary artery, resist myocardial ischemia, resist arrhythmia and dilate blood vessels.
Decoct with water, 5- 15g daily. Generally eaten raw, in order to strengthen blood circulation, wine fried.
Pedicure prescription: you can soak your feet with angelica soup; It can also be mixed with Cortex Cinnamomi, Flos Caryophylli, Radix Linderae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong 15g, decocted in water to soak feet, or ground into powder.