Chinese medicine has a way to treat influenza

　　Traditional Chinese medicine has methods for treating influenza. Winter is the period when influenza viruses are most rampant. Many people will be extremely careful at this time for fear of contracting influenza. From a traditional Chinese medicine perspective, hot and cold weather is the easiest time for people to catch a cold. Viral cold does not mean wind-heat cold. Virus is what Western medicine refers to. Traditional Chinese medicine is more concerned about the human body. So, what are the traditional Chinese medicine treatments for influenza?

　　Wind-heat cold: The cause is usually constipation, often due to Yangming Meridian syndrome. The usual situation is like this. After two days of constipation, the throat will be sore for one or two days, and then cold symptoms will appear. This is wind-heat cold (it can also be exogenous heat evil, which first affects the lungs). Why does constipation cause colds? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs and large intestine are externally and internally connected. If defecation is not smooth, cold symptoms will occur when the large intestine affects the lungs. Likewise, conversely, if a cold is not treated promptly or if the treatment is not correct, external evils can enter the body and cause constipation or diarrhea. In fact, diarrhea after a cold is a metamorphosis in Chinese medicine, as the disease comes from the outside in. People should not use antidiarrheal drugs casually. Symptoms of wind-heat cold: sore throat, usually before cold symptoms, phlegm is usually yellow or black; thick discharge, usually yellow; tongue coating is a little yellow, or it may be white, and the tongue is usually red; constipation; body heat, thirst, and upset; the pulse is usually rapid or torrential, which means the pulse is faster and larger than normal.

　　Wind-cold cold: usually caused by fatigue, lack of rest, plus wind or cold. Colds usually occur more frequently in autumn and winter. Colds and colds are symptoms of the Taiyang Meridian, and the sun's activation is blocked. Its characteristic symptoms are: strong pain in the back of the head, which is a pain in the back of the head, and the neck cannot rotate flexibly; afraid of cold and wind, usually having to wear a lot of clothes or a big quilt to feel comfortable; nasal discharge is clear, white or slightly yellow. If the nose is blocked and the runny nose does not stop, drink some hot water and the runny nose starts to clear. This is also a cold due to wind and cold. The tongue has no coating or thin white coating. If you take the pulse, you should be able to detect that the pulse seems to be floating and tight. The floating pulse means that the Yang Qi is on the surface, and it can be obtained by taking it lightly.

　　Zhang Jingyue, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, solemnly stated: "The disease is minor, and the treatment depends on the sooner or later. Therefore, the decoction should not be avoided in the morning or night. If you feel the disease for a moment, it should be treated quickly and the disease will be cured easily." ”In other words, it is important to take medicine as early as possible, and take medicine as soon as you feel slightly uncomfortable. People with wind-heat can choose Chinese patent medicines Ganmao Antipyretic Granules, Yinqiao Tablets, Lingyang Ganmao Capsules, Qingreling Granules, etc. People with wind-cold can choose Wushicha Granules, Zhengbuihu Granules, Chuanxiong Tea Granules, etc. If the disease becomes serious, they should go to the hospital in time to take decoctions for syndrome differentiation treatment.

　　Chinese patent medicines: Yinqiao Jiedu Pills (tablets), Sangju Cold Tablets, Ganmaoqing, Ganmao Antipyretic Granules, Banlangen Granules, Qiangqiang Yinqiao Tablets, etc. are suitable for colds caused by wind-heat, that is, fever, sore throat, and yellow discharge. Sangjiangmao Tablets, Shensu Pills, Ganmaotong, etc. are suitable for colds caused by wind-cold colds, that is, colds with prominent aversion to cold, nasal congestion, and clear nasal discharge.

　　Other treatments:

　　①Add appropriate amount of boiling water to the vinegar and apply it on your nose.

　　②Acupuncture and scraping: You can acupuncture Hegu, Quchi, and Taiyang. If you have a fever, you can acupuncture Dazhui. If your throat is swollen and painful, you can bleed at Shaoshang point; or use a broken bowl, dip a little oil on the smooth edge, and scrape down along both sides of the cervical spine until red spots appear.

　　③1 tael of ginger, 1 tael of brown sugar, decoction and oral administration in 3 times can cure colds and colds.

　　④1 tael of white scallions, chopped into pieces, rubbed with hands, put outside the nostrils to smell, can cure colds, colds and nasal congestion. You can use several white roots of scallions, mash them into juice, and drip them into your nostrils, once a day, 2 to 3 drops each time.

　　⑤20 grams of Yinghua, 6 grams of tea, and 50 grams of sugar can be boiled in water and divided into three times to treat wind, heat and colds.

　　⑥Slice a little ginger, 260 grams of scallions, and 1,000 grams of white radish, put them into a pot and cook to make soup. Eat and drink together.

　　⑦2 slices of ginger, add a pinch of tea leaves, chew and serve with warm water.

　　⑧1 raw pear, washed, chopped with skin, add rock sugar and a little water, simmer.

　　In daily life, when we get up every morning, before going from indoors to outdoors, and before and after taking a bath, we first press the philtrum with our fingers and rub it continuously for more than 20 times, and then rub the Fengfu point for more than 20 times. When these two acupoints feel slightly hot, it has a certain effect in preventing influenza.