Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Care

Can ordinary people really improve their health and reduce minor ailments by relying on traditional Chinese medicine? The answer is yes, but the core is never to follow the trend and buy Internet celebrity health teas or copy general conditioning formulas, but to follow the two basic logics of "different from people to people and adapt to the trend." Blindly following the trend will easily lead to traps.

A while ago, the little girl in the office ate Sishen Decoction with a blogger for half a month. Others ate it to eliminate edema and have smooth bowel movements. However, she had acid reflux every day and couldn't eat. After consulting a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, she found out that she has a cold spleen and stomach. The coix kernels and poria cocos in Sishen Decoction are relatively cold, which is equivalent to blowing cold wind on her every day for someone who is already afraid of the cold. But there is something wrong.

In fact, ancient Chinese medicine has long had different ideas for conditioning. Li Dongyuan, one of the four great masters of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, advocated that "the spleen and stomach are the foundation of acquired life" and that maintaining health requires more warmth and less exposure to cold. However, Zhu Danxi proposed that "yang is often surplus and yin is often deficient". He feels that most modern people We should focus on nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness. The two views have been arguing for hundreds of years and there is no right or wrong. Essentially, they correspond to two different groups of people: people who usually have diarrhea, cold hands and feet, and stomachaches after eating something cold. It is correct to follow Li Dongyuan's thinking.； If you stay up late every day, have a dry mouth, and often get angry and get acne, try Zhu Danxi’s method, which will most likely make you feel better. There are always people on the Internet arguing over which genre is more correct. In fact, it is completely unnecessary. The right one is the best.

In addition to watching people prepare dishes, health care also needs to follow the weather. Don’t just go against the seasons. Last fall, Aunt Zhang downstairs heard a blogger say that autumn freezes can improve immunity. She already had arthritis, but she still refused to wear long johns. In the end, she was so cold that fluid accumulated in her knees and she went to the hospital for a week of injections. The old saying is certainly true, but it is never for everyone. Autumn freeze is for people who usually have strong firepower and rarely catch colds when the season changes. The elderly, children, and people with chronic diseases must wear more clothes when necessary. There is no need to join in the fun. I came across a blogger who popularizes traditional Chinese medicine and said that spring cover and autumn freeze are the best way to maintain health. There was a lot of quarrel in the comment area. Some people said that they rarely caught colds after being frozen for two years, while others said that they immediately contracted bronchitis after freezing. In fact, both sides are right, but it is applicable to different people.

In the past two years, I followed an old community doctor to copy prescriptions. The health prescriptions he prescribed were never the same: they were also prone to fatigue. For the migrant worker brother who did physical work every day, he prescribed astragalus and Codonopsis pilosula boiled in water. For him who sat in the office every day and had a bloated belly in the afternoon. The white-collar worker prescribed fried malt and tangerine peel, and added to the latter, "Don't sit every day. Standing up and walking a few more steps is better than drinking anything." You see, whether you move more or less is considered in the conditioning. How can there be any health-preserving formula that is universally applicable?

Nowadays, many people think that traditional Chinese medicine health care is an IQ tax. In fact, most of them use it wrongly: when they see others drinking Shengmai Yin to replenish qi and blood, they drink it too because they themselves have high blood pressure. If they feel dizzy after drinking it, they say that the prescription is useless.； When I see others using moxibustion to remove dampness, but I myself have a yin deficiency and a strong fire, I still do moxibustion every day. After moxibustion, I develop ulcers and then call moxibustion a liar. To put it bluntly, it’s not that the health regimen is useless, it’s that you haven’t found the right one that suits you. I recently worked on a project and stayed up all night for a week. I always felt that my chest was congested and I couldn't even yawn. I went to the hospital and took a X-ray, but nothing was wrong. I looked at a Chinese doctor I knew well and said it was stagnation of liver qi. They didn't prescribe any medicine, so they asked me to walk around the neighborhood for 20 minutes after get off work every day. I soaked the water with two roses and a small piece of tangerine peel. After drinking it for three or four days, I felt much better. It's not magical at all, it just smoothed out the blocked qi.

In fact, many people think that traditional Chinese medicine health care is too complicated. They think that you need to understand pulse diagnosis and memorize medicine before you can get started. This is not the case at all. Even if you don't know what your constitution is, you just need to remember the simplest standard: no matter how good others say this prescription is, if you feel comfortable after using it, it is right. If you feel uncomfortable after using it, stop immediately even if you are hyped.

After all, maintaining health is your own body, not a ritual for others to see, right?