Dear uncles and aunts, have you ever had eczema? Are you bothered by redness, swelling, itching and other problems?
Zhao Bingnan, the founder of the Department of Skin Surgery of Traditional Chinese Medicine, has a famous saying that "there is no internal strife, no external troubles".
"Internal strife" refers to dysfunction and disorder of internal organs, and "external trouble" refers to external skin problems.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that many skin problems in clinical practice are caused by "internal strife".
What kind of "civil unrest" can cause skin problems? How can we condition and protect the skin?
Let's follow the experts of the sore surgery department of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and look down together!
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One of the "civil unrest"
Stasis
Stasis is a kind of "civil unrest" that can cause skin redness, suppuration, ulceration, and even serious consequences such as amputation.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stasis is a pathological basis for the combination of vein blockade and heat and evil in the body, and is related to a variety of diseases.
Stasis is not only the basis of skin diseases such as eczema, folliculitis, and yellow water sores, but also closely related to metabolic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and liver diseases.
1. Early manifestations of stasis
If there is heat in the body, what external manifestations will our body have?
Lv Peiwen, a national-level famous old Chinese medicine doctor, said that the early manifestations of bruising can be summarized as "redness, swelling, heat, pain and itching".
Red: redness of the skin, dark red, purple red;
Swelling: red and swollen, mild swelling, accompanied by a feeling of tightness;
Heat: the surface temperature is 1-2 degrees higher than normal;
Pain: swelling, tingling, burning;
Itching: The skin around the sores will feel itchy.
2. Topical prescription for stasis
As a disciple of Zhao Bingnan and Zhao Lao, Lu Lao, like Zhao Lao, is very good at using some simple but effective prescriptions to solve some skin diseases.
Today she brings a small prescription for bruising, mainly using a common medicinal and food homologous wild vegetable - purslane.
This inconspicuous wild vegetable has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, sterilization and anti-inflammatory, detoxification, and dampness.
The magic of purslane:
(1) Fresh bean sprouts, purslane mashed into puree, and then add an appropriate amount of honey to mix well, if the paste is very thin, you can also add honey.
Apply the medicine paste to the gauze, apply it to the red, swollen and hot sore areas of the skin, which can clear the heat and moisture, cool the blood and relieve pain.
Reminder: It can be applied for 20 minutes each time, 2-3 times a day.
(2) With eczema and dermatitis, fresh purslane can be mashed and applied to the red and swollen skin, or you can mash it and add some honey and then apply it externally.
(3) Fry purslane in water, and then rinse and wash the affected area with medicinal water.
Reminder: People with allergies and broken skin should use with caution.
Elder Lu tips: purslane eating effect is also very good, if there is stasis in the body, want to clear heat and detoxify, cool blood, you may wish to eat some in summer.
People with cold body who are often prone to diarrhea and cold hands and feet need to use with caution.
3. Cool blood three-flower soup
"Internal strife and external troubles" require internal and external co-regulation, in addition to external use, Lu Lao also brought a substitute tea drink that can adjust the heat of daily internal stasis.
Cool blood three flower soup
Composition and solution:
Honeysuckle: clear heat and detoxify;
Rose: clear heat and remove stasis, loosen liver;
Lingxiaohua: clear heat and moisture, dispel wind and relieve itching.
Usage: Brew Sanhua with 300ml of boiling water, in order to exert its medicinal effect, it is recommended to soak for half an hour before drinking.
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"Civil unrest" bis
Chills
Elder Lu told us that cold stasis is the second type of "civil unrest" that causes skin breakage and even amputation.
It is associated with thromboangiitis obliterans, arteriosclerotic occlusion, diabetic foot necrosis and other diseases.
1. Early manifestations of chills
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when blood is cold, it coagulates, cold and evil invade, blood coagulation and poor smoothness, and related symptoms will appear.
Early manifestations, mainly cold, numbness, pain, lameness.
Famous old Chinese medicine practitioners remind: most middle-aged and elderly people have insufficient qi and blood, cold stasis is more common, and related symptoms need to be vigilant.
2. Cold stasis topical formula
To treat cold stasis, warm meridian communication is the key.
In view of symptoms such as cold numbness, pain and lameness, Elder Lu has brought us a very practical external prescription.
Composition and solution:
Stretching grass: dispel wind and dehumidification, warm meridians;
Su Mu: warm menstruation and blood circulation;
Saffron: live blood;
Guizhi: Wen meridian.
Usage: Soak the four-flavor medicine for 1 hour, then boil, boil the water for another 20 minutes. Remove the residue and let the decoction cool below 40 degrees.
Uncles and aunts can follow the following GIF to soak their feet, and their feet can also be moved in decoction to promote blood circulation.
Reminder: People with allergies and broken skin should use with caution.
3. Warm pulse drink
Elder Lu brought a small prescription for internal consumption-warm pulse drink, which everyone can usually use at home.
Composition and solution:
Raw astragalus: replenishes qi;
Angelica: live blood;
Guizhi: warm meridian;
Chicken blood vine: channeling, nourishing blood and activating blood.
In order to better stimulate the medicinal effect, it is recommended to soak the four-flavored medicine in 500ml of water for 1 hour, turn off the heat for 20 minutes after decocting and boiling, and let it cool and drink.
Uncles and aunts who often have cold legs, numb legs, weak walking and painful joints, hurry up and try these little recipes!