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Since ancient times, our Chinese has been used for incense for a wide range of purposes. In various court dramas, the concubines also carried incense sachets on their bodies, and incense burners were lit in the dormitories.
Zhang Jingchun, director of the Palace Medical Research Professional Committee of the Beijing Association of Chinese Medicine, introduced that in the Qing Dynasty, incense was indispensable for health care and disease treatment!
Using its aromatic channeling effect, it can dissolve dampness, dispel turbidity and repel pollution.
This time, Director Zhang will share with you three scent health preservation magic weapons from the court.
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Court scent health magic weapon one
Clothing therapy: dispel dampness and dispel evil spirits
The Shennong Materia Medica, it is recorded, "The incense is righteous." When righteousness flourishes, evil spirits are eliminated and defilement."
This means that aromatic drugs can support healthy qi and ward off evil qi.
Clothing therapy is a very important external treatment in the palace fragrance preservation.
In general, Chinese medicinal herbs are combined with clothes, hats, shoes and socks, bedding, etc., or wearing some sachets and the like.
For the situation that the summer humidity is relatively heavy, you can use clothing therapy to make a small sachet to remove dampness and evil spirits.
Manifestations of moisture in the body: thick tongue, fatigue, unformed stool, and easy to appear eczema and some allergic symptoms.
Dispel dampness and dispel evil sachets
Composition: mugwort, lotus, white genius, ice chips, cangshu.
Usage: You can put these herbs directly into the sachet, if you want better results, you can also use a pulverizer to powder and put in.
The finished sachet can be placed next to the pillow, in the room, and can be changed every 10 days.
Solution:
• Mugwort leaf can warm the meridians, regulate qi and blood, and warm the uterus
• Lotus removes dampness
• Bai Zhi dispels dampness and relieves pain
• Aromatic ice chips
• Cang Shu can remove dampness and evil spirits
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Court scent health magic weapon two
Medicinal lotion: relieves waist and leg pain
There was a Wuying Hall in the Forbidden City, which Empress Dowager Cixi used as an open room to make medicinal dew for palace health.
In ancient times, medicinal dew was made by distilling some spices and collecting its steam, such as trillium dew and osmanthus dew, and different dews had different uses.
In view of the problems of waist and leg pain and cold body that often occur in the elderly, Director Zhang also recommended a nutmeg medicinal lotion, which uses the medicinal herbs that we usually use in stewed meat.
Of course, methods such as distillation are difficult for us to operate ourselves, and Director Zhang also taught a simple production method.
Nutmeg potion
Composition: sesame oil, nutmeg.
Method: Prepare a glass jar that can be sealed, first pour a lot of sesame oil, then put in nutmeg, shake well, seal and stand for three days.
Usually muscles and bones are painful, bones and joints are sore, you can take some nutmeg oil, rub it in the painful place, rub until it is red and hot, can play a good role in warming and dispersing cold.
People who are allergic to drugs and those who have broken skin cannot use it.
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Court scent health magic weapon three
Pills: Daily nourishing for the heart
Director Zhang Jingchun is not only an authority on court medicine, but also a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
Director Zhang introduced that traditional Chinese medicine first-aid drugs for angina such as danshen drop pills and quick-acting heart-saving pills also contain some aromatic drugs.
This aroma can quickly produce action, eliminate cold condensation, evacuate, and relieve angina.
We can also use its aromatic scent for daily health care.
A recipe for tonifying and protecting the heart
Ingredients: galangal, biba, sandalwood, yuanhu, xuebai, raw astragalus, mountain mushroom.
Solution:
• Galangal, Bibal and sandalwood aromatic warmth
• Yuanhu can dilate blood vessels and cure all pains in the body
• Xue Bai Xuan Tongyang
• Astragalus replenishes qi and protects the heart
• Beetle meat can nourish the liver and kidneys
Note: The specific dosage of this recipe varies from person to person, and you need to go to the hospital to find a professional doctor to prescribe it.