Original: Sister Dandan, read through typhoid fever
Recently, some netizens asked me, is there any Chinese medicine that can improve memory?
I said what's wrong, is your memory getting worse?
Not herself, she said, was her mother.
Her mother, who is in her 70s this year, is always forgetful, and even had a sudden dementia situation, suddenly not knowing her children, and stayed for almost a day;
If this continues, she feels that one day, her mother will also become a senile dementia patient.
This netizen's concern is not unreasonable, as people get older, people's brains will become more and more degenerate, and the prominent manifestation is the decline in memory.
When we were seventeen or eighteen years old, we only had to read a poem ten or eight times to memorize it.
When you reach the age of thirty or forty and you want to recite a poem, you can't remember it 50 times, and even if you remember it at the time, you will soon forget it.
When you are seventy or eighty years old, you want to memorize things again, it is almost impossible.
Therefore, our ancestors have long warned us that we must study while we are young, and don't wait until we are old to study, because when we are old, we don't remember anything at all.
Why does our memory deteriorate?
One of the most important reasons is that our blood vessels will continue to age with age, the blood lipids in them will become more and more deposited, the blood vessels will become more and more blocked, and the blood supply to the brain will become less and less;
Without the nutrients of the blood, our brain will undergo some degenerative changes.
As the previous netizen said, his mother suddenly became demented and could not live a normal life;
In Western medicine, it is called transient cerebral ischemia, and during this period of cerebral ischemia, the functions of the brain will be greatly reduced, and people will become demented, and they don't even know where they are, and they don't know what they are called.
If we are ischemic for a long time, our brain will atrophy, the sulci will flatten, and finally it will become irreversible changes, and we will become completely demented.
Is there any magic medicine that can improve memory and prevent Alzheimer's disease from occurring?
Of course, there is a medicine in Chinese medicine that can improve memory.
It's the famous ambition.
The ancients gave names to medicines, which were by no means arbitrary, and must be closely related to its efficacy.
Yuanzhi, the name contains its medicinal effect, which is to make Zhizhi more long-term.
Some people say, what is ambition, is it ambition?
Chi, now people generally interpret it as ambition.
But in ancient times, Chi meant memory.
There is an idiom in China called erudite and strong ambition, and strong ambition means that you have a strong memory, and you can remember it after reading it once.
Erudite and ambitious, that is, reading a lot of books, and at the same time having a good memory, describes a person who is knowledgeable and has a strong memory.
Therefore, Chi has the meaning of memory.
And ambition is to make the memory long-term.
Li Shizhen said in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" when explaining the naming of Yuanzhi, "This grass can help wisdom and strengthen ambition, so it is called Yuanzhi."
It can be seen that Yuanzhi is a good medicine for the treatment of encephalopathy, which can effectively improve the problem of memory decline.
China's first classic of materia medica, "Shennong's Materia Medica", also said that Yuanzhi can "benefit wisdom, do not forget, and strengthen ambition and strength". That is to say, ambition can enhance wisdom, make people forget, and increase memory.
And in "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription", it is even said, "Use it to cure people's hearts and minds, forget more, and make mistakes."
In the sentence "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription", we not only know that Yuanzhi can enhance memory, but also know why Yuanzhi can enhance memory, that is, as stated in "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription", Yuanzhi can "cure heart congestion".
The heart hole is a kind of understanding of the ancient people, they believe that the heart hides God, and at the same time, there are many small holes in the heart, and only when these small holes are kept open, our consciousness can be clear.
Once these heart holes are blocked, the person's consciousness will become very poor, and in severe cases, he will even fall into a coma.
Last year, "Fengshen" was on the air, in which the king killed his uncle Bigan.
Why did the king kill Bigan? Because the king heard rumors that Bigan had more tricks than normal people, and that he had seven tricks and exquisite hearts, so he was very smart.
And Yuanzhi can be happy, and the phlegm blocked on the heart can be dissolved, and the heart can be smoothed and refreshed, which can naturally enhance memory.
The more eyes you have, the more you are smart, this saying is a bit backward in the eyes of today's people;
However, from another point of view, Yuanzhi can improve the blood supply to the brain and provide sufficient blood to the brain, which is also a manifestation of Tongqi
Because the blood vessels that supply blood to the brain are themselves tricks, we can't laugh at the sayings of the ancients and take good medicine lightly.
There is a "Don't forget to scatter" in "The Criteria for Treatment", which specializes in treating forgetfulness, and uses the four flavors of Yuanzhi, calamus, ginseng, and Poria cocos.
Yuanzhi is spicy and good at dispersion, and this dispersion power will open the blood vessels, and after the blood vessels are opened, more blood will be supplied to the brain, so that our brain function will improve.
Yuanzhi not only enhances memory, but also improves sleep, and all functions related to the cerebral cortex can be improved.
We all know that people who don't sleep well will have a bad memory;
For example, if you stay up late, you will definitely be tired and sleepy the next day, and your brain will be wasted, and Yuanzhi has the effect of improving sleep, and people with insomnia can use Yuanzhi.
Stone iris also has the effect of opening the body, in this regard, calamus, Yuanzhi is the best partner, the stone iris is also Xinsan, but also has the power of opening the body, the heart is opened, people's wisdom will be greatly increased.
Moreover, calamus also has the ability to dissolve phlegm, and we generally believe that the reason why people's brain is blocked is closely related to phlegm turbidity.
We have all read a novel called "Fan Jin Zhongju", this Fan Jin suddenly won the lift, and suddenly went crazy with joy, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is caused by phlegm obsession.
Calamus dissolves phlegm and opens the body, which helps to improve brain function.
Ginseng, we all know that it is a great tonic and can replenish qi. In addition to this function, ginseng has another important function, which is to improve memory.
"Shennong's Materia Medica" says that ginseng nourishes the five organs, calms the spirit, and is happy and intellectual, and also talks about its nootropic effect.
Poria cocos is mainly used here to strengthen the spleen and calm the nerves.
Traditional Chinese medicine says that thinking hurts the spleen, and if the spleen hurts, the heart loses its nourishment. We all know that if we think too much, the more chaotic our brain becomes, and in the end our brain will not remember anything, just like a pot of paste.
Therefore, use Poria cocos to strengthen the spleen and calm the heart.
Especially if you often think about a lot of things, can't eat well, and have a declining brain memory, you can use Poria cocos to strengthen the spleen and calm the heart.
This one in "The Criterion of Zhengzhi" is very suitable for people with memory loss and brain function decline.
Yuanzhi, calamus, ginseng, Poria cocos. Water decoction.
Of course, this recipe is mainly for middle-aged and elderly people, and children can use prince ginseng, because the ginseng in it may cause precocious puberty.
In short, Yuanzhi can improve the blood vessels of the brain through the open hole and phlegm, and when we are old and have obvious memory loss, don't forget that Yuanzhi can enhance your memory.