Wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire are called the "six qi" in nature in Chinese medicine, but when any of them are excessive, it will lead to disease, and then the "six qi" is called the "six evils", also known as the "six evils".
Among the "six prostitutions", the wind and evil deeds change several times, and the dryness rises, which is called the "long of all diseases". The main reason is that the wind evil is easy to collude with the other five evil spirits, and then manifests various complex symptoms.
The cold and flu that we often talk about are the various symptoms that occur after the body is attacked by external wind evils.
Today, I will share some dietary therapy methods that everyone can use, and divide colds into normal colds and abnormal colds.
Normal cold
Pathology:
When the wind evil enters the body, under normal conditions, the heartbeat will increase at first, and the body will heat up, raising the resistance to the surface of the body.
If you take the pulse, the pulse will float as well.
Some people also have headaches and poor appetite but can eat.
Symptomatic regimen:
At this time, the most important thing is to eat a light diet and eat less food that is not easy to digest, so that the body's resistance can concentrate on dealing with external wind evils.
At this time, eat a little porridge and see if the patient is afraid of cold or heat.
1. If you are afraid of cold, add a little coriander, pepper and ginger to ward off the cold;
2. If you are afraid of heat, add a little hot mung beans,
If you are afraid of severe heat, you can also eat a little cold bitter gourd.
Pepper: hot, spicy, warm and cold, lower breath, and eliminate phlegm
Abnormal colds
Normal colds are similar, and abnormal colds have their own abnormalities......
Everyone's physique is different, and after feeling the wind evil, they often show a variety of different symptoms, which are common in clinical practice:
01
Hot phlegm
Pathology:
People who have hot phlegm in their body are prone to sore throat and cough and phlegm when they catch a cold.
The normal cold and cough, fever, and headache will stop as soon as they subside.
But if you have hot phlegm, you will cough up intermittently for a long time, and there will be a lot of phlegm.
Symptomatic regimen:
There are not many ingredients to remove hot phlegm, mainly kelp and seaweed,
Be sure to eat unprocessed seaweed, the kind of seaweed or seaweed snacks on the market, with heavy salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, and various condiments, don't eat those.
There are also loofahs and pumpkin seeds that can be used to remove phlegm, and steamed eggplants can also be used, but the taste is a little worse.
Kelp: cold, salty, soft and firm phlegm, dampness and itching
02
Cold phlegm
Pathology:
People with cold phlegm do not have swollen and sore throats, mainly thin sputum, bronchial and throat itching.
《伤寒论》中叫做：「心下有水气」。
Symptomatic regimen:
At home, you can use southern almond powder, with ginger, cinnamon powder, star anise, cumin, pepper, these ingredients are warm and low, and can be combined with almonds to remove cold phlegm.
Southern almond: flat in nature, sweet in taste, cough and asthma, and appetizing
03
cold
Pathology:
People with a cold constitution are obviously afraid of cold, cold pain in the lower back, and the joints and bones of the whole body are prone to cold pain.
Symptomatic regimen:
In this case, you need some warm, or even some ingredients that warm and nourish the kidney, such as cinnamon.
You can usually drink black tea with a little cinnamon powder.
Generally speaking, black tea is a fermented tea, which is warm, cold, warms the stomach, and has a more nourishing effect.
肉桂粉温阳驱寒，补气又能养脾胃。
The coffee cinnamon powder, which was very popular some time ago, applied this principle.
Cinnamon: hot sex, sweet and spicy, nourishing fire and helping yang, dissipating cold and relieving pain, warming menstruation.
04 Qi stagnation
Pathology:
People with qi stagnation are prone to gastrointestinal colds, and after a cold, gastrointestinal pain, nausea, diarrhea, and low-grade fever.
Symptomatic regimen:
In this case, it is necessary to use ingredients that are qi, such as tangerine peel, hawthorn, etc.
Hawthorn: warm, sweet and sour, digestion and stomach, blood circulation and stasis, insect repellent
05
Heavy moisture
Pathology:
Children who love to drink soda and sweets are very humid.
Children with heavy dampness are not thirsty, or may be thirsty, but drinking a little water will cause discomfort and nausea, a condition called "water reversal" in Chinese medicine.
Symptomatic regimen:
At home, you can use red beans to boil water, winter melon skin, corn or corn silk boiled water, poria cocos, barley, ginger and other ingredients to dispel dampness.
Corn whiskers: flat in nature, sweet in taste, clear heat and relieve heat, and remove annoyance
06
Impotence
Pathology:
This condition is common in children, and the symptoms are: fever and heat intolerance, desire to drink cold water and juice, and in severe cases, cramps, angular arch reflexion, and unconsciousness.
Angular arch reflexion is when the head and legs are bent back, the body is pushed forward, like a bow, and the teeth are clenched, which looks scary.
Western medicine calls it electrolyte imbalance, and in severe cases, it may burn out the brain.
Symptomatic regimen:
The idea of TCM treatment is to use herbs or ingredients that clear away heat and nourish yin and nourish the body.
At home, you can eat a little pear and cucumber to nourish yin and rejuvenation.
Eat mung beans to clear the heat, if the fear of heat is severe, you can eat a little colder bitter gourd.
In the case of severe unconsciousness and reflexion, it is not recommended to deal with it at home, please find a local TCM practitioner for a face-to-face consultation.
Mung bean: cool, sweet, clear heat and relieve heat, good water, and remove annoyance
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