In the eyes of our people, "fire" may be ubiquitous, and it is also an all-encompassing word.
When you have a sore throat, others may remind you that you are on fire, or you may have diagnosed someone else with a fire.
"Eat less chili peppers, it's easy to get angry. "I just ate the barbecue yesterday and I got acne, is this a fire?" and so on.
What is a fire, and how to get rid of it? Here are some practical suggestions for you.
1. There are some "fires" that cannot be removed by clearing heat
When many people have symptoms such as sore throat and bleeding gums, the first thing they think of is that they are on fire, so they buy some gunpowder to eat, and sometimes they find that the effect is not good, because some fires cannot be removed by clearing heat.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are two attributes of yin and yang in our human body, and under normal circumstances, "yin" and "yang" are in a relatively balanced state.
But when there is more "yang" than "yin", there will be a manifestation of fire, which is divided into two situations.
One is real fire, that is, "yin" is normal, and "yang" is more, at this time it is suitable for clearing heat and removing fire;
The other is false fire, which refers to the situation that "yang" is normal, "yin" is insufficient, and there is a false excess of "yang".
From the specific symptoms, symptoms such as yellow urine, heavy smell and red tongue, dry stool, general heat and thirst during fever, are all real fire;
Symptoms such as light and clear urine, dry stool and pale tongue, loose stool or diarrhea, diarrhea or loose stool, and dislike of hot drinks are symptoms such as deficiency.
Every organ of the human body may be on fire, and if you want to determine which position is on fire, you can see it from the performance of the tongue.
Second, whether the fire is strong or not, you will know by smelling the tongue
1. Heartfire
Symptoms: irritability, poor sleep, red face and thirst, yellow urine, dry stool, irritability, dry mouth, skin sores, etc.
Symptoms such as low-grade fever, dry mouth, night sweats, and upset will occur with false fire, and symptoms such as shortness of urine, repeated mouth ulcers, and dry mouth will occur with real fire.
Tongue manifestations: The main manifestations of heart fire on the tongue are red tongue tips and sores on the mouth and tongue.
2. Pulmonary fire
Symptoms: cough, chest pain, insomnia, dry throat and pain, hot flashes and night sweats, dry mouth and nose, dry cough without phlegm, hot hands and feet.
Tongue manifestations: The main manifestation of lung fire on the tongue is redness of the front half of the tongue.
3. Stomach fire
Symptoms: Manifested as abdominal distention, burning of the stomach, swollen and painful gums, loss of appetite, stomach pain, bad breath and dry mouth, loose stools, constipation, etc.
Stomach fire is also divided into two types: deficiency and reality, and the deficiency fire will have slight cough, loss of appetite, abdominal distention, constipation, red tongue, and less moss;
Real fire will have dry mouth and bitter mouth, upper abdominal discomfort, dry and hard stool, stomach pain, and desire to drink cold water.
Tongue performance: The whole tongue is relatively red, sometimes the tongue is red and the tongue coating is also yellow, and the yellow tongue coating covers the red tongue is a sign of stomach fire.
4. Flame
Symptoms: Kidney fire is usually more false fire, mainly manifested as tinnitus, deafness, insomnia, dreams, night sweats, sperm loss, dizziness, dry mouth in the evening, loose or painful teeth, hot hands and feet, and sometimes soreness in the waist and knees, burning pain in the urethra, heel pain, tibial pain and other symptoms.
Tongue manifestations: manifested as red tongue with less lichen, severe people will have redder tongues, less lichen or no lichen, and there may also be a thin layer of yellow lichen, which is a manifestation of kidney fire.
5. Spleen fire
Symptoms: Spleen fire is usually a deficiency fire, people with spleen deficiency will always feel tired and tired, the stomach is full, do not want to eat, and the stool is soft and unformed.
Tongue presentation: The normal tongue color is pale red, but people with spleen fire have white tongue and little blood.
When the internal organs are on fire, some people will feel that it is more troublesome to choose to take medicine according to the fire situation of different parts.
3. One medicine, extinguish the fire of the three organs
There is a medicine that can help to remove "lung fire", "stomach fire" and "kidney fire", and this flavor of Chinese medicine is Zhimu. Soak the single herb in water and drink 6-12 grams.
Zhimu taste bitter, pungent, cold taste, cold, into the spleen, lungs and kidneys three meridians, is a relatively famous traditional Chinese medicine, with the effect of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, clearing heat and purging fire, is a good gunpowder.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that knowing the mother is moist, so it has the effect of nourishing yin, and can achieve the purpose of reducing fire by nourishing yin.
First of all, knowing the mother can nourish the yin of the lungs and remove the fire of the lungs. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is said that knowing the mother can "clear the lungs and relieve fire".
In the "Criteria for Treating Symptoms", it is recorded that there is a recipe for nourishing the lungs and yin and removing the lung fire, which is called Ermu San, in which Zhimu is used, which is specially used to treat lung heat and dry cough.
Usage of Ermu San: Zhimu and Fritillary are divided into equal parts, which are finely minced, and 1-3 grams are taken each time.
Efficacy and function: clear away heat and phlegm, moisten the lungs and relieve cough.
Secondly, knowing the mother can nourish the stomach yin and remove the stomach fire. "Chongqing Tang Essays" mentions, "Knowing the mother, clearing the lungs and stomach qi is hot." ”
In the end, Zhimu can nourish the kidney yin and remove the kidney fire.
There is a well-known Chinese patent medicine called Zhibai Dihuang Pill, which is specially used to nourish the kidney and yin, and Zhimu is used in it, and it is a very important medicine in this recipe.
However, it should be noted that due to the bitter cold of the mother, it is not suitable for people with weak cold constitution and easy diarrhea to avoid aggravating the symptoms.
Many people are anxious and irritable because of the pressure of work, life and family, so it is easy to get angry, at this time, we should distinguish whether it is a real fire or a virtual fire according to the symptoms of fire, and then solve the symptoms.