Learn acupoint knowledge, collect Chinese herbs by hand, and make Chinese herbal tea, ointments, and sachets...... On April 12th, sponsored by the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, the Information Office of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, the Chongqing Municipal Administration Bureau, and the Chongqing Municipal Culture and Tourism Development Commission, the theme class meeting of the Chongqing-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Nature Exploration Materia Medica Action Yubei District Duxin Experimental School was held in Chongqing Nanshan Botanical Garden.
Explore the mysteries of traditional Chinese medicine in the science museum
"Do you know what this is for?"
"I'm seeing a doctor!"
"Cutting the pulse!"
In the traditional Chinese medicine culture science popularization hall of the Nanshan Botanical Garden, a statue of a doctor consulting comes into view. In the statue, the patient bends his wrist and rests his hand on a small pillow, while the doctor strokes his beard with one hand and takes the patient's pulse with the other.
"In the past, Chinese medicine practitioners did not see patients like now, but they had to do laboratory tests and X-rays, but the old Chinese medicine doctors only needed to check the pulse, look at the tongue coating, and understand the condition of the body, so that he could know what disease the patient had and what kind ......of medicine should be used," Wen Wei, head of the science and education section of Chongqing Nanshan Botanical Garden, carefully introduced to the students. "This is a bronze figure of traditional Chinese medicine, which shows more than 200 acupuncture points on the human body. If there is any discomfort, the doctor will take a long silver needle and prick it down, and the pain will be relieved quickly. ”
Seeing that the students were very interested in acupuncture points, Cao Jing, the attending physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Yubei District Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Chongqing, began on-site teaching, teaching everyone how to find the acupuncture points. "On the way just now, there are children who get motion sickness and are a little nauseous and vomiting, in this case, you can press the Neiguan acupoint, and the horizontal lines on the wrist are two inches up, which is about three fingers wide. "There is also the Hegu acupoint, which is an acupuncture point for pain relief, in the middle of the tiger's mouth. The students followed Cao Jing's movements one after another, trying to find these two acupuncture points on their hands.
When learning about traditional Chinese medicine, Wen Wei also introduced to the students what is "medicine and food homology" and what are its benefits. "Some Chinese medicines can be used both as a daily diet and as a cure. For example, the root of the folded ear can be eaten with cold vegetables, but it also has the effect of treating colds and enhancing the body's immunity. The stewed chicken soup at home will add angelica, wolfberry, etc., which is actually the homology of medicine and food, which not only has the role of nourishing, but also has the role of enriching the taste of the public as a delicacy. Not only that, but things that are generally considered seasonings, such as chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, can be used in medicine. ”
In the nature class, students dig herbs as they learn
"This is a rhizome into medicine, it's called Banxia, it's poisonous. Out of the Chinese Medicine Culture Science Museum, Cao Jing pointed to a plant in the lawn and introduced that Banxia is poisonous, but it has a strong phlegm effect. If you want to make the poisonous Banxia a "phlegm weapon", you need to use ginger to detoxify.
"What's this next to you?" The students gathered around Cao Jing, and they were also very interested in the herbs next to Banxia.
"This is Mai Dong. Cao Jing introduced that Mai Dong is also a rhizome medicine, and its rhizome is white translucent spindle-like, sweet and slightly bitter. It has the effect of moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough. Some children are prone to coughing in spring and have a dry and itchy throat, so when they go to see a Chinese medicine doctor, they will add a taste of wheat dong to the prescription.
"The surface of this grass looks like mugwort leaves, but it is still very different from mugwort leaves. Cao Jing taught the children a way to identify, plucked a leaf, looked closely, there was no fluff on its back, pinch it with your hand and smell it, and there was no fragrance of mugwort leaves. It's what we call artemisia.
Cao Jing spoke in front, and the students followed behind, listening and looking for Chinese herbs in the forest. After a while, the students found a variety of herbs such as houttuynia cordata, loquat leaves, and peppermint.
Class Q&A to test learning outcomes
"Traditional Chinese medicine believes that regular massaging of the head and waist is good for the body, can promote blood circulation and relieve fatigue. Please judge whether it is correct or not. ”
"That's right!"
"Which of the following is not a dampness-dissipating food?A winter melon, b papaya, c longan meat, d red bean, e barley. ”
"Choose C longan meat. ”
"Correct!"
"What kind of Chinese medicinal materials do people usually hang in the room during the Dragon Boat Festival? a Artemisia annua, b wormwood, c gourd. ”
"Choose b wormwood!"
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After learning about traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbal medicine, the students returned to the theme class meeting of "Aixiang Fragrance and Fragrance of Heart Flowers to Promote Chinese Medicine Culture". Through the Chinese herbal medicine knowledge competition, the students learned about the origin, classification, efficacy and other basic knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine, and also made Chinese herbal tea, ointments, sachets and so on under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine masters.
"We're making lemon mint tea. The flesh of lemon is juicy, the smell is fragrant, and it has the effect of promoting digestion, quenching thirst, etc., suitable for people with iron deficiency anemia, dry mouth, vitamin deficiency, etc., another raw material - peppermint, clearing heat and detoxifying. We combine lemon with mint and add the right amount of rock sugar to not only taste fresh, but also refreshing and cool off. The students who participated in the production of Chinese herbal tea introduced the efficacy of lemon mint tea.
In addition, the students also made Chinese herbal medicine bags, Chinese herbal photo paper stickers, Chinese herbal paper kites, etc.
Qin Jimei, principal of Chongqing Yubei District Duxin Experimental School, said: In order to enable children to better inherit the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, the school uses the model of "big classroom + small club" to promote the construction of the school's characteristic art and labor courses to ensure the normalization of the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine culture. Through the integration of disciplines, we will promote diversified theme activities, such as: "Nature Notes" with the theme of plants in traditional Chinese medicine, and cultivate planting labor skills, scientific observation of plant growth, language expression ability, art painting ability while learning Chinese medicine. In addition, relying on the practice of "on-campus + off-campus", we will enhance the sustainability of TCM cultural inheritance and the joint force of education.
In this activity, the classroom was moved from the campus to nature, so that students could not only feel the magic of nature, but also truly feel the charm of Chinese medicine culture.
Upstream news reporter Xu Qin intern Zhi Yining Photo courtesy of the organizer