In traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney is the innate foundation, and the spleen and stomach are the source of acquired biochemistry.
We get the innate qi from our parents, which is determined from birth, and as for the later ones, it depends on our spleen and stomach, because the acquired material sources are mainly absorbed by the spleen and stomach.
The spleen and stomach belong to the earth, located in the center, because of the intersection of yin and yang, between the turbidity, also known as the middle qi, in the circulation of the body's qi machine, the spleen qi of the middle qi rises, the stomach qi falls, a rise and a fall makes the circle of the operation have a power.
On the contrary, if the spleen and stomach are weak, there will be problems in the lifting of the qi machine. Therefore, many problems in the body can start from regulating the spleen and stomach, as the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" says: "If you have stomach qi, you will live, and if you don't have stomach qi, you will die." ”
Let's take a look at a medical case: the patient is 45 years old, not functional, unable to finish, but has a strong idea.
In addition, it is also accompanied by other symptoms: poor physical strength, heat at the top and chills at the bottom, cold waist and legs, mouth ulcers, emotional anxiety, lack of concentration and other problems.
Later, I asked carefully, the patient had the habit of mobile games since he was young, so the conditioning idea of seeing a doctor before was: mobile games damaged kidney qi, so he started by tonifying the kidney, so he prescribed a bunch of kidney tonic drugs, such as epimedium and Morinda officinalis, etc., which were very large, but the effect was average.
What is this misunderstanding? The medicine that tonifies the kidney can also aphrodisiac, but the result is that the false fire is floating and reckless, and it is getting worse and worse.
So what is my train of thought?
These symptoms are due to the ignorance of youth, which disrupts the operation of qi in the body, and does not exercise in a regular way, so it is best to start with the spleen and stomach.
I used Zhang Zhongjing's [Cinnamon Keel Oyster Soup], with cinnamon branches, peony, ginger, jujube, licorice, keel, oysters, and then add starch syrup, what's the mystery?
I call this recipe hot and sour soup, and it has a little sweetness. Just like in life, if you have a bad appetite, just eat sour and spicy appetizers, the recipe is the same reason:
Among them, ginger and cinnamon branches are spicy, which can reconcile the camp and guard, and the spicy medicine diverges outward, which is upward, and can raise the yang energy.
Peony is sour, acidic glycosides benefit yin, sour medicinal properties downward, is to the inside, can be collected and replenished, can make up for the energy of the spleen and stomach, "Yellow Emperor Neijing" said that "sour bitterness gushes into yin";
Licorice, jujube, and caramel are sweet, and the sweetness enters the spleen, which can be used to replenish the spleen and stomach, and metabolize qi and blood.
In this way, there is yin and yang, there is rise and fall, there is collection and release, and as soon as the qi flowes, the body will slowly recover.
Later, in a short period of time, the physique has been comprehensively improved, a total of less than 2 courses of treatment, all the symptoms have disappeared, the function has also improved a lot, and the whole person has become very sunny during the follow-up.