Introduction: In July, people often "not sick from the heat but from the cold", which is probably to blame for the air conditioning. So, what is the evidence of air conditioning disease in Chinese medicine? What is the rationale for the treatment of Da Qing Long Tang? Find out from the story below
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The Great Green Dragon Wen ScatterIng Method as a Rain Dragon Rising
This summer, it was enough to be strong, the high temperature was followed by a torrential rain, and the sudden heat after the sudden rain, under the steaming of the summer humidity, all kinds of plants in the courtyard grew freely: the climbing wall tiger was like a roller painting the wall, quickly pushing the verdant upstairs; the branches of the grapes crisscrossed on the shelves, stretching freely. Qinghe came back from the hospital department and walked below, looking up at this scene, and felt that it was in line with the words of the "Inner Classic" "Summer and March, this is called The Show, the Heaven and earth are intertwined, and all things are real".
When I arrived at the consultation room, I saw that Teacher Zhang was examining the pulse of a patient. It was a boy of sixteen or seventeen, of a strong physique, sitting there, restless, shaking his head and sighing, his feet rubbing back and forth. The middle-aged woman behind him, who should be his mother, is narrating the illness on his behalf.
Complaint: Fever for half a day.
Medical history: more than 10 a.m., just played football, that is, go home to turn on the air conditioner to cool, the temperature is adjusted at 18 ° C, standing in front of the air conditioner for more than ten minutes, feeling hot in the afternoon.
Present symptoms: fever, 39.8 ° C, no sweat, irritability, limb soreness, pulse tightness, reddish tongue, thin white moss.
Teacher Zhang said, "I think this is a more typical Daqinglong soup certificate, which can be written in the original recipe: ephedra 12 grams, guizhi 4 grams, licorice 5 grams, almonds 6 grams, gypsum 12 grams." Probably just pay for it. ”
Teacher Zhang handed the formula to them: "Put a few slices of ginger and a few dates when frying the medicine, and sweat after taking the medicine, but don't blow the air conditioner like that anymore." ”
After the patient left, Qinghe said, "This patient reminds me of a medical case using Daqinglong soup: in the hot summer, there was a place in Hebei that resisted drought and drilled a well, and a farmer originally pulled soil upwards on the well, and the whole body was sweating so hot that it was poured like washing." Later, it was changed to dig the soil down the well, and the cold in the deep well was compelling, and the hot sweat was completely eliminated when it was boarded. At that time, although I felt refreshed, I could get sick immediately after returning home, and if I proved that the Big Green Dragon Soup Certificate was, I was cured with this recipe. ”
Teacher Zhang recalled another case, "He poured cold water on himself when he sweated heavily in the summer, although he was not sick at the time, he did not sweat since then, and Western medicine diagnosed it as "sweat gland occlusion", and multiple treatments were ineffective. Although it was hot when he came to see the doctor, he did not sweat, his whole body was protruding from sweat holes, his heart was irritable, and his head was hot. I prescribed him a big green dragon soup, and the first time I took it, I did not sweat, but my body was hot and irritable. He called, I asked him to continue taking the medicine, and after taking the medicine for more than twenty minutes, his head began to sweat, and gradually his whole body sweated, and the illness has since gotten better. ”
"Teacher Zhang, I see that the experience of these three people is similar, don't care whether it is the cold air of the air conditioner, the cold air of the deep well, or the cold water poured on the body, the sudden decrease in the ambient temperature is the same."
"Yes, although the three are different, their cold ones are also." The cold lord receives the introduction, the temperature plummets, which leads to the occlusion of the hair trick, the internal heat cannot be dispersed, and it is bound to be depressed and the disease occurs, so 'not sweating and irritability' should be the dialectical point of the great green dragon soup, that is, the dialectical 'eye' of the commentators in the "Typhoid Fever". ”
Teacher Zhang continued: "Because such patients feel cold more severely, they use ephedra soup and ephedra to double the amount to become a fierce agent for warm sweating and cold; and then because there is depression in it, gypsum is added to clear the heat." After taking the drug, the patient sweats, and the depression is removed, such as the green dragon ascending to heaven and making rain, and when the rain is poured, the heavens and the earth are refreshed, so it is called 'Big Green Dragon Soup'. Yu Jiayan of the Qing Dynasty commented on the Great Qinglong Soup and said: "The heavens and the earth are steaming, and the rain is harmonious; when people are irritable, they are sweated." 'Chinese medicine pays special attention to the correspondence between heaven and man, and many treatment methods are inspired by natural phenomena, so it may be easier to understand when encountering problems and being related to natural phenomena. ”
Qinghe said, "According to the teacher, the hotter the day I analyze, the more eager people are to seek cold and cold, and the corresponding behavior is more intense, such as the temperature of the air conditioner is too low, and the cold water is flushed, so that the greater the possibility of getting sick." ”
"Your analysis is reasonable." Teacher Zhang nodded his head in approval, "In the hot summer season, it is caused by cold, since ancient times, because of people's temperament, there is not much difference between ancient and modern." It is human nature to cool off in the summer, but modern air conditioning and other equipment have contributed to the onset of this disease. ”
"Then the ancient healers must have discussed this, right?" Qinghe asked.
"Not only is there, but it is also very profound. For example, the Ming Dynasty physician Zhang Jiebin called such diseases 'Yin Xia'. He said, 'Those who are in the heat of the summer are also those who suffer from the heat, and the disease is fever, headache, no sweat, cold, tight body, sore limbs, and so on.' According to his observation, the cause is that people are 'afraid of the heat and the cold, do not avoid the cold', although there was no air conditioning at that time, but the ancients also had other methods of cooling, 'or in the deep hall building, or in the wind and the earth tree yin, or in the cold and hot, not carefully clothed, so that the cold and evil attacked on the muscle surface', resulting in yin and heat. ”
"It seems that not only air conditioning, but also the improper application of other cooling methods can also lead to heat." Qinghe said.
"Therefore, Zhang Jiebin thought at that time that 'where there is a disease of summer and sun, summer is rare, and yin and summer are eight or nine', which is the result of his analysis from the likes and dislikes of people's feelings. He said: 'Those who are forced by the heat of the summer are afraid and avoidable, but there are fewer offenders who can be avoided; those who attack people in the cold are fast and ignorant, and those who do not know are many offenders.' ’”
"It seems that it is not unreasonable for the ancients to say, 'If there is pleasure in the front, it will also hurt at the end', and this is exactly what this patient just did." So how does TCM think the summer season should be avoided? Qinghe asked.
"Our Chinese medicine pays attention to the corresponding nature and man, conforms to the changes of heaven and earth, does not violate the heavens, and does not reverse the time." Contrary to the convergence and sealing of the two seasons of autumn and winter, summer is the season of rising and evacuating, it should be adapted to this season, and it is necessary to get its qi at that time, which is what the "Suwen Four Qi Theory" says , 'no tired of the sun', the heat must be subjected to a little heat, the sweat will get sweat, and even a little sweat, 'make the gas vent', it is beneficial to the body, but this does not mean that the summer can not take cooling measures, let its high temperature heat stroke, the key is to pay attention to grasping a degree when adjusting the temperature, the heat does not cause the sun and heat, the cold does not cause heat. ”
"With the bias of cold, the bias of heat, and the offset of the two biases, you can spend the summer safely." If you are greedy for cold, it may lead to the imbalance of yin and yang in the body, not biased towards heat but cool, not sick from summer but cold, becoming a disease of yin and summer. For the patient's bias, it is necessary to correct the bias of the drug. Because the body is cold and cold, it is corrected with the hot big green dragon soup. After taking the Great Green Dragon Soup, the evil of yin and cold was expelled, the deviation of the body was corrected, the yin and yang were restored to balance, and the illness was better. ”
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