Winter is a good time to supplement, these days a variety of ointment sales are very hot, what blueberry paste, mulberry paste, autumn pear paste, sour date kernel paste, these are really ointments? Will it have an effect after taking it? In order for everyone not to be deceived, let's talk about ointment today?
The ointment is one of the 8 major dosage forms of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is generally divided into internal and external use in the use method. External use of dog skin paste, ointment, babu cream, etc. as a representative, internal ointment is more, such as our cough commonly used Chuanbei loquat paste, licorice flow extract, this type of ointment has the effect of exorcism, the number of flavors of traditional Chinese medicine is relatively small.
And the people often say that the winter cream party refers to the Traditional Chinese medicine health cream, it is one of the ointments, we call it "ointment", usually composed of 20 to 30 flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, made of semi-fluid form, is an oral ointment that is conditioned or treated according to different physiques.
■ Good taste, easy to adhere to for a long time;
■ Long storage time, generally refrigerator refrigeration can be stored for 2 to 3 months;
■ Mild efficacy, mainly for slow supplementation, suitable for long-term use.
At the same time, ordinary Chinese medicine decoctions, mostly for the fundamental purpose of treatment, the prescription of "supplements" type of Chinese medicine is less, the cream is a combination of "treatment" and "nourishment", taking the cream is to make up for its deficiencies, to remove its surplus, and to achieve the balance of yin and yang, fully embodies the idea of Chinese medicine "cure the disease". Many creams also add honey, ejiao, deer horn gum and other colloidal ingredients, and the power of nourishment is more significant.
The production of the cream is in strict accordance with the principle of Traditional Chinese Medicine, not all the ointments are ointments, the ointment is first of all a medicine, not food, nor health food, and these ointments made of a single fruit can only be called health foods.
Chinese medicine pays attention to the homology of medicine and food, and long-term use of mulberry and autumn pear can also achieve the effect of tonifying the kidneys and moisturizing the lungs, but first of all, it depends on whether this food is suitable for you. After all, the amount accumulated in daily consumption is not small, and if it does not match the physical condition, it may even have a counter-effect.
Blueberry balm
Cool, sweet and sour, belongs to black food, corresponding to the kidneys and bones, often eaten has the effect of tonifying kidneys and strengthening bones. At the same time, modern nutrition analysis, blueberries are rich in polyphenols, anthocyanins and flavonoids, anti-aging, antioxidant, alleviate senile memory decline.
Mulberry cream
Sweet and cold, it is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that mulberries are eaten single-orderly, quench thirst, benefit the five visceral joints, pass the blood, take it for a long time without hunger, calm the soul and calm the gods; mash the juice and drink, relieve the poison of alcohol; brew wine, and reduce swelling with water vapor. It has the effect of tonifying blood and nourishing yin, and moisturizing and drying.
Autumn pear paste
Pear taste sweet, slightly acidic, cool, with the effect of quenching thirst, clearing heat and lowering fire, nourishing yin and moisturizing lungs, coughing and phlegm. Jiang Shen told reporters that unlike blueberry paste and mulberry paste, there is indeed a cream made of autumn pear in history, which is called "autumn pear paste". According to legend, it was made by a Taoist priest for Tang Wuzong Li Yan's treatment, and its formula was cut from the "Autumn Pear Honey Cream" in the "Materia Medica Seeking Origin", and it was made of 9 flavors of Traditional Chinese medicine such as tender lotus root, autumn pear, red jujube, mai dong, Sichuan shellfish, and mint, to treat symptoms such as yin deficiency and fire, dry mouth and throat, cough and long blood gargling.
With the advent of the Internet era, more and more people like to try to search for materials and try to make creams at home.
This is not scientific, although the use of some classic creams is clearly documented, but there is a jargon in the production of traditional Chinese medicine , "six separate square four-point system", the cream production process depends on the quality of the cream. The production of the paste is more complicated, has a specific procedure, and should strictly follow the operation process.
For example, insufficient soaking of medicinal materials or poor control of heat before decoction will cause the coking of the paste; honey or sugar is not refined in advance to lead to sand return; the grinding of medicinal materials is not fine enough, and the appearance of teeth when eating will affect the efficacy and taste.
Therefore, in the process of soaking, decoction, precipitation, filtering, concentrating, frying and blending, ointment, packaging, and cold ointment made of paste, each step is very exquisite, and it is completely impossible to make it at home.
The formulation of the ointment formula follows the dialectical treatment degree, has the procedures of theory, law, prescription and medicine, and according to the different characteristics of the individual's physique, there are different emphases of "tonifying qi, replenishing blood, supplementing yin, and replenishing yang". The cream supplement is like spring rain, the time is long, the effect is slow, the moisturizer is silent, so the doctor must be careful, the legislation strives to be smooth, so that one person and one side, from person to person.
Winter cream market is hot, supplement is not only the patent of the elderly, some young people, especially the white-collar class, due to the fast pace of work, life pressure, but also join the supplement team, cream has become a good variety of supplements.
Nowadays, online shopping has become the main shopping method for young people, and they can send what they need to home without leaving home, so some "thousand people's cream recipe" has also come into being.
But these mass-produced and sold pastes are not scientific. Chinese medicine cream pays attention to "one person and one furnace", and each person's physique varies according to age, environment, living habits, etc., so the choice of prescription drugs also varies from person to person.
"Thousand people cream" is prone to adverse reactions, in the clinic it is common for patients to have chest tightness, dizziness, vomiting, loss of appetite and other symptoms after taking supplements in winter.
The cream pays attention to the "overall concept, comprehensive conditioning; dialectical treatment, strong pertinence", taking the cream is different from the general drug treatment, and the cream pays more attention to comprehensive and overall conditioning.
Experienced Chinese medicine practitioners will ask and diagnose patients in detail, look, smell, ask and cut four diagnostic ginseng, and prescribe a cream for the patient's individual characteristics based on the past medical history and physical status, so that the cream is highly targeted and has good effect.
■ Qi deficiency people, the cream is mainly to tonify and rejuvenate;
■ Yang deficiency population, the cream is mainly sweet and warm Yang;
■ Yin deficiency population, the cream is mainly based on ganhan yin;
■ Phlegm wet population, the cream is mainly based on healthy spleen phlegm and wet water;
■ Humid and hot people, the cream is mostly inappropriate, if there is insufficient qi and blood conditioning, it is advisable to match the heat and detoxification of moist and turbid products;
■ For people with blood scabs, the cream should be combined in the use of qi and blood circulation products;
■ For people with depressed qi, the cream should be combined in the use of hepatic qi and depressive drugs;
■ Special quality crowd, cream conditioning should be combined with the use of wind dissipation, jade screen wind dispersion, in order to improve the qi solidity table, and camp to dispel the wind.
The cream is suitable for people who have different degrees of loss of yin and yang qi and blood in the human body and need nourishment, mainly including the following 4 types:
■ Sub-healthy population. People who usually have no chronic diseases, but are prone to colds, long-term fatigue or excessive stress burdens, resulting in physical weakness, need to use creams to balance yin and yang;
■ Elderly population. Physical weakness, lack of energy, the need to slowly replenish and reconcile qi and blood;
■ Chronic disease patients. People who are already stable or sick for a long time and are weak in the whole body, or who consolidate the curative effect to enhance their physique, take an ointment to achieve the effect of correcting and dispelling evil. However, patients with chronic diseases are not recommended to take the cream during the onset period;
■ Rehabilitated patients. For example, after surgery, after bleeding, after serious illness, and after childbirth, people with extremely weak bodies should cultivate the five internal organs and strengthen their bodies.
At the same time, the cream is a medicine, which is a three-point poison and is not suitable for healthy people. For the vast majority of children are also not suitable, one is that under normal circumstances, children do not need to take the cream with sufficient qi and blood, and the other is because the child is in the development stage, and eating the cream will interfere with the harmony of their own yin and yang.
The cream tastes better and should also pay attention to the amount of it. In the process of eating the cream, we should pay attention to observing the situation of stool, eating, sleeping, dry mouth, stool, etc., for example, after taking the cream, you can't eat, that is, the cream is too supplemental, greasy, spleen and stomach can not digest. Because the cream is taken for a long time, if you find these problems, you must seek medical attention and adjust them in time.
■ Those with good spleen and stomach function can be taken before meals, and those with poor spleen and stomach function can be taken after meals;
■ In case of fever, diarrhea, menstrual cramps, etc., take it temporarily;
■ When there are ginseng, astragalus and other tonic creams, you should avoid eating raw radish, because radish is a product that breaks the gas.
■ When taking the ointment, it is generally not advisable to drink the ointment with tea, because the tea can be antidote and affect the curative effect, and you can drink tea after taking half an hour.
■ In case of cold, fever, injury, food and diarrhea, etc., it should be temporarily suspended, and then resumed after the above acute diseases are cured, so as not to "stay behind closed doors".
Ointment was originally the role of ancient imperial doctors in treating diseases, making up for deficiencies and supporting the health care needs of the imperial relatives and nobles. These classic creams embody the wisdom of many doctors in the past and become the basic prescription for doctors to prescribe medicines.
Turtle deer two immortal cream
■ Suitable for people with deficiency of qi and blood, long-term illness and infirmity
As a tonic medicine with a long history, turtle deer two immortal cream has a variety of dosage forms, such as turtle deer two immortal glue, turtle deer two immortal pills, turtle deer two immortal oral liquid, etc., especially in the form of cream is the most famous. The tortoise deer two immortal cream was first recorded in the Ming Dynasty's "Medical Examination", which can benefit the qi and nourish the gods, and cure all kinds of false losses.
It is composed of turtle plate glue, deer antler glue, ginseng, and goji berries, and the main medicines are turtle board and deer antlers. Quan can produce essence, improve qi, nourish blood, and provide a tonic for those who are deficient in qi and blood and have been sick and weak for a long time. However, the turtle deer two immortal cream is not a "fairy elixir" that is suitable for everyone, and it needs to be dialectical before use. Turtle glue and deer glue are products that nourish the stomach and hinder the stomach, and people with weak spleen and stomach should not take it.
Two instruments of paste
■ Tonic Qi and Blood Beauty Products
Originated from the Ming Dynasty's "Jingyue Quanshu", the main treatment to replenish qi and blood. It is used for unpretentious complexion, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, thinness and shortness of breath, and is commonly used as an essential ointment for harem concubines. Take 120 to 250 grams of ginseng 500 grams of large ripe ground, soak in 3.7 liters of sweet water or long flowing water overnight, and fry the thick juice over a mulberry fire. If the taste is not exhausted, then fry the juice with 0.5 to 1 liter of water, and boil it slightly thicker, put it into a porcelain jar, boil the heavy soup into a paste, and add 120 to 250 grams of real white honey to collect the paste. For patients with strained cough and phlegm, 120 grams of mother-in-law can be added.
Tonic balm
■ Big supplement Zhenyuan Middle-aged and elderly people are the favorite
Originated from the Ming Dynasty famous doctor Sun Yikui's "Red Water Xuanzhu", the main treatment of weakness and fatigue. It is composed of 29 flavored herbs such as yellow essence, yam, huaidihuang, cooked yellow, tiandong, maidong, lotus meat, jushengzi, bai ziren, etc., with many medicinal tastes, rigorous composition and compatibility, which is a representative formula of traditional Chinese medicine ointment. He was deeply loved by Empress Dowager Cisheng of the Ming Dynasty, Empress Dowager Ci'an of the Qing Dynasty, and Empress Dowager Cixi.
But "winter supplement" is mainly aimed at people with weak constitutions. As the saying goes, "medicine is not as good as food supplement, food supplement is not as good as heart supplement", if our body is originally very good, work and rest are more regular, then there is no need to deliberately supplement. Eating lamb and beef in winter can also achieve the effect of supplementation, which is more suitable for healthy people. For example, people who are afraid of cold can drink more astragalus angelica lamb soup, and especially those who are afraid of cold can add a small amount of attached tablets.
We also call the anointing formula anointing, and the word "nourishment" has two meanings. One is the meaning of nourishing oil, which means that the cream made is mellow and shiny. The second layer means that the cream should be moisturized and smooth, and the remedy should not be left evil. "It's like the hooves we eat well, fat and not greasy." Jiang Said that the state has strict standards for indicators such as density, insoluble matter, loading capacity, microbial limits, water content, viscosity and ointment rate of the paste, but these are difficult to judge with the naked eye, and the simpler way to judge is to see, smell and taste.
■ The appearance of the paste enticant should be free of burnt odor, peculiar smell, sugar-free crystallization, the surface should be delicate, black, glossy, suitable consistency, no foam on the surface, and sugar-free crystal precipitation, no "sand return" phenomenon;
■ Nasal smell: authentic processing, excellent quality cream, gas with medicinal aroma, no burnt odor;
■ Taste: Its taste is smooth and moist, and solid particles must not be tasted in the mouth (except for walnuts and sesame seeds).