TCM health guide

Traditional Chinese medicine health care has never been a standardized process of drinking Internet celebrity health tea, taking a nap, and taking expensive supplements. The core essence is 8 words-accommodating nature and responding to people, correcting deviations and making up for shortcomings. All health care methods that are divorced from your personal constitution and living habits are in vain, and may even harm the body.

Last week, I had a consultation with Dr. Zhang from the community hospital. I met a little girl who was born in 1995. She posted a short video saying that red bean and barley water can help reduce edema. Her face was swollen when she woke up in the morning and her legs were swollen after get off work. She drank it with a thermos bottle for three months. The swelling did not go away much. Instead, she had diarrhea every day, and her face was as yellow as gray. Dr. Zhang's pulse was very heavy and her tongue was covered with white coating. She has a typical cold-damp constitution. Red beans and barley are cold in nature. This is equivalent to pouring cold water on her body even though she was not wearing enough clothes. It's strange that she can get better. If you ask an old doctor from the typhoid fever school, the first sentence will definitely tell you to stop all cool things and boil ginger and jujube water every day to bring up the yang energy first. ； But if you ask a doctor who treats febrile diseases, he may add a little poria and fried malt for you, in case you have replenished the accumulated heat. Both solutions are effective, but the angle of approach is different. No one is right or wrong.

I met a business owner a while ago. He heard that donkey-hide gelatin can replenish qi and blood, so he asked someone to buy a good quality donkey-hide gelatin. He took a spoonful of it every day and drank it. After drinking it for less than half a month, he had three nosebleeds and his blood pressure soared. When I came over to see him, he had a phlegm-damp constitution, a big belly and a round waist. He usually drank white wine and ate fat. He couldn't get rid of the garbage in his body. I still remember what Dr. Zhang told him at that time: "Health care is not about eating expensive foods, but about eating the right ones. Drinking white porridge for three days to clear your stomach is more effective than taking supplements worth 30,000 yuan." ”

When it comes to work and rest, many people have the stereotype that to maintain good health according to traditional Chinese medicine, you have to go to bed early and get up early, and you must lie down and take a nap before 11 o'clock. I believed this before. During that time, I forced myself to lie in bed at 10 o'clock every day. I tossed and turned until 1 o'clock and couldn't fall asleep. Instead, I had a splitting headache the next day. Later, I asked a teacher who conducts sleep research in traditional Chinese medicine. They said how can it be so rigid? If you are a natural "night person" and you usually go to work from afternoon to evening and you are more efficient. As long as you go to bed at 1 o'clock and wake up at 9 o'clock every day, get enough 7-8 hours of sleep, and get enough deep sleep, it will be better than lying in bed every day. Of course, there is also controversy here. Many old-school doctors do believe that it is necessary to sleep at midnight, which is the period from 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock. They say that the gallbladder meridian is in effect at this time, and not sleeping will damage the courage. Both views are here. You can try it yourself. If you go to bed at 11 o'clock and feel comfortable the next day, go to bed at 11 o'clock. If you lie down at 11 o'clock and cannot fall asleep until 1 o'clock, but feel anxious, then it is better to let nature take its course and adjust to your own comfortable rhythm.

Oh, by the way, ordinary people don’t have to worry about not knowing how to identify syndromes. I have consulted with many veteran Chinese medicine doctors and there are two easy-to-use methods that don’t require memorizing complicated theories. One is to feel your pulse. Don't do anything when you get up in the morning. Sit and feel the pulse on your wrist. If it beats faster than usual and your mouth feels dry and bitter, then don't eat spicy food, drink ginger tea, or touch barbecue recently, and eat more refreshing foods like pears and winter melon. ； If your pulse beats slowly and your hands and feet feel cold to the touch, don't drink iced milk tea or nibble on the iced watermelon just taken out of the refrigerator. Boil some ginger brown sugar water and drink it twice and you'll feel better. The other is to look at the stool. If the stool sticks to the toilet and cannot be flushed out after two or three flushes, then don't eat sweet or oily foods recently, eat more whole grains, and walk for half an hour every day. It will be more effective than any dehumidification medicine you take.

A lot of people were arguing on the Internet before, asking whether Chinese medicine does not allow air conditioners to be used? I have seen Dr. Li from the typhoid fever sect. He is almost 70 and does not turn on the air conditioner at home in the summer. He only uses a fan to blow on him. He said that in the summer, he has to sweat to bring out the cold evil in the body. He does this and is indeed in good health. In the winter, he only wears single pants. ； But I also know a doctor Wang who is a febrile patient. He turns on the air conditioner at 26 degrees in summer. He said that as long as you don't face the wind blowing and don't rush into the air-conditioned room when you are sweating, you will be fine and people rarely catch a cold. Look, where is the standard answer? If you feel comfortable when blowing the air conditioner and don't have headaches or nasal congestion, then blow it. If you feel joint pain or diarrhea when the air conditioner blows on, then blow it less. Follow your body's feelings. You are more accurate than anyone else.

To be honest, calling it a "book" sounds mysterious. In fact, what are the secrets of traditional Chinese medicine for health care? To put it bluntly, it is the saying passed down from our ancestors: "Eat well, sleep well, and don't screw with yourself." Don't blindly follow the online health posts every day. Drink this tea today and take that pill tomorrow. Your own body is more honest than all doctors. You can follow what you eat to feel comfortable, how long you sleep to feel refreshed, and what exercises you do to make you happy. This is the health regimen that is best for you.