In summer, the scorching sun is a good time for "winter disease and summer treatment". The treatment of winter diseases and summer diseases follows the principle of "treating the disease before it is cured" in the "Neijing", and according to the theory of "nourishing yang in spring and summer", through internal administration of traditional Chinese medicine and acupoint compresses.
Wen Li, chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanghai Medical University Hospital, introduced that in addition to the prevention of diseases before they occur, another important function of "winter disease and summer treatment" is to prevent the occurrence of existing diseases, that is, to reduce the number of diseases and reduce the symptoms of patients. Summer is the golden period of nourishing the lungs, it is the highest temperature time of the year, the yang energy in nature is the most abundant, and the yang energy in the human body is also the most abundant.
What is "winter disease and summer treatment"?
The so-called "winter disease and summer treatment" refers to an off-season natural treatment for some diseases that are easy to be caused by cold attacks, and in the summer when the disease is relatively relieved, appropriate treatment and nourishment methods are adopted to prevent or reduce the onset of diseases or even eradicate them.
According to the theories of traditional Chinese medicine such as "spring and summer yang", "harmony between heaven and man", "treatment of diseases at the right time", and "treatment of diseases without treatment", the use of "Futian" when the disease has not occurred, through drugs, dressings and other treatment methods, to remove the conditions (main causes or triggers) that must occur, can regulate the function of the human body's internal organs and yang, and enhance the ability to resist diseases.
However, not everyone is suitable for "winter disease and summer treatment", for pregnant women, people with serious cardiopulmonary diseases, people who are allergic to drugs, people with blisters or boils on the skin and broken skin, patients with disease attacks (such as fever, coughing and wheezing, etc.), even if they have the above indications, they need to be carefully evaluated, otherwise they may aggravate the condition or cause other symptoms.
Which respiratory diseases are suitable for winter and summer treatment?
Including chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic cough, variant cough, etc.
Some patients feel that their cough and wheezing seem to have decreased in the summer, but it does not mean that your condition is better. That's because the temperature rises in summer, the body's internal organs function the most yang, and the respiratory tract is also in a state of expansion and relaxation, covering up the attack of coughing and wheezing.
Director Wen Li said that if we don't seize this good opportunity of "winter disease and summer treatment", when the autumn wind is together and the cold returns, our body will once again fall into the predicament of "the old cold has not gone, and a new cold has been added".
Treatments for winter diseases and summer treatments
According to Director Wen Li, the treatment methods mainly include acupoint application, acupoint injection, acupoint embedding, moxibustion, cupping, internal decoction, etc. Acupoint application and acupoint injection are the most widely used methods for the treatment of winter diseases and summer diseases.
1穴位敷贴
Before and after the dog days, the drug is applied to the treatment acupuncture points, and the method of continuous ion infiltration into the stimulation of the acupuncture points and the treatment effect is called acupoint dressing, also commonly known as "three dog patches", through the benign stimulation of the acupuncture points, the drug continues to act on the body, stimulates the cerebral cortex to the regulation of autonomic nerves, and the functional activities of various tissues can be improved after drug absorption, and most patients have different degrees of improvement in physical fitness after treatment, and enhance immune function.
2. Acupuncture point injection
The method of continuously stimulating the meridian qi and exerting the synergistic effect of acupuncture and medicine by injecting the injection of Wenyang blood and qi replenishing medicine into a specific acupuncture point is called acupoint injection. Acupoint injection strengthens the synergistic effect of needles, acupoints and medicines, enhances the sense of needles, prolongs the action time, and improves the efficacy.