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What is the treatment of winter disease in summer?
Simply put, winter disease often refers to the disease of wind and cold in winter; Summer treatment, that is, using the rise of yang in summer, can relieve the skin and eliminate cold evil.
In summer, the yang is rising, the human meridians are accessible, and cold pathogens are hidden inside. Choosing this opportunity to treat some diseases belonging to deficiency-cold has the functions of strengthening yang and improving the body's resistance;
On the other hand, it can treat colds with yang to the maximum extent, and play a role in treating both the symptoms and root causes, preventing diseases and protecting health.
To make a metaphor, treating winter diseases in summer is actually the same as controlling water:
When the flood came (when the winter disease broke out), everyone was busy draining water. Will you be all right as soon as the flood goes away? No, when the flood recedes (Xia Dong is in remission), everyone needs to reinforce the washed-out riverbank. It is to strengthen one's internal strength when the enemy and external forces are not coming. This is the truth of treating winter diseases in summer.
Are those symptoms suitable for treating winter diseases in summer?
The so-called "winter disease" refers to some chronic diseases that are easy to attack or worsen in winter. This kind of disease has two characteristics: one is repeated attacks, and the other is that winter is heavy and summer is light.
Clinically, summer treatment of winter diseases is most commonly used for respiratory diseases, such as chronic cough, asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis, pharyngitis, recurrent respiratory infections, allergic rhinitis and other diseases.
In addition to respiratory diseases, other problems caused by cold and dampness are also suitable for treating winter diseases in summer, such as:
Digestive system diseases-chronic gastritis, ulcer, chronic diarrhea, chronic enteritis, gastrointestinal dysfunction and other spleen and stomach deficiency and cold problems.
All kinds of pains-rheumatoid arthritis, cervical spondylosis, shoulder discomfort, tennis elbow, cold pain in waist and legs, lumbar muscle strain, sciatica, knee arthritis, etc.
Gynecological problems-irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum headache, confinement cold, etc.
Adjustment of sub-health state-such as yang deficiency, qi deficiency, sub-health fatigue, physical weakness, low immunity, etc.
Why is winter disease treated in summer?
The principle of treating winter diseases in summer in TCM includes two aspects:
One is the theory of "attacking evil". Summer is in midsummer, which is an excellent opportunity to drive away cold evil in the body.
Zhang Zhongjing put forward in Treatise on Febrile Diseases: "If you want to solve the sun disease, you will not get up. It's three o'clock in the afternoon, which is noon for a day and summer for a year.
Summer is the season when yang flourishes and yin declines, and it is also the time when the human body is full of yang, and the cold in the body is in a state of easy solution. "Cold is heat", which is in line with the therapeutic principle of traditional Chinese medicine.
Second, the theory of hiding yang, spring and summer are yang, which is a good time to hide yang in the body.
It is mentioned in Neijing that "Yang is nourished in spring and summer, and Yin is nourished in autumn and winter", and the yang in nature is most abundant in summer. Due to the corresponding relationship between man and nature, man is induced by yang in nature, and proper TCM conditioning can make yang fail.
Hot compress helps yang, which is the driving force of life.
Fuyang literally means Fuyang, so what is Yang?
Speaking of yang, we have to mention the holistic view of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, the unity of man and nature. Man is a product of nature, and the generation and maintenance of human life, the generation and treatment of diseases are all influenced by natural laws.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the theory describing this holistic view is the theory of yin and yang and five elements, which is actually the change of human energy. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, energy is yang, yang is the meaning of people, and supporting yang is the meaning of helping people.
Therefore, the treatment of winter diseases in summer can not only protect and improve the healthy qi of human body, but also dredge blood circulation and meridians, and expel evil spirits from the body. The two complement each other and are the most suitable.