How to pass wind, cold and damp closed meridians

Lidong is the nineteenth of the twenty-four festivals of the year, the calendar records: “the bucket refers to the northwest dimension for the Lidong, winter is also the end, the time of the Lidong, everything finally into, so the name Lidong also.” The arrival of the winter means the beginning of winter and the collection of all things to avoid the cold. According to Chinese medicine, “cold is a yin evil, easy to hurt the yang energy.” At this time, the old and weak, easy to feel the wind and cold of the evil attack, dissipate Yang Qi, thus inducing a variety of diseases, must not be prevented. Case: seventy-year-old leg difficult to walk, turn to seek medical treatment finally healed “life seventy years old”, coupled with children and grandchildren, Zhang is usually smiling, every morning will go to the park to play taijiquan, pay great attention to the body, but also rarely sick. The left side of the thigh is swollen and painful for no reason, and the pain is even worse when you move around, and the next day you can’t even walk, so your daughter pushed the wheelchair and took him to the hospital. The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the website. The doctor noticed that the bags under his eyes were edematous, his lips were pale red, he had a painful expression, his voice was weak, he stretched his tongue and found that his tongue was light and dark, and his pulse was sunken and thin. The doctor’s analysis: wind, cold and dampness blocking the meridians. The doctor believes that the pain in Zhang’s legs is mainly due to wind, cold and dampness blocking the meridians and joints, the meridians are not conducive to each other and blood stasis, the disease evil deep in the tendons and veins and swelling of the limbs with pain, the first step in treatment should focus on opening the channels, so that the evil has a way out. The first step of treatment should be to open the channels so that the evil can get out. For the treatment, we used Fangqi, Datura, Chuanjiapi to dispel wind and relieve pain, promote water retention and reduce swelling; Half Fenghe and Lulutong to dispel wind and remove dampness and activate the channels; Tao Ren, Hong Hua and Panax notoginseng to activate blood and remove stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain. After 7 doses of herbal medicine, the swelling and pain subsided significantly at the follow-up consultation. Uncle Te then reduced the wind dispelling and dampness removing products in the prescription, and added cinnamon stick, fine pungent and other products to warm the Yang through the meridians. Two weeks later, Zhang’s leg pain was cured. Prevention: moxibustion Shen Que point Winter is the season when the sky is cold and the earth is chaparral, all the trees are withered, the vitality is latent and hidden, the body’s yang energy is also latent inside with the transformation of nature. The doctor recommended that Zhang insist on moxibustion for the Shen Que point in winter, 1-2 times a day, 10-20 minutes each time, to the extent of local slight red. The Shen Que point is located in the umbilicus, according to Chinese medicine, the elderly Yang Qi deficiency, the true essence of exhaustion is particularly suitable for moxibustion here, long-term moxibustion has a warming Yang, spleen and stomach, prolonging the life of the effect. Papaya double beans with carp Ingredients: 1 carp (weighing about 750 grams), 1 half-cooked papaya (weighing about 750 grams), 50 grams of red beans, 50 grams of eyebrow beans, 15 grams of codonopsis, 2 slices of ginger, 5 grams of peel, and the right amount of refined salt. Effects: Relieve tendons and activate the chord, and stomach and dampness Chinese medicine believes that papaya is sour, warm, into the liver meridian, has the effect of relieving tendons and activating the chord, benefit tendons and blood, dampness and stomach, and can dispel dampness and paralysis, commonly used in the treatment of lumbar and knee joint pain; carp is flat, sweet, down the gas and water, into the spleen, kidney meridian, the role of water and swelling. Winter is cold and damp, and the joints of the waist and knees are susceptible to cold, with many contractures and soreness. Papaya and carp with red beans, eyebrow beans, codonopsis, ginger and peel can warm the spleen and strengthen the stomach, and invigorate the tendons. In winter, it is often drunk to warm the spleen and stomach, and to benefit the tendons and bones. Cooking method: Wash the herbs first. Red beans and eyebrow beans are washed and soaked in water. Peel and remove the flesh of papaya. Slaughter carp, remove scales and internal organs, wash, and wipe dry water. Put the peel and 3000 ml of water (about 12 bowls) in a tile pot, heat to boiling, add the carp, papaya, red beans, eyebrow beans, cuscuta seeds and ginger slices. First boil with martial fire, then turn to medium fire for 1 hour, then 1.5 hours with civil fire, add refined salt to taste. This amount can be used for 3-4 people.