“Winter Disease and Summer Treatment” Health Month With the summer solstice approaching, the stifling heat of the three volt days will arrive as scheduled. The annual “Winter and Summer Treatment” health month will soon be launched in our hospital, so what is “Winter and Summer Treatment”? A. What is winter and summer treatment The so-called “winter and summer treatment” is a characteristic therapy of traditional Chinese medicine in China to prevent and treat diseases, which has lasted for thousands of years, but is still shining brilliantly and is known and understood by more and more people. The “winter disease summer treatment” originates from the traditional theory of Chinese medicine, “Huangdi Neijing” in “Suwen? The theory of “Nourishing Yin in Autumn and Winter, Nourishing Yang in Spring and Summer” is to make use of the favorable time in summer when the temperature is high and the body is full of Yang energy to apply medicine on the acupuncture points of the human body to adjust the balance of Yin and Yang of the human body, so as to support the positive energy and increase the ability to resist diseases, so as to achieve the purpose of treating diseases. In this context, “winter diseases” refers to all diseases with insufficient yang energy, weak lung energy and cold pain, and some immune deficiency diseases. These include chronic respiratory diseases such as allergic asthma, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in children and adults, rheumatoid arthritis, colitis, frostbite, stomach pain, cervical spondylosis, chronic diarrhea, joint pain caused by some cold gynecological diseases, back pain caused by kidney deficiency, cold fear in the elderly, and diseases belonging to the spleen and stomach deficiency cold category in Chinese medicine. According to Chinese medicine, most of these diseases are characterized by deficiency of yang energy, fear of cold, and onset of cold, etc. They often develop or worsen in winter, and some of them cannot take off their cotton clothes even in summer. “Therefore, during the three volt days in summer, when the Yang energy is at its peak, the “winter diseases” can be treated with evidence, and some prescriptions can be taken internally and externally to prevent the recurrence of old diseases in winter or to alleviate them. The symptoms of winter diseases can be prevented or reduced by improving the body’s constitution and immunity. Why winter diseases can be treated in summer First of all, we should talk about the idea of “unity of heaven and man” in Chinese medicine. The “unity of heaven and man” is one of the basic elements of the holistic view of Chinese medicine. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, “man is in harmony with heaven and earth, and corresponds to the sun and the moon”. In simple terms, it means that nature is the environment in which human beings live, and human beings are closely related to nature. The movement of nature affects the human body all the time, and the human body will also undergo corresponding physiological and pathological changes with the movement of nature. Chinese medicine summarizes many disease-causing factors in nature as wind, cold, heat, humidity, dryness and fire, which are called the “Six Phenomena”, among which diseases caused by cold mostly occur in winter or are aggravated in winter. According to the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, “The yin and yang of the four seasons is the root of all things. So the sage spring and summer nourish Yang, autumn and winter nourish Yin, in order to from its roots, so with all things sinking and floating in the door of growth.” In other words, nature has a year of spring, summer growth, autumn harvest, winter collection, the human body should also follow the changes in nature, in the spring and summer when nature is growing vigorously, to maintain the body Yang Qi. In the autumn and winter when nature collects, the human body should solidify the yin liquid. Especially in the three volt days, the hottest days of the year, when human yang energy is the most vigorous, using this favorable time to treat certain cold diseases can maximize the wind and dispel cold, adjust the balance of yin and yang in the body, remove the disease in the body, prevent the recurrence of old diseases or reduce their symptoms, and reserve yang energy for autumn and winter, so that the body’s yang energy is sufficient, so that when winter comes, it is less likely to be injured by the cold, so it is the treatment of winter diseases Therefore, it is the best time to treat winter diseases. Therefore, it is the best time to treat winter diseases. At this time, appropriate methods such as external application of medicine, internal consumption, fumigation, acupuncture treatment and food therapy are used to cultivate Yang Qi, so that the Yang Qi of nature, the body’s own Yang Qi and the performance of medicine can work together to correct the weakness of the body’s Yang Qi, eliminate the phlegm, dampness and water and drink that remain in the body, and achieve the goal of preventing the onset of “winter diseases” or completely eradicating the root of the disease so as to cure it. The purpose of the disease. Many people think that everyone can “winter disease summer treatment”, in fact, it is not. Experts clearly pointed out: “winter disease summer treatment” is not a cure for all diseases, there are strict indications and contraindications, the following people are not suitable for compressing treatment: (1) pregnant women or patients with serious congenital heart disease, diabetes and other organic diseases; (2) the skin has herpes, boils and skin damage; (3) the disease attack (such as fever) patients. (3) Patients who are having an attack of disease (e.g. fever). (4) Patients who are severely allergic to the dressing drug. Fourth, what to pay attention to in spring and summer acupuncture point dressing therapy precautions: the day of dressing, the patient should take a bath, wearing cotton clothing, to avoid excessive sweating; external dressing during the local burning pain itching, you can always remove the ointment, especially when children dressing, parents must be more observant more inquiries; dressing parts if blisters, no need to panic, keep the surrounding skin dry, do not squeeze the blisters to break, blisters can be If the ulcerated infection to the hospital in time to deal with; dressing patients to avoid staying in the air conditioning room too cold, and do not let the fan or air conditioning blowing directly on the body; dressing during the diet should be light, avoid eating cold, greasy and salty food, less spicy stimulating food; winter disease summer treatment is winter prone or recurring disease, in the summer symptoms are not obvious, or no symptoms at all, the effect of treatment also to Wait until winter to show. So you can’t give up continuing treatment because you haven’t felt the desired effect after one time or one course of treatment, but you must seize the favorable opportunity to insist on continuous treatment and establish the concept of Chinese medicine to treat the untreated. Five, pay attention to dietary conditioning Broadly speaking, the spring and summer nourishment of Yang, winter diseases and summer treatment also include the regulation of diet, through a variety of health care methods to protect the body’s Yang Qi. In the summer heat, people sleep less, sweat more, poor appetite, so that the spirit is not invigorated, weight loss, if you do not pay attention to health, excessive desire for cool, it is easy to breed disease, even if not then, in the autumn and winter may also be a hundred diseases. Therefore, in summer time, in addition to paying attention to medication, you should also eat some tonic products and take dietary supplements to regulate your diet under the guidance of a doctor according to your physique.