Winter illness and summer treatment is an important feature of traditional Chinese medicine, which is to take advantage of the high temperature in summer, the body is more abundant Yang Qi, adjust the balance of the body’s Yin and Yang, so that some chronic diseases can be restored. The theory of Chinese medicine is about the five elements of yin and yang, and the “one body and one person”. According to Chinese medicine, “man and heaven and earth are in harmony, and the sun and moon are in harmony”, and “the winds and deficiencies of the whole body are all connected to the earth”, which means that the change of seasons directly affects human health. In the Su Wen – Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun, it is said, “If yin flourishes, yang will be sick, and if yang flourishes, yin will be sick.” It says that the imbalance of yin and yang will lead to disease. Wang Zhenguo, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuxi Eighth People’s Hospital
Some deficiency cold diseases are most often caused by the body’s yin and yang, resistance is significantly reduced, and external evil can easily invade and develop. Winter is yin, summer is yang, summer is the season of yang and yin decay, but also when the body’s yang is flourishing, at this time, take advantage of the summer yang, yang rising, the body’s yang in the summer with the trend of wanting to rise and flourish, the body’s condensation of cold gas easy to solve the state, the use of deficiency tonic to help Yang medicine or warming drugs to disperse the cold, the heaven and man together, it is easiest to destroy the winter disease of evil in a dormant state, which is also the emphasis of Chinese medicine “spring This is the reason why Chinese medicine emphasizes “nourishing yang in summer”. In summer, the body is full of yang energy, the circulation of qi and blood is strong, the drug is most easily absorbed, and the three volt period in summer is the most vigorous yang energy in the year, in the three volt days for compress treatment, it is easiest to restore the body to support the yang energy, strengthen the function of external defense, improve the body’s immune effect.
On the other hand, TCM believes that cold diseases are closely related to the lungs, spleen and kidneys. The main rule of summer treatment is to tonify the kidneys, strengthen the spleen and nourish the lungs, to improve neuroendocrine function, to improve the excitability of the pituitary-adrenocortical system to restore the balance of function to enhance the body’s immunity, and to really improve the physique completely. According to the latest modern scientific research shows that summer acupressure can significantly improve the body’s immune indicators, regulate the function of immune proteins, reduce the reaction of beta receptors, improve the body’s immune status.
There are many ways to treat winter diseases in summer, such as acupuncture, moxibustion, physiotherapy, massage, acupressure, and internal consumption of herbs and foods that warm the Yang energy. Repeated practice and research by generations of Chinese medicine practitioners have proven the effectiveness of using Chinese herbal acupressure in the hot summer to treat winter attacks or diseases prone to attacks. The clinical use of Chinese herbal medicines such as white mustard seed, Yuanhu, Gansui and Hosin, which have the functions of warming the meridians, warming the lungs and resolving phlegm, dispersing cold and removing dampness, promoting the flow of qi and blood, nourishing the yang energy and strengthening the body, etc., are finely ground and the juice is taken to make a paste, and different acupuncture points are selected to treat different diseases according to their conditions. For example, the treatment of bronchitis and bronchial asthma is applied to acupuncture points such as Tiantu, Tanzhong and Lung Yu; the treatment of stomach pain is applied to acupuncture points such as Zhongshang and Sansili; and the treatment of facial paralysis is applied to acupuncture points such as Chee Che and Fengchi.
The three volts are the first, middle and last volts, which are the hottest times of the year, from the third G day after the summer solstice to the first volt, the fourth G day to the middle volt, and the first G day after the autumn to the last volt. It is applied once on each of the three volt days for three years. Longer history or more stubborn disease can increase the number of compresses, the compressing time generally does not exceed 24 hours.
Mainly treating diseases.
Internal diseases chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, chronic cough, obstructive emphysema, physical weakness prone to cold, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary insufficiency, various arthritis.
Pediatric diseases children under 14 years of age suffering from asthma, cough, bronchitis, weakness prone to colds.
Acupuncture diseases numbness and paralysis of the limbs, cold and wet back and leg pain, frozen shoulder, frostbite, facial paralysis, stroke hemiplegia, various kinds of arthritis.