Common principles and methods for the treatment of subhealth states

According to Chinese medicine, the correction of the subhealthy state relies mainly on the establishment of a healthy and rational lifestyle, proper exercise, and mental and emotional regimentation. To change the lifestyle, one can start with food therapy. By using food or natural medicine, combined with specific symptoms, we can adjust the unreasonable dietary structure through evidence-based food administration, in order to support the righteousness and eliminate the evil, and balance the yin and yang of the internal organs. The principle of “food to regulate, medicine to supplement,” can be used in the treatment of subhealth, and the food therapy principle of “five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, five animals for benefit, five dishes for enrichment” can be established to achieve the harmony of the five tastes of acid, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty. You can’t be partial to food and hobby. This kind of diet structure to make the body healthy is scientific, and it is also the reason that people often say that medicine is better than food. The choice of food therapy is an effective way to adjust the state of sub-health. Many natural foods are nutritious, non-toxic, and can be taken for a long period of time to benefit qi, nourish blood, support the righteousness, strengthen the brain, strengthen the body, anti-aging, and enhance immunity, especially for the regulation of various deficiencies in Chinese medicine. Here, five kinds of sub-healthy state of therapeutic dietary regimen: 1, lung gas deficiency state This evidence often feel short of breath, moving sweating, susceptible to colds, etc., can be long-term consumption of therapeutic porridge rice – refined rice plus lily, honey, silver fungus, red dates, almonds, etc. can be made into therapeutic porridge rice; can also be crushed into the above-mentioned kinds of surface, in proportion to add The above can also be crushed into noodles and added to the main food such as rice and noodle nutritional powder in proportion to the amount of paste taken between meals. 2, spleen Yang deficiency state This evidence often appear constipation, bloating, intestinal tinnitus, belching or diarrhea recurring episodes, etc., can be in the main meal or dishes in the long-term addition of yam, lotus seeds, lily, hawthorn, coix seeds, Yi sugar and other Chinese herbal supplements to make therapeutic recipes; can also be crushed into the above-mentioned noodles, proportionally added to the main food rice flour nutritional powder between meals to take the appropriate amount of mixed paste to eat. 3, kidney Yang weak state This evidence often have lumbar pain and knee weakness, cold, dizziness and tinnitus, hair and beard premature gray, sexual function is reduced and other performance, can be long-term consumption of mutton, sesame, walnuts and soy products, nuts food added to the diet. 4, obesity fatigue syndrome such people are often manifested as the body is too obese, because too obese, not only will make the body fatigue, but also will cause psychological fatigue. At this time should eat less starchy and sugary foods, it is appropriate to long-term consumption of radish, cabbage, cabbage, green pepper, tomatoes, mushrooms and other vegetables and fruits to do dietary supplements. 5, neurasthenia symptoms such as frequent insomnia, dizziness, distraction, vision loss, memory loss, clumsy action and other performance, it is appropriate to long-term consumption of food to nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind – such as decoction of cinnamon meat, sour dates, cypress seeds and other tea drink, but also with lotus seeds, cinnamon meat, lily, dates, glutinous rice and other porridge to eat. If the blood deficiency and tension-induced neurasthenia can also be consumed mulberry, Shu Di Huang, Agaricus blazei, white peony and other decoction or as a therapeutic porridge. Subhealth has obvious physical discomfort, so prescription treatment is also an important tool. When the subhealth state is characterized by obvious qi malfunction, dysfunction of internal organs, yin and yang bias, as well as stagnation of phlegm and blood stasis and other pathological products, the rational selection of prescription drugs is an essential measure. The selection of prescriptions and medicines should be tailored to the characteristics of the disease mechanism and the location of the internal organs in different states. The results of epidemiological surveys suggest that deficiency, depression, phlegm and dampness are predominant in sub-health states, and the commonly used herbs and prescriptions are introduced as follows. 1, deficiency disease deficiency evidence a wide range, now only on the regulation of qi and blood yin and yang to make a brief: tonifying blood representative formula: four things soup. Commonly used drugs: Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Rehmanniae. It is used for heart and body disorders caused by blood deficiency. It can also be used in Gui Shen Tang for disorders of the heart and body due to deficiency of the heart and spleen. Representative formula for tonifying Qi: Si Jun Zi Tang. Commonly used drugs: Ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Glycyrrhiza glabra, etc., used for disorders of the heart and body caused by Qi deficiency. Representative formula for nourishing both qi and blood: Guei Spleen Tang. Commonly used drugs: Ginseng, Radix Astragali, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Fu Shen, Sour Jujube, Cinnamomum Cassia, Mu Xiang, Roasted Licorice, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Yuan Zhi, Ginger, Red Date, etc. It is especially suitable for middle-aged women with symptoms of dullness, abdominal distension, lack of food, fatigue, insomnia and dreaminess, and irregular menstruation. Representative formula for tonifying Yang: Kidney Qi Pill. Commonly used drugs: Dihuang, Cornus officinalis, Shan Yao, Ze Di, Fu Ling, Dan Pi, Gui Zhi, Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati. It is used for symptoms of neurasthenia, emotional disorders and mental depression due to deficiency of kidney yang in the mind and body. Representative formula for tonifying yin: Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan. Commonly used drugs: Shu Di, Cornu, Yam, Dampi, Ze Di, Fu Ling, etc., are suitable for heart and body disorders due to deficiency of kidney yin and inflammation of deficiency fire. 2.Depression The core of depression is qi depression, represented by liver depression and qi stagnation. The common treatment method is to dredge the liver and regulate the qi, that is, by regulating the draining function of the liver, so that the qi can be regulated and the emotions can be regulated, then the heart and body disorders can be restored. Therefore, the method of draining the liver and Qi is one of the most common treatments for subhealth states. The main drugs include: Chai Hu, Xiang Shen, Qing Pi, Citron, Buddha’s Hand, Peppermint, etc., which can de-stress the liver and regulate Qi. Commonly used prescriptions include: Free and Easy San: composed of Chai Hu, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Fu Ling, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Paeonia lactiflora and Radix Glycyrrhiza Uralensis. Chai Hu Diversifying the Liver: composed of Chai Hu, Chen Pi, Bai Shao, Citrus Aurantium, Roasted Glycyrrhiza, Chuan Xiong and Xiang Fu; it has the function of draining the liver and moving Qi, invigorating Blood and relieving pain; it has stronger draining power and is suitable for the evidence of Qi solidity. Yue Ju Wan: Composed of Atractylodes macrocephala, Radix Aromaticus, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Gardenia, and Shen Qu; with the function of promoting the flow of Qi and relieving depression; it is suitable for the interlocking knots of depression, especially for relieving the depression of Qi. Jinlingzi San: composed of Jinlingzi and Yuanhu; has the function of draining heat from liver, promoting qi and relieving pain; used for liver stagnation and fire, qi stagnation for pain, with strong effect of draining liver and relieving pain. 3, phlegm and dampness as a pathological product, phlegm and dampness as a complex cause, the impact of a wide range, is also the cause of the complex state of sub-health and performance of many culprits. The following methods are often used for its removal: Dampness and phlegm representative formula: Er Chen Tang. Commonly used drugs: Semen, Chen Pi, Fu Ling, Tian Ma, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Bile Star, Licorice, etc. Used for phlegm and dampness stagnation evidence. It can also be used to treat plum kernel qi with stagnation of qi and phlegm; and to treat wind-phlegm and vertigo with Han Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang. It seems that although sub-health is a product of modern social development, it has a lot of compatibility with the preventive and therapeutic thinking of TCM, for example, one of the strengths of TCM is the adjustment of different states of the human body. There are many other ways to adjust and intervene in subhealth in the field of TCM that are worthy of deeper study and exploration. See if your body is in a subhealthy state? How to avoid sub-health? 1. Ensure a reasonable diet, balanced nutrition, supplement vitamins, minerals, essential nutrients,, especially vitamin C, B vitamins, iron, etc., and should be properly supplemented with vitamin tablets every day; 2. Adjust your state and stay positive and optimistic; 3. Adjust your regularity, combine work and rest, and ensure sufficient sleep.