1.What is “on fire”?
The term “on fire” is a folk term. We know that Chinese medicine is based on the five elements as a tool of reasoning. The five elements are based on the theory of orientation, fire represents the south, the south is on top of the five elements, and the heart is fire in the five organs. Wood, earth, gold, and water are all substantial substances with downward characteristics, but only fire, which is visible, cannot be touched, and is upward. Normal fire should come down to warm the body, when various reasons cause “fire” can not go down and turn up, there will be “on fire”. The “up” in “on fire” is in a sense the part of the manifestation, and then it is a verb that means to produce fire. People generally think that the specific manifestation of fire is generally in the head and face, but in fact, Chinese medicine believes that the human body is linked, and all parts of the body should have different degrees of performance. So “on fire” refers to the fire in the upper part, on the other hand, refers to the characteristics of fire upward.
2, the classification of fire performance
The so-called “fire” mainly describes the symptoms of heat in the body, which can be a self-perceived symptom or an external manifestation, and upper fire is the internal heat symptom that occurs after the imbalance of yin and yang in the human body. The clinical manifestations of “on fire” can be mild or severe, and the common severe symptoms such as heat stroke, which are caused by high temperature, lack of water, and prolonged hot and stuffy environment, can lead to fever and even coma, which is a typical external fire-heat symptom. The common term “fire” is generally lighter, and mostly belongs to the lighter symptoms of heat in Chinese medicine, such as red eyes, swollen corners of the mouth, yellow urine, toothache, sore throat, etc., which are not accompanied by systemic heat symptoms. This condition has more cases of internally generated fire-heat than externally induced fire-heat. Such as work and life stress, often stay up late, eat spicy food, etc., easy to generate fire from within.
It is generally believed that “fire” can be divided into two categories: “real fire” and “deficiency fire”. The clinical manifestations of real fire are: red face and red eyes, dry lips, bitter and thirsty mouth, rotten tongue, sore throat, gum The clinical manifestations of real fire include redness of the face and eyes, dryness of the mouth and lips, bitterness and dryness of the mouth and tongue, soreness of the throat, bleeding of the gums, bleeding of epistaxis, tinnitus and deafness, boils and sores, heat and irritability, constipation, blood in the urine and stool, red tongue with yellow fur and counted pulse. Clinical manifestations of deficiency fire: Mostly due to internal injuries and strain, it can be further divided into two types: Yin deficiency fire and Qi deficiency fire (Qi deficiency internal heat). Yin deficiency fire mostly manifests as hot flashes and night sweats, thinning of the body, dry mouth and throat, irritability of the heart, restlessness, red tongue without moss, and fine pulse. The common symptoms of Qi deficiency fire are generalized low-grade fever, worse before noon, fear of cold, fear of wind, fear of heat and cold, tiredness and weakness, shortness of breath and lazy speech, sweating, clear urine and loose stools, large and weak pulse, and thin tongue with light coating.
3. Treatment of “fire”
The treatment of “fire” is to “remove fire”, also known as “fire”, that is, the Chinese medicine method of clearing heat and diarrhea, can be taken to nourish Yin, clear heat, detoxification and swelling drugs, but also available in Chinese medicine acupuncture, acupuncture, cupping, massage, massage. The Chinese medicine acupuncture, cupping, massage and other therapies. The usual attention should be paid to the combination of work and rest, strip smooth emotions, and eat less spicy fried and other foods that can easily get on fire.
(1) real fire: most of the principles and methods of bitter cold fire control, clearing heat and detoxification, diarrhea of real fire. Commonly used Chinese medicines include San Huang Pills, Huang Lian Shang Qing Pills, Niu Huang Qing Stomach Pills, and Qing Heat and Detoxification Oral Liquid.
(2) Deficiency fire: According to the different pathogenesis, deficiency fire is generally further divided into yin deficiency fire and qi deficiency fire. The treatment of Yin deficiency fire should be based on the principle of generating fluid and nourishing blood, nourishing Yin and lowering fire. Commonly used Chinese medicines include Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan, Da Yin Wan, etc. For those with Qi deficiency and fire, the treatment should be based on the principle of tonifying the middle and benefiting the Qi, sweet and warm to remove heat, and it is recommended to use tonics after seeking medical advice.
4.Commonly used Chinese medicine prescriptions
(1) Commonly used prescriptions are Guiding Chi San, Huang Lian Detoxification Tang, Bai He Gu Jin Tang, Zhi Bai Di Huang Tang, Bai Hu Tang, Da Cheng Qi Tang, Er Zhi Wan, etc.
(2) Commonly used herbal medicines for nourishing Yin, such as asparagus, maidenhair, xuan ginseng, raw earth, chasteberry and dry lotus grass.
(3) Commonly used to clear heat and fire, such as Rhubarb, Huang Lian, Huang Bai, Mountain Gardenia, Gypsum, etc.
(4) Commonly used heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs forsythia, honeysuckle, dacryophyllum, etc.
In addition to the above prescription drugs, can also be combined with Chinese medicine acupuncture, cupping, massage and other therapies.
5, commonly used to lower the fire of food
(1) Heat-clearing and detoxifying foods such as chrysanthemum, cucumber, paniculata, tomatoes, bamboo shoots, mung beans, tofu, celery, water chestnuts, rhizome, horsetail, goldenseal, etc., have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and are suitable for all kinds of real fire symptoms.
(2) bitter cold fire control class such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetables, sympathetic vegetables, loofah, snail, eggplant, millet, buckwheat, rabbit, field chicken, etc., can be cold to reduce heat and fire, mostly used for the actual fire symptoms.
(3) Dampness and diarrhea of fire such as winter melon, watermelon, barley, barley, amaranth, melon, red beans, black fish, duck, carp, carp, loach, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, chicken internal gold, etc., for all kinds of real fire symptoms.
(4) Attacking and lowering real fire, such as rhubarb, Zhi Mu, Huang Lian, Scutellaria, banana, celery, potato, sesame, peach kernel, jellyfish, white radish, etc. It is suitable for symptoms such as short yellow urine, dry stools, dry mouth and bitterness, abdominal distension and poor appetite.
(5) Cooling the blood and astringing it, such as lotus root, pear, water chestnut, raw earth, fungus, eel, glutinous rice, lotus root powder, shepherd’s purse, corn husk, mango, eel, bamboo leaf, white fungus root, horsetail, etc., can be used for epistaxis, blood in stool, blood in urine, bleeding gums and other cases of blood heat delusion.
(6) Sweet warmth and heat removal category such as Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Atractylodes Macrocephalae, Chinese cabbage, lychee, chestnut, jujube, walnut kernel, lily, black sesame, bird’s nest, bee’s milk, sorghum, fennel, knife bean, mustard, cherry, pomegranate, umeboshi, etc., which are suitable for the condition of Qi deficiency and fire.
(7) Nourishing Yin and lowering fire, such as snapper, kelp, seaweed, sea cucumber, spinach, pig’s blood, pig’s liver, brown sugar, ugly chicken, pumpkin, clams, silver fungus, etc., mostly used for Yin deficiency and fire, five heart trouble, flushing and night sweating, sleeplessness, etc.
(8) tonic organs to quench fire class such as black beans, yams, peanuts, cow’s milk, barley, white fungus, pigeon eggs, quail, bird meat, eel, mutton, dog meat, leek, mulberry, etc., applicable to a variety of deficiency fire symptoms due to weakness of the internal organs, Yang Qi does not lift.
6, life conditioning
Life should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, diet should pay attention to eat more vitamin-rich vegetables and fruits, drink more water, eat less spicy fried food, less smoking and drinking. Fire and psychological state is also inextricably linked to maintain an optimistic and positive attitude towards life is actually the best fire extinguisher. You can try to remove the fire food, but also need to be the right symptoms. For example, eat lotus seed soup to heart fire, eat pig liver can go to lung fire, drink mung bean porridge to stomach fire, drink pear water to liver fire, eat pork loin to kidney fire. Eat fruit should also pay attention to, some fruits are hot, such as lychee, orange, pineapple, cinnamon, pomegranate, mango, etc.; food onion, ginger, garlic, wine, chili pepper, pepper, pepper, smoked food, Sichuan spicy hot, such as physical discomfort and then over-eating hot food easy to cause fire.