How much do you know about poultices?

Paste is a traditional form of Chinese medicine, which is favored by many people because it is easy to take and has good therapeutic and tonifying effects. According to traditional Chinese medicine, it can be taken in all seasons, but autumn and winter are the best. It is a thick and semi-fluid preparation made by adding syrup, honey or gum after decocting Chinese herbal tablets with water and concentrating the residue, such as snow pear paste and Chuanbei loquat paste. Internal cream can also be divided into non-vegetarian cream and vegetarian cream, such as adding honey or rock sugar to collect cream cream for vegetarian cream; adding donkey skin gum, deer horn gum, turtle plate gum and other animal gum to collect cream cream for non-vegetarian gum. Paste formula has the characteristics of tonic deficiency and support weakness, tonic in the treatment, treatment in the tonic, add and subtract according to the symptoms, and tailor the formula to the body, which has a good conditioning and treatment effect on many chronic diseases and weak people. With proper prescription and reasonable consumption, it can not only promote the recovery of acute and chronic patients, but also make the positive energy flourish and make the body healthy, and play a role in disease prevention. In addition, the cream also has the advantages of small toxic side effects, small dosage, easy to take, save time and effort. 1, before tonic to adjust the spleen and stomach before winter tonic should first look at their own physical condition is suitable for tonic. First of all, some friends with poor gastrointestinal function, thick and greasy tongue, indigestion and frequent abdominal distension will aggravate these symptoms if they take tonic cream directly. For these people, they should be given “open-way medicine” first, using Chen Pi, Semen, Hou Pu, Citrus Aurantium, Shen Qu, Hawthorn and other medicines in a decoction, in order to regulate qi, resolve dampness, and improve the spleen and stomach transport function. Secondly, those who are suffering from illnesses should first be completely cured. If the patient is suffering from cold, cough, phlegm, etc., the cold and cough should be cured first before the tonic can be taken. Otherwise, it is like “staying behind closed doors”, which will not only fail to achieve the effect of tonicity, but will also make the cold and cough persist. 2, the choice of cream prescription varies from person to person There are finished prescriptions and customized prescriptions, finished prescriptions are processed and formulated by pharmaceutical companies using traditional prescriptions that have been in circulation for a long time and have a wide range of applications, such as snow pear cream. Customized prescriptions, on the other hand, are prescribed by herbalists after diagnosis and treatment, and are very specific. For people with Qi deficiency, who are prone to colds, weakness, easy to sweat, tasteless diet, weak pulse, etc., they can use the cream formula made of ginseng, astragalus, poria, atractylodes, etc.; for people with Blood deficiency, who are pale, dizzy and forgetful, insomnia, thin and weak pulse, etc., they can use the cream formula made of Agaricus, Shu Di, Angelica, Bai Shao, etc.; for people with Yin deficiency, who are thin, dry mouth and throat, hot flashes, night sweats, etc., they can use the cream formula made of Agaricus, Shu Di, Angelica, Bai Shao, etc.; for people with Yin deficiency, who are thin, dry mouth and throat, hot flashes, night sweats, etc. For those with yin deficiency, manifesting as thinness, dry mouth and throat, hot flashes, night sweats, etc., you can use the cream made of maitake, sage, turtle board, wolfberry, etc.; for those with yang deficiency, manifesting as coldness, indifference to sexual desire, frequent urination and seminal emission, you can use the cream made of deer horn gum, dulcimer, mealybug, walnut, etc. 3, taking the cream prescription precautions Taking the cream prescription is best from the winter solstice for about 50 days, that is, after the winter solstice of “one nine” to “six nine”, or serve until the end of spring. When taking the cream prescription, you also need to cooperate with the diet, and do a combination of work and rest, moderate exercise, so as to make the cream formula to play the best role. The correct way to take it is to store it in an airtight porcelain jar and take one tablespoon of it with boiled water every morning. You can also take it with yellow wine according to your condition. If the formula is made with nourishing medicines such as ground yellow or gum in large doses, the paste will be very sticky and difficult to be washed away, so it can be taken after steaming in water. The dose of cream should be decided according to the condition or patient’s body and the nature of the medicine, which is very closely related to the patient’s digestive function. Generally speaking, the dose of poultice should start from small dose and gradually increase, such as adults take one tablespoon daily, about 10-15 grams, if the digestive function is normal, after 1 week, it will be changed to twice a day, that is, 1 time in the morning after waking up and 1 hour before going to bed at night, each on an empty stomach. It should be noted that if you take a cream containing ginseng, astragalus and other qi tonic drugs, you should avoid eating raw radish. Tea has an antidote, taking the cream generally should not be brewed with tea.