4 misconceptions about Chinese medicine for health

The standard of living is getting higher and higher, so we pay more and more attention to health, traditional Chinese medicine health has gradually become the trend of some people to pursue, but will you also be mistaken into the following 4 misconceptions! Beware of the health care can not be anti-injury body! The first misconception is that the body needs to be tonic. Many people choose a variety of so-called expensive Chinese medicine, such as antler, wormwood, American ginseng, ginseng and other drugs, or bubble water, or brewed wine to tonic, these drugs are indeed very expensive, is indeed a tonic, but people just ignore the point – the body does not need, most healthy people The majority of healthy people do not need the tonic, just like a tire filled with air, if you continue to pump it, I think the result is very clear. Many people will say, “My body is subhealthy. Admittedly, at present, due to the increase in social and family pressures, as well as the combined effects of various factors such as environmental pollution and food additives, many people’s bodily functions are in a subhealthy state, and they will experience various symptoms such as weakness, sweating, insomnia and dreaminess, etc. It is very correct to choose Chinese medicine, but there are often many people who think that weakness is qi deficiency, sweating is yin deficiency or qi deficiency, However, many people tend to think that weakness is qi deficiency, sweating is yin deficiency or qi deficiency, insomnia and dreaminess is qi deficiency or blood deficiency, etc., so they take it for granted and choose Chinese medicine as a tonic, thus making it more and more deficient. The application of Chinese medicine has strict criteria, and one of the important principles of Zhang Zhongjing’s “Treatise on Typhoid” is “to use the right medicine for the right evidence”, while the so-called Qi deficiency, Blood deficiency, Yin deficiency, and Yang deficiency are the judgments made by Chinese medicine doctors after four diagnoses of patients, namely, looking, smelling, asking, and cutting, and are not simply applied. So you can’t simply take supplements to maintain your health. Myth 2: Chinese medicine has no side effects As people become more aware of the side effects of various drugs and biological agents, more and more people choose Chinese medicine, coupled with the publicity of many pharmaceutical products, the side effects of Chinese medicine are almost ignored, giving people a sense that “Chinese medicine is purely natural and Chinese medicine is harmless”. We should know that Chinese medicine is a drug under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory, and one of the basic ideas of its treatment is “treating bias with bias”, that is, using the bias of the drug to adjust the deviation of the body’s function, so the drug itself has a therapeutic effect, although according to modern pharmacological research, most Chinese medicines do not have liver and kidney toxicity, but it does not mean that it is free of side effects. It does not mean that it is free of side effects. This means that Chinese medicine, if applied improperly, will not generally cause liver and kidney damage, but will cause damage and deviation of body functions. Myth 3: Non-drug therapy has no limits Nowadays, there are many health books on the market about non-drug therapy, however, the unlimited expansion of the role of non-drug therapy also has side effects and may cause health hazards. For example, cupping therapy is a gem of traditional medicine, which uses negative air pressure to cause local congestion and inflammation in the body, thus achieving the purpose of disease prevention and treatment. Like our traditional Chinese medicine, it is a good method in itself, but its action has its indications, that means there are inappropriate diseases, and even contraindications. In the process of adjusting the state of the body for health, if the method is not properly selected, improper operation will cause damage to the positive qi and even aggravation of the disease, the clinical see many patients due to excessive cupping caused by subcutaneous hard knots, severe bruising of the skin and even necrosis, leaving scars. Meridians, according to Chinese medicine, are the channels through which qi and blood run, and many health care methods are used to prevent disease and health care by tapping and stimulating the meridians. Although in terms of TCM theory, various treatment methods such as acupuncture and moxibustion act on the meridians and achieve the purpose of healing through the regulation of qi and blood in the meridians. However, the basic understanding of health in TCM is “qi and blood” and “yin and yang”, which cannot be achieved by simply tapping on the meridians; on the other hand, TCM believes that qi and blood have their own time of birth, growth, transformation, collection and storage, which are not only reflected in the four seasons, but also in the day. On the other hand, Chinese medicine believes that qi and blood have their own time of birth, growth, transformation, collection and storage, not only in the four seasons, but also in the day, and untimely stimulation of qi and blood is like exercising when you should sleep, which will disrupt the “rest time” of qi and blood and thus cause harm to the organism. Myth 4: Food therapy is suitable for everyone Food therapy, is the treasure of thousands of years of Chinese civilization’s food culture, plays an important role in our prevention and health care. At present, a variety of food therapy health center is born, look at its recipes, most of them are “turtle, sea cucumber, abalone, Chinese wolfberry, chicken” and so on a variety of tonic ingredients, a combination of herbs, of course, there are such as “amaranth, purple-backed asparagus, taro, yam” Although there are many styles, they are generally simple to put together, but not according to the body of the consumer, resulting in the situation of heavy patterns and light medicinal effects, so that the food supplement can not achieve the “supplement” effect. Remind the majority of health enthusiasts, do not blindly follow the commercial propaganda, if you want to maintain health through Chinese medicine, you can go to the regular Chinese medicine hospital to consult the relevant Chinese medicine doctor to identify the body, reasonable choice of drugs and methods, different from person to person, different from time to time, the correct use of Chinese medicine “bias to treat bias”, so that they ” Yin and Yang”, “Qi and blood”, and a long and healthy life.