From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, snoring is also a sign of certain diseases, so snoring should not be left to chance. Why do people snore? According to Taoist medicine, the lungs are the respiratory division, and the orifice is in the nose. It is the human body and the weather, the outside world communication hole. So the lungs have a disease, the first will be reflected in the nose. And if the nose inhales the six evils, the first organ to be injured is the lungs. If the lungs are functioning normally, breathing will be smooth and there will be no snoring. Similarly, snoring like thunder, the whole day noisy other people can not sleep words, that your lungs out of the problem. Nowadays, there are many women who snore, the reason is that they don’t pay attention to it and hurt their lungs. For example, some female friends usually like to wear backless dresses, looks very beautiful, but for health is extremely unfavorable. We have two shoulder blades in the back, these two bones can usually cover the back. Why cover here? Because the back has two very important points. The first is the lung point, the lung point is located in the back, when the third thoracic vertebrae under the spinous process, left and right beside the opening of two fingers wide, the lungs are transported to the surface of the body from here. Lung Yu point up a bit, in the edge of the shoulder blade, there is an acupuncture point, called the “prana household”, that is, the prana in and out of the gateway. We often say “three souls and seven pranas”, the soul refers to the human essence, “prana” refers to the human form. Soul and prana are not free from the outside, in which “the liver hides the blood, the blood sheds the soul …… lungs hide the gas, the gas sheds the prana”, so the soul and prana are usually hidden in the liver and lungs. People into the sleep state, “soul” is resting, and “prana” is working, so that in the middle of sleep, we can still breathe normally. However, if we wear backless clothes all day long, these two acupoints will be exposed. Coupled with the office environment now generally have air conditioning, cold air will be from the Pura household long drive into, so the lungs will be injured, the lungs of the declared downward air function malfunction, people will snore. For example, many people do not snore before, often rain and cold before snoring. Some not only snore, but also sneeze. This is actually a kind of self-protection of the human body, because the wind and cold bind the lungs, sneezing a few sneezes can be declared through the lungs, so that the qi is smooth. Ancient medical practitioners also use this principle to first aid, for example, for those who hang themselves, drowning and temporary unconsciousness, you can use the Tong Guan San, that is, with pig’s teeth soap horn, fine Xin and other powdered blowing into the patient’s nose, so that he sneezed a few times, people will wake up. Cheng Guopeng’s “medical understanding” is recorded: “save the water, to ambush its people across the back of the buffalo, leaching out the water in the abdomen, such as no cattle to stool instead of the, with Tongtian convulsive nose, blowing nostrils, sneezing is alive.” The “Tongtian Nasal Convulsive San” here is the addition and subtraction formula of Tongguan San, which is designed to promote the circulation of lung qi. Sneezing also has the effect of curing hiccups, and the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine has recorded the method of stopping hiccups by sneezing. Although hiccups are not a big deal, they are unsightly, especially on important occasions. Chinese medicine believes that hiccups are the upward reversal of stomach qi, why should we also regulate the lungs? Because “the lungs of a gas, the lungs of the gas down all around the body of the gas are down”, “retch, to grass prick nose sneeze, sneeze only, no interest and fast welcome to the lead through has been, the big shock can also have been” (“Spiritual Center? Miscellaneous Diseases”). “Stabbing the nose with grass” must not be safe, we can use soft paper instead, stimulate the nostrils, and sneeze a few times. If sneezing has any merit, then snoring is completely harmful. As mentioned earlier, snoring is a poor flow of qi. Qi is used to push the blood to move, and when Qi is stagnant, the blood will condense, and over time, stasis of blood will occur in the body. Blood stasis will hinder the generation of new blood, blood can not be supplied to the brain, will lead to cerebral hypoxia; blood can not be on the face, the person’s complexion will be yellow, loss of luster; blood can not be supplied to the heart, it is possible to trigger cardiovascular disease. Modern medical research, some stroke, heart disease patients will suddenly die at night, the “culprit” is snoring. Therefore, snoring should not be taken lightly. So how to treat snoring caused by cold? You can take 10 peppercorns, soak in boiling water, and drink it for a few days after it warms up. Peppercorns are not only edible, but also have medicinal properties. Taoist doctors believe that pepper is pungent, hot, with a small poison, into the spleen, stomach, lungs, kidney meridian. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” records that it can “dispel cold and dampness, relieve depression, eliminate food, pass the triple jiao, warm the spleen and stomach, fill the right kidney, kill roundworms, stop diarrhea”. So drink water with peppercorns, you can play a tend to remove the effect of cold in the body. In addition, some older people also like to use pepper water to soak their feet, the purpose is also to dispel cold and support Yang. There is another reason that can cause snoring, which is phlegm blocking the airway. In life, you may find that love snoring is mostly obese people. Why is it so? This is because fat people more phlegm dampness. “Phlegm” is the cohesion of fluid. Modern people are addicted to eating big fish and meat, “fish generate fire, meat generates phlegm”, these foods eat more, the spleen and stomach can not be digested, which will form phlegm dampness. Therefore, according to Taoist medicine, “the spleen is the source of phlegm, and the lungs are the reservoir of phlegm”. A person with phlegm-dampness in the body, it will affect the lung’s function of declaring and lowering, the qi is not smooth, the person will be chest tightness and easy to wheeze. When phlegm blocks the airway, it is called “lung fullness”. When the air into the airway is blocked, the person will wheeze and cough, and sleep like snoring. In this case, the first thing to do is to cut off the generation of phlegm and dampness from the source. Usually eat less fish and meat, eat more vegetables, and then use some lung-expanding medicine, the phlegm out. What are the medicines to promote lung? The most common is Chen Pi. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, Chenpi has three main functions: one is to guide the cold in the chest, the second is to break stagnant Qi, and the third is to benefit the spleen and stomach. Benefiting the spleen and stomach can block the generation of phlegm and dampness from the source, and breaking stagnant Qi can open the lungs and unclog the qi. The most common way to eat Chenpi is to make soup, such as Chenpi Spare Ribs Soup. But pay attention to cold water into the pot, the water is too hot under the pot will have a bitter flavor. In addition, it can also be used to stir-fry vegetables, such as Chen Pi fried pork liver, or bubble water to drink. Here to recommend a hawthorn Chenpi soup, has a very good effect of phlegm and stop snoring. Hawthorn Chen Pi Soup Ingredients: 40 grams of hawthorn, 10 grams of Chen Pi, brown sugar. Method: Crush hawthorn, chop Chenpi, add 2 bowls of water to decoct the soup, add brown sugar when the water boils, and take it warm when the water is left 1 bowl. Dosage: Take 2 times in the morning and 2 times in the evening. Effects: Promoting qi and blood circulation, resolving phlegm and stopping snoring. Suitable for people who have difficulty in speaking and chest tightness. In addition, the loofah, Platycodon grandiflorus also has the effect of promoting lung phlegm. Loofah is loofah old after picking down, peel off the outside skin, remove the seeds after the silk, generally people like to take it to wash things. In fact, it can also be used as medicine. The Materia Medica again new” recorded that it can “open the meridians and channels, and blood, phlegm and smooth qi”. If the family has a loofah, we must make full use of it, each time with 5 grams of boiled water to drink, 1 day 1 time, there is a very good phlegm, through the meridian effect. “Materia Medica Tongxuan” that “Platycodon grandiflorum, but its use, but the upper into the lungs, the lungs are the main gas of the viscera, so it can make all the gas down”, many smokers will be phlegm, sore throat, coughing, snoring like thunder, this time you can go to the drugstore to buy some Platycodon grandiflorum soak water to drink, that is, you can declared through the lungs and can promote the discharge of phlegm, to help detoxification. Ancient saying: “The sage sees the micro to know the bud, see the end to know the end, so see the elephant chopsticks and horror, know the world is not enough.” The same is true for disease, only when it reveals the signs of shoveling and elimination, so that we can enjoy the days of life!