See how the Empress Dowager Cixi maintained her health

Generations of royalty deep in the palace, the poor people are difficult to approach, he (she) their diet and living is therefore also for people to enjoy. Thanks to the precious original records left behind, together with the collation and research of medical practitioners, we can also see in these precious pulse cases his (her) experience of health treatment. In order to maintain their ruling position, the emperors and kings of the past generations to seek immortality, the method of prolonging life as a priority. From the medical cases that can be seen in the Qing Palace now, the Empress Dowager Cixi attached great importance to health and she preferred to take poultices. In the “Cixi Guangxu medical prescriptions selected discussion” recorded in the Empress Dowager has more than 30 internal cream prescriptions, involving the adjustment of various diseases, such as the benefit of qi and spleen, phlegm and food cream; clear lung heat, moisten lung dry two winter cream, pear cream; clear heat to nourish the liver, phlegm and luo to clear heat to nourish the liver and luo cream and so on. Now popular with consumers, the Empress Dowager Cixi was also very fond of eating it in her later years. Paste is one of the eight dosage forms of Chinese medicine – pill, powder, paste, dan, wine, dew, soup and ingot. The different dosage forms have their own strengths in health care and disease treatment. Nowadays, the most commonly used form is the well-known soup. However, for some chronic patients who need to take medicine for a long time, sometimes it is difficult to stick to the treatment because the taste of soup is not very ideal, and they feel that it is almost done and stop taking medicine. However, because of the addition of honey, rock sugar, brown sugar and other auxiliary ingredients in the production process, the taste is relatively good, and it is a good way to tonify the body in the current season, and it is also a good treatment aid for patients who need to take medicine for a long time. Generally speaking, poultices are more suitable for the elderly, patients with chronic diseases (like anemia), those who often suffer from colds when their immune system is low, and those who are deficient in qi and blood and have a weak constitution. Of course, like other forms of traditional Chinese medicine, creams follow the principles of diagnosis and treatment in Chinese medicine and advocate one person for one prescription. Moreover, not all people are suitable to take the cream, so these friends should take the soup and other suitable treatment methods to regulate their own.