I. Introduction to cold diseases.
After winter, the cold wind is tightening, the body’s immune system is reduced, blood vessels are easily constricted, and illnesses caused by cold are gradually increasing and easy to attack. These diseases closely related to the cold are called “cold diseases”.
Cold diseases include: fear of cold, frostbite, cold pain (including headache, back pain, back pain, leg and foot pain, stomach pain), etc.
II. Prevention methods
(A) Fear of cold
In life, there are some people who are especially afraid of cold in winter, especially the elderly are more common. Moreover, these people, to the hospital examination but can not find the problem. Chinese medicine believes that “Yang deficiency is cold”, and the elderly are more prone to Yang deficiency, therefore, the elderly group is more common.
Here are some easy to use, no special side effects of the prevention and treatment methods, please use under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners.
1.Cold repellent tea.
Production: take 10 grams of bacopa monniera, 10 grams of cinnamon sticks, 10 grams of cuscuta, with the appropriate amount of brown sugar. Decocted and left to take the juice, add brown sugar to mix, can be.
Dosage: drink as tea.
Efficacy: Baji Tian – warming Yang and dispersing cold; Gui Zhi – expelling cold and promoting Yang; Semen Cuscutae – warming kidney and dispersing cold. Therefore, the tea has a good effect of warming Yang and dispersing cold.
2, to drive away the cold medicinal meal (Pith and Pine stewed dog meat).
Production: take 6 grams of the system of slices of sapodilla, 50 grams of dog meat, pepper, cinnamon, salt, monosodium glutamate appropriate amount, the dog meat stew can be rotten.
Serving: 1 time a day, 7 days a course of treatment.
Efficacy: the manufacture of slices of sophora – warm Yang to drive away the cold; dog meat – warm Yang. Therefore, the meal has a good effect of warming Yang to drive away the cold.
3.Cold expelling cream
Production: take 300 grams of roasted astragalus, 300 grams of party ginseng, 100 grams of cinnamon stick, 100 grams of white peony, 300 grams of jujube, 100 grams of ginger, 200 grams of barberry, 60 grams of deer horn cream. Add 200 grams each of gum and deer horn gum, use 200 grams of honey and 200 grams of rock sugar (for those with diabetes, you can switch to 200 grams of xylitol) and boil to collect the paste.
Dosage: 1-2 spoonfuls each time, take 2 times a day, and insist on taking it for 1-2 months.
Effect: Benefit the temperature and Yang to disperse cold.
3, foot therapy (foot soak).
Dispersing cold foot soak formula.
Production and use: take 10 grams of cinnamon sticks, cinnamon 5 grams, bacopa monniera 30 grams. Decoction to get juice, the dregs of the medicine wrapped in gauze, holding warm water in a wooden bucket, put the feet in the bucket soak for 20 minutes, once a night.
Efficacy: cinnamon has a warm yang drive cold effect, cinnamon branch has the effect of dispersing cold through Yang, Ba Ji Tian has kidney warm yang drive cold effect, the whole party has a good warm yang dispersing cold effect.
4, medicinal bath.
Dispersing cold medicinal bath formula: party with the above. Method: switch to bathtub bath.
Note: If the examination has organic lesions are not included in the introduction of this method. For example, hypothyroidism, etc., should be actively treated for the cause.
(ii) Frostbite
Frostbite, which mostly appears on the hands and feet, can also appear on the face in severe cases. Although it is not a major disease, it affects the quality of life. According to Chinese medicine, most frostbite is caused by a deficiency of yang and cold and the blockage of meridians. Therefore, it can be treated by warming the yang to expel the cold and warming the blood vessels.
1. Herbal teas.
Frostbite and sore prevention tea.
Production and usage:Take 30 grams of astragalus, 10 grams of cinnamon stick, 10 grams of angelica, 6 grams of ginger, use the right amount of brown sugar, decocted soup as tea.
Efficacy: astragalus astragalus benefits qi and yang, cinnamon branch disperses cold and yang, angelica nourishes blood and invigorates blood, ginger disperses cold and warmth, add brown sugar, this tea has a beneficial effect of warming and yang, resolving blood stasis and dispersing cold, activating blood circulation.
2.Medicinal meals.
Angelica ginger lamb soup.
Production and use: take 10 grams of angelica, 10 grams of ginger, 50 grams of lamb, pepper, cinnamon, yellow wine, salt, monosodium glutamate appropriate amount, the lamb stewed and eaten. Day 1 time, 7 days a course of treatment.
Effect: Angelica nourishes blood and invigorates blood, ginger disperses cold and warmth, mutton warms blood and drives away cold, pepper, cinnamon warmth and drive away cold, the soup has a warm yang to drive away cold, invigorate blood and menstruation effect.
3, foot therapy (foot bath).
Dispersing cold and dispel blood stasis formula.
Production and usage: take 10 grams of cinnamon stick, 30 grams of mugwort, 5 grams of safflower, 10 grams of lutong. Decoction to get juice, dregs wrapped in gauze, add the juice and dregs to a wooden bucket with warm water, put the feet in the bucket and soak for 20 minutes, once a night. (You can also soak your feet)
Effect: It has the effect of warming Yang and dispersing cold, invigorating blood and promoting menstruation.
(C) cold headache (neck and back pain)
Clinically, we can see a group of people with headache caused by feeling cold, and some elderly people who suffer from wind and cold can also have pain in the neck and back. Most elderly people have different degrees of arteriosclerosis, because “cold is the main attraction”, feeling cold can easily cause the blood vessel meridians to close and block, and if they do not pass, they will have pain. Therefore, you can use the method of warming and dispersing cold, relaxing the tendons and activating blood to regulate the treatment.
Of course, if the pain is caused by hypertension, cerebral infarction and other diseases, it is necessary to actively carry out antihypertensive, anticoagulant and other causal treatment.
If the pain is caused by mild cervical spondylosis, this method can also be used as a supplementary treatment.
1.Medicinal tea.
Repel cold headache tea.
Production and usage: Take 10 grams of dahurica dahurica, 6 grams of Chuan Wu, 10 grams of Chuan Xiong, and drink as tea in a decoction. Efficacy: Angelica dahurica has the effect of dispersing wind and dispersing cold to relieve pain, Chuan Wu has the effect of dispelling cold and fixing pain, Chuan Xiong has the effect of dispelling wind and resolving stasis to relieve pain, therefore, the tea has good effect of dispersing cold to relieve pain. It is suitable for those who have cold headache and suffer from pain in case of cold.
Expelling cold neck and back pain tea.
Preparation and Usage: Take 10 grams of cinnamon stick, 10 grams of fried white peony, 15 grams of kudzu root, 10 grams of turmeric and 6 grams of ginger, and drink as tea in decoction.
Efficacy: cinnamon stick – disperses cold and promotes Yang, white peony – relieves pain, Pueraria Mirifica – promotes Yang and relieves tendon, ginger – invigorates blood and relieves pain, ginger warms and disperses wind and cold.
2.Medicinal meals.
Gui Zhi stewed chicken soup.
Production and use: take 10 grams of cinnamon branch, 10 grams of white peony, Chuanxiong 10 grams, 6 grams of grass wool, 60 grams of chicken, add salt, monosodium glutamate appropriate amount, the chicken stewed and eaten. Once a day, 7 days for a course of treatment.
Effects: Gui Zhi – disperses cold and promotes Yang, Bai Shao – harmonizes Ying and relieves pain, Chuan Xiong – moves Qi and relieves pain, and makes Cao Wu to dispel cold and relieve pain.
3.Ointment formula.
Poultice to dispel cold and headache.
Production: take 100 grams of cinnamon stick, 100 grams of fried white peony, 30 grams of made grass wool, 60 grams of viburnum, 100 grams of dahurica, 100 grams of sliced ginger, 200 grams of jujube, 100 grams of ginger. Add 200 grams each of gum and deer horn gum, 200 grams of honey and 200 grams of rock sugar (for those with diabetes, you can switch to 200 grams of xylitol), and simmer to collect the paste.
Dosage: Take 1-2 spoonfuls daily, and insist on taking it for 1-2 months.
Effect: Dispersing cold and Yang, removing blood stasis and stopping pass.
4, foot therapy (foot soak).
Expel cold and stop headache formula.
Production and use: take 10 grams of cinnamon stick, 10 grams of dahurica dahurica, 10 grams of fine spices, 6 grams of system of grass wool, decoction foot soak, 20 minutes per night.
Efficacy: Gui Zhi disperses cold and promotes Yang, Bai Zhi disperses cold and relieves pain, Hessian disperses cold and relieves pain, and Mao Cao Wu disperses cold and relieves pain, suitable for people with cold migraine.
Expelling cold neck and back pain formula.
Production and usage: Take 10 grams of cinnamon stick, 10 grams of fried white peony, 15 grams of geranium, 10 grams of sliced turmeric and 6 grams of made herbal wu, and soak the feet in decoction for 20 minutes every night.
Effects: Gui Zhi disperses cold and promotes Yang, Bai Shao harmonizes Ying and relieves pain, Ge Gen elevates Yang and relaxes tendons, Ginger Huang regulates Qi, activates blood circulation and relieves pain, and makes Cao Wu disperses cold and relieves pain.
5.Medicinal bath.
The formula is the same as above, the method is changed to a bathtub bath, 20 minutes each time.
(D) Cold lumbago (leg and foot pain)
Cold lumbago is characterized by lumbar and leg pain when it is cold, and a feeling of heaviness in the lumbar region, to exclude lumbar and leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation. Most of the elderly are in the basis of liver and kidney deficiency, feeling cold and blocking tendons and veins, stagnation pain. You can use the method of tonifying the liver and kidney, expelling cold and dampness, removing stasis and relieving pain to regulate.
1.Medicinal tea.
Expelling cold and lumbago tea.
Preparation and usage: take 10 grams of dry ginger, 10 grams of Atractylodes, 10 grams of Poria, 6 grams of Chuanwu, 10 grams of Eucommia, decoction as tea.
Efficacy: dry ginger to warm the Yang and drive away the cold, Atractylodes macrocephala to dry dampness and remove stagnation, Poria to strengthen the spleen and dampness, Chuan Wu to disperse cold and relieve pain, Duzhong to benefit the liver and kidney, suitable for the elderly liver and kidney deficiency of cold lumbago, when cold pain.
Expel cold leg and foot pain tea.
Preparation and Usage: Take 10 grams of cinnamon stick, 10 grams of mulberry branch, 10 grams of mulberry sophora, 6 grams of ginger, 30 grams of chicken blood vine, and drink as tea.
Efficacy: cinnamon branch disperses cold and promote yang, mulberry branch to remove dampness, mulberry parasitic nourishes the kidneys and strengthens the waist, dry ginger warms yang and expels cold, chicken blood vine nourishes blood and activates blood circulation.
2.Medicinal meal.
Dried ginger dulcimer stewed pork loin soup.
Production and use: take 10 grams of dry ginger, 10 grams of Eucommia, 10 grams of Atractylodes, 20 grams of chicken blood vine, 60 grams of pork loin, add salt, monosodium glutamate, stew the pork loin eat. Day 1 time, 7 days a course of treatment.
Efficacy: dry ginger to warm the Yang and drive away the cold, Eucommia nourishing the liver and kidney, Atractylodes dry dampness and strengthen the spleen, chicken blood vine nourishes blood and activates the blood, pork loin nourishes the kidney and strengthens the waist.
Legs and feet pain: the above add: mulberry branch 10 grams, mulberry parasitic 10 grams (with kidney enrichment effect). The rest with.
3, cream formula.
Repel cold back pain cream.
Production and use: take 100 grams of dry ginger, cinnamon 40 grams, poria 60 grams, cuscuta 150 grams, atractylodes 60 grams, bone marrow 60 grams, eucommia 100 grams. Add 200 grams each of gum and deer horn gum, 200 grams of honey and 200 grams of rock sugar (for those with diabetes, 200 grams of xylitol can be used instead), boil and collect the paste, take 1-2 spoonfuls daily, and insist on taking it for 1-2 months.
Efficacy: dispersing cold and strong waist to stop the effect of pass.
Leg and foot pain: the above add: mulberry branch 100 grams, mulberry sorrel 100 grams, chicken blood vine 200 grams.
4, foot therapy (foot soak).
Expel cold to stop lumbago formula.
Production and use: take 10 grams of dried ginger, 10 grams of Atractylodes, 10 grams of Poria, 10 grams of Eucommia, 6 grams of the system of grass wool, decoction soak feet, 20 minutes every night.
Efficacy: dry ginger to warm the Yang and dispel cold, Atractylodes macrocephala to dry dampness and strengthen the spleen, Poria to strengthen the spleen and relieve dampness, Eucommia to benefit the liver and kidney, Cao Wu to dispel cold and relieve pain.
Pain in the legs and feet: add 10 grams of mulberry branch, 10 grams of mulberry sage, 10 grams of lutong and 20 grams of sea breeze vine (tonifying the kidneys and clearing the channels, resolving blood stasis and relieving pain).
5.Medicinal bath.
The formula is the same as above, and the method is changed to bathing in a bathtub for 20 minutes each time.
(E) Cold stomach pain
Some people have stomach cramping stomach pain when they encounter cold, and those who can stop the pain by using the method of warming the stomach to dispel cold, such patients with cold stomach pain, can refer to this method of treatment. However, for those who have ulcers and other lesions such as tumors in the stomach, this method is not suitable for treatment.
1, medicinal tea.
Expel cold stomach pain tea.
Production and usage: take 6 grams of galangal, 10 grams of made aromatic herbs, 5 grams of made sliced sapodilla, 12 grams of white peony sizzling licorice 5 grams, decoction as tea.
Efficacy: Gao Liang Jiang with the ancient formula “Liang Fu Wan”, has the effect of warming the stomach and dispersing cold to relieve pain, the system of sliced peony, roasted licorice with warm yang to dispel cold to relieve pain, suitable for cold stomach pain, when cold pain is very much.
2.Medicinal meals.
Gao Liang Jiang stewed pork belly soup.
Production and usage: take 6 grams of galangal ginger, 10 grams of the system of aromatic herbs, 5 grams of the system of slices, 10 grams of fried peony, 60 grams of pork belly, add salt, monosodium glutamate, stew the pork belly to eat. Day 1 time, 7 days a course of treatment.
Efficacy: Gao Liang Jiang with the ancient recipe “Liang Pao Wan”, has a warm stomach to disperse cold and relieve pain, the system of sliced peony, white peony, roasted licorice with warm yang to dispel cold and ease the pain, pork belly has a stomach role, the meal has a warm stomach to disperse cold and relieve pain.
3.Paste recipe.
Expelling cold and warming the stomach to relieve pain paste.
Production and usage: take 50 grams of galangal, 100 grams of made aromatic herb, 100 grams of danshen, 30 grams of sandalwood, 30 grams of white sandalwood, 30 grams of made slices of sophora, 100 grams of fried peony, 30 grams of roasted licorice. Add 200 grams each of gum and deer horn gum, 200 grams of honey and 200 grams of caramel (for those with diabetes, 200 grams of xylitol can be used instead), boil and collect the paste, take 1-2 spoonfuls daily, and insist on taking it for 1-2 months.
Efficacy: the cream formula contains Liang Fu Wan (Gao Liang Jiang, made fragrant herb), which has the effect of warming the stomach and dispersing cold to relieve pain, Dan Shen Drink (Dan Shen, sand, white sandalwood), which has the effect of warming the stomach and regulating qi to resolve stasis and relieve pain, and Pao Zi Pain Relief Soup (made Pao Pai, fried white peony, roasted licorice), which has the effect of warming the stomach and dispersing cold to relieve pain.
4. Foot therapy (foot bath).
Warming the stomach to dispel cold and relieve pain formula.
Production and use: take 10 grams of galangal, 10 grams of made aromatic herb, 6 grams of made sliced herb, 10 grams of fried white peony, 5 grams of roasted licorice, decoction foot soak, 20 minutes per night.
Efficacy: Gao Liang Jiang together with the system of aromatic herbs is the ancient formula “Liang Fu Wan”, has the effect of warming the stomach to disperse cold and relieve pain, the system of sliced herbs, white peony, roasted licorice with warm yang to dispel cold and ease the pain, this formula is suitable for cold stomach pain.
5.Medicinal bath.
The formula is the same as above, the method is changed to a bathtub bath, 20 minutes each time.