What is “winter disease summer treatment” acupressure point for cough and asthma

Cough and asthma are common respiratory disorders in children, often recurring and persistent in the autumn and winter seasons. Chinese medicine has a long history of treating cough and asthma, with many famous prescriptions handed down to this day, and some external treatments have also been passed down to the present day, with unique curative effects and ancient fragrance in clinical application. One of them is acupressure. Point application therapy is gradually formed with the development of acupuncture, specifically it belongs to the “moxibustion” category of acupuncture therapy, also known as compressing moxibustion method, drug moxibustion method. It is based on the theory of acupuncture and moxibustion meridian points to cure diseases, and can achieve the therapeutic effect of acupuncture and medicine. The specific operation is to grind the Chinese medicine, use wine, vinegar, etc. to make a paste and apply it on the skin acupuncture points, the drug ingredients through the skin stratum corneum and hair follicles, sweat glands and other skin appendages absorbed into the blood, with the blood circulation and play a therapeutic role. With the progress of science and technology, the method has been improved and developed, and modern technological components such as transdermal absorbents and excipients have been added to the drug ingredients to reduce the stimulation of the drug to the local skin and to promote the absorption and utilization of the drug and the stability of the concentration of the drug effect. In the continuous medical practice, the ancients not only created many means of healing, but also formed the concept of simple medicine. Chinese medicine believes that man and nature are a harmonious and unified whole. The flow of qi and blood in the human body has its own inherent rules and is also closely related to changes in the external environment, such as the weather. They are synchronized with the changes of the four seasons and the passage of time. This forms the view that man and heaven are in harmony with each other. This view is consistent with the modern time medicine. It is based on the close connection between human life activities and natural seasons and time changes that Chinese medicine has developed principles of health care, disease prevention and treatment, such as “spring and summer nourishment of Yin, winter diseases and summer treatment”, emphasizing the seasonality and timeliness of disease treatment. The “winter diseases” in “winter disease and summer treatment” refer to certain pathologies that occur or worsen in winter, such as bronchitis, bronchial asthma, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis. Although these diseases have fewer attacks in the summer, but their roots often exist in the body. “Summer treatment” refers to the selection of the hot summer season and the use of appropriate drugs to treat them. Because the natural Yang Qi is strong in summer, the body Yang Qi floating over, at this time for Yang deficiency with Yang medicine, or internal cold condensation with warming drugs to dispel cold, can better play the role of helping Yang dispel cold, help the righteousness, remove the root cause of winter diseases, and can be autumn and winter reserves of Yang Qi, Yang Qi is sufficient to winter is not easily injured by the cold. The “winter disease summer treatment” belongs to the principle of Chinese medicine to treat the root of the disease slowly. The treatment of cough and asthma with acupuncture point dressing originates from the method of applying white mustard seeds (a traditional Chinese medicine) in the “Zhang’s Medical General” of the Qing Dynasty. The specific time is chosen in the summer three volts is from the “volt”, the day of the golden qi vu hidden. “As the lungs are classified as gold in the five elements, “golden qi” refers to the meridian qi of the lungs. This is to say that on the day of three volts, the lungs and blood flow smoothly, drugs are easy to reach the internal organs, is the best time to treat and adjust the lung diseases. In addition, on the day of three volcanoes, the human body is open to the flow of Qi and blood tends to the surface of the body. This is the best time to stimulate the acupuncture points and stimulate the meridian qi, so that the active ingredients of the medicine can be easily absorbed by the sweat glands and enter the bloodstream to play a therapeutic role. It helps to eradicate the phlegm in the body, enhance the ability to resist diseases and improve the body constitution, which is a good prevention of cough and asthma attacks in winter. For more than 10 years, we have developed a compress for children’s cough, bronchitis, asthma, allergic rhinitis and other respiratory diseases that recur in the autumn and winter seasons, and have been carrying out “winter and summer treatment and acupressure for children’s cough and asthma”. Since the activity was launched, the clinical results have been satisfactory. Parents responded that the treatment is less painful for children, the drug is absorbed through the skin and not metabolized by the stomach and intestines, which protects the function of internal organs and has little side effects, making it ideal for children. Many parents have experienced that the number of coughing and asthma attacks in winter are significantly reduced and the extent of attacks is lessened after receiving the compress treatment on the day of volcano. Moreover, after the compress treatment, the physical condition of children has improved to different degrees, and the resistance and immunity of the body have increased. This treatment is suitable for children over 2 years old.