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Fall disharmony between yin and yang
Is it easy to form a constitution with upper heat and lower cold?
Every autumn, many people complain that on the one hand, they have dry skin, large pores, acne, bad breath, thirsty mouth, toothache, bleeding, dry throat, tinnitus, upset and insomnia, on the other hand, they have cold pain in the abdomen, dysmenorrhea, frequent urination, long urine, bad stool, thin leucorrhea, fear of cold and cold, which is the so-called subclinical type.
In autumn, the upper heat is mostly deficiency heat, and the lower cold can be mixed with excess and deficiency. In the final analysis, it is a life state of weakness in the lower yuan, which is a pathological constitution in which yin and yang are incompatible and cold and heat are out of line. There are two reasons for the formation of this type of constitution:
1, in autumn, the human body's yang rises more than enough, and the convergence is hidden.
"Su Wen Bao Ming Quan Xing Lun" says: "Man is born with the qi of heaven and earth, and he can achieve it at four seasons", following the changing law of Yin and Yang at four seasons in nature, so as to maintain the balance of Yin and Yang in the body.
The temperature difference between day and night in autumn is very wide, which is the time when the human yang converges and hides in the body. However, autumn is also the time when dryness is the main command. If you live carelessly, you will be easily injured by dryness. Dryness is yang evil, which is the most likely to damage body fluids, resulting in various symptoms of dryness, such as dry mouth and nose, dry throat and thirst, dry skin, even chapped hair, short urine and dry stool.
Therefore, Su Wen's Theory of Yin and Yang should be like a big image says: "dryness is superior to dryness", body fluid is damaged, so yin is insufficient, shallow water does not nourish dragons, real water is deficient, yang is not attached, and dragon fire goes over the position and rushes to the head and face, so you can see head and face heat symptoms such as dry mouth and nose, dry throat and thirst. For a long time, the rising of Yang-qi was more than enough, but it was hidden, which violated the normal physiological cycle of human body, and it was bound to lose Yang-qi, resulting in disharmony between Yin and Yang, and the separation of cold and heat caused the heat to be hot and cold.
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2, cold in autumn and winter, deficiency of spleen and kidney yang.
When we enter the late autumn, everything is cold, the cold is getting stronger, and the cold pathogen comes on, which has the characteristics of attracting, stagnation and descending. The downward effect of cold is that the cold pathogen often stays in the lower body of the human body, especially the damage to kidney yang.
There is a saying in Su Wen Zhi Zhen Da Lun that "all kinds of cold are caused by kidney", and the deficiency of kidney yang caused by cold pathogen will definitely cause dysmenorrhea, arthralgia, cold limbs, long urine and more nocturia.
However, the formation of yang in human organs must depend on the essence of the spleen, and cold pathogens hurt people and easily hurt the spleen, just as the book "Li Xu Yuan Jian" says: "whoever is yang deficiency-oriented, his treatment is unified and unified in the spleen." Deficiency of spleen-yang leads to anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea and cold limbs.
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Syndrome Differentiation and Constitution Treatment from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Four ways to improve the constitution of "upper heat and lower cold"
As mentioned above, upper heat and lower cold are pathological constitutions which are formed under the influence of external factors and human body's own reasons. Strictly speaking, it belongs to a special manifestation of yang deficiency constitution, and for its treatment, Chinese medicine can be roughly divided into the following two situations:
1, kidney yang floating over, it is necessary to dive into Tibet and lead the fire back to Yuan.
Kidney is the innate foundation, which contains true yin and true yang. When water is sufficient, fire is hidden below, and yin and yang are secret. If the water shortage is not enough to control the fire or Shui Han forces Yang to cross the border, and the fire rushes up and rushes to the front, then we can see that there is a fire of deficiency heat in the world, and it is appropriate to treat the fire from the source, so that it can be attributed to the source and reach the secret state of Yin and Pingyang. The specific treatment needs to be hidden in the fire and returned to the yuan.
The method of inducing fire to return to the source has two characteristics: first, a large number of drugs for nourishing kidney and strengthening water; The second is a small amount of medicine that can lead to fire.
Fire is often brought back to Yuan by nourishing kidney yin, such as Radix Rehmanniae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Cornus officinalis, Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, Radix Asparagi, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, etc., and a small amount of cinnamon, Radix Aconiti Lateralis, Radix Morindae Officinalis, dried ginger, etc. are added at the same time, or Achyranthes bidentata is brought down by fire, so that Yin and Yang can alternate with each other, and Yin and Yang can lurk in the bottom, while Yang and Yang are inexhaustible
2. Spleen-yang deficiency should be treated by strengthening the spleen and warming the yang.
The spleen and stomach in the middle energizer are not only the source of qi and blood biochemistry, but also the hinge of qi movement, and also the source of various fires. Therefore, the basis of regulating yang deficiency lies in the spleen and stomach, and cold pathogens damage the spleen, and spleen deficiency can not be transported, which consumes yang. The treatment should be to strengthen the spleen and warm the yang, and Wuling Powder or Lizhong Decoction can usually be used.
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In addition to the treatment of decoction and medicine, the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine has a unique effect on improving the constitution of upper heat and lower cold, which is more convenient for long-term persistence:
1. Stitching:
Return the fire to Yuan: the acupoints are hidden white, Taibai, Taichong, interline and Yongquan;
The above combination has the functions of warming yang, tonifying deficiency, cooling blood and reducing fire, and achieves the purpose of harmonizing yin and yang.
Warming and tonifying spleen yang: selected points are Wan, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Pishu and Weishu;
The above combination has the functions of warming and tonifying spleen and yang, regulating qi and regulating middle energizer.
2. moxibustion:
Hanging moxibustion on Qihai, Guanyuan, Zhongji, Shenshu and Mingmen: Qihai and Guanyuan are commonly used combinations in clinic, which have the effects of nourishing yuan, invigorating qi, strengthening yang and removing stagnation; Zhongji, Shenshu and Mingmen are the places where the fire of Mingmen occurs, where the kidney qi gathers, and the combination of warm moxibustion can play the role of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the yuan, and igniting the fire to return to the yuan.
Moxibustion on Shenque: Shenque point has the effect of restoring yang to save the adverse events and inducing resuscitation and relieving syncope. Covering ginger slices on it and adding moxibustion with moxa sticks can not only warm the yang and regulate the five internal organs, but also lead the floating yang to retreat.
3. Acupoint application
With Evodia rutaecarpa and Coptis chinensis, the powder is ground according to the ratio of 10: 1 * *, and the powder is mixed with 10g vinegar. Before going to bed, the foot springs are applied, and they are removed in the morning. This prescription can treat headache, epistaxis, aphtha and so on by external application.
4. Chinese medicine foot massage
Foot massage with warm drugs is a common treatment for warming and tonifying kidney-yang in traditional Chinese medicine. Because the kidney meridian of insufficient yin in foot is like the saying in lingshu meridian: "It starts under the little toe ... and its straightness: from the kidney, through the liver and diaphragm, and into the lungs." The kidney starts from the little toe, the most remote place in the human body, and the blood vessels are the most difficult to take care of, so it is most vulnerable to cold pathogens. Foot massage with Chinese medicine for warming yang just protects yang from the beginning of kidney meridian, so it has the miraculous effect of warming kidney.
Soaking feet with mugwort leaves is an enjoyable and effective way. Wu Yiluo said in Materia Medica in the Qing Dynasty: "Folium Artemisiae Argyi is bitter and bitter, warm, ripe and hot, and pure in yang. It can restore the vitality of yang, dredge the twelve meridians, take three yin, regulate qi and blood, drive away cold and dampness, warm the uterus, and ... love fire with it, and penetrate all meridians to eliminate all diseases."
It is also very particular to add wormwood when soaking feet. This wormwood foot bath cake is made of the best wormwood-Artemisia argyi. According to modern scientific tests, the volatile oil content of Artemisia argyi is twice as high as that of common Artemisia argyi, and its penetration is stronger than that of common Artemisia argyi, and it is warmer and more powerful to penetrate the jargon of wine jar. Moreover, it is pressed into cakes by machines, which effectively reduces the volatilization of the essence of wormwood. The wormwood has a strong flavor and is more suitable for bathing than ordinary wormwood. Especially for people who have dry skin in autumn, are prone to autumn fatigue, and have a constitution of "upper heat and lower cold", it is most suitable to soak their feet with wormwood foot bath cake, which helps to unblock the meridians, expel the wet cold accumulated in the body and improve their physique.