Excess fire and deficiency fire are not only different in etiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations, but also different in treatment principles and specific treatment methods. If we use the same method to clear away heat and reduce fire regardless of whether the fire is real or virtual, it may not cure the disease, but it will aggravate the condition. Therefore, when getting angry, it is very important to distinguish between real fire and virtual fire before deciding the treatment plan.
There are many kinds of foods that can clear away heat and reduce fire. Generally speaking, different symptoms can be divided into the following categories:
(1) Heat-clearing and detoxification: such as chrysanthemum, cucumber, isatis root, tomato, bamboo shoot, mung bean, tofu, celery, water chestnut, water chestnut, purslane, day lily, etc. It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and is suitable for various fire diseases.
(2) Fire fighting in bitter cold: such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, bracken, towel gourd, snail, eggplant, millet, buckwheat, rabbit meat, frog, etc. Because cold can turn heat into fire, it is mostly used for real fire.
(3) Eliminating dampness and purging fire: such as wax gourd, watermelon, coix seed, lentils, barley, amaranth, wax gourd, adzuki bean, snakehead, duck, carp, crucian carp, loach, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, chicken gizzard-membrane, etc. , suitable for all kinds of fire diseases.
(4) attacking real fire: such as rhubarb, Anemarrhena rhizome, coptis root, scutellaria root, banana, celery, potato, sesame seed, peach kernel, jellyfish, white radish, etc. , suitable for short yellow urine, dry stool, dry mouth and bitter taste, abdominal distension, loss of appetite and other symptoms.
(5) Cooling blood and astringent blood: such as lotus root, pear, water chestnut, radix rehmanniae, auricularia, Monopterus albus, glutinous rice, lotus root powder, shepherd's purse, corn stigma, mango, eel, bamboo leaves, lalang grass rhizome, purslane, etc. Can be used for nosebleeds, hematochezia, hematuria, etc.
(6) Sweet, warm and heat-clearing: such as Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Chinese cabbage, litchi, chestnut, jujube, walnut kernel, lily, black sesame, bird's nest, bee milk, sorghum, fennel, sword bean, mustard, cherry, pomegranate and dark plum. It is suitable for the situation of qi deficiency and excessive fire.
The following general principles should be followed in dietotherapy for excessive internal heat:
(1) The main dietary varieties are soft, crisp and easy to digest and absorb, while the non-staple food dishes are mainly steamed, stewed and boiled, and the greasy and indigestible things are seldom eaten.
(2) Drink plenty of water to supplement the loss of water when the body is angry and hot, and promote metabolism, promote fluid production and diuresis, and accelerate the excretion of toxins and calories.
(3) Do not eat spicy food, such as pepper, dried ginger, raw garlic, pepper, strong tea, tobacco, spirits, coffee, green onions, etc. , so as not to produce heat to help fire, burn body fluid and aggravate the condition.
Through the above detailed understanding, is everyone clear about how to do it? In fact, the simplest thing is to drink more water and eat less spicy food. Pay attention to personal gum hygiene. This is much better than finding a cure after we have this problem. Why don't we stop it before it happens? Only in this way can we have a good body. I hope everyone can start to pay attention to this article.