Chinese medicine believes that man and nature are an organic whole. Therefore, due to the differences of temperature, overcast and Yang Qi in different seasons, the diseases prone to occur are also different. As early as thousands of years ago, the ancients had noticed that diarrhea was prone to occur in summer. Su Wenjin summarized this phenomenon in detail, and called summer diarrhea "acupoint diarrhea".
According to clinical practice, doctors in past dynasties interpreted it as excessive rain and humidity in summer, coupled with hot weather and evaporation of moisture on the ground, which made the human spleen vulnerable to dampness, leading to the weakening of spleen's ability to transport water and humidity and diarrhea. It is believed that this disease is most closely related to the spleen, as Su Wen's theory of dirty qi says: "Spleen patients ... are full of bowel sounds due to deficiency and cannot drain food."
In many popular science articles before, we also said that the function of spleen in human body is mainly to transport body fluid, which not only transports body fluid to avoid the accumulation of wet phlegm in the body, but also transports food into subtle substances such as qi and blood. Therefore, the spleen-stomach theory also emphasizes that the spleen is the biochemical source of qi and blood, and all viscera and organs are nourished by the subtle Shui Gu produced by the spleen.
If the spleen is weak, the transport is weak, and the water and dampness stagnate, resulting in turbid large intestine and small intestine, it is diarrhea due to spleen deficiency. After a long illness, exogenous pathogenic factors, food injury, insufficient endowment and weakness of viscera can damage the spleen and diarrhea.
In summer, there is plenty of moisture, which hurts the spleen and soil, resulting in the spleen losing its health, and the soil can't make water. When Shui Gu passes through the intestine, it can be seen that the frequency of defecation increases, and the stool is thin and even leaks like water. As recorded in "On Su Wen's Drinking Yang Yingxiang", "Dampness will lead to diarrhea."
It's like a lump of flour. If you add too much water, the flour will be wasted and you can't make buns.
On the other hand, due to the hot weather in summer, the heat is extremely strong. If you overeat and catch cold, or belong to yang deficiency constitution, eating cold will damage the yang, which is more likely to lead to cold in the body. "Massage Four Seasons Diseases" also said: "The person who has covered the summer heat for the longest time is also the most prosperous, but the summer heat is the most prosperous, so people hate the summer heat the most. If the fruit is cold, eat as much as you like, so as to avoid dryness and heat and refresh your mind. Who knows that the internal yang fire is limited, and the external material desires are endless. If it is cut on the same day, there will be many hopes of yang fire decline. " It means that when the weather is hot, gluttony for a while, often eating cool fruits or drinking cold drinks will damage the spleen yang. Therefore, diarrhea in summer is often cold, showing the image of wind, cold and dampness.
The main symptoms of these patients are diarrhea, abdominal pain, pain without fixed parts, nausea and vomiting, loss of diet, nausea and discomfort after eating, frequent defecation with a little greasy food, or fatigue, limb pain and other symptoms. If it is caused by cold, there will be symptoms such as abdominal chills or fear of cold.
If you don't adjust it in time, or use drugs blindly, it will easily lead to aggravation of spleen deficiency, aggravation of diarrhea or recurrent attacks. Modern medical research also shows that blind use of antibiotics and other drugs to treat diarrhea in summer can easily lead to secondary imbalance of intestinal flora.
The key to diarrhea in summer is dampness, which is often combined with cold, so it is necessary to warm the cold and damp to stop diarrhea. "The Origin of Miscellaneous Diseases: the Origin of Diarrhea" says: "Deficiency of soil can not control dampness, gastrointestinal instability, and dampness overcomes disease ... Sini Decoction, Ling Wei Decoction and Cao Kou should be used." "Clinical Guide to Diarrhea in Medical Records" also records that "long summer dampness is better than diarrhea, and there is less abdominal sound, which is not beneficial to supporting yang. First, it is appropriate to guide dampness and stomach and Weiling decoction. "
Sini Decoction and Ling Wei Decoction are classic antidiarrheal prescriptions commonly used in clinic. Both sides can promote diuresis and permeate dampness, and use urination and defecation to treat diarrhea. If it is a bad cold, that is, diarrhea mainly caused by cold and dampness, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Herba Agastaches, Rhizoma Zingiberis Preparata and Ramulus Cinnamomi can be added to stop diarrhea at the same temperature.
In addition, the principle of "treating the symptoms when urgent, and treating the root cause when slow" is an important clinical treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine. When controlling acute diarrhea, it is necessary to strengthen the body resistance, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and fundamentally regulate.
On the one hand, the spleen and stomach function is restored to normal mainly through syndrome differentiation and conditioning, just like "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter" in Huangdi Neijing. Yang also tonifies the spleen and stomach. If the spleen and stomach are damaged, it is easier to increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, leading to prolonged diarrhea or other diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust in time.
On the other hand, we should pay attention to diet conditioning, and we can properly eat products such as Coix Seed, Euryale Seed, Poria, Yam, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and Amomum villosum. , can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness and stomach. And avoid eating too many colds, avoid being greedy for cold and not avoiding cold, especially for the elderly and children with low resistance. Because of the popularity of modern refrigerators and air conditioners, the chances of eating cold colds are increasing.
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