When people suffer from internal heat, eating chrysanthemums, cucumbers and other heat-reducing foods will not dry out the mouth.
Traditional Chinese medicine refers to purging fire and clearing away heat. The method of suppressing fire is to remove it. You can take medicines that nourish yin, clear away heat, detoxify and reduce swelling. You can also use traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture, cupping, massage, massage, etc. You should pay attention to the balance between work and rest, and eat less spicy and fried foods.
Traditional Chinese medicine refers to purging fire and clearing away heat. The method of suppressing fire is to remove it. You can take medicines that nourish yin, clear away heat, detoxify and reduce swelling. You can also use traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture, cupping, massage, massage, etc. You should pay attention to the balance between work and rest, and eat less spicy and fried foods.
Inflammation is a very common symptom and sign in daily life, such as red face and eyes, dry throat, hoarseness, boils and swelling, redness, heat and pain, oral erosion, toothache and swelling, and irritability Insomnia, epistaxis and bleeding, red tongue and yellow coating, oliguria and dry stools, fever and sweating, etc. These manifestations belong to the categories of heat syndrome and fire syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine, and their causes are mostly caused by wind, cold, heat, dampness, and dryness evils, which invade the body and generate heat and transform fire. In addition, organ dysfunction, mental overstimulation, and loss of routine in life can also cause internal heat.
From the perspective of Western medicine, symptoms of internal heat are more common in acute infectious diseases, such as acute pharyngitis, pulpitis, oral ulcers, blepharitis, conjunctivitis, urinary tract infection, constipation, and skin boils. , cellulitis, etc., and are also seen in some chronic diseases such as tuberculosis, hypertension, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, hyperthyroidism, and advanced cancer.
According to different causes and pathogenesis, excessive internal heat can be divided into two types of symptoms, namely excess fire and deficient fire.
Extensive fire is mostly caused by the six exogenous factors (wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire). In addition, it can also be caused by mental overstimulation and dysfunction of organ functions. Patients with excess fire present with red face and eyes, chapped lips, bitter mouth and thirst, erosion of mouth and tongue, sore throat, bleeding gums, epistaxis, tinnitus and deafness, sudden onset of boils, body heat and irritability, oliguria, constipation, blood in urine and stool , Red tongue with yellow coating, thorns may be present, and pulse is firm and slippery. The treatment should adopt the principles and methods of bitter cold to control fire, clearing heat and detoxifying, purging excess and reducing fire.
Asthenic fire is mostly caused by internal injury and strain. For example, long-term illness, depletion of essence and energy, and overstrain, can lead to organ imbalance and weakness, resulting in the generation of internal heat, which can then transform into asthenic fire. According to different pathogenesis, deficiency of fire is generally further divided into two types: deficiency of yin and excess of fire and deficiency of qi and excess of fire. Deficiency of yin and excess of fire usually manifests as hot flashes, night sweats, weight loss, dry mouth and throat, restlessness, red tongue without coating, and thready pulse. Treatment should be based on the principles of promoting body fluids and nourishing blood, nourishing yin and reducing fire. People with Qi deficiency and strong fire have symptoms of general dryness and heat, especially before noon, fear of cold and wind, liking heat and fear of cold, body fatigue and weakness, shortness of breath, laziness, spontaneous sweating, clear urine and loose stools, large and weak pulse, and pale tongue with thin coating. The principles of treatment should be to replenish the vital energy, strengthen the kidneys and invigorate yang, and remove heat with sweetness and warmth.
To sum up, excess fire and deficient fire not only have different causes, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations, but also different treatment principles and specific treatments. If the same method is used to clear away heat and reduce heat regardless of whether the internal heat is real or weak, it may not only fail to cure the disease, but may actually aggravate the condition. Therefore, when a fire occurs, it is very important to first distinguish between real fire and virtual fire, and then decide on a treatment plan.
Summer is a season that often makes people "get angry". There are many types of foods that have the effect of clearing away heat and reducing internal heat. Generally, different symptoms of internal heat can be divided into the following categories:
(1) Heat-clearing and detoxifying foods: such as chrysanthemums, cucumbers, isatis roots, tomatoes, bamboo shoots, and mung beans. , tofu, celery, water chestnuts, water chestnuts, purslane, daylily, etc., many of which have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and are suitable for various symptoms of excessive fire.
(2) Bitter and cold foods that can reduce fire: such as bitter melon, bitter cabbage, cabbage, luffa, snail, eggplant, millet, buckwheat, rabbit meat, frog, etc., which can transform the cold nature into heat and reduce fire. It is mostly used for real fire syndrome.
(3) Categories that relieve dampness and purge fire: such as winter melon, watermelon, barley, lentils, barley, amaranth, melon, adzuki beans, black fish, duck meat, carp, crucian carp, loach, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, chicken Internal gold, etc., are suitable for various symptoms of excessive fire.
(4) Attack the real fire types: such as rhubarb, anemarrhena, coptis, skullcap, banana, celery, potato, sesame, peach kernel, jellyfish, white radish, etc., suitable for short yellow urine and dry stool. , dry mouth, bitter mouth, abdominal distension, poor appetite and other symptoms.
(5) Blood-cooling and astringent products: such as lotus root, pear, water chestnut, rehmannia root, fungus, eel, glutinous rice, lotus root starch, shepherd’s purse, corn silk, mango, eel, bamboo leaf, Imperata root, purslane Amaranth, etc., can be used for epistaxis, blood in the stool, blood in the urine, bleeding gums and other conditions caused by blood heat.
(6) Sweet and warming foods: such as Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, cabbage, lychee, chestnut, jujube, walnut kernel, lily, black sesame, bird's nest, bee jelly, sorghum, fennel, jack bean, Mustard greens, cherries, pomegranates, ebony plums, etc. are suitable for conditions where Qi is deficient and fire is exuberant.
(7) Types that nourish yin and reduce fire: such as soft-shell turtle, kelp, seaweed, sea cucumber, spinach, pig blood, pork liver, brown sugar, black-bone chicken, pumpkin, clam, white fungus, etc., mostly used for yin deficiency and excessive fire. Symptoms include five upset stomachs, hot flashes, night sweats, and insomnia.
(8) Tonifying internal organs and extinguishing fire: such as black beans, yams, peanuts, milk, barley, white fungus, pigeon eggs, quail, sparrow meat, eel, mutton, dog meat, leeks, mulberries, etc., suitable for Various symptoms of deficiency fire caused by weak internal organs and insufficient yang energy.
When performing dietary therapy for internal heat, you should pay attention to following the following general principles:
(1) The diet should be mainly soft and crispy, easy to digest and absorb, and non-staple dishes should be based on Mainly steam, stew, and cook. Eat less greasy food that is difficult to digest, such as fried, grilled, and fried foods.
(2) Take in more water to replenish the water lost when the body is overheated, promote metabolism, produce fluid and diuresis, accelerate the excretion of toxins and the dissipation of heat.
(3) Do not eat spicy and hot foods, such as chili peppers, dried ginger, raw garlic, pepper, strong tea, tobacco, spirits, coffee, green onions, etc., to avoid generating heat and fueling fire, burning body fluids, etc. aggravate the condition.
(4) People with excessive fire should eat more cold and heat-clearing foods, such as mung beans, eggplants, winter melon, loofah, bitter melon, etc. Foods that can help yang and heat are taboo, such as leeks, mutton, dog meat, and sparrow meat. , sorghum, longan, cherry, apricot, etc.
(5) People with a deficiency of fire should pay attention to supplementing yin-nourishing foods such as white fungus, lily, mulberry, clam meat, turtle meat, etc. It is not advisable to eat more raw and cold fruits and various cold foods.
(6) Pay attention to "dialectical feeding", analyze the deficiency and excess of internal heat, carry out targeted dietary therapy, and choose foods that clear away heat and reduce internal heat. If we generalize without distinguishing between real fire and virtual fire, we will often not get good curative effect, and sometimes even aggravate the condition, "adding fuel to the fire." This is the reason why some patients do not pay attention to dialectical feeding and blindly self-diagnose and treat themselves, but the results are not good.
Bitter vegetables: In summer, people often feel unwell. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this is mainly due to high temperatures and high humidity, which damage the kidneys and trap the spleen. Bitter foods can strengthen the kidneys by nourishing qi, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness. function to achieve the purpose of balancing body functions. The best food to reduce fire is bitter food. In addition to bitter melon, other bitter foods also have very good effects, such as lettuce, cabbage, etc.
Watermelon: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "Baihu Decoction" is the best heat-clearing prescription. Watermelon is considered to be the natural "White Tiger Soup". Watermelon is sweet in taste and cool in nature, clears heat and detoxifies, relieves eyesight and thirst, and has diuretic effects. It is a good food for relieving summer heat.
Tomatoes and roses: Tomatoes are slightly cold in nature, sweet and sour in taste; enter the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians, and can nourish yin and promote fluid production, strengthen the spleen and stomach, calm the liver and clear away heat, strengthen the stomach and eliminate food, and treat appetite. depressed. At the same time, tomatoes are also rich in vitamin C, which has beauty effects. Roses when used as tea also have the effects of clearing away heat and beautifying the skin.
Summer is a good season for eating fruits. But some fruits are easy to get angry when eaten. Take durian for example. Although durian is delicious, of course some people don’t like to eat it. If you eat too much, you will easily get angry. But after eating durian, you can eat some mangosteen to defeat the fire. In addition, after eating durian, decoct the durian shell in water and drink the water, which can also reduce the heat.
Lychee, as the saying goes, one lychee brings three fires. To eat lychees, you can prepare a bowl of salt water first, drink half of the bowl before eating, and drink another half of the bowl after eating. You can also dip the lychees in salt water while eating.
You can also consume Guiling Ointment. Guiling Ointment nourishes yin and nourishes the kidneys, moisturizes skin, eliminates acne, regulates internal organs, clears heat and detoxifies, prevents skin aging and constipation, promotes metabolism, and enhances human immunity. It is an indispensable health-preserving product for modern people. The research report on Turtle Paste points out that turtle shell contains various amino acids, seven of which are essential amino acids that the human body cannot make on its own. These essential amino acids account for a very high percentage of the total amino acids, about 20%.