People of the older generation always think that "you can't eat sweet food when you have a cold" and that sweet food will produce phlegm, and the more you cough, the more fierce it will be; However, Chinese medicine practitioners say that "a cold can't be sweet" is an incorrect myth. There are many reasons for coughing, and a cold is just one of them. The process of catching a cold has different stages, and the symptoms will change. TCM has corresponding thinking on syndrome differentiation and treatment. Therefore, "you can't eat sweet with a cold" may be an overly simplistic inference.
Cough syrup and loquat cream are both sweet but can relieve cough.
Most fruits are sweet, such as pear, loquat, orange, apple, kiwi and so on. Many fruits are rich in vitamin C, which is helpful for human body to resist diseases and is beneficial for eating in common colds. Take the sweet but cool pear as an example. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records can "moisten the lung and cool the heart, eliminate phlegm and reduce fire", while the loquat fruit is sweet, quenches thirst, helps lung qi, and the loquat leaves are bitter and flat, and treats lung qi and heat cough, all of which have the so-called effects of promoting fluid production, moistening lung and relieving cough. This is why western medicine cough syrup is sweet, and common Chinese medicine loquat cream is also sweet, but it can be used to relieve cough symptoms.
Phlegm refers to "disease outcome" and "etiology and pathogenesis"
Some people feel dry throat after eating sweet and greasy cakes and snacks, and it is easy to equate sweets with throat Kaka and cough and phlegm. Naturally, they think that eating sweet cold will lead to phlegm, which may aggravate cough symptoms. Xiao Hengyi, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhenxing Hospital, said that the phlegm referred to by Chinese medicine is not only the expectoration, but also a very complicated thing in Chinese medicine, which has at least two meanings. Besides the manifestation of "disease outcome", that is, the expectoration, it has another meaning, that is, the concept of "etiology and pathogenesis", which is the cause of phlegm-dampness accumulation.
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There is a saying in Chinese medicine that all diseases are caused by phlegm.
Director Xiao Hengyi said that Chinese medicine believes that due to exogenous pathogenic factors, or internal injuries caused by seven emotions in diet, the lung, spleen, kidney, triple energizer and other zang-fu organs have abnormal gasification function, and water and body fluid metabolism are disordered, resulting in stagnation of body fluid metabolism. The pathological product formed by the disorder of body fluid and water metabolism is called phlegm drink, and some people also distinguish the thicker and turbid as phlegm, which is called clear and thin drink. The symptoms of phlegm are: "Phlegm is blocked in the lung, blocking the airway, and lung qi is unfavorable to propagate and descend." "Phlegm is blocked in the heart, which leads to chest tightness and palpitation." "Phlegm stops in the stomach, and the stomach loses balance, which leads to nausea, vomiting and fullness in the stomach. "Phlegm in the meridians and muscles can be seen as accumulation of phlegm nuclei, numbness of limbs, or hemiplegia." Phlegm turbid on the head can be seen as dizziness and fainting. ""Phlegm gas congeals the throat, which can lead to obstruction in the pharynx, which is called plum-core gas. "Chinese medicine even has the so-called" all diseases are caused by phlegm. "
Overeating sweet, hot and greasy food and lack of exercise lead to chronic diseases.
The ancient book (Huangdi Neijing) asked about the theory of strange diseases: "The Emperor said: The patient with a sweet mouth, what is the name of the disease, and how did he get it? The Qi Bo said: The overflow of the five qi is also called spleen abscess. The five flavors of husband's mouth are hidden in the stomach, and the spleen is doing its essence, and the body fluid is in the spleen, so it is sweet, and this fat beauty is also made. This person must count those who eat sweet and fat. Fat people make people feel hot inside, and sweet people feel full in the middle, so their qi overflows and turns into thirst-quenching, so they can treat them with orchid and get rid of old qi. 」
Modern people's overeating of sweet, hot and greasy food and lack of exercise are indeed important factors that cause many chronic diseases. Director Xiao Hengyi pointed out that the occurrence of metabolic diseases (obesity, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc.) and chronic cardiovascular diseases, in particular, will lead to serious complications, and will also lead to the aggravation of gastroesophageal reflux disease, all of which echo the saying that all diseases are caused by phlegm in traditional Chinese medicine. But as far as cough is concerned, its etiology is very complicated, such as allergic constitution, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, chest tumor, cardiovascular disease, gastroesophageal reflux and peripheral diaphragm lesions.
It is not appropriate to have a balanced diet and a good life.
Director Xiao Hengyi emphasized that Chinese medicine pays attention to "dialectical treatment", considers the changes of "yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, excess and deficiency" in the disease, adopts corresponding treatment principles and drugs to improve the disease, and requires appropriate life and rest and diet. However, the general diet principle should be balanced and moderate, and it is not good to go too far. For the anecdotal legends that are over-speculated, we should not blindly exaggerate superstition.
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