In fact, this kind of situation is more common in winter tonic, which is called deficiency without tonic in Chinese medicine. Because of its weak body, it can't bear tonic products, which causes poor digestion before food supplement, thus affecting the digestion and absorption function, resulting in lack of nutrition, deficiency of qi and blood and weakness of blood; Deficiency of qi and blood and weakness of blood on the contrary will harm the absorption and digestion function, so eating tonic will cause side effects, and even the more tonic, the more deficiency.
In that case, how can we avoid the situation of "deficiency is not supplemented" in winter tonic? Here, there is another problem of "making up in autumn first". Due to the great consumption of human body in all summer heat and the loss of carbonate in sweat, the secretion of gastric acid is reduced and the function of digestive system is reduced, so the appetite is poor, and the gastrointestinal activity and function will be relatively weak. Therefore, if we neglect the eating of nutrients and pay no attention to the regulation of gastrointestinal function in autumn, it will be difficult to carry out winter tonic.
At the end of autumn, tonic should be based on flat tonic and dietotherapy, that is, calm tonic should be used and dietotherapy should be the most important. Such as edible Fu Ling, Chinese yam, red dates, longan pulp, lily flowers, coix seed rice, etc., in order to tonify qi and blood, strengthen spleen and kidney, and strengthen spleen and stomach; Or under the guidance of a doctor, take raw ginseng or ginseng in moderation, which is convenient for invigorating qi and blood, promoting fluid production, strengthening spleen and stomach, calming nerves and helping sleep.
Naturally, for some people who are physically weak, they can eat more lean pork, beef and mutton, chicken breast and its pure honey, royal jelly, milk, raw eggs, bean paddles, jujube and so on. In addition, some common vegetarian meals can also be used for the end of autumn. This vegetarian meal not only has many special features in nutritional components, but also is easier to absorb and digest than animal food.
The following ingredients are suitable for autumn tonic: sweet potato, cabbage, sweet potato, lotus root and chestnut.
Deficiency heat generally refers to the disease of fire rising caused by kidney yin deficiency. Kidney-yin deficiency is different from yin deficiency of five internal organs and loss of essence, blood and body fluids. Kidney-yin deficiency is the relative excess of qi and blood, which is easy to cause deficiency fire, so although there are signs of fire rising, it is actually caused by kidney-yin deficiency. The clinical symptoms are dry throat, red cheekbones and lips, vexation, insomnia, and tightness.
Compared with deficiency heat, stomach fire is a kind of excess fire. It refers to the disease of excessive damp-heat in the spleen and stomach that turns into fire. If the stomach fire is excessive, it can go up along the stomach meridian of the foot Yangming. The clinical symptoms are swollen gums and bad breath in the mouth, from which it can be seen that noise is easy to hunger and severe constipation.
One kind of excess fire of liver qi refers to the disease of hyperactivity of liver. It is caused by the loss of liver qi, the stagnation of qi and the excess of liver heat, and it is also related to excessive emotional excitement. Clinical medicine is prone to red eyes, irritability, headache, kidney pain, bitter mouth, bad breath, hematemesis, hemoptysis, rapid pulse and so on.
The failure of Ming-men fire refers to the disease of kidney-qi weakness. Kidney yin and kidney qi depend on each other, so the decline of life-threatening fire is mostly caused by the weakness of original qi or the injury of kidney qi. From this, we can see the symptoms of deficiency and coldness of the lower yuan in medicine, such as listlessness of mental essence, backache, cold limbs, erectile dysfunction, nocturnal emission, dysuria or epigastric pain and edema at dawn.
De-icing method refers to a method to treat heat rising and fire rising. "Fire" has the difference between deficiency heat and excess fire, so the treatment is also different.
(1) Reducing asthenic fire refers to the use of drugs for promoting fluid production and quenching thirst to treat sore throat, hemoptysis, facial fire, palpitation, irritability, dizziness, insomnia, red tongue, dry tongue, floating tightness and other symptoms. Commonly used drugs such as Radix Adenophorae, Radix Rehmanniae, Cortex Moutan, etc.
(2) Reducing excess fire refers to the use of drugs such as clearing away pathogenic fire to treat red eyes, headache, toothache and severe constipation caused by rising liver fire. Commonly used drugs such as Radix Gentianae, Radix Bupleuri, Rhizoma Coptidis, Gypsum Fibrosum, etc.
Eight common ginseng in tonic should be used differently:
Ginseng: a Chinese medicine for invigorating qi. Ginseng tastes pungent and warm, and is mainly used for deficiency of qi and blood, such as weak constitution, weak qi after a long illness or excessive fatigue.
Dosage: People with deficiency of middle qi and blood and poor digestion and absorption can eat it with ginseng and cook the meat (3-5g of ginseng, 3-5g of atractylodes macrocephala and 0/0g of scutellaria baicalensis); People with lung deficiency and wheezing when they are a little tired can use people to participate in golden pomelo and gecko. People with heart-qi deficiency, palpitation, chest tightness and weak pulse can take ginseng (3-5g) or cinnamon powder (3-5g) in water. For people with sweating, weak pulse and fainting, ginseng can also be used in emergency, but the dosage will be large (15 ~ 30g).
Korean ginseng: It is a traditional Chinese medicine for invigorating qi. Compared with ginseng, it is cold, so it is more suitable for people with deficiency heat or those who are prone to get angry. Its performance of nourishing blood and promoting fluid production is better than that of ginseng, but it is not as good as ginseng in restoring yang and nourishing blood. Therefore, ginseng is used in rescue, and Korean ginseng is usually used slowly.
Dosage: 3-5g, soaked in water or cook the meat.
Radix Astragali and Radix Codonopsis: A Chinese medicine for invigorating the middle energizer. The taste of orange is flat, which is generally used to tonify qi and blood. It is often used with Chuanxiong and Radix Rehmanniae Preparata to treat anemia (Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong and Radix Rehmanniae each10g), and it can also be used instead of human participation in Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Poria (Radix Astragali, Radix Scutellariae and Radix Paeoniae Alba each10g) to treat depression of middle qi.
Dosage:10 ~ 30g, cook the meat or soaking in water.
Ginseng: It belongs to nourishing blood medicine. It tastes flat and has the effect of nourishing qi and blood and promoting fluid production. It is generally used for dry mouth due to spleen and stomach deficiency and lung qi deficiency. Because of its mild nature, it is mainly used for children.
Dosage:10 ~ 30g, children should reduce it at their discretion.
Scrophularia: It belongs to lung moistening and body fluid promoting medicine. Sweet and cold, combined with Radix Ophiopogonis and Caulis Citri Tangerinae (Radix Scrophulariae, Radix Ophiopogonis and Caulis Citri Tangerinae each10g) can treat cough due to lung qi deficiency and yin deficiency.
Dosage:10 ~15g.
Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae: It is a medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Bitter and cold, mainly used for myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular sclerosis and so on.
Dosage: 5 ~15g.
Adenophora adenophora: it belongs to nourishing yin and clearing heat. It tastes bitter and sweet and produces cold, and is mainly used for symptoms such as swollen throat, dry cough and dry mouth.
Dosage: 3 grams of Adenophora adenophora, 5 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 3 grams of orange stem, 3 grams of raw licorice and 3 grams of honeysuckle tea, soaked in water.
Scrophularia: It is a medicine for clearing heat and drying dampness. It tastes cold and bitter, and is generally used for itchy skin, yellow and thick leucorrhea and other diseases, and can also be used to treat colorectal cancer.
Dosage: 3~ 10 g soaking.
Frequently asked questions:
1, all ginseng should not be mixed with Veratrum, Trogopterori and Gleditsia sinensis, and it is not suitable for morning tea and radish after taking ginseng.
2. Ginseng is not suitable for hypertensive patients with hyperactivity of liver yang.
3. People with fire should use ginseng carefully.
4. After taking ginseng for 7~ 10, stop using it for 2~3 days.
5, those who are not supplemented by deficiency can choose Korean ginseng or add 3 to 5 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus as appropriate.