Dampness is difficult to extricate yourself, try traditional Chinese medicine foot bath
Dampness is difficult to extricate yourself, try traditional Chinese medicine foot bath
During the Huangmei season, it rains everywhere,
It's the wet rainy season again,
A big wave of rain is visiting from time to time,
Moderate rain, heavy rain and torrential rain take turns.
Many people's bodies also turned on red lights.
Often feeling sleepy, lethargic, and weak,
Some produce loss of appetite, bloating, diarrhea, etc.
Digestive dysfunction.
If this happens, you may be "trapped" with moisture!
For dehumidification, many places have the custom of "fumigation"
Some herbs with special fragrance will be used
Take home fried water fumigation
Has the effect of warding off evil spirits
In fact, fumigation is one of the external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine.
So, how to use fumigation for health care in summer
What other herbs are suitable for expelling dampness and expelling evil spirits?
Let's learn together!
It is reported that the fumigation method is a method of decoction with medicine, fumigation, showering and bathing in the affected part while it is hot. Generally, the medicinal soup is steamed first, and then washed when the medicinal liquid is warm. This therapy can use medicinal power and heat to act on the body through the skin and mucous membranes to promote the dredging of the body, the harmony of the collaterals, and the smooth flow of qi and blood, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
Now this season, I often feel trapped by moisture, fatigue and discomfort. In addition to soup and health care, medicinal diet therapy, using scented traditional Chinese medicine for waist fumigation or foot fumigation is also a good choice. General fumigation and washing prescriptions can contain a variety of aromatic flavors. The traditional Chinese medicines are boiled and heated with water. The rich volatile oils emitted from these traditional Chinese medicines are mixed with water vapor to form medicinal liquids, which are absorbed by the skin pores, can stimulate the central nervous system, encourage the righteousness of the human body, and expel the dampness in the body. Enhance the body's immunity and produce unique therapeutic effects.
Below, I will introduce these herbs to you:
- May Ai
This product is a folk traditional medicine and enjoys the reputation of "the herb of traditional Chinese medicine". It belongs to the dry aerial part of Asteraceae, a perennial herb, and the whole plant is fragrant. Folk Langzhong believes that it is good at warming the middle, dispelling cold, and dehumidifying. It can warm the meridians and relieve pain when taken orally, and relieve pain by dispelling cold.
- Duck foot mugwort
This product is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in the folk, which has the functions of promoting blood circulation, dispelling blood stasis, regulating qi and reducing swelling.
- Cinnamon sticks
This product is the dry twig of Lauraceae plant cinnamon, which has the functions of sweating and releasing muscle, warming and dredging meridians, helping yang to transform qi, and calming and reducing qi. It can be used for wind-cold cold, abdominal cold pain, blood-cold amenorrhea, joint arthralgia and other syndromes.
4, cloves
This product is the dried flower buds of cloves of the Myrtaceae plant. When the buds turn from green to red, they are picked and dried in the sun. They have the effect of warming the middle and reducing the negative, invigorating the kidney and helping the yang.
- Atractylodes
This product is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes Rhizoma or Atractylodes chinensis. Herbs perennial, rhizomes hypertrophic, nodular. It has the functions of invigorating the spleen, drying dampness, relieving depression and dispelling foulness.
- Angelica
This product is the dried root of Angelica dahurica or Angelica dahurica of the Umbelliferae. It has the functions of dispersing wind and dehumidifying, clearing the orifices and relieving pain.
- Chuanxiong
This product is the dried rhizome of the Umbelliferae Ligusticum chuanxiong. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation, expelling wind and relieving pain.
- Cumin
This product is the dried ripe fruit of Umbelliferae fennel. It has the functions of dispelling cold and relieving pain, regulating qi and stomach.
- Qiang living
This product is the dry rhizomes and roots of the Umbelliferae plant Qianghuo or broad-leaf Qianghuo. It has the functions of dispelling cold, dispelling wind, dehumidifying and relieving pain.
10, straw book
This product is the dried rhizome and root of Ligusticum or Ligusticum Liao. It has the functions of dispelling wind, dispelling cold, dehumidifying and relieving pain.
At the same time, I also recommend 2 simple Chinese herbal fumigation and washing recipes:
- May wormwood, cinnamon sticks, cloves, qianghuo, atractylodes
Actions: Warms the kidneys and dispels cold, relieves pain and removes dampness.
Production: Put the medicine in a cloth bag (not included) and boil it with water.
Usage: Generally, boil the medicinal soup to fumigate the skin or the affected area, and then wash it with a medicinal bag or an old towel dipped in medicinal water when the medicinal solution is warm.
- Duck foot mugwort, cinnamon stick, chuanxiong, angelica, cumin, liuben
Actions: dispelling wind and dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain.
Production: Put the medicine in a cloth bag (not included) and boil it with water.
Usage: Generally, boil the medicinal soup to fumigate the skin or the affected area, and then wash it with a medicinal bag or an old towel dipped in medicinal water when the medicinal solution is warm.
Precautions
①Because of individual differences in constitution or disease, it is best to use it under the guidance of TCM experts.
②The fumigation time should not be too long, and be careful to prevent high temperature burns. Generally within 30 minutes, during the fumigation and washing process, due to the accelerated blood circulation of the human body, the heart rate is faster than usual. If the time is too long, it is easy to increase the burden on the heart.
③ It is not advisable to fumigate within one hour after exercise or half an hour after meals. According to the research of sports medicine experts, when people exercise, the blood flow to the muscles increases and the heart rate increases. When the exercise stops, the blood flow and heart rate are relieved, but it will continue for a long time. If you take a bath immediately at this time, it will increase the blood flow to the skin and muscles. This makes the remaining blood insufficient to supply other vital organs such as the heart and brain, which can easily induce heart problems.
Reminder: The above Chinese medicine formulas are operated under the guidance of Chinese medicine experts. (Contributed by: Suizhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in October)