Winter treatment of chronic diseases

This is the 4681st article of Da Yi Xiao Hu

Winter tonic and winter disease treatment in summer are characteristic therapies in traditional Chinese medicine. They are the guiding ideology of TCM health preservation and treatment, which was developed based on the mutual generation and mutual restraint relationship of "nourishing yang in spring and summer, and nourishing yin in autumn and winter" in "Suwen·Theory of Regulating the Spirit with Four Qi". It is generally believed that treating winter diseases in summer means giving targeted treatment in summer to some diseases that are prone to occur or worsen in winter, so as to improve the body's disease resistance and thus reduce or eliminate the symptoms that are prone to occur or worsen in winter. It is a specific application of the TCM holistic view of "harmony between man and nature" and the disease prevention view of "preventing before illness".

It is advisable to treat winter diseases in summer, but it is equally important to treat chronic diseases in winter with conditioning. Conditioning includes medicine, food, and sleep. In traditional Chinese medicine theory, paste prescriptions are a kind of medicine with advanced nutritional nourishment and comprehensive treatment and prevention effects. It is based on large compound decoctions, and different prescriptions are established according to different physical conditions and different clinical manifestations of people. It is a thick semi-fluid or frozen dosage form made by adding certain auxiliary materials after concentrated decoction. As long as it is stored properly, it can be used in all seasons.

It is better to take tonic in winter, and all diseases can be cured. Among various ways of taking tonic, medicinal tonic can cure diseases, while "vegetarian tonic" is light, more suitable for the taste of the Jiangnan area, and suitable for conditioning in all seasons. In clinical practice, no matter what the patient's condition is, syndrome differentiation and medication are the key. First of all, the internal environment of the body should be regulated. Only when the internal environment is suitable can the next step of tonic be considered. Nowadays, many people usually eat fatty and greasy food and rarely move, which makes the spleen and stomach damp, and the protein intake is seriously excessive, which puts a serious burden on the stomach and intestines. Not only does it fail to achieve the purpose of tonic, but it is even counterproductive. The author believes that "vegetarian tonic" is a reasonable choice for conditioning in all seasons today.

In clinical practice, patients often ask, when will my illness be cured? It depends on the individual. In an emergency, treat the symptoms to save the patient, and in a slow manner, treat the root cause to prolong life. Treatment and conditioning are a reasonable rehabilitation system project. Treat winter diseases in summer, and treat chronic diseases in winter. Paste prescriptions are large prescriptions for medication, mainly suitable for winter. Now there are storage conditions. One prescription for one person is suitable for all kinds of people, and can also be used for conditioning in all seasons.