What wakes you up in the morning is not the alarm clock, but the "five o'clock diarrhea"

There is a kind of waking up not by the alarm clock, but by diarrhea...

Moreover, this kind of diarrhea is very strange and very punctual. It comes on time when it is almost dawn ... It is really uncomfortable for those who like to sleep in...

Gengxie is also called cockcrow diarrhea , morning diarrhea, and kidney diarrhea. There are five watches in a night, namely the first watch, the second watch, the third watch, the fourth watch, and the fifth watch. The last watch is at dawn .

This is a chronic, recurrent diarrhea at dawn , characterized by abdominal pain or no pain, bowel sounds and urgent diarrhea, relief of abdominal pain after diarrhea, unformed stools or stools containing undigested food residues, no mucus, pus or blood, and often accompanied by symptoms such as cold body and limbs, sore waist and knees, and fear of cold abdomen.

Why does diarrhea occur at dawn?

According to Chinese medicine, the food we eat every day needs to be digested by the spleen and stomach. The normal function of the spleen and stomach depends on the warmth of kidney yang . Kidney yang is the primordial yang of our body. The effect of kidney yang on the human body is like the warm radiation of the sun on the earth. Without the sun, the animals and plants on the earth will no longer exist. If our kidney yang is deficient, the function of the spleen will be affected, and the food we eat cannot be digested and absorbed, and then it will be discharged from the "sewer" of the human body as undigested feces.

Patients with Wugengxue should pay special attention to the hotness and coldness of food, which should be warm rather than cold , and should also avoid catching a cold. Avoid eating raw and cold food, spicy food, fatty and greasy food, etc.

For the treatment of morning diarrhea, Chinese medicine has many methods such as Chinese herbal decoction, acupuncture, and external application of Chinese medicine. Moxibustion is a very good method. Moxibustion is a treatment method that uses moxa sticks and moxa cones made of moxa leaves to stimulate the acupuncture points or specific parts of the human body to prevent and treat diseases. Our ancestors have used it for many years.

For early morning diarrhea, we can choose the Shenque point for moxibustion treatment.

Shenque point is located in the center of the navel. It is connected to the umbilical cord to provide nutrition to the fetus before birth. Shenque point is located on the navel of the abdomen and has a good therapeutic effect on diseases such as diarrhea and rectal prolapse .

When moxibustioning the Shenque point, you can use moxa sticks directly or use ginger moxibustion . Ginger moxibustion is to place a piece of ginger on the navel and pierce a few holes on the ginger with a needle. The ginger should not be too thin or too thick, and the thickness of a coin should be used as a reference.

When moxibustion is performed, place a slice of ginger on the navel, place a large or medium moxa cone on it, and light it. When you feel a burning sensation , slightly lift the ginger slice or change the moxa cone and continue moxibustion. Generally, the moxa cone should be changed 6 to 9 times each time, until the skin is flushed and no blisters appear.

In addition, under the guidance of a doctor, you can take Si Shen Pills for diarrhea caused by kidney yang deficiency.

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Contributor: Li Yinlong Reviewer: Liu Weihong