What does patchouli do?
1, the efficacy of Pogostemon cablin
Functional indication
Quick breath, and, dirty, wet. Treat common cold, summer dampness, cold and heat, headache, chest tightness, vomiting and diarrhea, malaria, dysentery and halitosis.
(1) Bielu: "Treat toxic swelling caused by geomantic omen, eliminate pathogenic factors, and treat cholera heartache."
② Classic of Materia Medica: "Treating vomiting in the spleen and stomach is the best medicine."
③ Pearl Capsule: "Tonifying Wei Qi, benefiting stomach qi, eating, and treating cholera."
(4) "Herbal Soup": "Warming the middle and activating qi." Lung deficiency and cold, fever in upper energizer, bad breath after drinking, and gargle after decoction. "
⑤ Materia Medica: "Eliminating cold and dampness, summer and dampness, stagnation and dampness. Treat exogenous pathogenic cold, internal injury to diet, or stagnation of cold and dampness caused by dietary injury, Shan Lan miasma, acclimatization, cold and heat malaria. "
⑥ "Continued Annals of Materia Medica": "Relieve exterior symptoms and eliminate pathogenic factors, promote diuresis and dispel wind, clear away heat and quench thirst. Treat vomiting, cholera, malaria, dysentery and scabies. Terrier: It can cure laryngitis, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. "
2. Cold protection methods
Caught a cold, sneezing nonstop, runny nose, coughing nonstop, and often life is inconvenient. There is a concept in Chinese medicine called "prevention of disease", which refers to taking preventive or therapeutic measures to prevent the occurrence and development of diseases. Professor Nie Bin, director of the Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Guangdong Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that if we can take active measures in the cold-prone season, we can effectively prevent colds.
★ Aromatic cleansing method
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, smell can penetrate everywhere, and aroma can enter our bodies through the orifices such as mouth, nose and fur, which can affect the functions of the five internal organs and achieve the effects of balancing qi and blood, harmonizing viscera, eliminating diseases and strengthening the body. This theory has also been confirmed by western medicine theory-odor molecules can promote the production of human immunoglobulin, improve human immunity, regulate systemic metabolism and balance autonomic nerve function.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pungent, warm, fragrant and dry drugs are the most commonly used anti-epidemic drugs, such as Rhizoma Atractylodis, Radix Aucklandiae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Herba Pogostemonis, Flos Chrysanthemi Indici, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Eupatorium, Rhizoma Curcumae and Folium Artemisiae Argyi.
Nie Bin introduced several methods of using epidemic prevention drugs:
1. Burn Atractylodes to ward off evil spirits. First, soak Rhizoma Atractylodis in 95% alcohol for 10 hour, take out Rhizoma Atractylodis, and light it on the ground of the room to be disinfected until Rhizoma Atractylodis turns to ash. Because the volatile oil of Atractylodes lancea is non-toxic and non-irritating, and the smell produced is non-corrosive, it is completely suitable for use in crowded situations and can be used for continuous air disinfection.
2. Burning moxa sticks is still very popular in qi zhou, Hubei Province, where China is rich in high-quality mugwort leaves. The proverb "Your family has AIDS for three years, so the doctor doesn't have to come" is still popular. The smoke produced by burning mugwort leaves can prevent diseases and ward off evil spirits. Modern research has proved that the smoke produced by burning mugwort leaves can inhibit a variety of pathogenic bacteria, fungi and viruses that cause different infectious diseases and epidemic diseases.
3. The reason why the sachet can prevent and treat diseases such as colds is because the Chinese herbal medicines in the sachet exude a strong fragrance and form a high-concentration small environment around the human body. The drugs selected in these sachets can increase the immunoglobulin content secreted by human nasal mucosa and improve human immunity. Generally, aromatic Chinese herbal medicines are selected, such as Rhizoma Atractylodis, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Acori Graminei, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Cyperi, etc. , which contains highly volatile substances. They are ground into powder and carried around in small bags.
★ Massage
Besides relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, massage can also prevent colds and improve some symptoms of colds. Nie Bin introduced two massage techniques that are simple to operate and suitable for ordinary times:
Thenar massage The thenar muscle at the root of thumb is rich. When the palm is stretched out, you can see that the muscles here are obviously protruding, occupying a large area of the palm. Rubbing thenar every day is of great benefit to improving susceptibility and preventing colds. The specific methods are as follows: ① Rub thenar with both hands until it is hot, just like rubbing peanut skin with both hands. (2) One hand is fixed, and the thenar of the other hand is rotated, and the hands alternate up and down. (3) The two thenar are rubbed in opposite directions for a minute or two, and the whole palm will be hot. Doing so can promote blood circulation, strengthen the body's metabolism and enhance physical fitness, so it is not easy to catch a cold.
Massage the nose with fists slightly, and massage the Xiang Ying points on both sides of the nose up and down with the fingers of the bent thumb, forefinger and middle finger. Massage 15~30 times every morning and evening, with local redness and fever as the degree. The purpose of massage is to improve the blood circulation of the nose, promote the secretion of mucosal cells, and expel the cold virus and its harmful metabolites from the body through the "directional swing" of cilia, which can prevent the invasion of cold and keep the enemy out.
★ Wash your face with cold boiled water
Washing your face with cold boiled water every morning and evening can enhance the blood circulation of your face, improve your ability to resist diseases and cold, and thus prevent colds.