What methods does Chinese medicine have to dispel fire in the long summer solar terms?
Traditional Chinese medicine fire-dispelling method caused by lung fire;
Symptoms include nosebleed, nasal cavity burning, or accompanied by nasal odor, heavy breathing, vexation and heat in the chest, sore throat, nasal pain, dry stool and so on.
The treatment method is to take cogongrass rhizome 10 ~ 15g and decoct it for future generations to drink tea. Cogongrass rhizome can clear lung-fire, cool blood, stop bleeding, dispel summer heat and induce diuresis. Or take Huanglian Shangqing Pill, 6 grams each time, twice a day, with warm water.
Traditional Chinese medicine fire-dispelling method caused by heart fire;
Symptoms: the tongue is reddish, even ulcerated and swollen; Or accompanied by heartburn, insomnia, thirst and cold drinks, blushing, yellow urine and so on.
Treatment method: take lotus plumule 1 ~ 2g, put it in a cup and brew it with boiling water. After 5- 10 minutes, drink tea instead (daily 1 dose, the same below). This tea has the functions of clearing away heart fire, relieving vexation and lowering blood pressure. Or take Huanglian Shangqing Pill, 6 grams each time, twice a day, with warm water.
Methods of removing stomach fire in traditional Chinese medicine;
Symptoms toothache or accompanied by gingival bleeding, redness and fever, sore throat, bad breath, heartburn, thirst and cold drinks, constipation, etc.
Treatment method: take 1 ~ 2g of Kuding tea and brew it in boiling water; After wrapping, drink tea instead; You can use a small amount for the first time, and then add it gradually after adapting to the bitter taste. Kuding tea is good at clearing stomach fire, relieving summer heat and lowering blood fat. Or take Niuhuang Qingwei Pill, 6 grams each time, 1 ~ 2 times a day; Or take Sanhuang tablets, 4 tablets each time, 1-2 times a day.
Recommended medicinal diet for removing fire in long summer:
First, drink lotus seed soup to get rid of the heart fire
Heart-fire is often manifested as five upset, dry throat, dry mouth and sore mouth. Chinese medicine deliberately calls for fire.
Symptoms: there are two kinds of deficiency and excess, and deficiency fire is characterized by low fever, night sweats, upset, dry mouth and so on. Excess fire is characterized by repeated oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, and irritability.
Dietotherapy: 30g of lotus seeds (without removing lotus plumule), 0/5g of gardenia/kloc (wrapped with gauze), adding appropriate amount of rock sugar, decocting in water, eating lotus seeds and drinking soup. Lotus seeds can strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea, benefit the kidney and astringe the essence, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves. Gardenia has the functions of purging fire and relieving annoyance, clearing away heat and diuresis, cooling blood and detoxifying.
Second, eating pig liver can remove fire.
Because of the sudden change of climate, the body can't adapt; Or because of overwork, excessive vaginal fluid is consumed in the body, leading to hyperactivity of lung fire, which is more common in the elderly.
Symptoms: dry cough with little or no phlegm, sticky, hot flashes, night sweats, fever of hands and feet, insomnia and red tongue.
Dietotherapy: pork liver 1, chrysanthemum 30g (wrapped in gauze), * * * boiled until the liver is cooked, and the liver is eaten and soup is drunk. Pig liver is rich in iron and phosphorus, which is an indispensable raw material for hematopoiesis. Eating pig liver in hot summer can get rid of lung fire.
Third, drink mung bean porridge to relieve stomach fire.
Internal heat caused by improper diet, such as drinking, eating spicy food, overeating cream, strong taste, etc., is called stomach fire in TCM. During the Spring Festival, many people eat sweet and greasy high-calorie food, which is easy to cause stomach fire.
Symptoms: there are two kinds of deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is characterized by mild cough, less appetite, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue and less fur. Excess fire is manifested as epigastric discomfort, dry mouth and bitter taste, and dry stool.
Dietotherapy: 30 grams of gypsum powder and appropriate amount of japonica rice and mung bean. First, the gypsum is boiled in water, then filtered to remove residue, and the clear liquid is taken, and then the japonica rice and mung bean are added to cook porridge. Mung beans are rich in nutrients, which can stimulate appetite and reduce blood lipid and cholesterol. Drinking mung bean porridge in summer can dispel stomach fire, but people with deficiency and cold should not eat more.
Changxia has a healthy diet
As the long summer season approaches, it is more reliable to eat more acid and less bitter. Chinese medicine believes that "summer qi is connected with heart qi", so we should pay attention to going to bed early and getting up early in the long summer, and pay attention to "rest" to avoid sweating after exercise and "sweating" hurting the yang. Application: dry eyes, tears in the wind, dizziness, decreased vision, night blindness and chronic hepatitis caused by deficiency of liver yin and blood.
Stewed pork liver with Scrophularia
Raw materials: figwort 15g, fresh pig liver 500g, vegetable oil, soy sauce, ginger, onion, sugar, cooking wine and wet starch.
Production: Wash the pork liver, put it in a pot with Scrophularia, add appropriate amount of water, stew for about 1 hour, take out the pork liver, cut it into small pieces for later use, put the vegetable oil into a wok, put the cleaned and chopped ginger and onion into it, stir-fry it a little, then add pork liver slices, mix soy sauce, white sugar and cooking wine, add appropriate amount of original soup, collect transparent soup and wet starch.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and blood, improving eyesight.
Application: dry eyes, tears in the wind, dizziness, decreased vision, night blindness and chronic hepatitis caused by deficiency of liver yin and blood.
Lotus leaf litchi duck
Ingredients: duck 1 bird (about 1000- 1500g), litchi 250g, lean pork 100g, cooked ham 25g, fresh lotus 1, cooking wine, onion, ginger, monosodium glutamate, etc.
Production: After the duck is slaughtered, the feathers are removed, the mouth and claws are chopped, the back is cut open, the internal organs are taken out, scalded in a boiling water pot, fished out and washed, the lotus leaves are washed, the petals are broken, the ends are cut off, and the ducks are put into a pot for water fishing. Washing litchi, cutting in half, removing shell and core; Dice ham, wash pork and cut into small pieces; After washing ginger and onion, slice ginger and onion. Put ham, pork, duck, onion, ginger, salt and cooking wine in a steaming basin, add appropriate amount of boiling water, steam in a cage until cooked, remove ginger and onion, skim off the oil foam in the soup, add litchi meat, lotus flower and clear soup, and steam for a while.