Nowadays, cold symptoms caused by external wind and cold are one of the most common diseases in life. The main symptoms of a cold are chills and fever. The most common symptoms are severe chills and mild fever, as well as headache, heaviness of the body, muscle aches, wheezing without sweat, and a thin white tongue coating. Regarding colds caused by wind and cold, there is a puzzling phenomenon: some patients recover quickly after catching a cold, even without taking any medicine. Some people are not like this. They cannot recover for many days after catching a cold and have a long-term cough and clear runny nose. What is the secret here? Many people attribute this to personal immunity issues. This does have its merits. But today, we want to remind you of another reason. It turns out that traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold evil, as an important external evil that induces colds, not only damages the Wei, but also the Ying. Regarding Yingwei, we can simply understand it as the first and second layers of protection that constitute the human body's immunity. Among them, Wei Qi is the first layer and Ying Qi is the second layer. Cold evil injures the Ying, and it is more difficult to regulate than cold evil injures the Wei. In other words, it is more difficult for those whose Ying and Wei are damaged by the cold evil to recover. Although this explanation is superficial, it can help us open up an important idea for treating colds caused by wind and cold, which is to warm and unblock the blood vessels and penetrate the Ying and Wei. This is much more powerful than simply dispelling cold and strengthening the defense. Because of this, a famous prescription for treating colds is about to come out: prepare 9 grams of ephedra, 6 grams of cinnamon twig, 6 grams of almond, and 3 grams of roasted licorice. Decoction in water and take the juice, one dose per day. Stop using immediately after symptoms improve significantly. The ephedra here serves as the main medicine and enters the lung meridian and the sun meridian. It has the effects of clearing the lungs and consolidating the defense system, and can stimulate the body's yang energy. As a minister medicine, the role of cinnamon twig is to penetrate the Ying and Wei as mentioned just now, and to expel the cold evil that damages the Ying Qi, thus helping the body to eliminate the cold evil. This is the key to this recipe. Almonds can reduce lung qi and increase the effect of relieving asthma. Roasted licorice harmonizes the properties of the medicine, warms the middle and detoxifies. This prescription is very powerful, and the key is the use of ephedra together with cinnamon twig, which has a particularly strong effect in dispelling cold and penetrating the body. If used excessively, it may damage your vital energy. Therefore, people with weak constitution, people who have just recovered from a serious illness, people with ulcers, people with bleeding diseases, and people who often sweat should not use this method. For ordinary people, do not continue using it after the symptoms have been significantly alleviated, and stop using it when the disease is cured. |
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