Traditional Chinese medicine health care methods Men and women do this to maintain health, it can be fatal

Health preservation is now very important to people. As the saying goes, health is the root of everything, so people pay great attention to the health of their own bodies. Traditional Chinese medicine health care has received widespread attention and love among people. Today, I will introduce to you the ways of traditional Chinese medicine health care in detail, including acupoint health care, misunderstandings about traditional Chinese medicine health care and so on.

Myth 1: Supplementing is necessary for maintaining good health

Many people choose various so-called precious Chinese medicines, such as deer antler, cordyceps, American ginseng, Korean ginseng and other medicines, or soak them in water or wine for tonic. These medicines are indeed precious, and they are indeed tonics, but people have overlooked one point - whether the body needs it or not, most healthy people do not need to be supplemented, just like a tire that is fully inflated. If you continue to inflate it, I think the result is very clear.

Many people would say that their body is sub-healthy. Indeed, due to the increasing pressure from society and family, as well as the combined effects of various factors such as environmental pollution and food additives, many people's body functions are in a sub-healthy state, and they will experience various symptoms such as fatigue, sweating, insomnia and dreaming. It is correct to choose traditional Chinese medicine. However, many people often think that fatigue means qi deficiency, sweating means yin deficiency or qi deficiency, insomnia and dreaming mean qi deficiency or blood deficiency, etc., and they take it for granted to choose traditional Chinese medicine for tonic, which makes them more deficient.

The application of traditional Chinese medicine has strict standards. An important principle for the use of medicine in Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" is "use the right medicine for the right syndrome." The so-called qi deficiency syndrome, blood deficiency syndrome, yin deficiency syndrome and yang deficiency syndrome are the judgments made by Chinese medicine doctors after comprehensive analysis of the patient through four examinations: looking, smelling, asking and palpating. They are not simply applied, so we cannot simply use supplements to maintain health.

Myth 2: Chinese medicine has no side effects

As people gain a deeper understanding of the side effects of various drugs and biological agents, more and more people are choosing traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, the publicity of many medical products almost ignores the side effects of traditional Chinese medicine, giving people the impression that "traditional Chinese medicine is purely natural and harmless."

We should know that traditional Chinese medicine under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory is a medicine. One of the important basic ideas of its treatment is "treating deviation with deviation", that is, using the bias of the medicine to adjust the deviation of human body function. Therefore, the medicine itself has a therapeutic effect. Although according to modern pharmacological research, most traditional Chinese medicine is not hepatotoxic and renal, it does not mean that it has no side effects.

This means that if Chinese medicine is used improperly, although it generally will not cause liver and kidney damage, it will cause damage and deviation in the body's functions.

Myth 3: Non-drug therapies are unlimited

Nowadays, there are many health books about non-drug therapies on the market. However, the unlimited expansion of the effects of non-drug therapies also has side effects and may cause harm to health. For example, cupping therapy is a treasure of traditional medicine. It uses negative air pressure to cause local congestion and inflammation in the body, thereby achieving the purpose of preventing and curing diseases. Like our traditional Chinese medicine, it is a very good method in itself, but it has its indications, which means it has contraindications or even contraindications.

Myth 4: Diet therapy is suitable for everyone

In the process of adjusting the body's state for health preservation, if the method is chosen improperly or the operation is improper, it will cause damage to the vital energy and even aggravate the condition. Clinically, many patients have subcutaneous nodules, severe skin bruising or even necrosis and scars due to excessive cupping.

Meridians are believed by traditional Chinese medicine to be the channels through which Qi and blood circulate. Many health-preserving methods achieve the effects of disease prevention and health care by tapping and stimulating the meridians. Although from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine theory, various treatment methods such as acupuncture and moxibustion act on the meridians and achieve the purpose of curing diseases by regulating the qi and blood in the meridians.

However, TCM's basic understanding of health is "harmony of qi and blood" and "harmony of yin and yang". This state cannot be achieved by simply tapping the meridians. On the other hand, TCM believes that qi and blood have their own time for birth, growth, transformation, storage and preservation, which is not only reflected in the four seasons but also in a day. Inappropriate stimulation of the circulation of qi and blood is like exercising when you should be sleeping, which will disrupt the "sleep schedule" of qi and blood and cause harm to the body.