An Old Remedy That the Whole Family Can Use: A Record of an Old Chinese Medicine Doctor

Chapter 15 Face is a big problem, small remedies for facial features worth having (1)
Stye, also known as hordeolum, is a common ophthalmic disease. It is a disease of acute purulent infection of sebaceous glands and meibomian glands. It is divided into outer stye and inner stye. Pus spots will bring great pain to patients, but they cannot squeeze pus by themselves, because improper self-collection techniques will cause complications such as orbital cellulitis, which has troubled many patients with this disease.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the stye is called "earth rickets" or "soil ulcers", and it is commonly known as "needle eyes" among the people.From the perspective of Chinese medicine, needle eye is just a common eye disease. It is not a terrible disease. Everyone may suffer from it. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much. As long as you cooperate with appropriate treatment, the disease can be cured.In addition, because stye is more common in young people and the disease is stubborn, it is easy to recur. If it is not handled properly, it may leave scars on the eyelids of young people.Therefore, it is recommended here that patients who still cannot recover after treatment with folk prescriptions should go to the hospital for extraction in time.

[Remedy [-]] Dandelion salad.

[Ingredients] 200 grams of fresh and tender dandelion, appropriate amount of seasoning.

[Method] Blanch the dandelion in boiling water for about 2 minutes, remove it, cut it into small pieces, add condiments and mix it coldly, and serve immediately.

[Remedy [-]] Gardenia kernel porridge.

[Ingredients] 10 grams of gardenia kernels, 50 grams of japonica rice.

[Method] Grind gardenia kernels into fine powder, cook porridge with japonica rice, add gardenia kernels when the stalk rice porridge is about to be cooked, stir well, season properly and eat.

[Remedy [-]] Barley porridge.

[Ingredients] 50 grams of coix seed, 6 grams of ginseng leaves, and 100 grams of japonica rice.

[Method] First decoct ginseng leaves with water, and take the liquid.Then put coix seed and japonica rice into the pot, add ginseng leaf decoction and appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, simmer until cooked, and then eat.

[Remedy [-]] Prunella vulgaris eggs.

[Ingredients] 120 grams of Prunella vulgaris, 2 eggs, 20 grams of mint.

[Method] Boil the eggs in boiling water first, remove the shells and put them into the pot together with Prunella vulgaris, add an appropriate amount of water and cook for 30 minutes, then add mint and cook for another 10 minutes.

[Nurse said] One day it was very late, I took the bus after get off work, but I still saw a girl wearing sunglasses standing next to me, everyone thought she was very strange.Accidentally, her mobile phone fell to the ground. She quickly squatted down and tried to find it, but the lights on the bus were dim, so how could she find it with sunglasses on?In this case, she would rather not take off her glasses in the dark, so I knew there must be something wrong with her.

As expected, the girl couldn't bear it in the end, and she took off her glasses to look for her mobile phone. When she saw it, it turned out that her eyes had a stye.She was very afraid of being seen by others, so she kept it secret, and I quickly told her that the sty is not an infectious disease, don't be afraid, it's just a minor illness.Hearing what I said, she knew that I was a doctor, so she quickly asked for help, and I told her all the folk remedies that my grandfather told me when I had a stye.

In fact, it is not difficult to treat stye. The key point is to clear away heat and detoxify. I told the girl that she can drink barley porridge, prunella vulgaris egg soup and eat cold dandelion. She said it again, and also emphasized the above-mentioned prescriptions, because the medicinal diets such as prunella vulgaris eggs and barley porridge are not only effective for stye, but also can be eaten for clearing away heat and detoxification.

[Grandpa said] Grandpa reminds patients suffering from stye to pay attention to food hygiene, diet should be moderate, regular and quantitative, and must not eat fishy irritating foods such as onions, garlic, peppers, leeks, etc.; fast pork head meat , mutton, dog meat and other hot dry meat.It is best not to eat fried foods such as barbecue, and do not eat too sweet and greasy things, such as cold drinks, ice cream, rice cakes, desserts, etc., which are easy to damage the spleen and stomach, and are not conducive to the treatment of stye.

What we commonly call pink eye disease is actually a kind of infectious conjunctivitis. In modern medicine, it is called epidemic hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, which is an acute infectious ophthalmia.Pink eye has the following characteristics: First, the onset is very urgent, usually within two days of infection, and it occurs in both eyes together.The second is that the range of patients is very wide. Unlike some specialized diseases, the onset of patients has a certain age stage. The incidence of pink eye disease is very wide, ranging from infants of a few months to elderly people aged 90 to 1.The third is that the disease is very contagious, and often one person gets sick, and within 2 to [-] weeks, it will spread widely in the whole family, kindergartens, schools, factories, etc., regardless of men, women, old or young, and a large number of infections will occur.The [-]th, outbreak repeatedly, because there is no definite targeted vaccine for preventing this disease at present, the immunity of human eye after primary disease is cured can reduce, so the symptom of superinfection is arranged more.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by wind-heat toxins and seasonal qi.

[Recipe name] Wild chrysanthemum external application.

[Medicinal materials] 100 grams of fresh wild chrysanthemum.

[Method] Soak wild chrysanthemum in boiling water for about 5-10 minutes. After cooling, apply externally with a clean towel or gauze and scrub the eyes for more than 10 minutes. Wipe 2-4 times a day.

[Nurse said] Many people say that pink eye is terrible. I used to think so too. I thought that pink eye is easily contagious, and it seems to be contagious just by looking at a sick patient.But grandpa is not afraid. During the season when pink eye disease is prevalent, many pink eye patients will seek medical treatment from grandpa. Grandpa does not have any protective measures, but he looks directly at the patient and never gets sick. I am curious, I wonder if grandpa has hidden some secret recipes .

Grandpa laughed and said that pink eye disease is not terrible, as long as it is very simple, one small step can prevent it. It turns out that every time he visits the doctor, he will soak his eyes with wild chrysanthemum flower water to disinfect his eyes, so he never gets sick.The same is true for his patients. He asked the patients to go home and soak water with wild chrysanthemums. After cooling down, apply clean towels or gauze to their eyes, and they will recover soon.For the family members of patients, it can also play a preventive role, and it is very effective in preventing pink eye.

Since I know this practical and simple recipe, I am no longer afraid of pink eye disease.

【Grandpa said】Wild chrysanthemum is effective in treating pink eye disease, because wild chrysanthemum is rich in flavonoids, which have antibacterial and antiviral effects.In hospitals, there are also situations where the wild chrysanthemum water is automatically atomized by an ultrasonic atomizer and then sprayed into the eyes.Generally, we don't have an ultrasonic atomizer at home, but scrubbing it by ourselves is quite effective in treating pink eye.At the same time, patients should pay attention to several points in terms of diet. First, do not drink alcohol, because alcohol will encourage the evil heat and poisonous gas to damage the liver yin, making it easier for the wind-heat evil poison to invade, and making it difficult to cure pink eye disease.The second is to avoid spicy food, such as scallions, onions, leeks, mustard and other spicy products, which will consume the yin of the lung and stomach, make it difficult to get rid of the wind-heat evil and the accumulated heat in the lung and stomach, and aggravate the accumulated heat in the lung and stomach. Conducive to the early recovery of the disease.The third is that people with eye inflammation should not eat ginger, because ginger is warm and pungent, which not only helps heat, but also hurts Yin fluid. People with eye inflammation will aggravate the condition.

Night blindness is a visual disease that manifests as normal vision during the day, but can't see things or dim at night or in dimly lit places.Studies on night blindness have shown that the onset of night blindness is mostly caused by corneal trophic lesions, mainly because the lack of vitamin A makes the corneal epithelium dry and degenerate, which causes night blindness symptoms that can not see things at night.Modern medicine believes that there are three pathological types of night blindness. One is congenital night blindness, such as night blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa, crystalline retinal degeneration and albino-punctate retinal degeneration, which is a hereditary eye disease.The second is acquired, such as excessive glaucoma, optic atrophy and chorioretinitis.The last is systemic diseases, mainly due to vitamin A deficiency caused by malnutrition, liver disease or digestive tract diseases, symptoms of night blindness can occur.

[Recipe name] Steamed lamb liver with mustard seeds.

[Ingredients] 1 lamb liver, 12 grams of mustard seeds, 4 shells of bamboo shoots.

[Method] Wash the lamb liver and cut into pieces, fry the mustard seeds black and grind into fine powder, sprinkle it on the lamb liver, then wrap it with bamboo shoot shells, steam it in a basket, and eat it twice a day.

[Nurse said] Lao Yang and Lao Zhang both work in a machinery factory.One day when he was working the night shift, Lao Yang was inspecting the post when he saw a figure wandering up to the waste pile.Lao Yang felt strange, so he went over to have a look. At this time, the factory yard was lit up, with the brightness of a street lamp. There were triangle irons, round steel, and strip steel in the pile of waste. Heap climbing, that's very dangerous.

So without saying a word, Lao Yang ran forward quickly and stopped the other party. The other party was startled by Lao Yang's shout, and when he turned around, Lao Yang saw that it was Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang said that he wanted to go to the bathroom, but when he went out, he seemed to be unable to see anything. At first he thought it was because he had just come out of the bright place and his eyes were not used to it, so he followed the road based on memory, but unexpectedly he came to the trash. heap.

Lao Yang felt something was wrong, because although the street lights were dim, at least he could see the road clearly, so Lao Yang took Lao Zhang to find his grandfather.Grandpa checked and found that Lao Zhang had night blindness due to malnutrition.So I gave Lao Zhang a recipe for steaming lamb liver with mustard seeds.He also comforted Lao Zhang and said that many elderly people will have varying degrees of vision loss due to the deterioration of body functions and insufficient nutrition absorption.

Later, my grandfather and I met Lao Yang for a walk, and Lao Yang said that Lao Zhang's night blindness was cured, and now he would no longer be unable to find the toilet at night.

[Grandpa said] Sheep liver is sweet in taste and cool in nature. It can enter the liver and meridians. It has the functions of nourishing blood, nourishing liver, and improving eyesight. Moreover, sheep liver is rich in vitamin A, which is very effective in preventing and treating night blindness and vision loss.Mustard seeds are pungent in taste and warm in nature, which can benefit qi, reduce phlegm, dredge collaterals, antibacterial and relieve pain.The two are used as medicine, complement each other, and improve the cure rate of night blindness.At the same time, grandpa also suggested that everyone can treat "night blindness" from the direction of vitamin A supplementation, and eat more milk, fish, vegetables and other foods rich in vitamin A.Among them, carrots are very cheap and contain high carotene, which can be converted into vitamin A in our body. Therefore, carrots are also a good choice for night blindness patients.In addition, every 100 grams of tea contains 17.2 mg of carotene. After the carotene in the tea is absorbed by the human body, it can be converted into vitamin A in the liver, thereby enhancing the color discrimination of the retina.Therefore, drinking more tea, especially green tea, has a certain preventive effect on night blindness.

Sjogren's syndrome, one of the manifestations of Sjögren's syndrome, is a chronic immune connective tissue disease, mostly caused by genetics, endocrine disorders, and viral infections.Modern medicine is still exploring the true cause of Sjögren's syndrome. According to current medical cases, the disease can occur at any age, but it occurs mostly in middle-aged and elderly people, and the incidence rate of women is much higher than that of men.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dry eye syndrome belongs to the category of "dryness syndrome" in traditional Chinese medicine. Yin clears heat, nourishes blood and moistens dryness.

For the treatment of dry eye syndrome, there are many methods of traditional Chinese medicine diet and health preservation. Here are some commonly used methods at home.

[Remedy [-]] Peanut porridge.

[Ingredients] 50 grams of peanuts, 100 grams of japonica rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

[Method] Crush the peanuts, put them in a casserole with japonica rice and rock sugar, add some water and cook the porridge.

[Remedy [-]] Ophiopogon porridge.

[Ingredients] 50 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 100 grams of japonica rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

[Method] Put Ophiopogon japonicus into the pot, decoct the soup to get the juice.Use another pot to cook the japonica rice porridge. After it is half-cooked, add Ophiopogon japonicus juice and some rock sugar to cook together.

[Remedy [-]] Pear porridge.

[Ingredients] 2 Sydney pears, 100 grams of japonica rice.

[Method] Chop the Sydney pears together with the belt and core, add japonica rice and cook porridge.

[Remedy [-]] Sesame porridge.

[Ingredients] 30 grams of black sesame, 100 grams of japonica rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

[Method] Stir-fry black sesame and grind it, and cook porridge with japonica rice.

[Nurse said] Once, a female patient came to the hospital, about 20 to [-] years old. She came to the ophthalmology department and said that she always felt that her eyes were dry. After the doctor's examination, the lacrimal glands were normal, and the doctor told her She said it was caused by her wearing contact lenses and overusing her eyes in front of the computer. Let her pay attention to rest, put more eye drops and wear less contact lenses, and she will gradually get better.

As a result, a few days ago, the girl came again with framed glasses, saying that she did not wear contact lenses according to the doctor's order, and she kept rest and used the computer less, but her eyes were still dry, and the eye drops prescribed by the doctor were effective. , but the effect didn't last, and it was extremely dry again in about an hour, and I felt unbearably uncomfortable, so I came back to find the crux.

I looked into her eyes, and there was indeed no problem on the surface, but I heard from my grandfather that there is such a thing as dry eye syndrome. Obviously, or just partial dry syndrome, it is more difficult to really find out, so I advised her to go to grandpa to have a look.

Grandpa looked at her eyes, checked her pulse, and combined with the symptoms of tongue and mouth, it was determined that the girl had dryness syndrome, among which dry eyes were the most obvious manifestation.It is mainly caused by blood heat and internal loss of warmth. External eye drops can only relieve it, but it does not cure the root cause. If you want to cure eye dryness, you must start with internal adjustments that nourish blood and moisten dryness.So her grandfather taught her a few folk remedies, all of which are simple sesame porridge, Ophiopogon japonicus porridge and other dietary treatments, mainly to nourish yin and clear heat, and nourish the inner essence.

[Grandpa said] According to traditional Chinese medicine, dryness syndrome is divided into two types: external dryness and internal dryness, and dry eyes are generally mostly caused by internal dryness.Inner dryness refers to the deficiency of yin and fluid in the human body, insufficient essence and blood, prolonged illness and blood stasis hinder the smooth flow of meridians, making the blood vessels blocked, clear orifices lost in moistening, and skin and mucous membranes are involved, resulting in this disease.To regulate internal dryness, traditional Chinese medicine recommends starting with diet. You can eat more foods that are sweet and cold in nature and have the effect of repairing kidney function, such as frog meat, clam meat, oyster meat, Xishi tongue, squid meat, eel, donkey-hide gelatin, honey, royal jelly , herring, mullet, crucian carp, eggs, red bean soup, mung bean soup, tofu paste, lily, lotus seeds, radish, carrot, green vegetables, yellow sprouts, shepherd's purse, medlar, Malan head, water chestnut, cucumber, loofah, zucchini, Winter melon, banana, grape, strawberry, mandarin orange, Luo Han Guo, etc.But remember not to eat dog meat, fried peanuts, fried rice, ginger, pepper, cinnamon, ginseng, fried broad beans, fried soybeans, chili, pepper and other dry and hot foods.

Under normal circumstances, when we say dry mouth, we mean that the throat or the body feels thirsty and wants to drink water, or the dry mouth caused by the lack of water and saliva secretion in the body.However, from a medical point of view, "dry mouth" refers to a disease that, in severe cases, can also cause difficulty in eating.The main reason is that the flushing effect of the oral cavity is reduced due to the lack of saliva, which makes it easy for us to have dental caries, and then the surface of the glands is smooth and not hard, and the swelling of the glands persists or recurs.Therefore, in daily life, if the dry mouth cannot be relieved by drinking water, or if the glands are hardened and nodular, you should be vigilant to prevent malignant lesions of xerostomia.

Chinese medicine believes that dry mouth is due to the decline of both yin and yang and insufficient yin fluid, especially when the kidney essence is insufficient, the body fluid in people's mouth will be scarce.If dry mouth caused by other diseases is excluded, the occurrence of xerostomia represents the decline of oral organs and is a manifestation of the decline in the function of salivary glands.

[Recipe name] Raw wolfberry chewing method.

[Ingredients] 30 grams of wolfberry.

[Method] Before going to bed every night, take about 30 grams of wolfberry, wash it, put it in your mouth and chew it directly to promote body fluid.

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