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

Chapter 23 Don't let the pain affect your life, the universal medical and surgical remedies (5)
[Grandpa said] In addition to dietary therapy to replenish qi, patients with palpitations should also pay attention to regulating emotions and preventing excessive emotions.More scientific rest, intercourse abstinence, and less irritating food such as strong tea and coffee.Properly eat nutritious and easy-to-digest food, balance work and rest, and avoid strenuous labor or exercise.Do more exercise. Elderly patients with palpitations can take a walk, play Tai Chi, and practice Qigong, etc. Young patients can jog and practice yoga to adjust their breath.

Coronary heart disease, which is called coronary atherosclerotic heart disease in modern medicine, refers to abnormal lipid metabolism, which makes the lipids in the blood in the body settle on the original smooth arterial intima, forming atherosclerotic lipid substances Leukoplakia blocks blood flow, leading to heart ischemia and angina pectoris.From the perspective of diet, patients with coronary heart disease must pay attention to controlling the total calorie intake of meals, limit the intake of sugary foods, and advocate low-fat, low-cholesterol diets. The food should be light, and vegetables or beans, beans, etc. Products are the main products, do not eat lard, and use vegetable oil instead of animal oil.

[Recipe name] Stewed radish with vinegar and beans.

[Ingredients] 1 radish, 100 grams of vinegar beans, appropriate amount of ginger and green onions.

[Method] Cut the radish into pieces, add ginger and green onion to the pot, fry the radish pieces in boiling oil, and when the radish is about seven years old, add vinegar beans, add appropriate amount of water, cover the pot and simmer for 30 minutes, season and serve.

[The nurse said] Coronary heart disease has become a "deadly killer" affecting human health. Although many people have normal hearts, the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease cannot be ignored.An old man with a very good family background, Weng Bo, is one of them who attaches great importance to the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease.

Weng Bo was 63 years old when he came to see his grandfather. Due to his age, his health inevitably began to decline. Coupled with problems such as arrhythmia, Weng Bo was very worried that he would suffer from coronary heart disease, so he kept asking. After several twists and turns, I arrived at Grandpa.

Weng Bo said that he has the problem of arrhythmia. In addition, after his old age, he has less work, sleeps a lot, eats a lot, and the heart load has increased. He hopes that his grandfather can give him some pointers and teach him some ways to prevent coronary heart disease. As a folk prescription, he only hopes to be able to hug his grandson and enjoy the happiness.

Seeing this, Grandpa hurriedly prepared a recipe for Weng Bo that he has been eating all year round, which is braised radish with vinegar beans.When I saw the recipe, I was stunned. I thought that stewed radish with bean vinegar was just a common dish, which was often seen on the table of grandparents. I didn't expect it to be used by the "scheming" grandpa to prevent coronary heart disease.

Grandpa said that radish can eliminate stagnation and calm Qi, and has rich nutritional value, while vinegar beans have always been effective in treating high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, especially vinegar beans made by yourself are better.

Weng Bo happily thanked his grandfather. It turns out that preventing coronary heart disease is not difficult, the key is whether or not we have the habit of grasping food.

[Grandpa said] Radish can cure diseases such as lung atrophy, lung heat, flatulence, food stagnation, indigestion, etc. It can promote the digestion and burning of fat in the body, and help reduce the accumulation of lipid substances in the blood.Vinegar beans are the product of black soybeans and vinegar fermentation. They are rich in protein, saponins, unsaturated fatty acids, carbohydrates, carotene, calcium, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid ester and other nutrients, which can prevent and treat arteriosclerosis. , cerebral thrombosis and obesity, and has a good effect on high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.Therefore, eating more radish stewed with vinegar beans can effectively eliminate the lipids on the blood vessel walls, reduce cholesterol levels, and prevent coronary heart disease.

In life, due to various reasons such as cooking and work, it is inevitable to have the experience of burns.Facing burns, especially women, one is worried about the pain and discomfort after being burned, and the other is worrying about the scars left by the burns, which will affect the appearance.It feels hot and hot with hot cream, and many girls feel too uncomfortable.In fact, there is a very clever and simple way to treat burns in life.

[Recipe name] Ice water thick syrup.

[Materials] Appropriate amount of ice cubes and appropriate amount of sugar.

[Method] Put about 50 grams of white sugar in a bowl, pour about 30 ml of ice water into it to make a thick white syrup, then gently apply it to the burn with a clean cotton swab, and finally wrap it with gauze.

[The nurse said] One night, when the grandfather was fast asleep, the neighbor knocked on the door suddenly, saying that his son was seriously ill and was in a hurry, and wanted his grandfather to help him go and have a look. They called an ambulance, but at least they needed time to come.

Seeing this, Grandpa hurried over without even changing his pajamas.It turned out to be the neighbor's 15-year-old son who got up at night to cook instant noodles and was scalded by boiling water. His hands were swollen and swollen, and his nose was red from crying.The grandfather didn't say anything, and after watching for a few seconds, he quickly asked his mother to help dissolve the syrup, while the grandfather and the child's father took out ice cubes from the refrigerator. Within a few minutes, they made ice water thick syrup to cool down the child and relieve pain.

When the ambulance arrived, seeing how timely and effective the first aid measures were taken by my grandfather and parents, I couldn’t help but admire my grandfather’s method, saying that ice water mixed with sugar syrup can not only relieve pain, but also nourish the wound, so as to prevent the wound from getting worse due to lack of timely care .

[Grandpa said] After a burn, we should not look for hot ointment at the first time, but should cool and dissipate the injured skin first, so as to prevent heat evil from accumulating in the affected area and causing scars.In case of burns, first of all, we should immediately soak water with ice cubes, then soak the towel in the soaked ice water, and apply the towel to the affected area for at least 30 minutes to completely cool the injured skin.Because lowering the temperature can slow down the blood vessels and tissue metabolism at the wound, thereby inhibiting the inflammatory response and reducing edema.In addition, the skin receptors will be relatively numb at low temperature, which can reduce the patient's pain and achieve a temporary pain relief effect.Then, mix the thick syrup with white sugar, and then mix the thick syrup with ice water at a ratio of about 2:1, dip the towel or cotton swab in the liquid, and apply it to the affected area more than 10 times repeatedly.When the wound is no longer painful, apply ointment and wrap it with gauze.

Accidentally cutting our fingers is a scene that often occurs when we work in the kitchen. Apart from Band-Aids or wound medicine, is there any clever way for us to easily solve the problem of cuts without leaving the kitchen?
[Remedy [-]] Egg membrane hemostasis.

[Materials] 1 egg.

[Method] Wash the eggs, if there is disinfectant, you can thoroughly disinfect the egg shell first.Then crack the egg, gently tear off the egg membrane on the inner wall of the egg shell, and stick it on the cleaned wound.When pasting, pay attention to the inner wall of the egg membrane, that is, the side with the egg white attached to the wound, not the side where the egg membrane is attached to the egg shell.The main reason is that egg white contains lysozyme, which can sterilize and disinfect, and egg white is rich in nutrition, which can accelerate the growth and healing of wound tissue.

[Remedy [-]] Garlic film to stop bleeding.

[Materials] 1 clove of garlic.

[Method] Take a clove of garlic, peel off the outer skin, carefully remove the layer of crystal clear film attached to the garlic clove, and then gently stick it on the wound after routine cleaning.Pay attention to sticking the side of the garlic film close to the garlic clove on the wound, mainly because the effect of allicin contained in the garlic film is similar to that of egg white, and can be sterilized.

[Remedy [-]] Cod liver oil pills to stop bleeding.

[Materials] 1 cod liver oil pill.

[Method] Clean the wound routinely, cut the cod liver oil pills, pour the oil inside on the wound, and cover the wound.Covering the wound with the oily component of cod liver oil is equivalent to adding a protective film, which can play a protective role similar to a Band-Aid.In addition, cod liver oil is rich in vitamins, which can provide nutrients to wound tissue cells and promote tissue growth and repair.

[The nurse said] Once, when I was cooking at my grandpa’s house, I accidentally cut my hand. I rummaged through boxes and cabinets, but failed to find a Band-Aid at my grandpa’s house. Think about it, plus the medicine box itself is also very useful for grandparents.

Grandpa and grandma laughed so hard that it wasn't that they couldn't cut their fingers, but that they didn't need Band-Aids.I would have thought to educate them about hygiene and the benefit of teaching them about the necessary cleansing of wounds and care of affected areas.Grandpa laughed again. It turned out that they didn't care about the wound.

Grandpa hurriedly found an egg, cracked it open, carefully tore off a piece of egg shell inner membrane from it, and applied it to my wound.Grandpa said that in fact, there is no need for band-aids, and there are ways to solve cuts without going out of the kitchen, that is, egg film, garlic film or cod liver oil, all of which can care for the wound under the premise of protecting the wound, disinfecting and sterilizing it.

[Grandpa said] Many times when we get cuts, we can’t find a band-aid for a while, and some people even use a band-aid. Because it adheres to the skin and has poor air permeability, it will cause allergies around the wound and unbearable itching.Therefore, Grandpa suggested that if you can’t find a band-aid, or if using a band-aid will make the wound itchy, you might as well try cod liver oil, garlic membrane, and egg membrane at home.

As the age continues to increase, many elderly people find that their memory begins to decline.In our lives, there are many elderly people whose memory is declining, but when it comes to memory loss, many people will classify it as dementia.But in fact, there are many reasons for memory loss in the elderly. Alzheimer's disease patients only account for about 5% of them. There are also many memory loss factors such as mental depression, hypoglycemia, malnutrition, and anemia.Among them, the lack or low content of vitamin B12 is one of the culprits leading to memory loss in the elderly.

[Recipe Name] Pork Liver and Pepper Soup.

[Ingredients] 200 grams of pork liver, 20 grams of pepper, appropriate amount of ginger and green onion.

【Method】Put the pork liver slices together with pepper, ginger and green onion into the pot, boil for 30 minutes, season and serve.

[The nurse said] Grandma and grandpa are the same age, but compared with her peers, she looks much younger.A very simple example, my grandma and the grandmas in the community went downstairs to practice Qigong. The coach always taught many times the footwork and gestures that were difficult for everyone to understand. The grandma basically only needed to read it once or twice to remember it.Everyone thought grandma was very powerful, but she said that it was because she had a husband who was an old Chinese doctor.Grandma said that grandpa would make pork liver and pepper soup for grandma at least once a week or so.

When everyone heard what kind of soup it was, they lost interest, thinking that it was not a folk prescription.But grandma hurriedly explained that, in fact, pork liver and pepper soup itself is a dietary remedy.Because the poor memory of the elderly is due to the lack of vitamin B12, and pork liver is a food rich in vitamin B12, plus pepper can warm the stomach and qi, which is very good for the elderly.

Since then, when cooking time in the evening, the community always smells of pork liver boiled with pepper.

【Grandpa said】Vitamin B12 is a very important nutrient for the human body, because it participates in the synthesis of nerve cells and hemoglobin in the blood. Once vitamin B12 is deficient, it will cause anemia, memory loss, insomnia and other symptoms.Studies have found that the vitamin B12 in the body of Alzheimer's patients is obviously too low. After adequate vitamin B12 supplementation, the symptoms of dementia will be improved.Pork liver is used in the recipe because it is rich in vitamin B12 and can nourish blood and Qi.Adding some pepper is to avoid the problem of high cholesterol in pork liver.If the elderly often drink pork liver and pepper soup, it can well increase the vitamin B12 content in the body and improve memory loss.

Blood is the liquid tissue in the human circulatory system and plays an important role in maintaining life.Blood plays four vital roles in our body.The first is to transport substances. The blood absorbs various nutrients from the digestive system and oxygen from the lungs, and then transports them to various organs and tissues throughout the body through the circulatory system for their use.At the same time, most drugs are transported to various organs of the body through the blood.The second is to maintain the constant internal environment required for normal excitation of the tissue.The third is the adjustment function.The hormones secreted by endocrine glands, special products of tissues and general metabolites, such as thyroxine, adrenaline, renin, histamine, carbon dioxide and lactic acid, are transported to various organs and tissues of the body through blood circulation, thereby regulating the function of various organ systems Functional activity is adjusted.The fourth is the defense function.Through the phagocytosis of white blood cells, it resists the damage of bacteria and foreign bodies to us, and builds an immune defense wall.

[Remedy [-]] Astragalus chicken porridge.

[Ingredients] 1 hen, 15 grams of astragalus, 100 grams of rice.

[Method] Decoct the astragalus, cut the hen into pieces, add rice, and cook the porridge together.

[Efficacy] Tonify Qi and blood.It is suitable for anemic patients with physical weakness, insufficient Qi and blood, and malnutrition.

[Recipe [-]] Pork liver porridge.

[Ingredients] 200 grams of pork liver, 100 grams of rice, appropriate amount of green onion and ginger.

[Method] Cut the pork liver into pieces, put it into the pot with rice, green onions, and ginger, add some water, cook it into porridge, and eat it when the liver is cooked and the porridge is thick.

【Efficacy】Replenishing the liver.It is suitable for patients with anemia caused by deficiency of Qi and blood.

[Remedy [-]] Black fungus and red dates soup.

[Ingredients] 20 grams of black fungus, 15 red dates.

【Method】Boil the black fungus and red dates with water. After boiling, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook for an hour before eating.

[Efficacy] Tonify blood and remove heat.For anemia patients.

[Remedy [-]] Egg tenderloin.

[Ingredients] 300 grams of pork tenderloin, 2 eggs, 20 grams of starch, appropriate amount of soy sauce, salt, ginger, and green onions.

【Method】Make soy sauce, scallions, ginger slices and salt to make gorgon juice.Slice the tenderloin, use a knife on both sides to cut into cross patterns, stir the egg yolk and starch with water, and then mix well with the meat slices, so that each piece of meat slices is evenly coated with starch.Heat the oil pan to [-]% heat, put in the sliced ​​meat and deep-fry, fry the tenderloin until golden brown, then pour the prepared Gorgon sauce on the meat, stir-fry for a few minutes and serve.

[Efficacy] Tonify the kidney and nourish the blood.For anemia patients.

[Remedy [-]] Tofu and pig blood soup.

[Ingredients] 250 grams of tofu, 500 grams of pig blood, and 10 red dates.

[Method] Remove the pits of red dates, put them in a pot with tofu and pig blood, add some water, and cook to make a soup.

【Efficacy】Enrich blood.Suitable for postmenstrual and postpartum anemia.

[The nurse said] Once I ran to donate blood.Thinking that my body was fine, I planned to give more, so I only smoked 400ml, but I didn't expect to feel dizzy when I stood up.

After I got home, I told my grandfather about it, and my grandfather quickly told me a few home remedies for nourishing blood without dryness, and then I filled a table with meals.The folk recipe is like this. First, there is a main course, egg tenderloin, which is delicious and refreshing, very good; the soup is black fungus and red dates soup or tofu and pig blood soup; I like it very much because it does not nourish the dryness and heat. It tastes delicious and can also nourish blood and Qi. It is also recommended that you can eat it as a health food no matter whether you are blood deficient or not.

[Grandpa said] Chinese medicine believes that people should take nourishing blood as the foundation, especially women.If the blood is full and qi is strong, the face will be radiant and the spirit will be refreshed, while the deficiency of qi and blood will be dull and dull, and the spirit will be listless.Therefore, in addition to the above-mentioned prescriptions and medicines, in daily life, we should strengthen diet conditioning, eat more animal liver, blood products, lean meat, fish and shrimp, shellfish, egg yolk, milk, fruits, vegetables and other foods rich in protein and iron. , copper, folic acid and vitamin B12 and other "hematopoietic raw materials" nutritious foods.

Hypotension refers to a state in which systemic circulation arterial pressure is lower than normal, which can cause dizziness, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, pale face, indigestion and other symptoms in mild cases; cold limbs, palpitations, dyspnea, and even fainting symptoms can occur in severe cases .

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hypotension is caused by the loss of spleen and kidney yang qi and insufficient blood qi. In the treatment, attention should be paid to warming the spleen and kidney to raise yang qi, nourishing blood and nourishing yin.

It is generally believed in medicine that low blood pressure has a lot to do with being thin and weak, and most of them are caused by family inheritance.Hypotension has no superficial symptoms, mostly fatigue, forgetfulness, dizziness, headache, palpitation or even syncope or signs of precordial pressure.It mainly occurs in frail women, especially when the humidity is heavy in summer.

[Remedy [-]] Angelica egg soup.

[Ingredients] 50 grams each of angelica, astragalus, and red dates, and 4 eggs.

[Method] Cook the above ingredients together, eat eggs and drink soup.

[Applicable people] Hypotension patients with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire.

[Remedy [-]] Stewed black-bone chicken with angelica.

[Ingredients] 1 black-bone chicken, 60 grams of angelica, 50 grams of astragalus, 150 grams of brown sugar, and 50 grams of rice wine.

[Method] Wash the black-bone chicken, hollow out the internal organs, put angelica and astragalus into the belly of the chicken, sew the chicken belly tightly, put the whole black-bone chicken on a plate, put brown sugar rice wine and other condiments on the plate, and then Put it in a pot and steam it over water, eat the meat and drink the soup.

【Applicable people】Hypotensive patients with Qi and blood deficiency.

[Nurse said] Sister Fang is a strong woman in the workplace, with the courage to hold up half the sky. In addition to her busy work, she often leaves early and returns late, and eats irregularly.In the past, she always comforted herself by saying that those who are capable would work harder. She was so busy in the morning that she didn't even have time to eat breakfast, and she often had dinner together with supper.

It wasn't until a few days ago when colleagues were sitting in Sister Fang's car that Sister Fang fainted while driving, which scared everyone to death, that Sister Fang began to pay attention to her health.She came to grandpa, who concluded that she was hypotensive.Because Sister Fang is busy with work, her diet is irregular, and she drinks a lot of wine, she usually eats very little at the dinner, and often after a meal, she only cares about drinking and hardly moves her chopsticks.Therefore, Sister Fang's nutritional intake is very uneven, resulting in a condition of deficiency of yin and hyperactivity of fire and insufficient blood.Therefore, Grandpa prescribed two medicinal soups mainly made of angelica for Sister Fang.Angelica, as we all know, is a woman's blood-enriching medicine, and using angelica with black-bone chicken and eggs is a great tonic.At present, Sister Fang is suffering from yin deficiency and fire, so grandpa suggested that Sister Fang should start with angelica egg soup.After the complexion is smooth and the dry fire in the body has been expelled, drink more Angelica Black Chicken Soup to nourish the kidney and blood.

[Grandpa said] Hypotensive patients should pay more attention to eating both meat and vegetables in a reasonable diet.Especially now that many women regard thinness as beauty, ignoring the intake of necessary nutrients in a normal diet, which can easily lead to hypotension.For example, eggs, lean meat, beef, fish and shrimp, pig blood, duck blood, milk, shellfish, potatoes, tofu, brown sugar and fresh vegetables all have the effect of nourishing blood and strengthening the spleen and brain.In addition, mutton stewed with angelica, lean meat stewed with ginseng, and chicken stewed with Tianqi are all very beneficial to patients with hypotension.

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