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

Chapter 7 Blooming roses do not sting, small gynecological remedies for attractive women (2)
[Nurse said] At present, all kinds of women's oral medicines and pills that are regulated by traditional Chinese medicine and both internal and external are popping up in the female consumer market.Once I met a girl about 25 six in a shopping mall. Under the "instigation" of the salesperson, she grabbed several brands of medicines for 3 courses of treatment, including oral liquid and conditioning pills. Thousands.Seeing the girl's look of embarrassment and hesitation, I hurried forward and whispered something in a low voice.At first she thought I was a medical care provider, but later she was driven by the thought of trying to save money and came to grandpa's house.Grandpa watched her face and immediately understood the girl's illness, but the girl was always worried, thinking that my grandpa and I were about to coax her into buying sky-high prices for medicine.Unexpectedly, grandpa only said the words "Motherwort" and "Angelica".It turned out that the girls just had less menstrual flow, anemia caused insufficient blood gas, and poor circulation. There was no major problem, and there was no need to buy medicine for one or two thousand.The grandfather told the girl to drink more motherwort boiled eggs before menstruation, and drink more Angelica Yanhu soup after menstruation. It can be adjusted by itself, which is cheap and convenient.On weekdays, you can also drink motherwort porridge every now and then, but you can't take it regularly after the menstrual period returns to normal.The girl was a little skeptical, so the grandfather explained in detail that motherwort and angelica have always been the holy medicine for women's menstrual regulation and blood temperature tonic, which are effective and convenient.The girl followed her grandfather's instructions and used motherwort and angelica to regulate her menstrual period for three consecutive months. As a result, she came to visit her grandfather specially in the fourth month and told us that everything was normal during her menstrual period and she no longer worried about conception.Grandpa smiled happily, and he did not forget to tell the girls that in the days to come, if you want to regulate your blood and body, motherwort and angelica can still be eaten in moderation.

[Grandpa said] Motherwort, also known as Artemisia Leonurus and Kuncao.Physicians have used it as a special medicine for treating gynecological diseases since ancient times.Its medicinal taste is pungent and slightly bitter, and its medicinal properties are slightly cold, and it penetrates the meridians into the heart and directly reaches the Liver Meridian.It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing heat and detoxification, diuresis and swelling.According to modern pharmacological research, the main chemical components of Motherwort are Leonurine, Trichorine, and Leonuridine, and the minor components are rutin, zirol, organic acids and vitamins.These ingredients have the effects of stimulating the uterus, diuresis, stimulating the heart, dilating blood vessels, stimulating breathing, hemolysis, and antibacterial.Angelica has the laudatory titles of "ten directions and nine returns" and "the king of medicine", especially for the treatment of gynecological diseases.Angelica and motherwort taken alternately or together, have the effects of nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, dispelling blood stasis and promoting regeneration, moistening intestines and laxative, and mainly treating irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, blood deficiency or blood stasis, amenorrhea and abdominal pain.

From the perspective of modern medicine, the normal menstrual bleeding volume of women should be 20-60 ml per month. If the menstrual volume exceeds 80 ml each time, it is likely to be "menorrhea".The common types of menorrhagia are qi deficiency, blood heat and blood stasis.Menorrhagia in patients with qi deficiency is mainly due to deficiency of both blood and qi, improper diet, overwork, serious illness, prolonged illness damages qi and blood, deficiency of middle qi, and lack of solidity of charge and function.A large number of patients with blood heat are mostly caused by factors such as hot and dry diet, evil energy entering the body, excessive emotions, stagnation and heat transformation, and heat disturbance.However, blood stasis patients have a large amount, qi stagnation causes blood stasis, or postpartum postpartum blood is not exhausted, cold evil enters the body, or involuntary sexual intercourse during menstruation leads to internal stagnation of blood stasis, and blood does not return to the meridian.

In addition to causing inconvenience and weakness in life, excessive menstruation is also a symptom of serious underlying diseases.Long-term menstrual flow is heavy, and there may be a risk of iron deficiency anemia, so women must pay more attention to heavy menstruation.

[Recipe name] Stewed lamb with wolfberry.

[Ingredients] 1000 grams of lamb leg, 50 grams of wolfberry, appropriate amount of seasoning.

[Method] Boil the whole mutton in boiling water, put it in cold water to wash off the blood foam, and cut into pieces; heat up the oil in the pot, add mutton and ginger, pour a little cooking wine, stir-fry, pour in medlar and clear soup (about 2000 ml), salt, green onion, boil, remove foam, simmer slowly for one and a half hours, wait for the mutton to be cooked and then eat the meat and drink the soup.

[The nurse said] I heard from my grandfather that my mother has been in poor health since she gave birth, with irregular menstruation and excessive menstrual flow.Since I was sensible, I have seen my mother make wolfberry tea every now and then. My mother said that wolfberry can be taken all year round. In summer, it is suitable to make tea with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, fat sea and rock sugar. It can improve physical fitness and help sleep , regulate menstruation.Once, when I went to my grandfather's house for dinner, my mother happened to be holding a pack of newly bought wolfberries and mutton for dinner. Grandpa took a closer look, rolled his eyes, and had a flash of inspiration, and went to the kitchen to make stewed lamb with wolfberries.Mom was noncommittal, and didn't know whether the combination of the two ingredients would conflict, so she was hesitating whether to use chopsticks.According to the records of traditional Chinese medicine, Grandpa introduced the curative effects of mutton tonifying the kidney and wolfberry nourishing the liver and improving eyesight respectively. Combining these two foods together with a slow fire stew is more suitable for women with irregular menstruation in winter.Moreover, mothers who belong to the blood stasis type have excessive menstrual flow, mainly due to poor postpartum conditioning and internal stagnation of blood stasis, so it is the best choice to eat more wolfberry stewed mutton, which is a warming and tonic diet.

Since then, my mother has been cooking goji berry stewed lamb at home. Within a few months, my mother's menstrual flow is normal, only five or six days before and after. It has faded a lot, and it looks radiant.

[Grandpa said] Lycium barbarum and mutton are both good ingredients. Naturally, stewed mutton with wolfberry has become a good choice for women to nourish, nourish and not dry.Lycium barbarum has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and lungs, and has significant effects on liver and kidney yin deficiency, blood deficiency and chlorosis, tuberculosis and essence deficiency, soreness of the waist and knees, and dizziness.Mutton nourishes blood and warms meridians, and it can play a very good role in warming and relieving abdominal pain caused by postpartum blood deficiency and menstrual cold.Moreover, from the perspective of modern medicine, mutton has more protein content, less fat content, rich vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, iron, zinc, and selenium, so women with qi deficiency can eat more in winter. take food.

Premenstrual tension is called "premenstrual tension syndrome" in modern medicine. The common symptoms are that women begin to experience irritability, irritability, insomnia, headache, dizziness, breast tenderness, loss of appetite, and chest tightness 7 to 10 days before menstruation. , lower abdominal discomfort, edema and other symptoms, a female irregular menstruation disease that can gradually subside after menstrual cramps.This symptom is most common in women of childbearing age between 30 and 40 years old.Generally speaking, the typical premenstrual syndrome begins one week before menstruation. As the menstrual period gets closer, the tension symptoms will gradually increase, and it will be the most serious two or three days before menstrual cramps, but it will disappear suddenly after menstrual cramps; Symptoms last longer and last until three or four days after menstruation begins to disappear completely.Women suffering from premenstrual syndrome often experience a variety of discomfort symptoms, and severe patients are accompanied by mental symptoms, among which anxiety symptoms are the majority, and more than [-]% of patients will experience premenstrual anxiety; [-]% of patients will have breast tenderness Feeling and weight gain; [-]% of patients will have symptoms of hypoglycemia, and about [-]% of patients will have symptoms of depression, sometimes even accompanied by suicidal thoughts.Modern medicine has no clear cure for PMS (premenstrual stress).Because of its diverse clinical manifestations and severity, different treatments are required for different patients.From the perspective of Chinese medicine, menstrual tension is caused by inner depression and imbalance of yin and yang. The focus is on balancing the qi, blood, yin and yang in the viscera, and more attention should be paid to postmenstrual conditioning.

[Recipe name] Sanhuayin.

[Ingredients] Appropriate amount of nasturtium, honeysuckle, and chrysanthemum, and rock sugar according to your preference.

[Method] Rinse 3 kinds of flowers with clean water to remove surface impurities and put them in a cup.Pour boiling water, add rock sugar, soak for 2 minutes and drink.

[Nurse said] I remember when I was in school, when the college entrance examination was approaching, my high school classmate Mu Zi used to have a lot of trouble because of premenstrual tension, and everyone was worried about her.Since there was only one month left before the college entrance examination, all the students in the dormitory were engaged in intensive review battles, but Mu Zi met an "old friend" at this time. At first, she was only tired, headache and restless, but As the time drew closer, the pressure of studying became greater, and Mu Zi's premenstrual tension gradually worsened, and symptoms such as insomnia, abdominal pain, and joint pain frequently appeared.In order to ensure the smoothness of the college entrance examination, Mu Zi discussed with her mother to take medicine to delay menstruation.Seeing that Mu Zi started to go into a vicious cycle of ignoring premenstrual tension in order to save study time, but the quality of study was seriously affected by premenstrual tension, so I dragged her to her grandfather for treatment.After seeing it, Grandpa thought that Mu Zi's condition was not serious, but that the premenstrual tension was exacerbated by being too tense psychologically and mentally.So Mu Zi followed her grandfather's instructions and drank Sanhua Drink every day, drinking it like ordinary tea. Afterwards, Mu Zi felt much better physically and mentally.

[Grandpa said] Honeysuckle has antibacterial, anti-viral, immune-boosting and anti-inflammatory effects; Nervous women can boost their spirits during drinking, dispel depression and relieve fatigue, and are especially effective in relieving symptoms such as premenstrual headaches and fatigue.And chrysanthemum is mainly used to treat cold, wind-heat, headache, etc., and has preventive and treatment effects on dizziness, headache and tinnitus.The combination of three flowers, drink more before menstruation, can adjust the balance of yin and yang in the body, soothe the nerves and relieve depression, and help bid farewell to premenstrual tension.At the same time, my grandfather also believes that premenstrual tension cannot be treated with scented tea or diet alone. You must relax, adjust your diet, eat less sweets and fatty meats, and eat more vegetables and fruits with more fiber to keep your body and mind in balance. Drinking alcohol is not suitable , smoking, drinking coffee, etc.Because foods such as alcohol, coffee and sweets can easily cause personal mood swings, it is not recommended.At the same time, we must do more exercise, because exercise is a "panacea".Walking, swimming, jogging, dancing, etc. in the fresh air every day are very important to the health of the body.And increasing the amount of exercise 1 to 2 weeks before menstruation will relieve discomfort.

Amenorrhea, from the perspective of modern medicine, is a common symptom of gynecological diseases. The etiology is very complicated, such as dysplasia, genetics, endocrine disorders, immune system disorders, mental abnormalities, etc. may cause amenorrhea in women.In addition, there are amenorrhea caused by tumors, trauma, and drug factors.Therefore, it is recommended in medicine to diagnose and treat amenorrhea according to the cause of amenorrhea according to the different causes.Amenorrhea can be divided into two types: physiological and pathological.Physiological amenorrhea refers to amenorrhea before puberty, pregnancy, lactation, menopausal transition and postmenopause.Pathological amenorrhea can be divided into three categories according to the location: ovarian amenorrhea, pituitary amenorrhea, and hypothalamic amenorrhea.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the causes of women's amenorrhea can be roughly divided into deficiency and excess.Deficiency is caused by insufficient essence and blood, the sea of ​​blood is empty, and there is no blood to flow down; while reality is caused by obstruction of evil energy, blocked channels, and no flow of menstrual blood.Looking at the different viscera in detail, patients with liver and kidney deficiency, due to labor, chronic illness, and insufficient endowment, are prone to damage the kidneys, resulting in insufficient essence and blood, and no blood to shed.Patients with weak qi and blood have heart and spleen strain, serious illness, and blood loss due to prolonged illness, resulting in a large deficiency of Chongren and no blood to pour.Patients with yin deficiency and blood dryness are due to deficiency of yin in the body or prolonged illness that damages yin, resulting in yin deficiency and blood dryness or essence deficiency and yin exhaustion, resulting in asthenic amenorrhea.Patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis are due to stagnation of qi and blood or suffering from cold during childbirth, resulting in cold coagulation of blood vessels in the body and amenorrhea.Patients with stagnation of phlegm-dampness are mainly due to amenorrhea caused by obesity and phlegm-dampness blockage of collaterals.

[Recipe Name] Stewed White Pigeon with Turtle Fish.

[Ingredients] 1 soft-shelled turtle and 1 white pigeon.

[Method] Wash the turtle fish and white pigeon, cut the turtle fish into pieces, and put them into the belly of the white pigeon.Put the white pigeon into the stewing pot, add appropriate amount of water, ginger, green onion, salt and rice wine, etc., and simmer until the pigeon is overcooked, then it can be eaten.

[The nurse said] One day, a friend came to me with her little sister. Her sister is a 21-year-old college student and a girl in adolescence.I asked her what's the matter, except that she looked a little thinner and her face was dull, she probably didn't have any serious illnesses.As a result, my friend glanced at my sister and blamed me: "I'm obviously not fat, but I'm shouting to lose weight every day, okay, is it troublesome to lose weight now?"
I calmed down my friend's anger, and quickly asked about the situation. It turned out that my sister is Xiaolan. She is tall and tall. She has grown to 166 centimeters, but she only weighs 90 pounds. Thin is beautiful, so Xiaolan repeatedly lost weight through dieting and other methods.When I started to lose weight, I reduced my food intake and increased intense fat-burning exercises. In the later stage, I vomited after eating too much. As a result, my weight dropped to more than ten catties, but at the same time her "good sister" did not come Yes, there has been amenorrhea for three consecutive months, resulting in complete disturbance of hormone levels in the body, dull complexion, and pigmentation began to appear at a young age.

Seeing this, I hurriedly took her to find Grandpa.When Grandpa saw it, he knew that weight loss was the cause. Apart from not being able to continue dieting to lose weight, he had to take proper supplements to nourish blood and Qi to solve the problem of amenorrhea and regulate breath.Grandpa gave her a recipe, which is turtle fish stewed with white pigeons. The recipe is simple and effective.

After experiencing amenorrhea, Xiaolan no longer dared to go on a diet to lose weight. She also insisted on eating stewed white pigeon with turtle fish at least three times a week. It looks good in anything, and the beauty is naturally exuded from the inside out.

[Grandpa said] Soft-shelled turtles are thick and sweet, and their shells are the most expensive.Turtle shell is salty in nature, mild and gentle in nature, nourishes the liver and eyes, benefits the spleen meridian, and is rich in animal glue, keratin, iodine, vitamins and other elements.Chinese medicine believes that turtle shell has the functions of nourishing yin and clearing away heat, calming liver and calming wind, softening and resolving hard masses.It is mostly used to treat symptoms such as epilepsy, amenorrhea and leakage.The white pigeon in the prescription is also especially beneficial to the liver, kidney and meridians.The crude protein contained in pigeon meat reaches as high as 22%, which can nourish the kidney and replenish Qi, and is generally used to treat women's blood deficiency and amenorrhea.Therefore, women who have been suffering from weak for a long time are beneficial to eat.

Vomiting of pregnancy refers to the symptoms of recurrent nausea, vomiting, anorexia and vomiting when a woman eats during the period of 2 to 3 months after conception.From a medical point of view, vomiting in pregnancy is not a disease, but a different reaction of different female constitutions to conception. Therefore, there is no need to rush to seek medical treatment, let alone take medicine indiscriminately, so as not to affect the fetus.

Chinese medicine believes that to relieve pregnancy vomiting, you can eat more ginger, or include a piece of ginger, because ginger is beneficial to the spleen and stomach, and has the effect of dispelling wind and cold.At the same time, with appropriate ginger diet, it can achieve the effect of alleviating vomiting.

[Remedy [-]] Dark plum and ginger soup.

[Ingredients] 10 grams each of ebony meat and ginger, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar.

[Method] Add black plum meat, ginger, and brown sugar with appropriate amount of water, and boil it into a soup. It is recommended to drink it twice a day.

[Recipe [-]] Braised chicken with ginger.

[Ingredients] 1 skinny chicken, appropriate amount of ginger, rice wine, scallion root and other condiments.

[Method] Chop the chicken into pieces for later use, put oil in the pan, add ginger slices, fry the ginger slices until fragrant, then pour in the chicken pieces, stir fry until 9 mature, spray wine, add seasonings, simmer until the chicken pieces After it is cooked through, add the onion root and simmer for another 2 minutes.Served with meals on weekdays.

[Nurse said] Ms. Huang is a regular staff member of the government department. Due to her busy work and constant entertainment in the past few years, she had an induced abortion once.At the beginning of this year, she found out that she was pregnant. Considering that she had undergone induced abortion, the wall of the uterus might become thinner, and worried about the instability of the fetus, her husband's family gave her a lot of supplements.However, in the first three months of pregnancy, she often experienced symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and fatigue, especially when she was fasting in the morning.

I took her to my grandfather's house. She said that as the pregnancy time got longer, the symptoms of vomiting did not decrease, but became more serious. At first, she just ate too much or had symptoms of vomiting when she woke up in the morning. Now it's time to drink tonic soup Or to the point of vomiting even after eating, brushing teeth in the morning is even more terrible, the toothbrush has not started to work, put one mouth into the mouth, and start vomiting.She is very worried that long-term lack of food or severe vomiting will affect the fetus.

Grandpa said that excessive vomiting or affecting eating will indeed hinder the mother's absorption of nutrients, which will naturally affect the fetus, but grandpa also told Ms. Huang not to worry too much. On the one hand, the diet should be changed to a light diet. Balance is good. In addition, chew ginger slices more, and adjust them with ingredients such as ebony ginger soup and ginger braised chicken.

After listening to her grandfather's words, Ms. Huang chewed ginger slices more, and tried ginger stewed chicken. The symptoms of vomiting were relieved. A few months later, she gave birth to a white and fat baby.

[Grandpa said] The ebony in the first recipe has the functions of astringing the lungs and relieving cough, promoting body fluid to quench thirst, astringent intestines and relieving diarrhea. In daily life, we can use ebony to treat chronic cough, deficiency heat and polydipsia, chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery, and blood in the stool , urinary bleeding and other diseases.Combined with an appropriate amount of ginger slices, this prescription has the effects of harmonizing the stomach, relieving vomiting, promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, and is suitable for pregnant women with disharmony between the liver and stomach to relieve the symptoms of pregnancy vomiting.In the second recipe, ginger is beneficial to the spleen and stomach, and helps to disperse wind and cold. In addition, fresh chicken has a mild effect, nourishing qi and nourishing blood. This soup has the effect of dispelling wind and nourishing, and is very good for pregnant women with insufficient qi and blood.In addition, although vomiting in pregnancy is a normal physiological reaction, it can also be reconciled through diet and appropriate exercise. Pregnant women with severe vomiting in pregnancy should pay more attention to diet, can reduce the amount of each meal, and eat less and more meals.Drink plenty of water, eat more vegetables and fruits; at the same time, take part in some mild activities, such as outdoor walking, doing exercises for pregnant women, etc., which can improve mood, strengthen the body, and reduce the vomiting reaction of early pregnancy.

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