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

Chapter 8 Blooming roses do not sting, small gynecological remedies for attractive women (3)
There are many causes of vaginitis, including different types of vaginitis caused by various viral infections such as trichomonas, candida, and fungi.Under normal circumstances, women's vagina has a natural defense function against the invasion of pathogens due to the characteristics of anatomical tissues.When the vaginal opening is closed, or the vaginal epithelial cells proliferate under the influence of estrogen, the epidermal cells are keratinized, and the pH of the vagina is kept between pH 4 and 5, which will naturally inhibit the reproduction of pathogenic anaerobic bacteria effect.Once the above-mentioned natural defense functions are destroyed, pathogens will invade the vagina, causing vaginitis.

[Recipe name] Artemisia argyi fumigation method.

【Medicinal】A small handful of Artemisia argyi leaves.

[Method] Put a bunch of dried mugwort leaves into the water, bring to a boil over high heat, remove the mugwort leaf residue, and then pour the mugwort leaf soup into a sterilized basin. Soak in mugwort leaf soup, continue fumigation for about 20 minutes, and then wash your body.

[Nurse said] By the way, a regular visitor came to the outpatient department recently. This month, the young Ms. Zhang has come to the gynecology clinic for the second time.It's also strange to say that Ms. Chen is usually very clean and hygienic. Even when she sits on the stool in the waiting hall, she will wipe the surface of the stool with a wet paper towel before sitting down.And her private life is also very careful, but vaginitis is very fond of patronizing her, which makes her restless, listless, and suffers herself.

Seeing that Ms. Zhang was very troubled by vaginitis, and she went to the gynecology clinic many times but couldn't find the way. After repeated repetitions, I took Ms. Zhang to see her grandfather to see the situation.

After questioning, my grandfather found out that the reason why Ms. Zhang suffered from vaginitis repeatedly for a long time was because she often wore tight-fitting polyester briefs.Grandpa said that tight-fitting polyester briefs are a kind of fabric with poor air permeability, and if the crotch is tightly wrapped around the buttocks for a long time, the sweat in Ms. Zhang's perineum will not be drained or evaporated, and the sweat will be secreted in the vagina and urethra. things mixed together.If when cleaning underwear, if it is not discovered in time and cleaned in time, or if it is not sterilized by direct sunlight, and Ms. Zhang wears it on her body again, it will easily cause perineal erosion and infection, cause vaginitis and vaginal itching, and in severe cases There is a foul smell.

Grandpa taught Ms. Zhang a method of fumigation with mugwort leaves, and asked her to cook mugwort leaf soup every night to sit in a basin. As a result, within a few days, Ms. Zhang's vaginitis was well cured.

[Grandpa said] Fumigation therapy has a long history in our country. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, many women began to practice fumigation.The principle of fumigation method is to fumigate the skin with the steam after decocting the medicine, dredge the meridians through the hot fumigation of the medicine liquid, reconcile qi and blood, detoxify and remove blood stasis, strengthen the body and eliminate evil, balance yin and yang, and promote the recovery of body functions , so as to achieve the purpose of disease prevention, treatment and health care.The skin has multiple functions such as secretion, absorption, penetration, excretion, and sensation. Partial fumigation of the body is equivalent to directly drinking medicine to the skin, so that the medicine can be absorbed through the surface of the skin, penetrate the stratum corneum and transport the dermis into the blood circulation to exert its efficacy. Thus promoting the dilation of capillaries in the skin, accelerating the circulation of blood and lymph, promoting metabolism, and improving the nutrition of surrounding tissues. The warm stimulation of the medicinal gas also makes the pores open, and the whole body sweats, allowing the "evil poison" in the body to be excreted with sweat , not only support the essence, but also eliminate fatigue, giving people a sense of comfort; at the same time, it destroys the original pathological reflex connection, so as to achieve the purpose of curing diseases.

The mugwort leaves in this prescription have the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, detoxifying and reducing swelling, cooling blood heat, dehumidifying and relieving itching, removing putrefaction and promoting muscle growth, etc. Using the hot soup of mugwort leaves to fumigate the body parts can relieve dampness and heat, and treat vaginitis and vaginal itching It is especially effective for gynecological diseases such as lower and vulvar itching.

Breast inflammation is a general term for acute purulent infection of the breast, which is mainly caused by bacteria invading the breast tissue through cracked nipples or milk duct openings.Some women are caused by blocked mammary ducts, milk stasis, or damage to the nipple when the baby sucks milk, while others are caused by pathological bacterial invasion.At the beginning of mastitis, there are symptoms such as breast swelling, pain, lump tenderness, surface redness, and fever; if the disease continues to develop without proper treatment, the symptoms will aggravate, and the breast will appear pulsating pain, often accompanied by high fever, Symptoms such as chills and breast swelling and pain are obvious. At the same time, the patient's local skin is red and swollen, with complications such as induration, tenderness, and enlarged lymph nodes.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" once recorded: "Dandelion is mainly used for women's breast pain and swelling, boiled juice, drink and seal it, and immediately disappear." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dandelion can clear away heat and detoxify, diuresis and dissipate stagnation, and can treat various acute inflammations, scrofula, and furunculosis. Diseases such as sores, colds and fever have very good functions in the prevention and treatment of mammary gland inflammation.There are two main recipes for dandelion to treat mammary gland inflammation: one is to drink its juice by boiling it, and the other is to eat its meat in cold salad.

[Remedy [-]] Dandelion juice.

[Ingredients] Appropriate amount of fresh dandelion and appropriate amount of sugar.

[Method] Wash the fresh dandelion, remove the root, put it in boiling water and boil for 30 minutes, then separate the dregs and drink its juice.

[Remedy [-]] Cold dandelion.

[Ingredients] Appropriate amount of fresh dandelion, appropriate amount of sesame oil, salt and other condiments.

[Method] Wash and chop the dandelion, add appropriate amount of salt, vinegar, sesame oil and other condiments, mix well and eat immediately; you can also wash the dandelion and add seasoning to stir-fry.

[The nurse said] Ms. Wang just gave birth in May this year. Not long after, she found that her breasts often felt swollen.At the beginning, Ms. Wang didn't pay much attention to it, because she had enough milk herself, so she thought that the breast swelling and pain were caused by engorged milk, so she ignored it all the time.But later, the feeling of breast tenderness became more and more serious, so severe that when feeding the baby, I would stop midway from time to time because of the pain.Seeing this situation, his husband, Mr. Deng, took Ms. Wang to the hospital for an examination, and it was diagnosed as mastitis.

In the hospital, the doctor recommended various treatment options, but Ms. Wang has been hesitant. Considering that the child is very young, only a few months old, whether it is medication or injection, she is afraid of affecting the breastfeeding baby, so she went to the hospital. My grandpa took a look at it. Grandpas with minor illnesses generally don’t charge money, and most of them are diet therapy. For Ms. Wang who is feeding her child, diet therapy is a good method.After asking about Ms. Wang's symptoms carefully, my grandfather suggested to try eating dandelions.You can use dandelion juice or cold dandelion. In short, eating dandelion raw can inhibit breast inflammation very well.

At the same time, Grandpa also advised Ms. Wang to maintain a good attitude and emotional stability, eat less fried, high-calorie, and high-fat foods, eat less spicy and stimulating foods, and eat more seafood rich in iodine (such as seaweed, kelp, etc.), Vegetables, fruits, soy products, fungi, fungus and whole grains, etc., can quickly cure mammary gland inflammation.

[Grandpa said] Dandelion is a delicacy bestowed by God. Its internal vitamin C content is more than 50% higher than that of tomatoes, its protein content is also twice that of eggplant, and its iron content is equivalent to that of spinach. It is a delicacy with high nutritional content .Moreover, it has a strong killing effect on Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic streptococcus, and it also has a strong killing effect on pneumococcus, meningococcus, diphtheria bacillus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus, Shigella, typhoid bacillus and catarrhal bacteria. Certain killing effect.Therefore, since ancient times, many women have used the natural sterilizing properties of dandelions to make different delicacies, and eating more dandelions is very beneficial for treating mammary gland inflammation.However, it should be noted that while consuming dandelion, if the patient is a mother of a newborn baby and causes mammary gland inflammation due to milk stasis, it is also necessary to cooperate with a diet therapy of warming, tonifying and nourishing qi, and a two-pronged approach.

Many women experience constipation in the first few days after giving birth.It's not a serious illness, or even a "disease," but it makes many new mothers very uncomfortable.Because postpartum constipation often causes symptoms such as abdominal distension and loss of appetite.In fact, the main causes of postpartum constipation are factors such as reduced gastrointestinal function, slow peristalsis, long-term retention of intestinal contents, and excessive water absorption after giving birth.In addition, during a woman's pregnancy, the muscle contraction strength of the abdominal wall and pelvic floor in the body is insufficient, and the postpartum diet is too particular about high nutrition, lacks cellulose, and reduces food residues, thus causing postpartum constipation.

In view of the symptoms of postpartum constipation and the postpartum physical conditioning needs of pregnant women, it is recommended to eat the following healthy diets.

[Remedy [-]] Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum soup.

[Ingredients] 500 grams of fresh Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum.

[Method] Wash the fresh chrysanthemum chrysanthemum, cut into sections and put it in a pot, add water to make soup, and then drink it.1 time a day, 7 days as a course of treatment.

[Remedy [-]] Leek porridge.

[Ingredients] 100 grams of leeks, 100 grams of japonica rice.

[Method] Wash and chop the leeks, put them into the pot together with the japonica rice, add water and cook the porridge.

[Remedy [-]] Water chestnut porridge.

[Ingredients] 250 grams of water chestnuts, 150 grams of glutinous rice, and 50 grams of sugar.

[Method] Peel the water chestnuts, cut them into small pieces, put the water chestnuts and glutinous rice into a pot, add some water, cook it into gruel, then add some sugar and cook for a while, take several doses.

[Remedy [-]] Soybean skin juice.

[Ingredients] 50 grams of soybean skin, appropriate amount of honey.

[Method] Put the soybean skin into water, boil it into a soup, then add an appropriate amount of honey, and drink it in divided doses.

[The nurse said] When I was inspecting the ward in the hospital, I found a mother who had just given birth to twins very upset.It stands to reason that the birth of two white and fat sons at once should be elated.Taking advantage of the free time, I chatted with this mother.It was later discovered that the new mother had something to hide.

Because the mother was pregnant with twins before, the uterus and pelvic cavity became enlarged, and she is still in the contraction period, which is predictable, but her unspeakable secret is constipation. It has been nearly 5 days since she gave birth, and she has not been able to go to the toilet to defecate. , leading to abdominal distension, abdominal pain, and even sitting pain in the waist and pelvis.I was breastfeeding again, so I couldn't easily take laxatives and laxatives, so I was holding back all the time, suffering unspeakably.

When I saw this, I ran back to my grandpa's house as soon as I got off work, and asked my grandpa what to eat or what to do to solve the postpartum constipation.Grandpa first asked me about the patient's condition.I told my grandpa what I saw during the rounds.Because the patient’s family is good and she has given birth to twins, her parents-in-law give her supplements every day in order to supplement her milk and nourish her body, and her pelvic cavity is severely dilated. Apart from breastfeeding, she basically does not need to change diapers or other chores. She does it all for the confinement wife and mother-in-law, and even has someone to help her go to the toilet.

Grandpa understood, so he asked me to teach patients several dietary treatments-leek porridge, water chestnut porridge, etc.Because leek itself is nourishing, and can moisten the intestines and laxative, it has no effect on the nutritional content of milk, so you can eat more.At the same time, let me tell the patient not to take too much food that is difficult to digest, which will easily increase the burden on the intestinal digestive system. You can also walk around properly at ordinary times. Pelvic cavity, improving the symptoms of constipation.

[Grandpa said] Grandpa said that postpartum constipation can be prevented and treated. In addition to the above-mentioned diet therapy, postpartum women can also do more postpartum gymnastics on the bed, mainly doing anal contraction exercises. Simply put, it is "tolerance" Stool" motion, lift the anus up, then relax.One time in the morning and one time in the evening, 10-30 times each time, this can exercise the pelvic floor muscles well and promote blood flow in the anus.At the same time, it is necessary to have a reasonable diet, combine meat and vegetables, eat some fresh vegetables, melons and fruits appropriately, and eat less spicy food such as chili, pepper, and mustard.In addition, sesame oil and honey have the effect of laxative, and postpartum women can eat them appropriately.The last thing is to pay attention to maintaining the habit of regular daily defecation, so that you can effectively relieve and solve the problem of postpartum constipation.

Postpartum lochia refers to the symptoms of continuous menstrual bleeding and lochia that last for more than three weeks after delivery.Lochia refers to the stasis and turbid fluid that should be discharged from the uterus after childbirth. Since lochia is not suitable for stasis in the uterus for a long time, the uterine bleeding will be clean in about three weeks.In addition, due to abortion, curettage, medical abortion and other operations, it is normal to have vaginal bleeding for one to three weeks after curettage.However, whether it is postpartum or after abortion, menstrual bleeding for more than three weeks can be regarded as "continuous lochia".

From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, the reason why postpartum women continue to have lochia is mainly due to the disorder of qi and blood, and the main cause of the disease is qi deficiency, blood stasis and blood heat.The first situation is that the patient’s constitution is weak, or the diet during pregnancy hurts the spleen and stomach, or the blood loss and gas consumption during childbirth will lead to Qi deficiency, and the symptoms of lochia will not stop.The second situation is that after a woman gives birth, the blood chamber is opening, and the cold evil invades the uterus and combines with the blood, resulting in cold coagulation and blood stasis, qi stagnation and blood stasis, and the remaining blood remains as stasis, affecting Chong Ren and causing blood stasis to remain. If you don't go, the new blood will not return to the meridian and there will be continuous lochia.The third situation is that women have Yin deficiency, blood loss during childbirth and Yin damage, deficiency heat and internal heat, or heat evil after childbirth, liver stagnation turns into heat, causing blood heat to interfere with Chong Ren, resulting in continuous lochia.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that postpartum lochia should be treated based on syndrome differentiation. Here are some health-preserving diets recommended to warm and nourish yin, so as to help postpartum women stay away from postpartum lochia.

[Remedy [-]] Astragalus porridge.

[Ingredients] 30 grams of astragalus, 100 grams of japonica rice.

[Method] Wash the Astragalus membranaceus, decoct it with water for 3 times, remove the slag of Astragalus membranaceus, take its juice, then put the japonica rice into the Astragalus membranaceus juice, cook the porridge together, add a small amount of tangerine peel when it is cooked, and cook for a while After a few minutes, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar to adjust the food.Take 1 dose per day, it is recommended to take it continuously for 5-7 days.

[Recipe [-]] Motherwort soup.

[Ingredients] 60 grams of motherwort, appropriate amount of brown sugar.

[Method] Decoct the soup with motherwort, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar after cooking, and remember to serve hot.1 dose per day, recommended for 5-7 consecutive days.

[Recipe [-]] Stewed meat with lotus grass and grass root.

[Ingredients] 30 grams each of Imperata rhizome and Eclipta chinensis, 100 grams of lean meat.

[Method] Boil the rhizome of Imperata corydalis and Eclipta chinensis with water, then separate the dregs to get the juice, add an appropriate amount of lean pork, fry in 3 bowls of water, and fry until 1-2 bowls are enough, take it 3 times a day.

[Nurse said] She is still a patient who gave birth to twins. She just finished confinement, and she came back to me again, hoping that I would take her there to have a look.

Seeing her mysterious look, her complexion was very bad.As soon as she arrived at her grandfather's house, she told her grandfather about her illness, which turned out to be lochia after childbirth.

After hearing this, the grandfather took her pulse and found that her pulse was chaotic, which was due to blood loss and gas consumption during childbirth, leading to Qi deficiency, lack of solidity and persistent lochia.It is estimated that the blood loss of the twins was severe. Although the postpartum conditioning is based on the premise of tonic, it does not necessarily hit the vital point.Although the amount of lochia is not much, it does not go away for a long time, which seriously affects the patient's mood and also affects her life, resulting in weak constitution, fatigue and fatigue, and listlessness.

Grandpa asked her to go home and eat motherwort soup.The patient was dumbfounded when he heard it, didn't he say that motherwort is good for blood?In the case of persistent lochia, is it okay to continue to use motherwort with beneficial blood?Grandpa explained that motherwort is a good medicine for gynecology, especially for regulating menstruation. Most people use motherwort because it can dredge stagnant qi and make menstrual blood flow downward when the internal organs are dry. Next, the use of motherwort can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, replenish qi and blood, consolidate Renchong, and achieve the cure of lochia.

【Grandpa said】Patients with qi deficiency, their lochia is light red in color, dilute in texture and odorless, and patients may feel lower abdomen sinking from time to time, fatigue, and prone to dizziness symptoms. Such patients are suitable for nourishing middle qi Therefore, astragalus porridge should be used for 5-7 days as a cycle, and continuous consumption can replenish the Qi in the middle, nourish the yin and nourish the uterus.Patients with blood stasis type, the clinical manifestation is that the amount of lochia is not much, but the color is dark red to purple and black, and the lower abdomen is swollen and painful. Such patients are suitable for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.Patients with blood heat type are just the opposite of patients with blood stasis type. The amount of lochia will be too much, and the color will be bright red, even deep red, with thick texture and foul smell. It is suitable for patients to clear away heat and detoxify, nourish yin and stop bleeding. It is recommended to eat more stewed meat with lotus grass and grass root to warm and nourish yin.

Breast milk is the healthiest staple food for babies in the world. However, with the increasing pace of life and work intensity of modern women, many new-generation mothers are prone to the embarrassing situation of insufficient milk.To give their babies the best and healthiest breast milk, many mothers think hard and go to the hospital for lactation injections, but some novice mothers report that the lactation injections are not effective.In fact, Chinese medicine has studied lactation since ancient times.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that since breast milk is all the source of nutrition for newborn babies, it is not recommended for mothers with insufficient milk to take lactation drugs or injections. Hinder the baby's absorption of breast milk nutrients, so as not to affect the baby's health due to the mother's medication.

Speaking of postpartum lactation recipes, there have been different opinions in China since ancient times, and there are too many to list, but there is a kind of lactation soup that is indeed well-known in the market, that is-peanut trotter soup.Peanuts are sweet and flat in nature, enter the lung and spleen meridian, and can nourish qi, nourish blood, and harmonize the stomach, while pig's trotters can nourish blood and unblock milk. Both of them can be boiled into a soup to treat postpartum milk deficiency.

[Recipe name] Peanut trotter soup.

[Ingredients] 1 pig's trotter, 50 grams of peanut kernels, appropriate amount of salt, ginger, green onion, rice wine and other seasonings.

[Method] Slice green onion, slice ginger, chop pig's trotters, blanch and skim the blood for later use.Stir-fry the pig’s trotters, peanut kernels, ginger slices, and scallions in a pot, then add an appropriate amount of water, first boil over medium heat, then turn to low heat and continue cooking for about 2 hours until the soup is slightly thickened , add salt to taste.

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