Blood is the lifeblood

Chapter 24 Finding the key to health——Women should replenish Qi and blood (1)
The indissoluble bond between women and Qi and blood

【Qi and Blood Health Sutra】Women are people with qi and blood, and qi deficiency and blood deficiency will cause the deficiency of qi and blood in various organs, insufficient body fluid, and accelerated aging.At this time, women will have all kinds of deficiency syndromes mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine, which indicates that women are transforming from health to aging and disease.

The relationship between women and qi and blood is just like the relationship between women and love. Women are born to be affectionate, and women are born to be inseparable from qi and blood.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women are based on blood, and menstruation, pregnancy, and childbirth are all related to blood.As long as women are more likely to suffer from iron deficiency anemia, this is because women will lose blood regularly every month during their menstrual period.So on average, about 20% of women and 50% of pregnant women will have anemia.

One morning, Dr. Shan received a call from Lao Zhang, saying that his daughter Xiaohui was coming to see her.Doctor Shan couldn't help wondering, hasn't her daughter been working in other places?After work, Lao Zhang accompanied his daughter to Dr. Shan's consulting room.Xiaohui is 30 years old, but she is pale, mentally tired, her voice is low, she does not speak actively, and she is less angry and lazy.Inquiry revealed that she had two consecutive miscarriages in other places. Due to work, she could not rest and adjust well, and her diet did not avoid cold and heat. Gradually, she became tired and her physical strength decreased. She sweated like beans when she moved day and night. , and see palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, numbness in hands and feet, less menstrual flow and pale color.The tongue is light and tender, the tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse condition of the three gates is thin and weak.After the examination, Dr. Shan understood the reason, and told Lao Zhang that it was caused by Xiaohui's lack of conditioning and deficiency of Qi and blood after successive miscarriages.Added flavored Bazhen Decoction: Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, roasted licorice, angelica, chuanxiong, white peony root, rehmannia glutinosa, floating wheat, longan meat, glutinous rice root, dragon teeth, and asked them to decoct and take it orally for a period of time.He also introduced the therapeutic prescriptions for qi and blood deficiency to them, thinking that they are usually nourishing.

Women are inherently deficient.A woman needs to replenish qi and blood at all stages of her life, especially the teenage period before menarche, the young adult period during menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, and postmenopausal menopause.

Girls before the age of 12 generally have not had menstruation yet, and most of them are relatively healthy and do not need special supplements.However, nutritional deficiencies can also occur due to other reasons, resulting in growth retardation and frailty. The quality of a girl's physique is directly related to whether her physiological functions can be normal in later periods, and is the basis for a healthy body and tender skin in adulthood.Therefore, supplements are especially needed during this period to meet the needs of physical growth and development.Eat more foods rich in protein, carbohydrates, cellulose, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, zinc and other nutrients.For some girls with particularly weak constitutions caused by congenital factors, it is necessary to choose the method of combining food supplements and medicine supplements. Properly choose longan, wolfberry, rehmannia, angelica, etc. to adjust and supplement their physique, and then use food supplements to prevent "unhealthy". by".

From teenagehood to young adulthood, the metabolism is vigorous and the physiological changes are obvious, such as menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, etc., so more nutrients are consumed, and it is easy to cause qi deficiency, blood deficiency, deficiency of both qi and blood, kidney deficiency and liver and kidney Two deficiency and other deficiency syndromes.Deficiency of qi can cause weakness of the spleen, loss of the function of blood circulation, and irregularity of the Chong Ren pulse, resulting in inexhaustible menstruation and prolonged menstruation; Dizziness, sallow complexion, palpitation and palpitation; Qi and blood deficiency can cause women's dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea and postpartum milk shortage, resulting in mental fatigue, pale complexion, dizziness, reduced diet, etc.; kidney deficiency can cause women's hypomenorrhea and infertility , which is mainly caused by congenital deficiency of kidney qi and insufficiency of essence and blood; deficiency of both liver and kidney can also cause amenorrhea in women, and symptoms such as less menstrual flow, dizziness, tinnitus, and dull complexion appear.Deficiency syndrome in women in this period is mainly manifested as deficiency of qi and blood. When tonicing, it should focus on regulating qi and blood. Danggui Buxue Decoction, Siwu Decoction, Nourishing Blood and Kidney Decoction, mutton porridge, Guidi roast mutton, donkey-hide gelatin can be used. Spleen Pills, Ginseng Yangrong Pills, Wuji Baifeng Pills, Nourishing Angelica Essence, etc.

Pregnancy is a unique period for young women. As the fetus grows up, the mother's nutritional needs increase accordingly, and the supplements should also focus on Qi and blood.Because it is most likely to cause deficiency of Qi and blood at this time, and Qi goes with the blood, and blood deficiency can easily cause Qi deficiency.Pregnant women should use sweet, light and cool products before giving birth, and it is not advisable to use hot and warm supplements. This is conducive to preventing miscarriage. At this time, you can eat more fruits.The method of warming and tonifying should be adopted after delivery, and animal supplements can be selected, such as chicken, duck, lean meat, etc. These nourishing and greasy products are conducive to the early recovery of maternal physical strength.Of course, Chinese patent medicines such as Shiquan Dabu Pills and Bazhen Pills can also be used.

As women enter old age, their kidney qi is gradually weakened, their essence and blood are reduced, and their physique is also gradually aging.With the aging of the human body, the functions of various tissues and organs in the body are in a state of degeneration, and diseases also increase correspondingly, causing deficiency syndromes related to aging.The lungs are the canopy of the five internal organs. The structure and function of the elderly women's lungs degenerate first, causing pathological changes in the center in charge of the movement of qi, and the invasion of external pathogens, first reaching the lungs. Therefore, elderly women are prone to respiratory diseases, such as bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, etc. Inflammation and so on.

Therefore, in addition to anti-aging preparations, elderly women should also choose products that tonify qi and blood to achieve the purpose of strengthening the body and prolonging life, such as angelica, jujube, bee milk, medlar, etc. People's hematopoietic function is gradually losing, so they should eat more iron-rich foods, such as eggs, animal liver, lean meat, etc., so that the body can have more iron elements to supplement.Tonic for elderly women, whether it is food tonic or medicine tonic, should be carried out gradually, otherwise not only will not get the corresponding tonic, but it will make the condition worse.

Women only need to find out the law of Qi and blood circulation in each period according to their own body and physiological characteristics, and make appropriate adjustments and supplements, which will definitely make you healthy and youthful forever.

If Qi and blood are blocked, menstrual pain

【Qi and Blood Health Sutra】Most dysmenorrhea is caused by internal cold in the body. The "Huangdi Neijing" says, "The cold is hot, and the hot is cold." It tells us: For cold diseases, you only need to use hot medicine or hot food for conditioning.Once the internal cold is gone, the qi and blood will flow naturally, and the flow will lead to no pain.

Girls have pain in the lower abdomen and lumbosacral region before and after menstruation or during menstruation. In severe cases, severe abdominal pain, pale complexion, cold hands and feet, and lack of strength all over the body, are called "dysmenorrhea", also known as "menstrual pain".

Dysmenorrhea is really a hidden pain in a woman's life. Many women have encountered dysmenorrhea since middle school. About 60% of women need to endure dysmenorrhea every month, ranging from slight discomfort to shaking in the body shaking pain.What's even more disturbing is that a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and everything will repeat itself.It's like a lingering nightmare that makes it all the more unfortunate to be a woman.In the office, the male colleagues are working hard, but you can only hold a cup of hot water, hide aside and endure silently.Calling in sick for this?I'm so sorry.And when will it be the end--you can only get relief when menopause comes, but that also marks the end of a lifetime of youth.

A handsome female white-collar worker went to the hospital for dysmenorrhea.

"Did you start to feel cold limbs and cold belly before menstruation?"

The doctor tried to ask her, because cold dysmenorrhea is the most common.

"Yes, yes, yes!" The girl nodded repeatedly, and asked in amazement, "Doctor, how did you find out? I suffer from dysmenorrhea almost every month. What is the reason?"

"The truth is actually quite simple, and you can understand it as soon as you hear it. As the saying goes, 'Pain is blocked, and flow is not painful'. Blockage of Qi and blood is the root cause of dysmenorrhea."

"There are quite a lot of sisters like me with cold dysmenorrhea, what should we eat best?"

The doctor did not prescribe her medicine, but taught her how to cook, and taught her to make "Ai Jiang Boiled Eggs":
Ingredients: 10 grams of mugwort leaves, 15 grams of dried ginger, 2 eggs, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Method: Slice the dried ginger, put them into the pot together with the washed mugwort leaves and eggs, add appropriate amount of water, and cook the eggs with a slow fire first.Then, peel the hard-boiled eggs, put them in the pot and cook for 10 minutes, add brown sugar.Eating eggs and drinking juice is delicious, but its efficacy is completely equivalent to bitter Chinese medicine.

A month later, the girl came back for a follow-up visit.She told the doctor that she ate "Ai Jiang Boiled Eggs" once a day, and when she had her period again this month, she didn't feel any pain in her stomach at all.

This medicated diet comes from the Ai Jiang Decoction in the famous ancient prescription. Among them, Ai Ye can warm the Qi and blood and warm the meridians, which is specially used to treat women’s stagnation of Qi and blood and cold pain in the abdomen; dried ginger can remove the deep cold of the viscera, and is best at treating the deficiency of the lower Jiao Cold, stomach cold and pain; adding eggs and brown sugar to Ai Jiang Tang can nourish blood and activate blood, strengthen the body and eliminate evil. This is the principle of Ai Jiang Boiled Eggs to treat dysmenorrhea.

Of course, besides the cold, there are many reasons for the blockage of qi and blood, such as deficiency of qi and blood, stasis of qi and blood, heat of qi and blood... In short, it is all related to qi and blood.For different reasons, Chinese medicine has identified different treatment methods:
1. Liver and kidney deficiency
Symptoms: 1 to 2 days after menstruation is clean, waist soreness and leg weakness, lower abdomen pain and discomfort, or hot flashes, dizziness and tinnitus, etc.

Therapy: You should take drugs that have the effect of nourishing the kidney, nourishing the liver and relieving pain, or eat more boiled eggs with Chuanxiong Salvia miltiorrhiza.

2. Weak qi and blood
Symptoms: continuous pain in the lower abdomen during menstruation, less menstrual flow, light color and thin texture, fatigue, sallow complexion, poor appetite, loose stool, etc.

Therapy: You should take medicines that have the effect of nourishing qi, nourishing blood and relieving pain, such as Wuji Baifeng pills, and you can also eat more mutton.

3. Qi stagnation and blood stasis
Symptoms: Distending pain in the lower abdomen before or during menstruation, nipple tenderness, upset and irritability, less menstrual flow or poor menstruation, etc.

Therapy: Drugs that can soothe the liver, regulate qi, remove blood stasis and relieve pain should be taken.Diet can use motherwort to boil eggs.

4. Yang deficiency and internal cold
Symptoms: Cold pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, light menstruation with less amount, accompanied by sore waist and weak legs, cold hands and feet, clear and long urine, etc.

Therapy: Drugs that have the effects of warming the meridians and expelling cold, nourishing blood and relieving pain should be taken.For example, brown sugar ginger soup is very effective for cold dysmenorrhea.Brown sugar has the effects of nourishing blood, dispelling blood stasis, warming the liver, and dispelling cold. Ginger has the effects of nourishing the middle and dispelling cold, and relieving dysmenorrhea.The combination of the two medicines can invigorate qi and nourish blood, warm the meridians and activate blood circulation.

At the same time, female friends should pay attention to diet and daily habits during menstruation, which can also help relieve dysmenorrhea. Patients with dysmenorrhea should eat light and digestible foods within 3 to 5 days before menstruation.Eat foods that are easy to digest and absorb, and should not overeat. In particular, avoid eating raw or cold foods, because raw and cold foods can stimulate the contraction of the uterus and fallopian tubes, thereby inducing or aggravating dysmenorrhea.Menstruation has already come, so you should avoid all raw, cold, non-digestible and irritating foods, such as peppers, raw onions, raw garlic, pepper, and strong alcohol.During this period, the patient can eat some sour foods, such as sauerkraut, vinegar, etc., which can relieve pain.

In addition, dysmenorrhea patients should keep their stools open no matter before or after menstruation.Eat as much honey, bananas, celery, sweet potatoes, etc. as possible.Constipation can induce dysmenorrhea and increase pain.

Qi and blood are not adjusted, breasts are devastated

[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] Women's breasts are the highlight of women's curvaceous beauty, but at the same time they are very fragile parts. Unexplained pain, eczema, lumps, hyperplasia, inflammation, fibroids, breast cancer, etc., are all related to Qi and blood related to poor operation.

Breast disease is a common disease of women, frequently-occurring disease, long-term treatment is difficult to heal, the incidence rate is as high as 80%, and the incidence rate of mammary gland hyperplasia has reached more than 60% of women of childbearing age.In recent years, breast disease is at its peak, not only the incidence is high, but also the age of onset is much earlier, and the cancer rate is high, becoming the number one killer of women's health.

For this reason, experts in the medical field appeal to all female friends to take good care of breasts and pay attention to breast diseases. Early detection and early treatment are the most effective measures to control and prevent breast diseases.

In our opinion, none of this is as important as early attention to Qi and blood.Caring for breast health starts with Qi and blood.

46-year-old Ms. Zhang is a patient with hyperplasia of mammary glands. In fact, as early as a few years ago, she was diagnosed with mild hyperplasia of mammary glands. The doctor said that there is no need to worry about it.Sister Zhang listened to the doctor's words and didn't take it seriously.

But recently, because my husband has other women outside, he often doesn't go home.Sister Zhang was very depressed and often quarreled with her husband.Recently, when I was buying underwear, I found that there was a hard lump.Sister Zhang was frightened and went to the hospital for an examination. Breast hyperplasia, which was not a problem at first, was already serious.

Up to now, Sister Zhang is still taking traditional Chinese medicine for conditioning. It is said that this will be a long process.

The breast is closely related to the kidney of the foot shaoyin, the stomach of the foot yangming, the liver of the foot jueyin, and the two meridians of Chong and Ren. Among them, the kidney meridian of the foot shaoyin runs from the liver to the breast; It runs under the pelvis and into the breast; the Liver Meridian of Foot Jueyin runs around the nipple on the upper diaphragm;Women's breasts belong to the stomach, and the nipples belong to the liver. The production of milk comes from the metabolized grain qi of the spleen and stomach; the evacuation and benefit of milk is controlled by the liver qi; the thick and thin milk is closely related to the kidney and the Chong Ren channel; Men's breasts belong to the kidneys, and the true yang in the kidneys reaches the breasts along the meridian, and plays a warming role.If qi and blood are out of balance, the meridians are blocked, and the viscera's qi function is abnormal, it will lead to the occurrence of breast diseases, which will show different clinical symptoms.Internal injuries of the seven emotions, stagnation of liver qi, poor flow of qi and blood, blocked veins, or insufficient liver and kidney essence and blood can all lead to breast distension and pain before and after menstruation, periodic breast distension, nipple itching and pain, hyperplasia of mammary glands, gas stagnation, and atrophy , drooping and other symptoms.Sister Zhang's situation is a typical type of liver depression and qi deficiency.

According to the causes of mammary gland hyperplasia, experts have provided a large number of life recuperation methods to prevent mammary gland hyperplasia for female friends to practice:
1. Maintain a good mental state

Remember: being happy is the most effective way to prevent breast hyperplasia.Because women are more sensitive, emotionally unstable, prone to depression, anxiety and excessive thinking, it will directly affect hormone secretion.For this reason, women should be good at regulating emotions and maintaining a good mental state.Especially during menstruation and pregnancy, more attention should be paid to regulating bad emotions.

2. Reasonable work and rest
Life should be regular, pay attention to rest, ensure adequate sleep, and don't often stay up late.In addition, a regular sex life can also help adjust circadian rhythm disorders and endocrine disorders.

3. Massage can dredge breast meridians

According to experts, massage can dredge the breast meridians, promote the circulation of qi, blood and lymph in the meridians, stimulate the conduction of nerves, and provide the nutrition needed by the breasts.The specific method is:

(1) hot compress massage breast

Every night before going to bed, apply hot towels to the breasts on both sides for 3-5 minutes, and massage around the breasts with the palm of your hand, from left to right, massage 20-50 times.

(2) push the breast sideways

Use the heel and palm surface of the left hand to exert force from the middle of the chest, push the right breast horizontally to the armpit, and bring the breast tissue back with the surface of the five fingers when returning. After repeating 20-50 times, switch to the right hand and massage the left breast 20-50 times. Second-rate.

(3) push the breast directly

First use the palm of your right hand to focus on the upper part of the left breast, that is under the collarbone, and push it down to the base of the breast evenly and gently, and then push it back up along the original route. After doing 20-50 times, change your left hand to massage the right breast for 20-50 times. Second-rate.

Female infertility is related to Qi and blood disorders
[Qi and Blood Health Supplement] Dysfunction of viscera, qi and blood, and meridians can lead to infertility.Among the viscera, the liver, spleen, and kidney are most closely related, and the kidney is the root.Among the meridians, the three extraordinary meridians of Chong, Ren, and Du are the most important.

According to clinical statistics, about 10% of women of childbearing age suffer from infertility, especially women who often sit in the office, sedentary leads to "ovarian hypoxia", lack of exercise increases gynecological inflammation, nutritional imbalance and Obesity has become the top three causes of infertility in modern women.

Xiaobai is the financial director of a certain unit. She has a successful career, a harmonious marriage, and a perfect family. She is also a very happy woman. However, the only fly in the ointment is that she is 35 years old, but she has been unable to conceive for a long time. , Xiaobai feels very guilty towards her husband.They went to many hospitals but nothing worked.But after she stopped working, she unexpectedly got pregnant.

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