The most common disease for the elderly is heart disease.
Most older adults often experience chest tightness, even if not as severe as a heart attack , Cardiothoracic symptoms such as panic in the heart, shortness of breath, etc.
Under this circumstance, both the elderly and their family members consider this If there is a problem with the heart function, the medicine is also focused on the heart itself, and the heart is cured.
In Chinese medicine, there is a saying that the heart does not suffer from disease. “Spiritual Pivot – Evil Guest”: The heart is the master of the dirty and should not suffer from evil. Therefore, the ancients believed that the diseases of the heart meridian are all in the external meridian, not in the internal organs. Heart disease, but also the pericardium instead.
Therefore, when TCM sees “heart disease”, it will never be considered Heart disease, there must be other reasons.
Either qi is not smooth, or blood problems, or lack of yang, Or phlegm dampness.
Nothing else.
The reason why heart disease is so common in older adults is that Because most elderly people will have one or more of the above four causes.
The first type of “poor air” is especially common .
But the problem is that when the doctor sees chest tightness and poor air flow, he will only Thinking about adjusting the Qi of the Upper Jiao, using a lot of qi-regulating medicines, and trying my best to stimulate the Qi, but I don’t know that this type of Qi knot in the Upper Jiao has a great relationship with the failure of the lower Jiao.
Why? Because the heart and the small intestine are on the outside and inside, and the lungs and the large intestine are on the outside and inside.
If the intestines are blocked, the Qi of the heart and lungs will be affected. The turbid qi that should go down can’t go down, and if you hold it on it, you will naturally feel stuffy in your chest, and you will have difficulty breathing.
Intestinal blockage is mostly caused by bowel obstruction.
I have seen many famous medical cases, many of which use laxatives. Methods for the treatment of cases of cardiothoracic problems. Often a pass, the heart will be relieved immediately!
Human, living is just one breath, and this breath refers to the flow of the whole body Air machine. When the qi mechanism is unblocked, all diseases do not arise, while the qi mechanism is blocked, all kinds of diseases are clustered.
It is a very bad phenomenon for the elderly to defecate only once a few days. Ms. Soong Meiling took an enema every night in order to have a bowel movement, and she lived to be more than 100 years old.
Laxation is not just for detoxification, it is for ventilation. When the upper and lower qi machines are unblocked, the blood and body fluids of the human body can flow normally without any blockage.
Why are older people prone to constipation? Mainly due to deficiency of kidney qi and blood deficiency. When you get older, the function of the spleen and kidney will be weakened, and the ability of biochemical qi, blood, essence and body fluid will be insufficient, so the intestinal tract will be dry, and the energy will be insufficient, and it will not be able to push the stool down.
In this case, not only qi and essence, but also a lot of Nourishes body fluids and enriches the intestines, so that stools can be discharged smoothly.
In fact, many middle-aged people suffer from constipation, which is also caused by lack of essence . Whether it is staying up late or thinking too much, it will lead to deficiency of essence and blood.
Essence, blood, and body fluid are homologous and can biochemically interact with each other. When the essence and blood are all deficient, the body will automatically search for body fluid everywhere to replenish the essence and blood. In this way, the body fluid in the intestinal tract is naturally consumed, and where can it carry and run stool.
Therefore, middle-aged and elderly people with deficiency of kidney essence need to fill in essence. Nourishes blood, otherwise constipation cannot be really improved.
Cistanche deserticola, angelica, and Ophiopogon japonicus are all good medicinal-food homologous fillings The medicinal materials for nourishing blood and moistening the intestines and laxatives can be drunk with these three kinds of boiled water for a long time. The general dosage is 50 grams of Cistanche, 15 grams of Angelica sinensis, and 30 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus.
Older people need to add more energy because of lack of gas. Medicines for invigorating Qi, such as Codonopsis 15 grams, Muxiang 10 grams, Citrus aurantium 10 grams.
These are just for the major diseases caused by deficiency of kidney essence. Treatment ideas for constipation, not all constipation can be treated, and the specific medication depends on individual circumstances. for reference only.
Having said so much, I actually want to explain one point, don’t panic when you see a heart attack, Don’t rush to do heart surgery. Because all heart operations are harmful to the heart itself, and people are obviously not sick.
Where the pathogenesis is, it must be clearly identified. In particular, constipation is a cause that is easily overlooked. Who would have thought that heart disease is caused by infertility? !