Today (July 16) is the first day of Dog Fu. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a therapy of “Sanfu Tie”, in order to achieve the purpose of curing winter diseases in summer. So, what is a “three fu stick”? What are the indications for “San Fu Tie”? Come and hear from the experts.
What is “San Fu Tie”?
“Sanfu Tie” is a topical sticking treatment method invented according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine for winter diseases in summer. The time of “Sanfu sticking” is to apply on the first day of the first Fu, the middle Fu and the last Fu each year. “Sanfu Tie” combines acupuncture, meridians and traditional Chinese medicine, and directly applies traditional Chinese medicine to acupoints, which produces thermal stimulation to the acupoints and achieves the effect of curing and preventing diseases.
Li Guangxi, Director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guang’anmen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences: The most important is the respiratory diseases that are easy to attack in winter, including chronic bronchitis, chronic cough, chronic pharyngitis, chronic rhinitis and other diseases. It is also suitable for the elderly who are prone to colds in winter. There are also children, who are physically weak and prone to exogenous symptoms in winter, so sticking “dog sticks” in summer can prevent acute attacks of chronic diseases in winter.
Who is not suitable for “Sanfu Tie”?
Medical staff pointed out that dog plaster therapy is not suitable for acute fever of pneumonia and various infectious diseases; patients with severe cardiopulmonary disease, allergic to drugs, skin damage, disease attacks (such as fever, coughing and asthma) are not suitable for treatment. etc.) patients are not suitable for sticking treatment; children under the age of 2 are not suitable for this treatment because of their delicate skin, and sticking is easy to cause infection.
What should I pay attention to when applying the “Sanfu sticker”?
According to the medical staff, there are some taboos in the diet of applying the “Sanfu sticker”, and the sticking time is also different for different ages. During the application of “Sanfu Patch”, irritating foods such as tobacco, alcohol, spicy, cold, and greasy should be avoided, so as not to affect the curative effect; the application time is generally 6 hours for adults and 2-4 hours for children. According to individual differences, the application time can also be adjusted appropriately. The dog sticker is not a special medicine for the treatment of chronic diseases, and cannot completely replace other treatments. Patients with chronic diseases who were originally taking medicine should not blindly reduce or stop the medicine.
Li Guangxi, director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guang’anmen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences: If the skin feels itchy, burning, or painful after application, the medicine should be removed quickly, and the local skin can be washed with clean water. Do not wipe it yourself. Do not scratch the skin, if it still does not relieve, go to the hospital.
(CCTV reporter Li Bin and Kong Bingbing)