In the face of the super-transmissible new coronavirus Omicron variant, in addition to the basic precautions of staying at home and isolating at home Methods, the use of traditional Chinese medicine can also help key groups and ordinary residents to improve immunity and prevent infection.
Residents at home who are not infected with the new coronavirus can adhere to the idea of ”preventing illness” and practice traditional Chinese medicine according to the three principles of spleen strengthening, dampness, and heat clearing Chinese medicine conditioning. According to Shanghai’s geography, climate and seasons, Professor Wu Yingen, a tenured professor of Longhua Hospital, the leader of the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine and New Coronary Pneumonia Prevention and Control Expert Team, specially formulated the “Dragon Medicine Zhengqi Prescription”, which consists of honeysuckle, forsythia, Huoxiang, Atractylodes, and licorice. Composition of five herbs. The traditional Chinese medicine preventive prescription is relatively simple in drug composition, and can be taken by pregnant women and children.
Individualized use of TCM preventive prescriptions is more effective
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment. Adjust your physique and customize TCM preventive prescriptions individually. For individualized prevention of 2019-nCoV infection, it is mainly necessary to identify five types of constitutions: yang deficiency, yin deficiency, qi deficiency, phlegm-dampness, and damp-heat.
Yang deficiency quality: Usually easy to be afraid of wind, cold, cold limbs, clear and long urination, loose stools;
Yin deficiency quality : Usually prone to dry mouth, heat intolerance, flushing cheeks, yellow urine, and dry stool;
Qi deficiency: usually easy to fatigue, fatigue, drowsiness, easy to Cold;
phlegm-dampness: usually easy to feel heavy head and body, sticky mouth, abdominal distension, poor appetite, and sticky stool;
damp heat Quality: Usually prone to facial oil and acne, bad breath, yellow urine, sticky stool; For example, yam, Gorgon, etc. can be added for yang deficiency, American ginseng, Dendrobium, etc. can be added for yin deficiency, astragalus, Huang Jing, etc. can be added for qi deficiency, tangerine peel and coix seed can be added for phlegm-dampness, and red bean for damp-heat type. , Gardenia, etc.
These are all products of the same origin as medicine and food. They are both food and medicine. While preventing viral infection, the adverse reactions of medicines are avoided as much as possible.
For patients with chronic diseases, it can also be added or subtracted according to different conditions. For example, licorice can be removed for diabetes, mulberry leaves and coix seed can be added, bellflower can be added for chronic pharyngitis, and yam can be added to kidney disease.
It should be noted that the elderly, patients with chronic diseases and people with special diseases or medication should take traditional Chinese medicine preventive prescriptions under the guidance of doctors.
There are currently two dosage forms of Longyi Zhengqi Recipe. The Chinese herbal pieces are recommended to be decocted with water, and the granules are recommended to be taken with water, twice a day, after meals.
During the treatment period, it is recommended to eat a light diet, and eat less spicy and greasy food. Citizens who have a medical record of Longhua Hospital within one year can follow the WeChat public account “Longhua Hospital Service Account”, register for outpatient services through the Internet, and dispense medicines under the guidance of doctors, or register and dispense services on-site during the opening hours of offline outpatient clinics of Longhua Hospital. Recently, Longhua Hospital is working hard to open the Internet outpatient channel for newly diagnosed patients to take Longyi Zhengqi Fang. For details, please pay attention to the “Longhua Hospital Service Account” dynamic.
Recently, the community has distributed Lianhua Qingwen Capsules, Huoxiang Zhengqi Capsules and other proprietary Chinese medicines to citizens for free. How can citizens use these proprietary Chinese medicines at home?
From the perspective of prevention, it is recommended to reduce the dosage and shorten the course of treatment. Generally, it is advisable to use 1/2 of the dosage in the instructions and a course of treatment for 3 days. If you experience abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, etc. after taking the medicine, you should stop using the medicine immediately. Generally, the symptoms will be relieved after stopping the medicine. .
It is more convenient to self-administer traditional Chinese medicine non-drug therapy at home
At present, the delivery time of traditional Chinese medicine is greatly affected by the epidemic prevention and control restrictions. While waiting patiently, you can learn traditional Chinese medicine exercises. Traditional Chinese medicine Daoyin exercises such as Baduanjin and Yijinjing promote the circulation of qi and blood by regulating breathing, thereby enhancing physical fitness and preventing the new coronavirus.
Through self-acupoint massage, press Fengchi, Yingxiang, Hegu, temple and other acupoints with the threaded surface of the thumb, slowly and forcefully, continue to press for about 10 seconds to feel slightly sore Then, slowly lift up, and press repeatedly 8-10 times each time, once in the morning and once in the evening, which can also adjust the immune function of the body and play a preventive role.
During the epidemic, citizens who are isolated at home are prone to negative emotions such as anxiety, tension and fatigue. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that “thinking leads to qi stagnation, while exertion leads to qi consumption”, qi and blood are the fundamentals of the human body’s operation, and “nourishing the heart and regulating qi” is one of the methods to deal with the relief of negative emotions. Longhua Hospital released an album collection of “Modern Meditation Assisted in the Prevention and Control of New Coronary Epidemic” on the WeChat public account of “Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine”. stimulate, enhance physical fitness, and resist viruses.
Author: Cheng Yan Qi Fang Hong
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