Dialectical and skillful removal of the five internal organs 'fire'
Dialectical and skillful removal of the five internal organs "fire"
"Fire" in traditional Chinese medicine is "one of the five elements, with energy but no quality, good fortune and two worlds, life and death, showing benevolence and storing functions, and infinite magic", and the concept of imagery is formed through analogy thinking.
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Chinese medicine divides fire into righteous fire and evil fire
1. The fire of righteousness.
Physiological fire refers to the yang energy that can maintain the normal life activities of the human body. Zhang Jingyue, a doctor of the Ming Dynasty, said in "Lei Jing·Yin Yang Class": "Fire is also the yang energy of heaven and earth. Without this fire, life cannot exist in the sky; without this fire, human beings cannot have life. Therefore, all things are born from yang energy." It further emphasizes that "the strength of yang leads to longevity, and the decline of yang leads to premature death". It is believed that yang qi is the dominant aspect of yin and yang in the human body.
2. The fire of evil energy.
That is, the fire of pathology is a kind of evil energy with pathogenic effect. The fire of evil qi can be divided into internal and external.
There are two main ways of external fire. The first is to feel warm and heat evil, which mostly belongs to the category of pestilence, and often has strong contagious, epidemic and seasonal characteristics. It is heat-toxin in nature, with sudden onset, ferocious onset, and frequent changes, often appearing in dangers such as disturbing the mind, bleeding, and wind. The second is transformed from wind, cold, heat, dampness and dryness, that is, "five qi turns into fire". For example, cold evils suppress the transformation of fire, "dryness prevails and dryness" ("Su Wen·Yin and Yang Yingxiang Dalun") and it is easy to be cremated; or after suffering from evils, it may be affected by yang excess or yin deficiency, or be affected by therapeutic drugs; Wait.
Internal fire is mostly formed due to emotional imbalance, inappropriate diet, or loss of work and rest, etc., which cause dysfunction of viscera and internal organs, and imbalance of yin and yang, qi and blood. Including the deficiency and hyperactivity of yin, yang, qi and blood in viscera due to the dissipation of long-term illness, such as hyperactivity of fire due to deficiency of yin, rising of deficiency of fire, and fire of deficiency of qi; it also includes liver fire and stomach fire caused by emotion, diet or disease. , spleen fire, heart fire, triple burner fire, etc. The most common clinical internal fire is the stomach fire caused by overeating spicy, broiled glutinous rice or glutinous rice; excessive emotions, such as joy, anger, worry, thinking and other emotional activity disorders, excessive excitement or depression, also Kejiu can turn into fire, that is, "five will turn into fire". In particular, the liver is out of order, catharsis is negligent, stagnation of qi, and the fire will be turned over time; when the liver is full, inflammation can lead to hyperactivity of liver yang, or insulting the lungs, punishing gold, or disturbing the mind. Liver and stomach depression fire.
Taking Dietary Therapy to Dispel Fire
According to the theory of Zangxiang in traditional Chinese medicine, getting angry can be divided into five categories: liver fire, heart fire, stomach fire, lung fire and kidney fire, that is, the fire of the five internal organs. Fire in different viscera has different symptoms, and different therapeutic methods can be used.
- Heart fire: lotus heart porridge
Heart fire is mainly manifested as upset, irritability, prone to mouth ulcers and other diseases. The tongue is the seedling of the heart. As a result, ulcers develop on the tongue. The most important thing for people with a strong temper is to balance their mentality. Lianxin is the best traditional Chinese medicine for reducing heart fire. Take 2 to 5 grams each time as tea, and it can quickly reduce heart fire.
**## Lotus Heart Porridge
Cook porridge with 100 grams of rice and about 15 grams of lotus seed heart. You can add a little sugar or honey to taste and eat it every morning.
- Lung fire: lotus leaf porridge
Exuberant lung fire is mainly manifested in respiratory diseases, such as cough, cold and even pneumonia, which usually occurs in autumn. Pears are sweet in taste and cold in nature, and have the effect of nourishing the lungs; fresh lotus leaves have the effect of penetrating fragrance and promoting hair, which can release the lung heat in the body out of the body.
**## Lotus leaf porridge
After the rice porridge is cooked, take a piece of fresh and washed lotus leaf and cover it on the pot, turn off the heat and simmer for 10-20 minutes, remove the lotus leaf, and drink the porridge. The lotus leaf tastes bitter and can be flavored with a small amount of sugar or honey.
- Liver: Sauteed Clams with Asparagus
People with strong anger are generally short-tempered and easily angry, and may be accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, headache, tinnitus, and nausea. Clams enter the liver and kidney channels and can be used to reduce liver fire. In addition, drinking chrysanthemum tea can also clear the liver fire.
**## Fried Clams with Asparagus
250 grams of fresh clams, soaked in water overnight; 100 grams of asparagus, shredded. Blanch them with boiling water. Saute the peppers until fragrant, then fry the asparagus until 8 mature, add clams, and continue to fry for 3 to 5 minutes. Add a small amount of salt to taste before serving, do not add MSG or chicken essence.
- Stomach Fire: Five Juice Drink
The main cause of stomach fire is overeating, which will turn into heat and fire after a long time. In addition, the spleen and stomach are interlinked. If the work pressure is too high or overthinking, it will damage the spleen, indirectly affect the stomach, and cause stomach fire; eating irritating things for a long time, such as wine and pepper, will also turn heat and fire . The main manifestations are bad breath, dry mouth or feeling bitter in the mouth. To reduce stomach fire, nourish yin and nourish stomach. Pears, water chestnuts, lotus root, raw land and Ophiopogon japonicus all have the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the stomach. You might as well add more of these things to your diet.
How to drink five juices
100 grams of pears are pitted and cut into pieces, 100 grams of water chestnuts are peeled, 100 grams of lotus root are peeled and cut into pieces, a little fresh ground and fresh Ophiopogon japonicus, juiced for drinking.
Text/Wang Dongxu, Chief Physician of Traditional Chinese Medicine Yang Pu Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
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