How does TCM “strengthen resistance”?

Today we are going to talk about a relatively popular topic: how to strengthen the resistance, so that the body to achieve the “righteousness of the internal, evil can not dry” state.

I believe that many of you have a few friends like this.

They are afraid of sudden changes in the climate and start coughing and catching colds at the slightest breeze, and they do not recover easily from their illnesses.

They are intolerant of exercise, and even a little emotional excitement makes them sweat profusely, which makes you want to tell them that they are a little weak.

They are especially afraid of wind, afraid of the small wind coming in through the window, afraid of the cold wind blowing out of the air conditioner, even the breeze driven by the door will cause them discomfort, so you can’t help but want to say to her, find a Chinese medicine doctor to take care of it, don’t fall down the root of the disease ah.

In fact, these are the three more representative groups of people, they all have a common characteristic, in Chinese medicine is called: lack of vital energy, want to improve their easy to catch a cold, sweating, fear of wind and cold symptoms to make up for the body’s “vital energy”, that is, we often say “strengthen resistance “.

The righteousness exists within, the evil cannot dry up

“The righteousness exists within, the evil cannot dry up. Where the evil comes together, its qi will be weak.” From the book “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine”, it is a high summary of Chinese medicine on the occurrence of diseases, meaning that: a person in particularly good physical condition, even when encountering sudden changes in the natural and man-made environment, it is very difficult for diseases to occur. Therefore, the way to strengthen resistance is to “replenish the righteousness” so that “rain, wind, cold and heat cannot be deficient”, so that evil “cannot hurt people alone”.

Here we will introduce a basic formula used in Chinese medicine to enhance positive qi – Yu Ping Feng San.

This book contains many lost medical prescriptions and documents before the Ming Dynasty, and it is a highly influential and valuable medical reference, which can be read by those who like Chinese medicine. Then, let’s go back to Yu Ping Feng San, this formula is composed of only four drugs, but it completes the important task of “benefitting the qi and strengthening the table” to enhance resistance, so we can’t help but wonder what kind of four drugs are these? What is the mystery between them?

Yu Ping Feng San is composed of Fang Feng, Huang Qi and Bai Zhu. Add one jujube to the decoction, decoct 7 minutes of soup juice, remove the dregs and take the juice, hot after meals. (This formula is now available in a proprietary Chinese medicine version of the same name, Yu Ping Feng granules, for your convenience.)

The methods of combining Chinese medicines can be divided into seven types, which are called “seven emotions” in Chinese medicine, and these methods of combining are, in my opinion, like “finding a marriage partner”. Today’s formula is not quite the same as theirs. In Chinese medicine, they are called “phase fear”, which I think is more like a “fear of the inside” in marriage.

Why do people get sick? On the one hand, it is the lack of their own positive Qi, on the other hand, there is an invasion of evil Qi, so we want to correct this vicious circle is required to supplement the positive Qi, the formula used “the most important of all the medicines to supplement the Qi” Huang Qi to benefit the Qi and strengthen the table, “internal supplementation of the three jiao and real Wei” to make But there is a problem: the “voodoo evil” that originally lies in the weakness of the body may be left inside the body together and is difficult to get rid of. What should be done at this point? It is necessary to use the “fear of the inside”, because even the powerful “astragalus” will be afraid of “wind”. And wind is a general medicine for wind, it can travel all around the body, clear the head and face seven orifices, in addition to bone pain paralysis, external relief of limb contracture, wind medicine in the moistening agent, the treatment of wind alone this taste, any heavy and specialized.

You say that the relationship between the two flavors, is not a little “fear of the inside” feeling? This is the common explanation of Chinese medicine that “Astragalus has to prevent wind, solid surface and not leave evil; prevent wind has to astragalus, it is to remove evil and not hurt”.

Then, add a taste to strengthen the spleen and stomach, warm the flesh, and cultivate the earth to calm the wind of Atractylodes, in order to cultivate the earth to produce gold, strengthen the surface of the real guard, and Huang Qi together to strengthen the power of benefitting the Qi and replenishing the deficiency.

The original formula of Yu Ping Feng San is composed of four drugs, not three, and this last drug, which is often overlooked, is jujube, which is also overlooked in the current version of proprietary Chinese medicine, which is not good. In fact, the role of jujube in this formula is like a bowl of hot porridge to protect the spleen and stomach after taking Gui Zhi Tang, which is very important, especially for women who are weak, sweating a lot and easily upset, it is possible to decoct 1~3 jujubes (broken open) and take them instead of water when decocting or choosing granules.

If a person with Qi deficiency is already deficient in vital energy, and if excessive sweating hurts the body, she will easily feel restless, and this small jujube can nourish the middle and benefit the Qi, nourish the blood and calm the mind, and “remove boredom with strength”.

The combination of all these medicines is the famous “Yu Ping Feng San”, which is also the basic idea of strengthening the body’s resistance in Chinese medicine, so let’s see which symptoms and people this formula is more suitable for.

01 Allergy-prone and cold-prone

The symptoms of coughing, sneezing and runny nose that occur in spring, such as recurrent upper respiratory infections, urticaria and allergic rhinitis, are considered in modern medicine as “hypersensitivity reactions” of the body and are treated with antihistamines, such as loratadine and paracetamol, which are very common, and even some cold and flu medications will also contain These ingredients are used to relieve the symptoms of allergies.

So what exactly is “allergy”? To put it simply, it is a defense mechanism that we choose to prevent enemy spies from lurking during wartime, and we would rather kill them by mistake than let them go. Our body coughs, sneezes and sniffles frequently in order to drive away the invading enemy quickly, which is an allergic reaction due to “immune hyperactivity”.

Of course, there is no such word as “allergy” in Chinese medicine. The pathogenesis of this disease is more similar to that of “voodoo” in Chinese medicine, which is a foreign evil that is hidden in the body and does not develop immediately. It is a kind of foreign evil that is hidden in the organism and does not develop immediately.

When such people rely on their own positive energy is not enough to get rid of the evil, they can take Yu Ping Feng San for a period of time before the change of seasons in order to benefit the energy and fix the surface, so as not to give the “voodoo evil” a chance to take advantage of it, which is explained by modern pharmacology as “Yu Ping Feng San can improve the phagocytic ability of macrophages, increase the lymphocyte The modern pharmacological explanation is that “Yu Ping Feng San can improve macrophage phagocytosis, increase the percentage of lymphocyte conversion, and promote cellular immunity.

However, there is one point to note: it is not recommended to choose the soup, but to take it slowly and in small doses. This experience comes from Mr. Pu Fu-chou, a modern medical master, who has a relatively in-depth understanding of such diseases because he has experienced many large-scale outbreaks of infectious diseases. He believed that Yu Ping Feng San had a good preventive effect against external evil, but should be taken in small doses, in his words, “Three to five qian is sufficient, too heavy a dosage has the disadvantage of chest discomfort.”

This is 1/2 to 1/3 of the original prescription dose, so we can choose half of the adult medicine dose for a period of time that can be taken in monthly cycles.

02 Spontaneous sweating, night sweating, fear of wind

“Where evil comes together, its qi must be deficient. Therefore, those who treat the wind do not suffer from the absence of to dispel it, but from the absence of to protect it, and do not fear the wind does not go, but fear the wind comes back.” When Yu Ping Feng San was first created, it was used to treat this kind of “good at moving several times”, which is not easy to dispel and very easy to recur as a disease of wind.

People with Qi deficiency are already weak, and if they are attacked by external wind, they are more likely to have a series of symptoms of physical weakness such as fear of wind and sweating. Such a body condition is just like a woman in the post-natal period, which needs to be toned but not too much, and needs to be dispersed but not to generate wind. And how to take care of such a body condition?

Well, this is the end of today’s Yupingfeng San, how much have you remembered?

Let’s summarize: this formula is suitable for people with deficiency of positive energy, such as the elderly and children, or middle-aged people with post-operative deficiency; the core of identification is “deficiency”, more prone to sweating than others, more fearful of wind evil, intolerant of work, with a pale white face and a pale white tongue; when used to strengthen resistance and alleviate allergy symptoms, it should be taken slowly in small doses. When it is used to enhance resistance and reduce allergy symptoms, it is better to take small doses slowly; when it is used to treat sweating and bad wind, it is more suitable to choose a decoction.

Do you know how to use this kind of Yu Ping San? Chinese medicine is a discipline of experience, and it is a discipline that requires continuous thinking and progress.

I hope this sharing of TCM experience will not only help you and your family to defend against external evil, but also open your mind to TCM, so that you can really “keep the righteousness inside, and evil will not dry up”.