Does the effect of traditional Chinese medicine come quickly? This used to be a topic of discussion among people. Many people said that Chinese medicine is a "slow doctor", but many people objected, saying that Chinese medicine is very effective if it corroborates evidence. So, how quickly does Chinese medicine take effect?
In fact, I think that when Chinese medicine should have quick results, it should be quick; and when it is time to build merit slowly, there should be no rush. This is the characteristic of Chinese medicine.
So, when do you want to see quick results?
For emergencies, Chinese medicine must be effective quickly.
For example, the weather is cold in winter and the temperature keeps dropping. In order to participate in the New Year celebrations, some people consider their image to be beautiful and not to dress too bulky, so they go to the event site in thin clothes. Then, I had diarrhea and vomiting, and my stomach pain was so unbearable that I went to the emergency room at night and even took painkilling injections.
Then, at this time, Chinese medicine must see the cause of the disease clearly, and then use traditional Chinese medicine that warms yang, such as Lizhong Decoction, or even the Chinese patent medicine Fuzi Lizhong Wan, which can immediately stop the situation. The speed of its effect should be As fast as magic.
Li Dongyuan, one of the four masters of the Jin Dynasty, once treated a patient who was thought to be a heat syndrome and wanted to use Chengqi Decoction. It was a cold syndrome, and it was very critical, so I immediately decocted a large dose of warming yang medicine. As a result, the patient's body began to show the characteristics of the cold syndrome, and the fingers were "green to knot", that is to say The color of the fingers began to turn blue. The ancients believed that this was a serious illness: "My heart hurts, my hands and feet are blue to the joints, and my heart hurts so much. I will die soon after my hair, and I will die soon after my hair is born."
In a situation like this, if the certification is not accurate and the medicine cannot be taken immediately, it will be at stake. Therefore, seeing the hands and eyes of these famous doctors will make us awe-inspiring.
In these situations, if it is still necessary to slowly recuperate, I am afraid it is impossible.
In addition, there are some functional diseases, which can be cured by traditional Chinese medicine.
In fact, this kind of functional disease is also somewhat imprecise. Strictly speaking, it is a disease with a relatively simple etiology and pathogenesis. The effect of traditional Chinese medicine is very fast, and it must be made to work quickly.
For example, when I was studying and still a student, I suffered from premature beats. This is what Western medicine says, but it is actually what Chinese medicine calls "palpitations, pulse knot and generation". Common people say "steal stop". At that time, I went to the director of the Cardiology Department of the largest Western medicine hospital in our place, but there was no good solution, so I had no choice but to go back to the textbook, and copied the prescription of Zhigancao Decoction in the textbook of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", and the result was one dose. It basically recovered, and several doses were safe and sound.
From then on, I gained confidence in Chinese medicine and studied harder. And this prescription of Zhigancao Decoction, which I have used countless times later, also has an immediate effect on premature beats of this type of qi and yin deficiency.
This kind of quick effect means that the etiology and pathogenesis are relatively simple and clear, and this kind of classic prescription is summed up by the ancients, specifically for this type of syndrome, so it works quickly.
And this is also the characteristic of Zhang Zhongjing's classic prescriptions, that is, it targets a certain type of syndrome very precisely, and even the addition and subtraction of medicines behind the prescription are very clear, so after application, the effect is very fast. This kind of experience, I believe that every Chinese medicine practitioner will feel it. Once he has experienced it, he will admire the great wisdom of the ancients.
In this way, there was a saying in the past that "there are no more than three classic prescriptions", which means: with the classic prescription, the three medicines should have obvious effects. If the three medicines still have no change, you have to reconsider your thinking.
Of course, it's not just prescriptions, as long as it is a dialectical opponent, diseases like this should be effective quickly.
However, although Chinese medicine works quickly in this situation, there are two results. One is that the patient's condition is very mild, and after you make such adjustments, the body will completely recover.
Another situation is that you have solved a temporary problem for the patient. At this time, you should think about why the patient has such a situation? What pathogenic basis behind it has not been cleared?
Therefore, in many cases, Chinese medicine also talks about slow effect.
So, when should we talk about slow effect?
This depends on many situations.
For example: the etiology and pathogenesis are very complex.
Now people get sick, often very complicated, various factors are intertwined, such as discomfort of liver qi, deficiency of qi and blood, stagnation of phlegm and dampness, imbalance of yin and yang, etc., you will be surprised to find that it is accumulated in many people. I always say, how bad it is for me, torturing myself like this.
However, there are indeed many such people. Often when you see him (her), he or she is still entangled in a certain emotion. Why can't I get it? Why am I lost? Why is the world against me? Why am I sick? I am so angry! (Yes, the first three questions answered the last one.)
The conditioning of this kind of person, I think even if Bian Que regenerates, it will not give you immediate results. You need to take it slowly. You are like a hostage kidnapped by terrorists, with time bombs hanging on your body. At this time, Bian Que needs Bomb by bomb to help you clear.
At this time, many patients are eager for a famous doctor, and a prescription can solve all problems. I guess, there is no such way in the world.
The correct adjustment is to prioritize, find out the root cause, and then slowly peel off the complicated problems and gradually solve them. This is a slow process, and patients must actively cooperate in order to slowly bear fruit.
That terrorist, by the way, is most likely your own well of bad emotions.
In some cases, it needs to be slowed down, and it needs to be progressed layer by layer. For example, the patient's qi and blood are weak, and a slight adjustment will respond.
For example, in general, when there is blood stasis, it is necessary to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. However, some people feel more uncomfortable when they take medicines for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Why is this? In this case, one reason is the lack of Qi and blood.
For example, if the person is deficient in blood, if you force it through when the blood is insufficient, it is like letting the water flow faster when there is no water in the river. After nourishing enough, and then promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, the effect will come out.
Therefore, when Zhu Danxi treated a friend's diarrhea, when he saw that the person's physical condition was very bad, he judged that his righteousness was insufficient. Calmly give the patient nourishment first, and assist the righteousness. But the patients were terrified and thought they were going to die, so they cried bitterly with their sons. As a result, the neighbors heard their house crying loudly and thought they had passed away, so they began to spread rumors that Zhu Danxi cured the dead!
As a result, Zhu Danxi saw that the patient was more healthy, so he treated the diarrhea, and the result was cured with one medicine.
There is also a slow effect, which is nourishing.
Many patients have insufficient body energy and need nourishment. This nourishment cannot be accomplished immediately. First of all, for such patients, the state of the disease itself is not very obvious, but the body is weak, or some yin and yang are out of balance. This kind of conditioning itself will not feel a big change. I am no longer thirsty, I have some strength in my body, such descriptions and so on.
So, it's very different than treating an emergency. Therefore, people in the past said that the treatment of acute diseases was immediate, and the patients were very happy, and they all praised the doctor's high level, but people didn't feel much about nourishing things after taking it for a long time, so they didn't praise it, but the final result. But it is "people's longevity", and they live longer in the end, but that will be many years later, and people will not praise the doctor's high level because of this.
Moreover, in addition to the insignificant change in symptoms, the nourishment also needs to be persisted for a period of time.
For example, invigorating the kidney, invigorating the spleen, etc., all need to persist for a period of time. These organs are easy to damage, and when they are damaged, they are often accompanied by happy emotions, so it is easier, but once they are nourished, it is very slow.
Zhang Jingyue, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, suffered from chronic diarrhea, and no treatment was effective. Later, he thought that it was related to drinking and kidney deficiency, so he abstained from alcohol for a year, and during this year, he created his own stomach syndrome. After decocting this prescription, I took it for a year to replenish the kidney qi, and the diarrhea was finally cured. Zhang Jingyue himself is a famous doctor, and it took a long time to nourish it, which shows that nourishing it is not easy.
At this time, the patient must be aware that his physical problems are not formed in a day, and it will take a certain amount of time to solve them.
Well, today I talked with you about the fast-acting and slow-acting effects of traditional Chinese medicine. I write this in the hope that you will have a fair assessment of your own situation. Otherwise, if you put yourself in the wrong place, you will lose speed , There are also those who give up the near and seek the far.
