When it comes to the understanding of Chinese medicine, I am not afraid of your jokes. I, who have received formal higher engineering education and lived for most of my life, have always believed that the "zhong" of "Chinese medicine" is the "zhong" of "China". ", that is, the "Chinese" in "China" has the same meaning as the "Western" in "Western Medicine". It wasn't until I cured my wife and child's vertigo with traditional Chinese medicine that I gradually got to know and like Chinese medicine.
After the menopause, my wife has a problem. Every spring and autumn, I will be "confused" for a few days. During the onset, I felt as if I was in a boat, the sky was spinning, and I felt restless. The hospital (western medicine) diagnosed it as vertigo. At first, I hung on water for a day or two to dilate and dilate the blood vessels, and the symptoms disappeared... Cough, it is too difficult to endure each spring and autumn, and the symptoms became worse each time... Later, it took seven or eight days to hang water before the symptoms were relieved. How can it be cured? CT, B-ultrasound, and MRI did not detect any problems. The doctor said that it was neurological, and there was no good way to do it. Pay attention to rest, calm your mind, and take medicine immediately if you feel bad... This is equivalent to saying nothing ah! I'm so sad!
Things turned around in the fall of 2015, when our daughter prescribed a traditional Chinese medicine prescription for her mother. My daughter is a graduate of a pharmacy major. Her mother's illness made her very anxious. After my daughter's work and life became stable, she began to study Chinese medicine in her spare time at the beginning of 2014. Soon, she was able to treat my granddaughter's food accumulation, fever, and colds. In order to cure her mother's stubborn disease, she started preparations more than half a month in advance, always asking her mother to show her her tongue, and taking pictures with her mobile phone to compare with the "tongue" in books and computers. Looking at the phlegm, watching the stool... But I still have lingering fears: anyway, it is a traditional Chinese medicine, and it will not cure it or make it worse, so let her go! - I think so. Oh, what a miracle, my wife took the traditional Chinese medicine made by my daughter, and felt that my brain was getting more and more "cool". After taking it for the fifth day, my wife said, "My brain hasn't been so cool for many years!" I couldn't believe it. Chinese medicine for 1 yuan can cure such a "serious disease"? Many "stubborn illnesses" that professors and experts couldn't get rid of were overcome by my daughter who has only been studying Chinese medicine for more than a year! It shows the greatness of Chinese medicine. My daughter seemed to see what was on my mind and advised me to learn Chinese medicine as well. I was afraid that I had no foundation, and Chinese medicine was so "unfathomable" that if I couldn't learn it, I would lose face in front of my daughter and son-in-law, so I said, "It is enough for our family to learn from you."
In the next spring, my wife fell ill again. It just so happened that my daughter had been away on a business trip to the south for more than half a month, and it would take six or seven days to come back. "There are two packs of last year's medicine left, and I'll fry it soon." But no, I can't easily disturb my daughter, it's a group activity. I don’t want to, but in the bag containing the medicine, there is also a prescription written by Zhang’s daughter when he took the medicine, which made my eyes shine-Lingguizhugan Decoction: 20 grams of Poria cocos, 15 grams of cassia twig, 10 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, and 10 grams of licorice. I quickly grabbed the new medicine, decocted it, and gave it to my wife. After a while, my wife said: "Why is it different from the feeling after taking the medicine last year?" After a while, my wife said: "It seems to be more confused..."
Started a video with my daughter. After understanding the situation, my daughter blamed me: "How can you take medicine casually?!" Then, let me take a picture of her mother's tongue with my mobile phone. Then, it was the conversation between the two of them——
"Is there a taste in your mouth?"
"bitterness."
"How does your throat feel?"
"Dry."
"Is the urine dark in color?"
"Yellow."
"The feeling of being under two threats?"
"Bloated. Uncomfortable."
"Poop?"
"Dry."
...
"Dad, massage these acupoints for my mother right away..."
For me who has no knowledge of acupoints, my daughter can only explain in detail:
1. Massage the roots of the big toe and the second toe (Taichong point);
2. Press and rub the roots of the thumb and index finger (Hegu point);
3. Put the palms of both hands on the eyes, and rub the positions on the forehead corresponding to the tips of the two index fingers (five points).
Video hangs up. My daughter went to think about the prescription, and I started to massage. Press the Taichong point lightly, and my wife will feel unbearable pain. I don't know if it was the pain in my feet that distracted my attention, or the massage helped, my wife became much quieter.
My daughter connected to the video again, and she told me to buy Jiawei Xiaoyao Wan immediately.
According to the instructions, I gave my wife Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills, and I massaged the three acupoints alternately, and my wife seemed much more stable. In the evening, my daughter connected to the video again. After learning about the situation, she ordered me to soak the patient’s feet in hot water for about 20 minutes. Rub the palm of the right hand and the sole of the left foot (that is, Laogong point and Yongquan point rub against each other); use the tiger's mouth to hold the wrist and rotate and rub (mainly Moshenmen point and Taiyuan point). The purpose of doing so is to try to improve the quality of sleep of patients.
In this way, massage was interspersed between taking medicine, and Laogong Yongquan rubbed the feet after soaking. Four days later, the daughter showed up again—the wife recovered. But this time is different from the past, I am not a simple escort, but a secondary healer, which arouses my great interest in Chinese medicine.
"Recommend a book for introductory Chinese medicine!"
"Dad, based on your experience, you have already been in the Chinese medicine school..."
My daughter said that Chinese medicine is very down-to-earth, and there are Chinese medicine everywhere in your life. You have already followed the thinking of Chinese medicine consciously or unconsciously, such as "covering in spring and freezing in autumn", "eating seasonal vegetables and fruits"... Saying, daughter Give me a book——"Yin-Yang Adjustment and Elimination of All Diseases".
This is an amazing book, I read it in one sitting and re-read it often afterwards. Its magic lies in connecting the essence of Chinese medicine with the earthly spirit, and matching it with the popular, just like the "road to simplicity" advocated by Chinese medicine, a yin and yang, grasping the essence of things. It was reading this book that I began to understand the "middle" of "Chinese medicine". This "middle" refers to the balance of yin and yang. If it is out of balance, you will get sick, and you have to use the thinking method of traditional Chinese medicine to correct (treat); exercise is important, rest is important, and balance is more important. If you deviate from "middle", danger will appear. , I think that this "middle" should be the "middle" of "neutralization" and "middle way".
I ignited the enthusiasm for Chinese medicine, and I read Dr. Luo's "Ancient Chinese Medicine", "This Way of Doctors Seeing Doctors", "This Is Traditional Chinese Medicine", "Tongue Diagnosis" and other books, and followed Dr. Luo's official account online, Benefited a lot. Last year, I participated in the TCM health maintenance class of the local senior university, and I had more opportunities to discuss and exchange with teachers and classmates, which benefited me a lot.
Like Chinese medicine, my retirement life is very fulfilling. Using traditional Chinese medicine to think about problems is practically useful and spiritually happy.
My wife's illness has not recurred in the past two years. Preventing "liver depression" and "spleen dampness" is the key. As long as the old lady can produce qualified "human yellow" (the stool is not dry or loose), she will not " Confused", the early warning signal has not appeared for two years, it depends on the daily adjustment of yin and yang, and strictly abides by the "medium".
Now, I am starting to reread "Dream of Red Mansions", which is completely different from the feeling I had before I fell in love with Chinese medicine. It is said that "the book has its own golden house" and "the book has its own Yan Ruyu". "Dream of Red Mansions" also contains rich knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine integrated with the development of the storyline. It is very interesting to read. I can't understand it.
Recently, many old comrades said that I have become imposing, and the more I live, the younger I am. I told them that I fell in love with Chinese medicine! I advised them to also fall in love with Chinese medicine, and recommended several official accounts of Dr. Luo to them. Yes, TCM permeates our lives everywhere, endless mysteries give people endless hope, those who pursue it will always be on the way, always full of hope, always full of vitality, and always young, because for such people, Every day the sun is fresh!
