I chatted with a friend in the pharmacy that day, and he said that senna leaves and rhubarb are selling well now, and I asked why? He said that many elderly people are constipated, so they buy it themselves, soak in water and drink laxatives when they go home.
I couldn't help being stunned when I heard this, how weak the old man's body is, with such a purging method, the body will be more and more injured.
A few days ago, I wrote about the problem of constipation. You can search for it. It is written in a more comprehensive way, including all kinds of symptoms. If you have read it, you will know that constipation is actually a real thing. (That’s it, directly click on the topic review → "How to deal with the unspeakable secret of constipation")
Well, let's review it first! In the actual disease, it is divided into heat secret and qi secret. Heat secret is the kind that really has heat and dryness in the intestinal tract. It is often caused by external pathogens and needs to clear away heat and laxative. Qi secret is caused by stagnation of liver qi. Qi stagnation, resulting in stagnation. In fact, exposure to cold can also cause constipation, because there are not many, we did not specifically write it out.
In deficiency syndrome, there are two types of deficiency of Qi and deficiency of blood. Today we will talk about two cases respectively.
Why talk about false secrets? This is because when people mention constipation, they often think that it is a real disease, and they have to use rhubarb and senna leaves to relieve it. This is not comprehensive. In fact, there are many empty secrets. Forced defecation, the easier it is to hurt the righteousness.
Let's talk about qi deficiency first
This kind of situation is constipation caused by lack of righteousness. The clinical manifestation is that the stool is very difficult, but after the stool comes out, the stool is not dry and hard. This is the rule summed up by Zhang Jingyue, a great physician in the Ming Dynasty. Or although there is a desire to defecate, but struggling to go to the toilet, sweating and shortness of breath, fatigue after defecation, pale face, tired limbs, lazy speech, low voice, pale and tender tongue, thin white fur, and tooth marks on the edge of the tongue. The pulse is thin and weak.
In this case, everyone must remember, don’t rush to have a bowel movement, but replenish the qi slowly, replenish the righteous qi, and you can have a bowel movement instead.
medical case 1
There is a CCTV hostess who is also my idol. A few days ago, she suddenly texted me on WeChat, saying that she had some problems recently. She just started to suffer from constipation for some unknown reason, and because of this, she felt that her whole body was not in the right state.
So I asked her to send a photo of the tongue. I saw the photo of the tongue, and found that it was covered with tongue coating, and the tongue was a little fat.
So I asked her if she felt particularly tired recently. In fact, I knew it was useless to ask, because the work of CCTV is very tiring and often exhausting. As a result, she immediately emphasized that she did feel particularly weak recently, and her tone was stronger, which deepened my judgment.
So, I gave her an idea, suggesting that she can take the Chinese patent medicine Buzhong Yiqi Wan every morning after meals, Xiaoyao Wan at noon, and Guipi Wan after meals in the evening. And told her, don't rush to defecate, as long as there is enough righteousness, the body will recover by itself. The dosage per time is the dosage on the instructions. For example, the instructions say to take eight capsules twice a day, so you can take eight capsules in the morning.
Then, she took it as usual. This happened on February 17th. On February 28th, she came to WeChat and said that after taking it, she would soon be back to normal every day.
This is a typical qi deficiency, because the lack of righteousness leads to the inability to promote the flow of qi and blood, and of course the inability to sail in the intestinal tract.
For this kind of situation, you must not use laxatives lightly, because the patient is weak, and the more diarrhea at this time will hurt the righteousness, and it will be more troublesome in the future.
Regarding this, Zhang Jingyue of the Ming Dynasty said:
"Secret knot syndrome, those who belong to the elderly, the weak, the dirty, and postpartum, after illness, after sweating, or too much water, or blood loss, blood loss, vomiting, and diarrhea, often suffer from dryness. The result is that it is not the loss of qi and blood, but the consumption of body fluid. For all such things, you must carefully examine the actual situation, and do not lightly use medicines such as Glauber’s salt, rhubarb, croton, morning glory, coriander (yuán), eucalyptus, etc. As well as Chengqi, Shenxiong (xiōng) and other medicines. Although today's relief is temporary, if the deficiency is severe, so that the root is exhausted day by day, the knot will be worse tomorrow, and there will be no more available medicine... Therefore, the sick Physicians who encounter this kind of situation must not be in a hurry to get their own defeat, and regret it too late."
The reason why I use Buzhong Yiqi Pills and Guipi Pills is because Xue Lizhai, an imperial physician in the Ming Dynasty, said that for constipation: "For those with spleen and lung qi deficiency, use Buzhong Yiqi Decoction. For those with spleen meridian stagnation, add flavored Guipi Decoction." This kind of usage, ancient physicians have long had mature experience, if we read more ancient books, we will naturally learn from these experiences from our predecessors.
Another case of constipation caused by blood deficiency
medical case 2
This is a teacher from a business school where I lectured. When I went to lecture, they immediately cheered and invited me into the office, queuing up to ask about my physical problems. This female teacher just gave birth to a baby last year. After giving birth, she developed constipation. I looked at her tongue at the time and saw that the tongue was pale and light in color, so I judged it to be due to blood deficiency.
In fact, in women's constipation, I used to think that the liver qi is uncomfortable, but now more and more, it is found that blood deficiency is also caused by so many. The ancients made a very vivid analogy for this, that is, the intestinal tract is like a river, and stool is like a small boat in the river. If the river is dry and waterless, of course the boat will not move smoothly.
Regarding this situation, famous doctor Zhang Jingyue said:
"Deficiency of yin in the lower energizer will dry the essence and blood, and if the essence and blood are dry, the body fluid will not reach and the intestines will dry up. This deficiency of yin leads to yin knots... To treat yin deficiency and yin knots, but strengthen the water, it will be different from Wei Wei. Pass."
"Old people have constipation, most of which are blood dryness. If a person is forty years old and the yin qi is half, then the yin deficiency will gradually occur. In addition, the older you get, the more blood is consumed, so there are many symptoms of dryness. Treat this There is no other way to do it, but to replenish what is empty, and to moisten what is dry and exhaust it.”
According to my experience, most postpartum constipation like this is caused by blood deficiency, because women tend to consume Yin blood during childbirth, leading to constipation.
At this time, if laxatives are also given to the patient, the diarrhea will also become weaker and weaker, making the patient's physical condition worse and worse. Although the laxative can be used at that time, the consequences are very serious.
So, I introduced her to take the Yuling ointment made from longan meat and American ginseng. As a result, she later said that not only her constipation was cured, but her physical strength also recovered. , Although the child is taken care of by an elderly person, he still feels exhausted, and now he feels energetic.
In fact, many modern people are deficient in righteousness. Constipation caused by deficiency of Qi and blood is actually very common. However, when we mention constipation, we only think of laxatives. This only shows that we still need to learn. , For your own body, don't hurt it because of your ignorance.
What I am talking about today are just two examples of false secrets. The purpose is to remind everyone to have such thoughts in mind. If you and your family meet each other, you can know it well. This is the benefit of reading.
I used to read ancient medical books every day, so when someone asked me about my body, I would immediately think of similar medical records and expositions of a certain doctor in my head, so as to serve as a reference for myself. In the past few days, what I have on hand is Zhang Jingyue's "Jingyue Complete Book", and I happened to turn it here. Thinking of this, I wrote it for everyone, hoping to inspire everyone!
