Nowadays, more and more people are in the state of “Qi and blood deficiency”. The elderly who love to be sick and weak, the workforce who are mentally weak and always doze off; women who suffer from menstrual disorders and premature aging ……
Chinese medicine believes that long-term lack of qi and blood, not only will make energy, face decline, and may damage the internal organs, affecting the health of the body.
The effect of insufficient Qi and blood on the body
Qi and blood deficiency in an old man and a young woman, the most prone to problems: the
Children with Qi and Blood deficiency mostly manifest as dark, green or white face, thinning and yellow hair, eyes not bright, scattered gaze, hands and feet are not warm, appetite becomes poor, do not want to eat even after exercise, mental discomfort, do not like to laugh, etc. Parents can observe more according to this. If children’s deficiency of Qi and blood is not corrected in time, growth and development will be delayed or even stagnant, and once this stage is missed, it will be difficult to make up for it.
Women are liver-blood oriented. When women have Qi and Blood deficiency, they often have dry eyes, numbness of limb muscles, low menstrual flow, thin tongue, or cracked tongue, little moss, thin and weak pulse, etc. Insufficient Qi and blood in women can affect a series of physiological functions such as menstruation, leucorrhea, pregnancy and childbirth, and even lead to premature aging and early onset of menopause.
In addition, for women, insufficient Qi and Blood often cause Qi stagnation and blood stasis and liver Qi stagnation, which can lead to breast diseases, the most common being breast enlargement.
In older people, the body is in decline, the Qi and blood tend to run slowly, and the metabolic capacity decreases, which also makes it easy to develop Qi and blood deficiency. The body’s vital energy cannot run around the body and the moisturizing function of qi and blood is not enough, which will firstly be reflected in the end parts of the limbs, and secondly, it will cause numbness, pain and unfavorable activities in the shoulder, neck, waist and back, and even lead to hemiplegia in serious cases.
In addition to the above-mentioned people, insufficient qi and blood will cause harm to the body, specifically, panic, shortness of breath, chest tightness, dizziness or memory loss and other problems.
It is worth noting that TCM believes that the spleen and stomach need an adequate blood supply for proper functioning. If there is a chronic deficiency of qi and blood, it will lead to weakness of the spleen and stomach, insufficient biochemistry of qi and blood, which will further lead to deficiency of qi and blood.
Use medicine and food to replenish qi and blood
People with Qi deficiency should eat nutritious and easily digestible foods. Herbs that can be used include astragalus, yam and ginseng.
Astragalus is sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, and has the function of tonifying qi and raising yang, benefiting qi and fixing the surface, supporting toxicity and generating muscle, promoting water and reducing swelling, and is suitable for all cases of qi deficiency and blood deficiency. In addition, modern medical research has found that astragalus also has the function of improving immune function, two-way regulation of blood pressure and other functions.
Yam is flat and sweet in nature, and has the function of strengthening the spleen, tonifying the lung, strengthening the kidney and benefiting the essence. Shennong Ben Cao Jing said it: “nourish the middle and benefit qi strength, long muscles, long taking ears and eyes smart”. In addition, yam has a good nutritional effect and can improve the body’s ability to resist diseases.
Ginseng is sweet and slightly bitter, with the function of nourishing the vital energy, educating and calming the mind, which is a good product for health care. It can lower blood sugar, enhance hematopoietic function, strengthen adrenal cortical function, improve the body’s ability to adapt to the external environment, and improve immune function.
Do not underestimate the problem of qi and blood deficiency
Chinese medicine believes that the body’s decline can be roughly divided into three stages, namely deficiency, loss and labor. The deficiency of qi and blood is in the “deficiency” stage, and the deficiency of qi, blood and fluid can be regarded as the reduction of liquid assets.
If you do not actively adjust at this point, you will enter the next stage of “loss”, resulting in damage to the five organs, which is equivalent to injury to fixed assets. If a cough occurs on top of the “loss”, it is called “labor” and it is very difficult to restore health.
In general, qi and blood problems are not trivial and should be taken seriously in time.