It’s the peak of the flu season again, and recently there has been a flurry of children and parents with symptoms such as high fever, sore throat, generalized aches and pains, and weakness in the clinic. Because it is highly contagious, parents are worried whenever a family or kindergarten has a child with such symptoms. Most people in Wenzhou also know that herbs can prevent influenza, but they only know to take Banlangen to prevent it. As a result, not only does it have no preventive effect, but some people have poor appetite, nausea, sticky mouth and other feelings after taking it. In fact, it is not that herbal medicine does not work, but because of the profound knowledge of Chinese medicine, people with different body types should take different preventive prescriptions.
In this article, we introduce herbal preventive prescriptions, as well as lifestyle regimen and the simple method of Chinese medicine to ward off obscenity and prevent epidemics.
01 How to distinguish your physique
Qi deficiency constitution: easy fatigue, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, easy to catch a cold, light red tongue with teeth marks on the side.
Yin deficiency: thin body, dry mouth and throat, hot hands and feet, cold drinks, dry stool, red tongue without coating.
Phlegm-damp constitution: obese body, fat and flabby abdomen, easy to sticky mouth, light mouth, sweet mouth, sticky or unshaped stool, more oil on facial skin, sweaty and sticky, light fat tongue, white thick and greasy moss.
Damp-heat constitution: medium or thin body, easy to dry mouth, bitter mouth, dry or sticky stool, yellow urine, oily face, easy to have acne, red tongue, yellow thick and greasy tongue coating.
02 Preventive prescriptions for different body types
Preventive formula for Qi deficiency constitution
Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Bupleurum, Su Ye, Radix et Rhizoma Polygala, Chen Pi, Red Date
Preventive formula for Yin deficiency
Astragalus membranaceus, Radix et Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Fructus Anemarrhenae, Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, Red Date
Prevention formula for phlegm-dampness
Rice kernel, Cardamom kernel, Almonds, Phellodendron, Radix Paniculata, Rhizoma rehmanniae, Radix Polygala, Patchouli, Chen Pi
Preventive formula for damp-heat constitution
Chen Pi, Bamboo Roo, Edamame, Green leaf, Honeysuckle, Kanzhu
03 Lifestyle conditioning
1, Avoid cross-infection. “Avoid the evil and thieving wind sometimes”. So wash your hands regularly, wear a mask, ventilate regularly, avoid crowded places and reduce gatherings as much as possible.
2, Avoid staying up late, ensure sufficient rest.
3, Avoid wind and cold. People who sweat easily, especially children, pay attention to sweating, if the clothes are wet, you should change clothes as soon as possible, or dry towels in advance in the front and back to absorb sweat, to keep the body dry, according to the weather and sweating in time to add or remove clothing.
4, Avoid eating greasy, fried, barbecued, spicy food, and be careful with cold fruits, or use fruits to steam and heat before eating.
04 Chinese medicine simple method to ward off obscenity and prevent epidemic
1, using moxa or Cangzhu tablets, burning and smoking in the room.
2, For people with cold hands and feet, you can take a foot bath. Square with: mugwort, artemisia, ginger, atractylodes.
3, to ward off obscenity incense bag: atractylodes, dahurica, calamus, chuanxiong, aromatic herb, cynthia, dogwood, patchouli, mugwort, research fine put in a cloth bag, worn or placed at home.