Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Medicinal (heat) ironing therapy heats medicines (such as medicine bags, medicine cakes, ointments and medicinal wine) and places them on specific parts of the body surface to promote loosening of the arteries. It is an external treatment method used to treat cold-dampness, qi-blood stasis, and deficiency-cold syndromes, to harmonize the meridians and smooth the qi and blood.

Patch therapy

A method of preventing and treating diseases by mixing medicine into a paste and applying it to specific parts of the body surface. It is often used for headaches, vomiting and diarrhea, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, prolapse, dizziness, facial paralysis, rheumatic paralysis, sores, carbuncles, ringworm, sprains, contusions, oral ulcers, burns, etc.

Umbilical application therapy

Applying medicine to the umbilicus or navel is often used for dizziness, night sweats, constipation, anuria, spermatorrhea, impotence, vaginal erection, dysmenorrhea and other symptoms. An external treatment method.

Fumigation therapy

It is an external treatment method that uses the hot steam of medicinal decoction to fumigate the affected area, and uses warm medicinal liquid to rinse the local area. It is often used for colds, rheumatism, eczema, ringworm, scabies, vaginal itching, eye diseases, bruises and other conditions.

Treatment of insomnia** Methods

1. Press the pericardial meridian: follow the midline of the inner side of the upper arms on both sides, press from top to bottom, and then focus on the painful points, 1-2 times a day .

2. Rub the Shenmen point: The Shenmen point is located at the ulnar end of the striated carpi muscle and the radial depression of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon. Use the threaded surface of the tip of one thumb before going to bed every day. Knead the Shenmen acupoint of the other hand, switch the thumb of the other hand, and knead the Shenmen acupoint of the front hand in the same way until it feels sore and swollen. Repeat 30 times each.

3. Rub the Yongquan point before going to bed: Lie on your back before going to bed every day, slightly bend your calves, put the center of your feet close to the bed, and do up and down rubbing movements, 30 times a day.

4. Knead the earlobes: Pinch the earlobes on both sides with the thumb and index finger of both hands, and gently knead them to cause soreness and pain. Knead them for about 2 minutes.

5. Hair combing method: use finger tapping method, bend both hands, except the thumb, tap the scalp vertically with the remaining four fingers, in the direction of the front hairline, top of the head, back of the head, and nape, in three rows on the left, middle and right . 3-5 times a day, at least five minutes each time. You can also use a comb, with the same method as before.

Food therapy

1. When you are irritable and have difficulty falling asleep, drink a cup of sugar water to generate a large amount of serotonin and inhibit the cerebral cortex.

2. Dissolve a spoonful of lettuce juice in a glass of water and drink it.

3. Wash and dry cypress leaves and put them into pillows. They smell fragrant. Can play a calming and hypnotic role.

4. 50-100 grams of fresh orange, pear, and banana peels, put into an unsealed bag and put next to the pillow. Smelling the aroma of the peel makes it easy to fall asleep.

5. If you wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep, eat 3-5 biscuits and drink a glass of wine to fall asleep.

6. Taking wolfberry has the effect of good night and early morning cheering.

7. Before going to bed, drink a bowl of fresh soy milk juice to help you sleep.

8. One or two walnut kernels, add rice to cook porridge and drink it to treat insomnia.

Dietary therapy for insomnia

Lily porridge

Take 30 grams of dried lily (60 grams of fresh), 60 grams of japonica rice, 10 red dates, an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and cook over a slow fire Porridge, take it morning and evening. Efficacy: nourish the heart and calm the nerves, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. Suitable for insomnia, menopause, post-pyretic illness, dry cough, etc.

Chestnut and longan porridge

10 chestnuts (shelled and chopped), 15 grams of longan meat, 50 grams of japonica rice, cook the porridge over a slow fire and add sugar to taste. Efficacy: nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the waist. It is suitable for insomnia, heart palpitations, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees caused by insufficient blood and kidney essence.

Longan, Lotus Seed and Yam Porridge

Take 30 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of longan meat, 20 grams of lily, 20 grams of yam, 6 red dates, and 30 grams of japonica rice. Cook the porridge over a slow fire until you eat it. Add brown sugar to taste. Eat it in the morning and evening. It is suitable for symptoms such as insomnia, dreaminess, palpitations, forgetfulness, and loss of appetite. It is also suitable for recuperation after illness.

Tea with wild jujube kernels

Before 8 a.m. every morning, take 15g of green tea and brew it with boiling water twice and drink it. No more tea after 8 o'clock; at the same time, fry the wild jujube kernels. After being cooked, grind it into powder and take 10g with boiled water every night before going to bed.

Take it continuously for 3 to 5 days to see the effect. Tea can refresh the mind, and the bioactive substances contained in it can stimulate high-level nerve centers, make people energetic, active thinking, and eliminate fatigue. Therefore, it can adjust the listlessness and drowsiness of insomniacs during the day. . Ziziphus seeds have the effect of nourishing the mind, calming the nerves, and suppressing the central nervous system. It has a good effect on promoting insomniacs to enter the sleep suppression process at night. One photo relaxes, one excites and then suppresses, and the effect is remarkable. Those who suffer from insomnia may wish to give it a try.

Salvia miltiorrhiza rock sugar water

Add 30g of salvia miltiorrhiza and 300ml of water, fry over slow fire (low heat) for 20 minutes, remove the residue, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook for a while, then take it in 2 times. Salvia miltiorrhiza is bitter and slightly cold, promotes blood circulation and calms the nerves, and has a calming effect on people with long-term insomnia.

Dietary therapy methods

1. 15 grams of Ganoderma lucidum and 3 grams of American ginseng, decoction in water instead of tea.

2. 10 grams of Schisandra chinensis, 10 grams of Ganoderma lucidum, 5 grams of American ginseng, and 5 jujubes. Decoction in water instead of tea.

3. 50 grams of lotus seeds, 10 grams of lily, 5 grams of jujube kernels (broken), boil in water for 1 hour, eat lotus seeds and drink soup.