Not long ago, I met a little girl who reported to me that she had the problem of itching, especially when the weather was hotter, itching hands, scratching face, scratching back itching, the weather turned cold and disappeared again, I also felt very strange, and I tried a lot of anti-itching products, the effect is not very good, I don't know what to do?
Then I asked her, do you usually stay up late and work overtime?Or like to eat hot pot barbecue?She said, yes. Look at her tongue again, the tongue is red, the tongue coating is thick and greasy, and it is a little yellowish. It's obvious, what causes it?It's damp heat. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is wet and sticky, which is easy to block pores, and it is easy to heat up after being wet for a long time.
Therefore, when the poor diet and living habits make the body full of dampness and heat, the heat instinctively wants to go out and send out, but the pores are only closed, that is, it can't get out, so all gather between the subcutaneous and the muscles, at this time, if the outside weather is also wet and hot, Chinese medicine says, seek the same qi, because of the collusion between the inside and outside, the heat will continue to stir and stir people's minds, and if you want to go out, you can't get out, just like thousands of insects crawling in the body, it will make people itch and unbearable.
Therefore, for this kind of itching, it is enough to dispel dampness and clear heat. I would like to share with you a dose of Zhang Zhongjing's famous recipe in "Jin Kui Yaolu", called: Sophora Soup. Specially**this**damp poison is itchy, and the effect is very good.
The composition of the prescription medicine is also relatively simple, only the flavor of Sophora ginseng. Sophora sophora: bitter in taste and cold in nature. In traditional Chinese medicine, bitterness can be dry and damp, cold can overcome heat, and bitterness can also enter the heart, clear the heart and fire, and make people feel calm. As long as you are in a good mood, you won't feel upset and itchy anymore.
In the end, suffering can still be reduced. It can drive out the dampness, heat and turbidity that cannot be transported in the spleen and stomach, and the intestines. Therefore, with bitter ginseng, you can remove dampness and heat from the body at the same time. When the heat and humidity are gone, the blood and qi are calm, and the five internal organs are at ease. It's just that when I use it, there is one thing I want to tell you. It's because of the bitter bitterness and cold, you may not imagine, how bitter is it?It is listed as one of the four bitter medicines, and it is many times more bitter than the well-known Coptis chinensis. Therefore, Zhang Zhongjing told us that we can first fry the bitter ginseng in water, drink one or two sips, and don't drink too much, otherwise, one is easy to damage the spleen and stomach, and the other is because when the body is damp and hot, it means that the spleen and stomach are already weak, and the bitter cold medicine is more of a blow. So, after taking one or two sips, wash the affected area while the heat of the liquid is still fumigating and slowly becoming warm. If you take it internally and externally, the anti-itching effect will be better.
Of course, clinically, I often tell patients that they can use Sophora sophora plus mugwort leaves, and wash it directly in boiling water, without drinking. Because, the yang energy of mugwort leaves is very sufficient, and the medicinal properties are also warm, and its temperature is just right to restrain the cold of Sophora sophora. In addition, mugwort leaves themselves have a good anti-itching effect, children have prickly heat, rashes, boiled water with mugwort leaves, you can quickly relieve itching.
In short, the bitter participation in mugwort leaves, the two are cold and warm, and they do not hurt the evil. For this kind of itching caused by damp heat, the effect is very good.