Many people ask what TCM relies on to treat diseases. I said that the so-called needle, the so-called medicine, are just tools. What really plays a fundamental role is two words. One is "Heng", and the other is "Tong".
The so-called balance refers to the exhaustion of various methods to restore the balance of the body. The so-called "Tong" refers to the exhaustion of various tricks to restore the smooth flow of the body. It can be said that these two points are the core principles and strategic guidelines that cannot be deviated from when treating diseases.
Now, let me tell you a small medical case, let's feel the "Tong" word of traditional Chinese medicine. The recipe used is Dachai Hu soup.
It is said that there was a woman in her 50s who was a teacher by profession. This person usually has high blood pressure, and the high blood pressure reaches up to 190. In order to control her blood pressure, she also often takes Western medicine.
About 3 days ago, this person quarreled with his daughter-in-law because of trivial family matters. After many years of contradictions, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law refused to give in to each other and tore their faces.
The patient was so angry that he was dizzy and uncomfortable, so he went to see a Chinese doctor.
Immediately diagnosed, the patient's pulse number is thick, and the tongue is red. The patient reported that he was now dizzy and had tinnitus in his ears, as if there was the sound of running water. Usually, the patient is irritable, irritable, dry stool, and yellow urine. Now my mouth is very bitter, my throat is dry, and I always want to drink water to relieve it.
Take your blood pressure again, good guys, 184 for high pressure and 105 for low pressure.
What to do?The doctor thought about it a little, and the book was a poem. But see-
Bupleurum, Qing Banxia, Rhubarb (lower back), Skullcap, Citrus aurantium, Prunella vulgaris, hooked vine, white peony, mother-of-pearl.
Take a decoction with water, one dose per day.
The result?After taking 3 doses, the patient's stool became smooth, the dizziness and swelling were reduced, and the blood pressure dropped significantly. The tinnitus is weakened, the right side is silent, only the left side is sometimes ringing.
At this time, remove the rhubarb from the original prescription, add gentian grass and magnet, and then give 10 doses. Eventually, the patient's symptoms were calm, the tinnitus disappeared, the vertigo stopped, and life returned to normal.
What's the truth here?
The patient's question is obviously liver depression, why?The liver is emotional, impatient and irritable will cause the liver to be depressed, and the tongue will turn into fire if the number of red moss and yellow veins will turn into fire. When the liver is depressed and the blood is strong, the patient has high blood pressure, dizziness and tinnitus.
On the one hand, the patient's liver is depressed and the fire is turned into fire, the qi in the body is tense, the heat is burning, and at the same time, the stool is blocked, and the six intestines do not fall, do you say that his body can still pass?It definitely won't work.
Moreover, as long as his body is not able to pass for a day, his blood pressure will not drop for a day, and his dizziness and tinnitus will be uneven for a day.
How to solve it?
In the formula, Bupleurum soothes the liver and relieves depression, and skullcap clears the liver and gallbladder and the fire of Shaoyang. The liver depression turned into fire and was solved. Rhubarb dissipates heat and laxatives, and Citrus aurantium implements qi assistance. The problem of constipation was solved.
White peony with Bupleurum softens the liver and body, and lowers adverse qi in mid-summer to clear the intestines. Then, with prunella vulgaris to clear the liver fire, with hook vine to clear liver heat, to calm the liver wind, and then with mother-of-pearl to calm the liver latent yang and calm the nerves. You see, since then, the patient's liver fire has been cleared, the liver qi is smooth, and the stool is smooth
After the smoothing, many symptoms disappeared.
This is an example of the use of Da Chai Hu Tang to cure diseases. The main hit is the word "through", understand?