The homology of medicine and food is one of the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine. In our kitchen, there are actually a lot of Chinese herbs hidden. Some common foods can also cure diseases, which is the practical experience of our ancestors for thousands of years.
Migraine is a common condition that can be seen in daily life. In June this year, Huang Peijian, vice president of Hainan Hospital of Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, said in an exclusive interview with reporters:
In recent years, more and more people have joined the migraine army. Epidemiological surveys show that the annual prevalence of migraine in 18 to 65-year-olds in China is 93%。According to this estimate, there are about 1300 million migraine sufferers. ”
However, patients with migraine have a relatively low rate of presentation, inadequate prophylaxis**, and overuse of analgesics.
Once migraine attacks, patients often have splitting headaches, affecting work and life. At the same time, many patients also suffer from anxiety, depression, insomnia and other problems, and their quality of life is very low.
Migraine actually belongs to the name of Western medicine, and belongs to the category of "head wind" in Chinese medicine. According to traditional Chinese medicine, head wind is a periodic disease caused by imbalance of viscera, qi and blood reversal, blood stasis and internal obstruction, and is caused by cold, wind, dampness, heat, etc. It is important to note that certain tumors can also cause migraines.
There are many causes of migraines, and in addition to the cause of tumors, you can use radish juice nasal drops**. Here's how:
Take a number of fresh radishes (green radish, commonly known as white radish), cut into pieces and squeeze juice. When you have a headache on the left side, drip radish juice into your right nostril; When you have a headache on the right side, use radish juice to drip into your left nostril; When both sides hurt, use radish juice to drop both nostrils. 1 2 drops each time, you can also drop 3 5 drops, depending on what you can tolerate.
Most of the people have a personal experience: eating radish can be smooth. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are three pathogenesis of pain: pain if it is not passed, pain if it is not camped, and pain if it is not relaxed. As for migraines, most of them are "pain if it doesn't work".
Therefore, radish juice drops in the nostrils can regulate and smooth the qi, so that the qi of the head is smooth. In general, if it is not painful, migraines can be relieved.
In fact, radish has many functions, such as dissipating food, dissolving phlegm and asthma, clearing heat and smoothing qi, reducing swelling and dissipating stasis, etc. Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, mentioned in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that radish can "greatly reduce qi, eliminate grains and neutralize and remove evil heat".
In this cold winter, you should also try to eat more turnips.
Part of the knowledge in this article comes from "Small Kitchen, Big Pharmacy". The book was edited by Ji Lingling and Ren Ping, and published by China Medical Science and Technology Press.
*: Henan Provincial Health Central Plains Service Guarantee Center.
Contributed by: Rong ** Department.
Editor in charge: Yang Hua.