During my clinical career, I was keen to participate in academic exchanges in the TCM field, which not only broadened my horizons and improved my medical skills, but more importantly, I learned from those senior TCM seniors their pure spirit and noble character.
One exchange meeting that I will never forget happened five years ago. At that meeting, the organizers asked each participant to prepare a plan for a specific disease, and finally selected the best plan. I've prepared oneFor the ** protocol for nodules, only seven flavor herbs are used。Someone questioned me half-jokingly at the time:The ** of nodules has always been tricky, is your mere seven-flavor medicine really effective?
However, to everyone's surprise, my concise and concise proposal ended up winning first place. This is not only a recognition of my medical skills, but also an affirmation of my adherence to the essence of Chinese medicine and medical ethics.
In the world of Chinese medicine, there are different styles and preferences for medication. Some healers tend to use a large prescription with a wide variety of medicinal flavors but a moderate dosage, while others prefer a small prescription with a simple medicinal flavor but a large dose. We cannot judge the quality of a prescription by its quantity, and of course we cannot open and balance the prescription for profit.
Let's take a patient who saw a nodule last year. She's always felt thereChest tightness and breast tendernesssituation,It is more pronounced around the time of menstruation, and later found out that there isBreast nodules。Nodules are not a big dealCurrently she is in category 3As long as it doesn't continue to grow, it's not a big deal, but it's not small either, and if the nodule grows again, there is a certain chance of cancer.
Diagnosis,The tongue is red, the tongue is fat, and the tongue is white and greasy, accompanied by abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, soreness in the limbs, and sticky stools.
solution
Prescription: white mustard seeds, tangerine peel, atractylodes, pig tooth soap, oysters, cinnamon branches, poria cocos
The result?
After two weeks, the feedback was that the appetite increased, the stool was normal, and the improvement gradually improved. After taking it for another two months, the chest tightness and breast tenderness were gone, and I felt refreshed.
The effect is not better, and after taking it for another two months, there is no longer any other discomfort in the body; The results of the re-examination have disappeared, and in order to consolidate it, it is allowed to continue to take it for half a month. Follow-up, none**.
What's going on here?
To put it bluntly, nodules are the product of phlegm, dampness, and garbage in the body, which are condensed together. On the other hand,In fact, the essence of cysts, nodules, hyperplasia, and lipomas is the same, they are all things that the body should not have.
White mustard seeds have been praised by doctors of all dynasties as "stubborn phlegm can be searched", withWarms the lungs and dissolves phlegm, and dissipates qi and condensationefficacy.
Teacher Ni Haixia said: **The key to nodules,One is to strengthen the spleen, and the other is to expel phlegm.
So with tangerine peel, it not only helps usRegulates the spleen and stomachIt can also help us drive away the moisture in the body, and at the same time it can also dissolve phlegm. Atractylodes is also a good thing, it helps us to drive away moisture, and it also makes the spleen and stomach stronger. When these two things are used together, the effect is doubled, and the spleen and stomach are healthier.
Pig tooth soap, it can not only help us get out those stubborn phlegm, but alsoSwelling。Whether it's tangible phlegm, undigested food, or invisible phlegm, pig tooth soap can come in handy. In addition, it can also treat inability to pass urine and bowel movements, bloating and abdomen, etc., which can be described as a sharp blade with good use.
Oysters are also a great character that helps us break the nodules in our bodies and clean up the bad stuff.
The combination of cinnamon and poria is like adding a little sun to our body, which warms up our body and calms our mood. Cinnamon can help us improve yang energy and make our heart healthier; Poria cocos can make our mood more stable and help the spleen and stomach work better. The combination of two drugs is availableWarm yang is good for qi, calm the heart and calm the nervesof the work.
However, these are just basic recipes, and everyone's situation is different. If you feel that you are deficient, you can add some astragalus; If there is bruising, you can add some peach kernels and safflower. If you want to further strengthen the spleen and stomach, atractylodes and coix seeds are also good choices.
In short, it is necessary to adjust according to your physical condition and find the most suitable method for you.
The TCM** approach is really flexible, it is not like Western medicine, where all patients are prescribed the same medicine, regardless of their condition. Anyone with a modicum of medical knowledge knows that this approach is actually very difficult to really solve the problem.
In clinical practice, I have deeply realized that many people are skeptical of TCM. Therefore, in addition to **, I insist on writing articles to share the concepts and methods of Chinese medicine. I don't want to force everyone to choose TCM**, but I hope that when they face health problems, there will be more choices and one more possible solution.