How to correctly use Chinese medicine to prevent and cure influenza

2018-02-28 xinmin evening news

Recent flu in the United States, a Chinese become pipagao in popularity by successful stayed in patients with cough, rushed to buy, there are reports that even some places sell for nearly $70 a bottle of, is nearly 10 times of the original, many netizens call incredible. As soon as the news came out, many domestic doctors pointed out that loquat was used to stop coughing and had no effect on the treatment of the flu itself. So, what is the proper way to prevent and cure influenza?

It is understood that loquat does not have the effect of preventing colds, let alone treating the flu. The clinical use is mainly used for relieving cough. In the online post, the patients in the United States have been given loquat for cough, which is very effective, but it is not that loquat has cured his flu. In addition, although loquat is good, but also a medicine, can not be taken casually.

"Traditional Chinese medicine also has a good clinical effect in treating viral infections." Longhua hospital affiliated to Shanghai university of traditional Chinese medicine lung disease division of doctor of vice director of LuZhenHui tells a reporter, for influenza, most patients with systemic symptom heavier and easily induce basic diseases, traditional Chinese medicine compound can improve symptoms, can reduce the volatility of underlying conditions at the same time. For long-term repeated colds, flu patients come easy "scam", in addition to the exercise to improve body function, Chinese herbal compound can improve the patient's immune defense function, reduce the attack frequency of flu.

However, treatment of flu is also need treatment based on syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine, in stages, treats people, don't recommend using online at random the so-called folk prescription and without abuse of proprietary Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation, otherwise, had not suit the medicine can lead to a symptom aggravating instead.

How does Chinese medicine prevent influenza? Lu zhenhui pointed out that using traditional Chinese medicine scientifically and scientifically can prevent influenza, but not all people should take Chinese medicine to prevent it. Robust physique, Yin and Yang and the secret of people is through the daily repair and regular prevention can be better prevention, and easy to catch a cold repeatedly (abnormal airway defence function, also is the traditional Chinese medicine thinks upright - wei qi deficiency) of the people, when flu season or surrounding people with the flu, can undertake preventive application of Chinese medicine in advance.

In addition, doctor deer is not recommended for a long time to take a separate qingrejiedu drugs (cold drugs of traditional Chinese medicine), because it is easy to damage the body of the spleen and stomach function and integrity, not easy to balance of Yin and Yang and the maintenance of vital qi of the body. In the outpatient department, often have the patient ask: "doctor, I everyday lily, chrysanthemum, houttuynia bubble water drink ok?" "Doctor, do I eat white fungus every day?" "Doctor, I have the western ginseng, fengdou, longan, can you eat often?" From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine the human body and a drug or food needs to be from the overall properties (such as the fever of the human body, the actual condition, food/drug tonify deficiency, diarrhea, etc.) on the comprehensive judgement, in most cases the function of the body function disorder is caused by various conditions, also is the traditional Chinese medicine of Yin and Yang, the table, the actual, not eight principles, as well as the specific location of zang-fu organs and meridians, treatment of disease is also a process of "rectification".