The human body's own "phlegm" acupoint, rubbed for five minutes a day, cough and phlegm have a miraculous effect!
Everyone must have had this experience:
When I wake up in the morning, my mouth is thirsty and sticky, and I always feel a foreign body in my throat, and I can't cough it out or swallow it......
Many people refer to this condition as "phlegm", but in fact, phlegm is not exactly the same in Western medicine and Chinese medicine.
The "phlegm" in traditional Chinese medicine not only refers to the viscous matter that comes out of coughing and spitting, but also refers to all metabolic secretions that are not required by human physiology. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that where the qi and blood are not smooth, that is, the place where the phlegm is generated.
Most people with phlegm and dampness are obese, with a pale yellow and dark complexion, and the moss is more slippery, the mouth is sticky and phlegm, the chest is tight, the body is heavy, the limbs are unpleasant, and they often feel weak and do not want to move, lack of concentration, sweating and wheezing when they move.
In autumn and winter, adults are prone to colds, let alone children, and they generally cough with phlegm.
Usually children have phlegm because of a cold, and most colds can be cured on their own, but taking medicine can only relieve the symptoms of cough and phlegm, and cannot play a therapeutic role.
So what else is there to treat autumn cough? Today, I will share five acupuncture points to help you drive away the "phlegm" in your body.
Acupuncture: Located on the neck, on the current midline, between the two clavicles, and in the center of the suprasternal fossa.
Method: Rub your thumb perpendicular to the acupuncture point to feel soreness; Each press is 5~8 seconds and 10~20 times.
Efficacy: It can play the role of expectorant, widening the chest and regulating qi, reducing phlegm and promoting the lungs, etc., especially suitable for regulating the phlegm generated by the stagnation of lung and spleen qi, patients often sleep restlessly, the stomach is unhappy, and the diet is affected.
Acupuncture: located next to the Adam's apple, at the anterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and at the next transverse finger of the common carotid artery pulse.
Method: Press the thumb on the water protrusion acupoint, and then press the phlegm knot around the acupoint for 1~3 minutes each time.
Efficacy: It is especially suitable for the treatment of hot phlegm, the sputum coughed up by the patient is yellow and thick, the vomit is not smooth, the mouth is dry and the lips are dry, and the tongue is red and greasy. Pressing this acupoint often can alleviate problems such as sore throat, phlegm, cough, and asthma.
Acupuncture points: above the outer part of the chest wall, above the coracoid (huì) process of the scapula, 6 inches next to the anterior midline, in the depression of the subclavian fossa, and one on the left and right sides of the body.
Method: Use the thumbs and fingertips of both hands to rub the Yunmen acupoint on the same side and do a circular motion, each massage for 3 minutes, 2 times a day.
Efficacy: This acupoint is also suitable for regulating some symptoms of hot phlegm, which helps to promote the lungs and relieve cough, dissolve phlegm and disperse knots, and regulate lung function.
Acupuncture points: Fenglong acupoint is a phlegm-dissolving point, located on the outside of the leg, find two points of the knee eye and lateral malleolus, connect into a line, and then take the midpoint of this line, about two finger widths from the front edge of the tibia.
Method: Tap the Hong Leong acupoint with your thumb for 1 minute, then press and rub the acupoint clockwise for 2 minutes, and finally use your thumb to rub along the Hong Leong acupoint in one direction for 2 minutes.
Efficacy: It is used to treat hot phlegm, wet phlegm, dry phlegm and other diseases, especially suitable for people who are difficult to cough up phlegm in the throat.
Acupoints: Sitting or lying on the stomach, the lung Yu acupoints are located on the back of the human body, under the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra, and the left and right sides are open two fingers.
Method: The patient lies on the bed, and the massager puts the thumbs and fingertips of both hands on the lung acupoints on both sides, and gradually presses down and rubs them to make the acupoints sore, numb and swollen.
Then use the root of the thumb on the front of the palm of the hand to stick to the lung Yu acupoint, press down slightly, and rub the acupoint for 3~5 minutes, once a day.
Efficacy: It is suitable for all kinds of phlegm syndromes, which can increase lung ventilation, lung capacity and oxygen consumption, reduce airway resistance, and help sputum discharge.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that oranges are warm and sweet, can replenish yang and invigorate qi, and are a thing that regulates qi, aroma and pungent warmth.
When boiling rice porridge, add a few small pieces of clean orange peel before the water boils. After cooking, the porridge is not only fragrant and delicious, but also particularly appetizing, and has a good therapeutic effect on people with abdominal distension or cough and phlegm.
6 grams of orange peel, ginger and Su leaves, add brown sugar and drink 2 times a day. It also works very well.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that citrus has the effect of relieving cough and is used for gastrointestinal dryness; It has the effect of diuresis and gastric diuretic, and is used for abdominal discomfort, unfavorable urination, etc.; It has the effect of moistening the lungs and dissolving phlegm, and is suitable for pulmonary fever and cough. Tangerines are peaceful, so they can be eaten appropriately even by patients.
When eating citrus, don't tear off the white tendons on the outside of the orange pulp. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Tangerine has the function of channeling phlegm, smoothing qi and invigorating blood, which is not only a good food therapy for patients with chronic diseases such as chronic bronchitis and coronary heart disease, but also has an adjuvant therapeutic effect on chest pain and discomfort caused by long-term cough.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that white radish can clear away heat and phlegm, shengjin and relieve cough, benefit the stomach and eliminate food, raw food can treat fever thirst, lung fever cough, phlegm thickening and other symptoms, if it is drunk with sugarcane, pear, lotus root and other juice, the effect is better.
Folk often say: white radish has a cold taste, and people with weak and cold constitution and bad trachea should not eat it often. In fact, white radish has a good cough suppressant effect on lung fever cold and cough; In addition, white radish contains fungicide, which is beneficial for cold, fever, sore throat and cough.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pears have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, moistening the lungs and rejuvenating the lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm.
Raw food, juice, stewing or boiling ointment have a good therapeutic effect on pulmonary fever cough, measles, elderly cough, bronchitis and other symptoms.