Autumn and winter communication, how to prevent "autumn dryness" in traditional Chinese medicine? How to health care for diabetic patients?
How does Chinese Medicine understand "Autumn dryness"? Autumn and winter communication, how should we keep healthy to prevent "autumn dryness"?
"Autumn dryness" means that autumn is coming, the temperature drops and the air becomes dry. The "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" mentions that "dryness wins the dry", many people will feel dry throat, dry mouth, eyes, nose itchy, there may be dry skin itchy, dry hair or even hair loss. Therefore, the focus of autumn health is "nourishing Yin moistening dryness".
Drink plenty of water and keep hydrated. Recommend a drink - "five juice drink", invented by the famous doctor Wu Jutong in the Qing Dynasty, the pear, lotus root, water chestnuts,
fresh reed root and fresh riotone five ingredients together to juice and drink, you can add honey or brown sugar flavor, you can also boil after cool drinking, can play a Yin,
moistening lung, moistening dry effect. If you can't find all these ingredients, you can use one or two of them, and the others can be replaced with coconut water, milk, fresh dendrobium, fresh lily, fresh tremella.
How to do good health care for diabetic patients in autumn and winter?
When diabetes develops to a certain stage, it is easy to appear the symptoms of "three more and one less", polyporesis, polyporesis and emaciation,
and TCM syndrome differentiation is "Yin deficiency as the foundation and dry heat as the standard". If it is superimposed with "autumn dryness", the symptoms are easy to aggravate.
First of all, we must control blood sugar, and the human body will be "dry" when the blood sugar is high. Chinese medicine advocates "bitter and sour cure sweet", is to eat more bitter, sour food.
Some foods such as bitter melon, wild vegetables, drinking bitter tea, bitter coffee, Chinese medicine inside coptis, matrine, scutellaria and so on have hypoglycemic effect.
At the same time, it is recommended to eat more acidic food, which can restrain qi, restrain Yin and restrain sweat. Some patients with diabetes urine, sweat, sleep badly, can eat hawthorn, plum, sour jujube kernel and other sour food.
In addition, some non-drug therapies can also be used, such as rubbing the fish point often, which can nourish Yin, clear lungs and moisten dryness.
Hand, foot and mouth disease into the high incidence of disease control agencies to do prevention and control
Every year from September to November is the autumn high incidence period of hand, foot and mouth disease, parents need to pay attention to continue to pay attention to whether the child's hands,
feet, buttocks and other parts of the rash, oral herpes...... Recently, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health warning, reminding parents that HFMD is still in the high incidence period,
and parents need to pay attention to whether children aged 5 and under have typical symptoms of HFMD and do a good job in prevention and control.
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common acute infectious disease in children under 5 years old caused by a variety of enteroviruses. Clinical manifestations include fever,
herpes in the mouth, maculopapules in the hands, feet and buttocks, accompanied by cough, runny nose, loss of appetite and other symptoms. The prognosis is generally good and the patient will recover after 7 to 10 days.
According to health tips, the following six points should be done to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease, including avoiding contact with children, trying not to hug with children,
sharing toys, sharing tableware and toiletries, etc., to prevent cross infection; Maintain hand hygiene and clean hands with the "seven-step washing technique"; Reduce aggregation;
Closed public places and living rooms should be ventilated regularly to maintain air circulation; Do a good job of cleaning and disinfection; Actively vaccinate.
Some parents would like to know the tips for hand-foot-and-mouth disease vaccination. In this regard, the health advice is clear, EV-A71 vaccine can effectively prevent EV-A71 infection caused by HFMD and other related diseases,
and reduce the occurrence of HFMD severe and death. For early protection, children are encouraged to complete the full course of vaccination before 12 months of age, and the earlier the better for children 1 year and older.
What if my child is infected with hand, foot and mouth disease? "Parents should not panic and should closely monitor their children to ensure they are hydrated and prevent dehydration."
Beijing Children's Hospital infection internal medicine deputy chief physician Guo Xin suggested that if the child is found to have typical symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease,
it is necessary to actively control high fever, avoid unnecessary medication, and do a good job of oral and skin care. If the child has a persistent high fever,
nervous system abnormalities, respiratory abnormalities, circulatory dysfunction, moderate or severe dehydration and other conditions, may develop serious, must seek medical attention immediately.