Choosing a cold Chinese patent medicine needs to consider its own physical factors

[ China Pharmaceutical Network Health and Wellness ] For the elderly, it is necessary to have some proprietary Chinese medicines at home. But what kind of proprietary Chinese medicine should be kept, and what should I pay attention to? Let’s take a look.

(Selecting a cold Chinese patent medicine needs to consider its own physical factors. Image Source: Baidu Pictures)

Which Chinese medicines are always available to the elderly at home?

Cold medicine: Chinese medicine has divided the cold into three types: wind, wind and heat. Due to the different types of diseases, the choice of drugs is quite different. For the treatment of cold-type colds, it should be based on Xin Wen Jie and Xuanfei cold. Commonly prepared Chinese patent medicines include cold and heat granules, Zhengchai Hu drink granules, and cold soft capsules. For wind-heat type colds, it should be based on Xinliangqingjie and Sushui and Xiere. The commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Yinqiao Jiedu Granule, Xia Sangju Ganmao Granule, Lingqiao Jiedu Pill, Yincha Mixture, Qingrejiedu Granule, Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid, etc. . For the summer cold, you should solve the problem of heat, humidity and medium. Among them, Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and Ten Drops of Water are all good Chinese medicines, which are essential medicines in the summer.

Cough and expectorant drugs: The symptoms that often occur at the same time as a cold are coughing and phlegm. Chinese patent medicines such as honey refining Chuanbeibei cream, Qiling, etc., are also effective in these aspects.

Among them, the honey refining Chuanbei cream has the effect of clearing away heat and moistening the lungs, relieving cough and relieving asthma, and regulating qi and removing phlegm. Applicable to wind-heat type, lung dry type, hot type cough. The compound fresh bamboo liquid (Qilingling) is mainly used for clearing away heat, removing phlegm and relieving cough. It is often used for hot coughing, but it should be noted that this medicine is forbidden by pregnant women.

Digestive drugs: People who eat whole grains will inevitably cause gastrointestinal diseases. Therefore, you should always keep the yam pills, Jianweixiaoshi tablets and other anti-drugs in your home. Although the anti-drug is safer, you should consult your doctor promptly if you have symptoms of vomiting or abdominal pain.

Laxatives: There are many over-the-counter proprietary Chinese medicines for treating constipation, such as compound aloe capsules, and Ma Ren Runchang pills. However, the choice of Chinese patent medicine for constipation must be treated according to syndrome differentiation, so patients with long-term constipation should use the doctor recommended drugs.

Heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs: Commonly used are Liushen pills, Niuhuang Jiedu tablets and other drugs. However, Liushen Pill contains toxic ingredients such as glutinous rice cake, so do not abuse it. Niuhuang Jiedu tablets are often used for pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, oral ulcers, gingivitis, carbuncle and so on. In recent years, some patients have been taking drugs for weight loss or acne, and they have been poisoned and side effects. This is very dangerous, so it is necessary to use the drug reasonably.

In addition, there are elderly people who need to keep the quick-acting rescue pills and other first-aid medicines; there are women's standing pediatric drugs such as Kunbao Pill, Wuji Baifeng Pill, and Gynecological Qianjin Tablet; children with children should always have children's cough syrup and Jianweixiaoshi oral liquid; Patients with chronic diseases should pay attention to timely supplementation of commonly used drugs. You should also prepare some topical drugs for the treatment of bruises, such as safflower oil, orthopedic water.

Different choices of drugs

According to the TCM constitutional theory, the symptomic nature of the human body after illness is related to the nature of the external evil, but also closely related to the individual's physical fitness. For example, two people with different constitutions may have different syndromes for colds under the same climatic conditions. A person with a hot body (fire) is characterized by a wind-heat flu, while a person with a chilly body has a cold. Traditional Chinese medicine has turned this phenomenon of alien evil with physical physique as "conformity." Therefore, when we choose a cold medicine, we must also consider our own physical factors. The quality of the yang body should be selected as a drug that is too cold, such as Wei C Yinqiao tablets; the yin body should choose a drug with a mild temperature, such as Jing Cold granules.

Three types of proprietary Chinese medicines cannot be abused

Cold class: Banlangen, cold and clearing granules. Traditional Chinese medicine generally divides colds into wind and heat, and wind and cold, and commonly used cold medicines are also divided into cold and hot. Use the opposite, not only does not help the treatment, it will aggravate the condition. For example, the cold and clearing granules are used to treat colds and colds, and have the function of clearing the heat of the table, but if taken due to the wind and cold, it will aggravate the condition.

Bonfires: Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets, Niuhuang Shangqing Pills, etc. "Getting angry" is a small problem that we often encounter. Many people like to eat Chinese medicine, so if they have a toothache and get angry, they will buy Niuhuangjiedu. However, Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets, Niuhuang Shangqing Pills and other heat-clearing and detoxifying products are all bitter cold medicines. TCM syndrome differentiation is applicable to the symptoms of real fire attack. If the patients are caught up by fire or heart fire, then taking these drugs will lead to the body. More debilitating, the symptoms are more obvious. In order to be able to quickly detoxify and detoxify, some patients will take their own doses, but the Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet contains realgar. A large amount of it can affect the nervous system, digestive system and urinary system, etc., and there will be adverse reactions such as chest tightness and palpitations. . In addition, after taking such drugs, they often "diarrhea", which consumes stomach gas and causes weakness in the spleen and stomach.

Tonic category: Ejiao, Liuwei Dihuang Wan, etc. In the context of the national health boom, “complement” has become a familiar word. Before you make up, you must first understand whether you really need to make up, and those with better physical fitness should not make up. Only after you have a clear understanding of your physique can you choose a potent drug in a targeted manner.