Cold winter is prone to "myocardial infarction"
It's freezing in winter, everything withers, and the yang of the human body also converges. The blood vessels of the human body contract, and the blood flow is particularly slow. The heart function of the elderly is very weak, and it is easy to have myocardial infarction. In the past, Chinese medicine believed that winter was the "hurdle" for senile diseases. How to look at this old man in the future depends on whether he can survive the winter every year.
Guarding the elderly has "three treasures"
Chinese medicine believes that the elderly often eat American ginseng, panax notoginseng and salvia miltiorrhiza, which helps to protect the cardiovascular system and reduce the harm caused by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
0 1 American ginseng
American ginseng can nourish qi and yin and moisten the five internal organs. Its taste and efficacy are similar to those of ginseng, but ginseng is beneficial to yang; American ginseng is more suitable for the elderly who are weak after a long illness.
02 Sanqi
Panax notoginseng, ginseng and American ginseng belong to Araliaceae, which can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain. But it can stop bleeding without leaving blood stasis, and has a long history of medicine. Because of its unique function, it has been regarded as a medical treasure by doctors of past dynasties, so there is a saying that "gold does not change"
03 salvia miltiorrhiza
Danshensu is known as "medicine for activating qi in blood", which has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain. It has health care function for people with or without potential high blood pressure or cardiovascular symptoms.
What is salvia miltiorrhiza?
Among these three herbs, many people don't know much about Salvia miltiorrhiza.
Salvia miltiorrhiza, alias red ginseng, red root, backer red, etc. It was first seen in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica in the Han Dynasty and was listed as the top grade. Its taste is bitter, slightly cold, and it enters the heart and liver meridians. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that it "promotes blood circulation to dredge collaterals and treats hernia pain". Especially in internal medicine, gynecology and trauma, it is often used for those with excessive blood stasis and heat.
Nowadays, Danshen has been made into injections, dripping pills and so on. There is a medicine called Compound Danshen Dripping Pill, which is used to relieve the symptoms of coronary heart disease. It is estimated that many people have used it.
Five effects of salvia miltiorrhiza
Modern research has proved that tanshinone contained in salvia miltiorrhiza is the main component that plays a role, and it is generally believed that it has these functions:
1, dredging channels and relieving pain: Salvia miltiorrhiza can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, dredge channels and relieve pain, which is an important drug for treating blood stasis syndrome.
2, clear the heart and soothe the nerves: Danshen enters the heart, which can clear the heart and soothe the nerves. Can be used for treating palpitation and insomnia caused by deficiency of heart blood.
3, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: Chinese medicine believes that drinking Dan blindly has the same effect on the four things (Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), and can be used to treat diseases caused by poor blood circulation and blood stasis.
4, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncle: Salvia miltiorrhiza is slightly cold, which is not only conducive to clearing away heat and cooling blood, but also detoxifying and eliminating rash. Can be used for treating diseases such as heat toxic sores and body heat spots.
5. Improve blood circulation: Salvia miltiorrhiza helps to improve myocardial ischemia and cerebral infarction, regulate heart rhythm, dilate peripheral blood vessels and improve blood microcirculation.
Two treatment prescriptions
1, Danshen tea
Practice: take 9 grams of salvia miltiorrhiza and 3 grams of green tea. Make Saviae Miltiorrhizae Radix into coarse powder, soak it in water with green tea, cover it and let it stand for a few minutes.
Conducive to promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, clearing heart fire and resolving phlegm.
2, Danshen jujube porridge
Practice: Take japonica rice 100g, salvia miltiorrhiza 15g, decoct salvia miltiorrhiza in water for 30 minutes, filter residue to keep soup, add japonica rice and proper amount of jujube to cook porridge, and add brown sugar.
Commonly used for irritability, insomnia, blood stasis and heartache.