Some friends often experience that just as the mouth ulcers in their mouths show signs of healing, several more pop up within a couple of days; they feel a pervasive heat in their body and want to drink some cold water to cool down, but feel uncomfortable as soon as they do. This is not ordinary internal heat.
From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is mostlyupper heat and lower coldThe cause of the problem does not lie solely in excessive heat.Instead, it is due to deficiency and coldness of the spleen and stomach, with blockage in the middle jiao, which prevents the normal circulation of qi in the body.
At this point, someone might ask, "What exactly is the 'middle jiao'?" In simple terms, it's ourThe spleen and stomach are located in the middle jiao of the body, functioning like a "transportation hub" that regulates the ascent and descent of qi and the distribution of nutrients throughout the body.Under normal circumstances,The spleen refines useful nutrients and clear qi from digested food and transports them upward to the heart and lungs to energize various parts of the body while the stomach is responsible for expelling waste downward forming a normal metabolic cycle
However, once the spleen and stomach become deficient and cold, the spleen is unable to smoothly transport clear qi upward. As a result, these nutrients and clear qi become stagnant in the upper part of the body, and over time, they can transform into deficiency heat. At the same time, the stomach cannot properly transport waste and yang qi downward, causing the body's yang qi to fail to descend to the lower jiao. Consequently, the lower abdomen loses warmth. This is why simply taking heat-clearing medicine is ineffective and may even worsen discomfort.
For this condition of heat above and cold below,The key to regulation is not just clearing heat or warming cold alone; the core is to "clear the upper and warm the lower" simultaneously, while also unblocking the obstructed middle jiao qi mechanism, allowing the body's ascending and descending circulation to return to normal.Please refer to the usage ofGardenia and Dried Ginger Decoction
among whichGardenia is specifically responsible for clearing and purging the fire pathogen from the triple energizer.especially effective for treating deficiency heat in the upper burner;Dried Ginger Warms and Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach Yang QiFundamentally resolve the issue of lower body coldness.The combination of these two herbs does not harm the spleen and stomach, nor does it promote deficiency heat. They also work together to help unblock the obstructed middle energizer.
Finally, it must be reminded that everyone's constitution and specific symptoms are different. Therefore, if you really need to use medication for conditioning, you must first consult a professional traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to clarify the diagnosis based on syndrome differentiation. Adjust the prescription according to your own situation, and do not casually take medicine on your own to avoid causing trouble to your body due to incorrect treatment.
