Allergic when the weather changes? Relieve discomfort through these seven acupoints.

As long as the weather changes, the nose keeps buzzing, and the skin is itchy and uncomfortable, which is better than the weather forecast? Annoying allergic problems not only trouble adults who often run around, but also trouble children. In fact, it is not impossible to stay away from allergic symptoms. Chinese medicine says that as long as we stay away from allergens, develop good living habits and use Chinese medicine to adjust the balance between physique and immunity, it will naturally help to relieve discomfort and achieve the purpose of reducing the frequency of allergic attacks. How do allergic symptoms appear? Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Qi deficiency and dampness evil" constitution is the key.

Dr. Jiang said that Chinese medicine believes that the allergic constitution of the human body is due to the imbalance of lung, spleen and kidney function and the imbalance of body fluid, which leads to the accumulation of damp evils such as wind, cold, dampness, poison and heat in the body, forming a constitution of "deficiency of positive energy and excess of evil", and the human immune defense ability is reduced. In this case, once foreign substances (allergens) inadvertently come into contact with respiratory mucosa, gastrointestinal mucosa, skin connective tissue and other parts, they may induce allergic reactions, resulting in a series of allergic symptoms such as itching, edema, congestion and ulceration, which seriously affect daily life. (Recommended reading: Mom's hand pain is relieved by Chinese medicine acupoint tea)

Anti-allergy is not only to avoid allergens, but also to regulate physical fitness. Therefore, the treatment of allergic symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine is different from that in western medicine, focusing on diet adjustment, reducing allergen contact and controlling the symptoms during the attack. Dr. Jiang pointed out that the course of treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is not only to apply drugs to relieve symptoms during acute attacks and guide patients away from allergens; It also emphasizes the therapeutic principles of "strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors" and "strengthening the body resistance and consolidating the foundation", and achieves the purpose of preventing allergic recurrence by adjusting patients' physique and improving human immunity.

Take elbow, knee, posterior cranial fossa, limbs, whole body and other parts as examples, which are often accompanied by itching symptoms, rash, eczema and urticaria, and are prone to recurrent allergic dermatitis (atopic dermatitis). Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is mainly caused by insufficient vital qi and heavy moisture. Therefore, in the treatment of patients with atopic dermatitis, in addition to avoiding contact with allergens and external factors as much as possible, we should treat both the symptoms and root causes, adjust prescriptions according to damp-heat syndrome, improve according to physique, and adjust the balance of immune system, so as to truly achieve the effect of reducing the number of attacks.

KO is allergic and uncomfortable! Pressing 7 acupoints to repel hair is helpful to prevent allergic symptoms. In addition to staying away from allergens, it is equally important to regulate the physique through appropriate Chinese medicine prescriptions, avoid eating duck, mango, mushrooms, shelled seafood, bamboo shoots and other "hairs" that are easy to induce chronic diseases, control the environment, diet and mood, and maintain daily life. In view of this, Chinese medicine ginger provides seven acupoints for your reference, especially for the common skin itching and nasal allergy problems of allergic patients: (recommended reading: breast cancer prevention, Chinese medicine has magical "three points of health care")

Is the skin itchy and uncomfortable? Massage 4 acupoints to relieve itching Quchi point location: Quchi point is located at the end of elbow lateral bending. Function: Quchi point belongs to the human large intestine meridian. Moderate pressing has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving itching, and has a good effect on relieving itching, pain and discomfort of dermatitis.

Location of Hegu point: the middle point between the back of hand 1 and 2 metacarpals. Function: Hegu point can improve the repeated infection and inflammation of human body and inhibit the discomfort of itchy skin.

Location of Xue Hai Point: It is located above the medial side of the knee joint of the foot, 2 inches (3 fingers wide) away from the upper edge of the patella. Function: Xue Hai point belongs to the spleen meridian of human body. Moderate pressing is helpful to clear away heat and cool blood, and can effectively relieve skin redness, inflammation and heat pain caused by dermatitis.

Location of Sanyinjiao Point: It belongs to the spleen meridian of Taiyin Foot, located on the inner side of the calf, about 4 fingers across from the highest point of ankle bone. Function: Sanyinjiao point is the intersection of spleen meridian, liver meridian and kidney meridian, which is widely used. Moderate pressing can dredge qi stagnation, expel dampness and relieve itching.

Nose water tribute flow? Relieving nasal allergy depends on the position of Xiang Ying point of these three points: the middle depression of nasolabial groove is next to the midpoint of the outer edge of nose. Function: It has the function of promoting nasal orifices, and can relieve symptoms such as dry nasopharynx, stuffy nose, runny nose and sneezing.

Location of Dazhui point: the most obvious protrusion behind the neck and the depression below when lowering the head. Function: Dazhui point is the intersection of "Sanyang" and "Du meridian", and it is the place where the whole body yang meets. * * * Dazhui is equivalent to turning on the main switch of "heating" of the whole body, which helps the human body to eliminate evil and dampness.

Location of Shu Fei Point: It is located under the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra on the back, with a width of about 2 fingers on the left and right. Function: * * Shu Fei point can enhance lung essence and improve respiratory immunity. (Recommended reading: nasal allergy wheat aside! Drink Huangqi Guizhi desensitizing tea)

Study: Actinidia arguta extract can moderately improve allergy. In addition to providing self-prevention and health care for allergic patients, Dr. Jiang mentioned that the key to improving allergies is the balance of the immune system. Therefore, substances that can directly reduce allergic reactions are the key to treat and relieve allergic discomfort. According to "Modern Medicine and Clinic (Drugs &; Clinic) pointed out that volatile oil, triterpenoids, flavonoids and other components contained in Actinidia arguta contribute to immune activity. In the same year, the research published in the journal Eur J Nutr on June 5438+ 10 also pointed out that Actinidia arguta extract "PG 102" can reduce the serum immunoglobulin E(IgE) concentration of allergic patients. Therefore, in the future, it is expected that Actinidia arguta extract combined with TCM conditioning may help allergic patients improve their allergic quality of life. (Recommended reading: "Mother of Chinese Medicine" radically cures allergic children, what parents want to know most; A) For more health information, please visit China Health Network.