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What should I do if my complexion is insufficient?

【 Typical symptoms 】 Deficiency of qi and blood, physical weakness and qi deficiency lead to chills, spontaneous sweating, dizziness, tinnitus, fatigue, palpitation, shortness of breath and stunted growth. Blood deficiency can be seen as dull and sallow complexion, dry skin, dry hair, chapped nails, blurred vision, numbness of hands and feet, insomnia and dreaminess, forgetfulness, palpitation and trance. Deficiency of both qi and blood, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness in speaking, pale or sallow complexion, dizziness, pale labial nail, palpitation and insomnia, scanty menstruation, late or amenorrhea in women, pale tongue and weak pulse.

[Treatment policy] Supplementing qi and nourishing blood. Main prescription: Bazhen decoction is added and subtracted. Prescription: Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria and Radix Glycyrrhizae.

[TCM treatment] Syndrome type: deficiency of both qi and blood. Symptoms: pale or sallow complexion, fatigue, dizziness, palpitation, insomnia, loss of appetite, pale tongue, thready or weak pulse. Treatment: Yiqi Yangxue. Main prescription: Bazhen decoction is added and subtracted. Prescription: Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria and Radix Glycyrrhizae.

Astragalus membranaceus is added to patients with severe qi deficiency; Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Radix Polygoni Multiflori are added for patients with blood deficiency; Palpitation and insomnia adds polygala tenuifolia and Ziziphus jujuba seed; Add lentils and nutmeg to those with loose stools; If there is edema, cassia twig and psoralea corylifolia are added. launch

[Daily conditioning] 1. dredging the channel

Regular massage of head, face and feet to dredge meridians and activate blood vessels, and sticking moxibustion at important points such as Guanyuan, Qihai, Zusanli and Sanyinjiao have a positive effect on regulating qi and blood deficiency and delaying aging.

take exercise

It is an important part of regulating qi and blood. You can practice yoga, Tai Ji Chuan and other relaxing exercises at ordinary times. There is a saying in Chinese medicine called "hyperopia hurts blood". People who work in front of the computer for a long time should pay special attention to the rest and maintenance of their eyes to prevent excessive use of their eyes from damaging their blood. launch

[Diet] (1) Qi deficiency ① Tonic foods: beef and mutton, medlar, chicken, pork, glutinous rice, soybeans, etc. 2 tonic diet: yam lily lotus seed soup; Stewed pigeon with ginseng; Roasted trotters with peanuts and dates. ③ Avoid eating less: raw radish, mustard, Allium macrostemon, Junda, Amomum villosum, chrysanthemum, tea, hawthorn, bergamot, orange, betel nut, garlic, mint and lotus leaf. Avoid alcohol and tobacco.

(2) Blood deficiency ① Tonifying foods: black-bone chicken, black sesame, walnut meat, longan meat, chicken, pig blood, pig liver, brown sugar, red beans, etc. ② Nourishing diet: Danggui Dihuang silky fowl; Chinese yam brisket pot. Avoid eating less: mint, chrysanthemum, betel nut, raw radish, water chestnut, garlic, etc.