Showing posts with label Diagnosis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diagnosis. Show all posts

Saturday, June 18, 2016

中药?会热吗?

最近比较常见经络肌肉筋骨问题的病人,
这类问题,针灸治疗就比较显效
但,人身体不止有筋骨肌肉经络不通或疼痛问题,
上来治疗/跟进病情几次后,
与病人关系较好了,病人就会开始述说身体其他问题/不舒服的地方,
多数属于内科疾病,或旧患,或长期累积下来的身体状况,
这类问题,服用中药效果会比较显著
但是,问:“开药给你好吗?”
病人就会回问:“要吃药啊?会热吗?”
我还真遇过,要来看感冒,还没来,就先问中药吃了会不会燥热。
还有宁愿长期吃制酸剂来自己“治疗”胃病,因为怕吃药会热的患者。

其实,
中药有很多种分类,
常人比较熟悉,会热的中药都是补剂,
因为每当身体容易生病,或胃口不好,比较累等等,
就会自以为虚,就会自己到药店,和药店老板说要买点什么补剂。
这样盲目食补
就很容易造成身体发热/口干。


还有一些人,
总觉得自己身体发热气
口干,自觉体温热,容易出汗,
就会到凉茶铺买凉茶喝
夏枯草,廿四味,我还遇过长期服用金银花泡茶喝的老人家。
但是,就是会越是喝凉茶,越觉得口干,发热。
为什么?
原理就像烧开水,
火候没变(身体机能/工作量不变),
但是煲里的水会慢慢蒸发,慢慢变少,
就会显得煲(身体)很热。
所以,解决方法不是要把火候变小,
而是要在煲内加水。
这就是所谓的滋阴去虚火的方法。

中医治疗方法的基础,
是要把患者身体的阴阳调回平衡点
所谓的阴阳调和。
中药有分寒热的等级,
凉,寒,平,温,热。
所以,
当患者体内阳气过盛,成火,
就会用寒凉类的中药。
当患者体内阴血不足,
就会用温补类的药。
可以看看自己的舌头变化,了解自己的身体状况。
Observe your own tongue changes to understand own body condition

所以,
只要对症下药
吃中药还会让身体发热气吗?

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

小孩生病

儿科,又称哑科,
因为小孩生病了,哪里痛哪里不舒服都不会说,
靠的是细心观察,耐心聆听父母或保姆的述说,
但是有时候,旁人说的也不一定是小孩真正的感觉。

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想知道小孩哪里不舒服,
不是问:“你到底哪里不舒服?哪里痛?”
因为10个小孩,9个都会回答肚子不舒服。
而是,注意孩子生活习惯的小改变。

通常小孩子生病初期,
食欲开始改变,平时想吃的都不吃,
或睡眠改变,平时好玩的,下午可以熟睡3-4个小时,
或排便习惯改变,排便一天2-3次,或便秘肛痛,
等等。
这些小小的变化,会引起很严重的后果(高烧/感冒等),父母或保姆需要警戒,
尽量试着了解孩子,而不是打/骂/指责别人就能解决的事。

看儿科,
主要就在两个脏下手:肺 和 脾。
:(感冒)
发烧+咳嗽,通常会先了解到底有没有排便,
因为中医理论里,肺与大肠相表里,
就是说,大肠有病,肺也会受牵连;
:(消化功能)
胃口不好/挑食/瘦小,通常先了解小孩子到底平时饮食习惯如何,
因为现在一个家两个小孩,有六个大人在看,
零食,糖果,冰淇凌,汉堡,薯条,想吃什么,就一定会有人会买给他们,
导致正餐的丰富的营养不能被身体吸收。

而且,
发现到现在的小孩很多都不喜欢吃菜,
就缺乏,蔬菜水果内的维生素,矿物质,纤维,
小孩没有好吃和不好吃的观念,
只有分:吃过没有怪怪的,和没吃过感觉怪怪的食物。
问题很大可能就在于养育小孩的大人的观念就是:
“吃肉比较能长大,吃鸡蛋会补身体,菜淡淡的不好吃。。。”
小孩挑食,也有一部分是大人教的。

小孩保健
捏脊法

用食指和拇指捏起脊椎骨两侧的皮肤,
食指和拇指慢慢从腰骶部,捏向颈项。
以上方法尤其对小孩有效,
即不用逼小孩吃药,也不用动针。

父母/家人/保姆需要有正确的想法和观念,
要注意小孩的生活小细节,
让小孩从小有健康的生活习惯和态度。

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

这,吃了对身体好

经常在面子书上看到亲戚朋友分享“中医/健康”帖子,
标题常会注明:
“老中医都是这样吃的,不看会后悔”
或“XX一星期暴瘦10公斤,她是怎么做到的?”
或“中医保肝养生美容法”等等。

其实帖子的内容是没有错的,
问题处于,
每个人体质不一样,生活习惯不一样,身体的需求也会不同。
比如:
吃生姜很好,
“早吃姜如补,晚吃姜如毒”
因为看了前半段,而且姜又便宜,又可以补,何乐而不为?
但,那人如果原本身体就不虚,何有补的需要?
如果那人身体原本就一团实火,面赤眼眶红,脾气暴躁,吃姜就不是很适合了。

又比如,
现在的人很流行排毒,
推广生吃青菜水果。
的确,如果你是都市人,天天大鱼大肉,无汉堡薯条不欢,
那,这种所谓的排毒法很适合你。
可是对于原本就饮食清淡的人,或原本脾胃就不好的人,
这种方法就行不通,而且吃了,可能会造成代谢缓慢,或变虚弱多病。

比如素体阴虚就不适合用这种辛辣的方法寻健康

想要健康,
就要先了解自己的身体,
学会聆听自己身体的声音,
学会观察自己的身体(比如,观察排汗,口渴,排尿,排便等等的小信号),
然后才能根据身体的需求给予它所需要的健康来源。

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Monday, November 2, 2015

Diagnosis

The main reason to seek advice from a doctor/physician is to be diagnosed,
then, to consult ways of treating the disease/syndrome,
and to obtain treatment.

However nowadays,
patients see doctors/physician is to obtain:
1) medical certificate (MC)
2) to be diagnosed (treatment doesn't really matter)
3) to be treated (diagnosis doesn't really matter)

The flow of Diagnosis --> Treatment Method --> Treatment/Prescription,
actually links with each other.
For example,
if you are being diagnosed with dengue fever,
there are a few treatment methods to choose from, depending on the severity of your disease and symptoms.
If you are having mild decrease in platelet count, low grade fever, and without other serious symptoms,
hospitals might not admit you into the ward,
instead, you will be given paracetamol to control your fever, and instructions and advice to monitor your own symptoms and disease condition.
Thus, even if you have me diagnosed to have dengue fever, there is no reason to be alarmed.

Modern medicine diagnose patients with actual data, statistics and visual prove,
by measuring blood pressure, taking blood tests, obtaining scans etc.
Thus, there is prove, and everybody (doctors and patient) knows what is going on in your body,
although most patients doesn't really understand what is wrong with their body after all tests and scans,
but those data and evidence makes patients feels secure on the treatment method advised by the doctor or treatment given to the patients.

On the other hand,
in complementary medicine,
for example, Chinese medicine,
physicians are prohibited to implement modern medical apparatus on patients (except like some simple blood pressure monitor or stethoscope - only for taking blood pressure).
Thus, what is left, is our ancient teaching - observation, pulse taking, and tongue picture.
These diagnosis techniques give "data" which physicians can correlate with what they have learn from texts, and from experience, they know how to tackle the "problem" arise in the patients.
However,
these "data" is through perception and sensation of the physician, without "visual prove",
hence, even more difficult for patient to understand the diagnosis and treatment.



By comparison,
modern medicine gives a clearer picture to the patient, and give sense of professionalism,
while complementary medicine depends a great deal on the patient's trust.
But in either way,
because most patients doesn't really understand their own diagnosis and treatment,
(even the most basic meaning of the reading of blood pressure and the initiation of its medication),
so, the efficacy of the treatment doesn't really rely on that if you have chosen modern or complementary treatment.

If you are seeking treatment from complementary medicine,
do get tests and scans done, with diagnosis of doctors first.
Although complementary medicine can stand alone by itself,
it is better to obtain "evidence" first to:
1) be diagnose (knowing what's wrong)
2) to convince yourself
3) to convince the physician, so as to give the appropriate treatment

Complementary medicine is call "complementary",
because complements.