What if the flu hits? TCM prevention and treatment: tips

January 28, 2019 xinhuanet

Beijing, Jan. 28 (xinhua) -- winter and spring are flu season. Experts said, after thousands of years of accumulation, Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of influenza has accumulated rich experience and effective prescriptions, drugs, is also a good choice for prevention and treatment.

How does Chinese medicine prevent influenza? Liu qingquan of doctor of hospital of Beijing of expert of group of medical treatment of countrywide flu, doctor says, because winter people likes to take tonic, easy generation accumulates hot memory, cause flu, because this suggests delicate food, unfavorable and excessive lukewarm tonic. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine foot bath, fumigation, massage and other external treatment means can also enhance physical fitness, can be used in daily life.

In the case of influenza, appropriate medication, external treatment and dietary therapy should be selected as appropriate. Experts said early treatment and scientific standard treatment is the key, do not abuse antibiotics and infusion treatment. Attention should be paid to high-risk groups such as children, senior citizens, pregnant women and those with chronic basic diseases.

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Qing-quan liu, with support from the relevant state departments, medical professionals for many years clinical and basic studies have demonstrated that on the basis of the golden flower clear sense of party's "golden flower granule" can effectively inhibit influenza a virus, to even take antipyretic capsules, such as breeze jiedu capsule is part of the treatment of exogenous fever of proprietary Chinese medicine can also be effective to treat influenza.

Since the beginning of the winter of 2018, the climate has changed a lot. Liu qingquan says, because of this kind of circumstance the person is easy to have inside accumulate heat, external feeling wind chill causes high fever not to retreat, while seeing a doctor in time and proper segregation, also can use white turnip to boil soup or put some auxiliary treatment such as scallion white. If the child has a high fever for a long time, do not use antipyretic method blindly, especially not blind pursuit of covering sweat, sweating. For children with a strong constitution, scrapping at dazhui point can reduce fever. For children with a weak constitution, it is not recommended. If you can use this kind of TCM external treatment, you need to follow the doctor's advice.

After infection with the flu virus, most people experience a loss of appetite. Zhang chang, deputy director of the department of traditional Chinese medicine in the space center hospital, suggested that it is particularly important to eat some nutritious and easily digestible food at this time. The diet should be timely, appropriate and warm, pay attention to the reasonable combination of meat and vegetables, and supplement fruits appropriately, and eat less stimulating food.