Do you have such people around you? Or you yourself:

obviously I didn't do any heavy work, but I was always sweating; If you blow on the air conditioner outlet a little, you will immediately sneeze and have a runny nose; When the season changes, others are doing well, but they always have to catch a cold, and they can't slow down for several days.

Many people think that this is "poor immunity", and the first reaction is to "make up"! Hurry up and eat some ginseng and astragalus. But the result? Sometimes not only is it not good, but it feels stuffy in the chest, and the cold drags on longer. Why is that?

In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, this is called "closing the door and leaving the enemy". When there are still external enemies (such as wind and cold) in the body, you suddenly close the door (the pores of the body) and use tonic to block the qi and blood inside.

So what to do? Let's take a look at the first prescription of the opening chapter of "Medical Saint" Zhang Zhongjing in "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" - Guizhi Tang. It gives an extremely clever solution.

The subtlety of Guizhi soup: it is not a hard supplement, but "internal and external coordination"

Guizhi soup deals with a state of "discord between camp and defense".

What is "Camp Guard"? You can simply understand it as two forces in our body:

Weiqi: Like a "defense force" patrolling the frontier, responsible for defending against foreign enemies and defending the body.

Camp Qi: Like a "logistics force" that provides food and grass, nourishing the internal organs inside the body.

"Battalion and guard discord" means that these two troops are fighting, or coordinating misaligned. The defense troops fought on the front line (resisting wind and cold), but the grain and grass (camp shade) of the logistics troops did not keep up, and they kept leaking out (manifested as sweating). As a result, if the front line cannot win and the rear is empty, people will show symptoms such as fear of wind, fever, sweating, and headache.

The brilliance of Guizhi soup is that it does not take sides, but acts as a "coordinator".

Dismantling Guizhi Soup: How do the five herbs work together?

This recipe only has five flavors, but the compatibility is textbook-level:

Guizhi + White Peony (main force)

Gui Zhi Xin Wen, like a general charging into battle, can run to the surface of the body, boost the morale of the "Weiqi", and drive the wind and cold on the surface of the body out.

White peony is sour and bitter and slightly cold, like a calm military strategist. It tastes sour, and the acid is "astringent". It can soothe the inner "ying qi", "collect" back the sweat that you can't control from coming out, and keep nutrients and energy inside the body.

One fights the enemy outward, and the other holds its position inward. As soon as this dispersion is collected, the "Wei Qi" and "Ying Qi" will shake hands and make peace again, and the internal and external coordination will be coordinated, and the order of the body will be restored.

Ginger + Date (Logistical Support)

These two herbs are frequent customers in our kitchen, and they are golden partners. Ginger warms the stomach and can help Guizhi better dissipate wind and cold; Jujube is sweet, can nourish the spleen and stomach, and provide raw materials for the body to produce qi and blood. Together, they ensure that our body's "central kitchen" (spleen and stomach) is full of firepower and energy continues to provide support to the front line.

Roasted licorice (peacemaker)

Roasted licorice is like a highly respected mediator, it has medicinal properties and can harmonize the medicinal properties of various medicines, so that they can unite and cooperate, work together in one place, and at the same time replenish the qi and add another strength to the body.

So you see, the idea of Gui Zhi Tang is: while gently driving out the disease (dispelling evil), at the same time, the qi, blood and body fluids inside the body are protected for you, and then strengthening the function of the spleen and stomach to produce new energy (correction). It is just right, and there is room for dispersion, so that you can rebuild your body's defenses before you know it.

Finally, a reminder that although Guizhi soup is good, it is aimed at the specific situation of "physical weakness and cold" and "discord between the camp and the guard". If you are the kind of wind-cold cold that does not sweat and is particularly afraid of cold, or wind-heat colds with a sore throat and yellow nose, then it is not suitable.

The essence of traditional Chinese medicine lies in "syndrome differentiation and treatment", and only by finding a method that really suits you can the body achieve a healthy state of "righteousness is within, and evil cannot be done". If you can't tell the difference, it's best to consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.