The above is like a small stove: repeated oral ulcers, acne on the face, irritability and inability to sleep, dry mouth. Below, it is like a Xiaoice cellar: no matter how you cover your hands and feet, you can't warm up, your stomach is afraid of cold, and you want to go to the toilet when you eat raw cold.

Many people think that this is the "fine division" of the body, clearing the fire for a while, warming up for a while, and the result is more and more chaotic, and the body is still the same. In fact, in the eyes of traditional Chinese medicine, these are not two problems at all, but one problem - the "middle focus" of your body, this transportation hub, is stuck in traffic.

Our body is like a sophisticated temperature control system. The heart fire of the upper burn is heat energy, which needs to go down to warm the kidney water of the lower burning; The kidney water that is burnt is the source of cold, and it must also go up to restrain the heart fire and prevent it from burning too much. This up, cold and hot, forms a perfect cycle, and people feel very comfortable.

And this cycle must pass through the "middle jiao", that is, our spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are the central conversion stations of this system. What happens if this transfer station is blocked by garbage (such as food that cannot be digested, phlegm and dampness that cannot be expelled, and depression that cannot be evacuated)?

The heating upstairs can't come down, and the air conditioning downstairs can't go up. The result is that the upper floor (upper coke) is hot and the downstairs (lower coke) is frozen and frozen. This is "hot at the top and cold below".

A typical case: the troubles of 38-year-old Ms. Zhang

Some time ago, a 38-year-old accountant, Ms. Zhang, came to me with a tired face. She said that she had been tortured by mouth ulcers for several years, and she had used all kinds of watermelon cream and mouthwash, and she was cured again. At the same time, she is also very afraid of the cold, she has to wear socks in the air-conditioned room in summer, her stomach is always bloated, it is more obvious after eating, and her stool has not been shaped.

She was confused: "Doctor, am I angry or cold? ”

I looked at her tongue coating, which was thick and greasy, a typical sign of "traffic jam". I told her: "You have both fire and cold, but the root is not in fire and cold, but in 'blocking'." You are under a lot of pressure at work and have a lot of thoughts, which affects the transport and chemical function of the spleen and stomach (this is 'qi accumulation'); in addition, you may have an irregular diet and poor digestion (this is 'food accumulation'). Qi and food are blocked in the middle, and phlegm and dampness will be produced over time. These garbage block the middle focus, which makes you hot and cold, and no matter how you condition it, it feels wrong. ”

After listening to this explanation, she suddenly opened her mouth.

In response to her situation of "mixed cold and heat, medium and scorched full", I used the idea of "Zhi Shi Xiao Pill Cut".

What's so great about this recipe? It is not simply to extinguish the fire or simply heat it, but to be like a professional "traffic diversion team":

Road pioneer (breaking the blockage): Send two generals, Zhi Shi and Hou Pu, who are good at promoting stagnant qi, breaking away the "air blockage" caused by emotions and pressure, and making the road clear first.

Garbage removal truck (food dissolving phlegm): Then let the malt clean up the undigested "food waste", and let Banxia remove the sticky "phlegm and wet garbage".

Temperature regulator (clear the upper temperature and lower temperature): Use coptis to clear the heat above (heart and stomach), just like pouring some water on an overheated engine to cool down; At the same time, use dried ginger to warm the cold below (spleen and stomach), and add firewood to the stove that is about to go out.

Road maintenance team (strengthening the spleen and nourishing qi): Finally, ginseng, atractylodes, poria and other "maintenance workers" who replenish qi must be sent to repair and strengthen the function of the spleen and stomach, the "hub station" itself. This will ensure that there will be no easy traffic jams in the future.

You see, clearing the blockage, clearing the garbage, adjusting the temperature, and repairing the function, four steps in one, taking into account both the specimens and the samples.

Ms. Zhang came back for a follow-up consultation after a period of conditioning, and the complexion on her face improved a lot, she said that the mouth ulcers that had not been committed for several years have not grown anymore, her hands and feet have warmed up, and her stomach bloating and diarrhea have basically disappeared.

One last reminder:

Although most of the root causes of "hot above and cold below" are in the middle jiao, the causes and severity of "traffic jams" are different for everyone. Some people are severely clogged, and some people are more humid.

Therefore, if you have a similar situation, the idea of "Zhi Shi Xiao Pi Pills" can be used as a reference, but don't grab the medicine yourself. You must find a professional doctor to help you judge how your "transportation hub" is blocked, so that you can use the right method and get to the end.