【Video】Dizziness, recurring attacks? Wu Mingzhu: Eat porridge to remove phlegm and fight dizziness

The northeast monsoon has arrived and the weather has become chilly. The outpatient clinic found that the number of patients seeking treatment for vertigo has increased by 30%. Chinese medicine practitioners point out that vertigo is just a symptom, not the name of a disease. Since there is often some underlying disease behind it, in addition to symptomatic treatment, if the vertigo recurs, you can try traditional Chinese medicine diet, or eat "phlegm-removing and anti-vertigo porridge" to relieve the symptoms of dizziness.

Female Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Mingzhu pointed out that as the saying goes, "A healthy summer is three-quarters weak." In autumn and winter, as the temperature drops and the temperature difference between morning and evening increases, some people are prone to dizziness. It is worth noting that this mild dizziness, which is often ignored, may be a precursor to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.

Dizziness and blurred vision are not exclusive to the elderly

From the dialectical point of view of Chinese medicine, vertigo is located in the head and is mainly related to the imbalance of yin and yang, qi and blood in the liver, spleen and kidney. The causes of the disease are nothing more than emotional imbalance, dietary damage, excessive blood loss and overwork. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine has the sayings that "all wind-induced vertigo belongs to the liver", "no phlegm, no vertigo", and "no deficiency, no vertigo".

Especially after entering late autumn, the cold can cause blood vessel spasms, inducing angina pectoris or cerebral infarction. Although the "high-risk group" for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is still the elderly over 60 years old, the incidence rate among young people has been increasing in recent years, making the prevention and treatment of vertigo particularly important.

Vertigo means dizziness. It's just a symptom, not the name of a disease.

Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Mingzhu emphasized that vertigo, that is, dizziness and blurred vision, is often accompanied by chest tightness, nausea, and even dizziness. To prevent vertigo, we must first strengthen the body's positive energy, maintain a regular schedule and get enough sleep. Do moderate exercise to maintain your health and keep a good mood. In terms of diet, eat three meals at regular times and in regular amounts, avoid overeating, and quit smoking and drinking.

4 tips to prevent vertigo

1. Get enough sleep: With the change of seasons, the quality of sleep tends to decline, and insufficient rest is one of the important causes of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, it is best to take a proper rest at noon to replenish your energy.

2. Regular exercise: Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, keep the intensity of activities to a moderate level, and avoid excessive exercise to reduce the burden on the heart.

3. Adjust your emotions: Don’t get too excited, as this can cause sympathetic nerve excitement and increase the burden on the heart. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that "the heart governs the spirit." Internal injury and seven emotions are important causes of cardiovascular diseases.

4. Eat a light diet: For those with vertigo symptoms, it is advisable to eat light tonics in autumn and winter. It is recommended that those with mild symptoms should eat some pears, honey, sesame and other foods that can moisten the lungs, produce fluid, nourish yin and moisten dryness to relieve the symptoms. If the symptoms are more severe, Chinese medicine conditioning is needed.

In addition, medicinal diet therapies such as Gastrodia elata, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, wolfberry, Polygonatum sibiricum, Astragalus membranaceus, Polygonum multiflorum, black sesame, walnut meat, etc., can be taken in small amounts and decocted as tea, or stewed with ingredients to improve and prevent vertigo, which also has good effects.

1. Phlegm-removing and dizziness-relief porridge:

Ingredients: 3 qian of Gastrodia elata, 1 qian of Pinellia ternata, 5 qian of Poria cocos, 1.5 qian of dried tangerine peel, 5 qian of Atractylodes macrocephala, 1.5 qian of licorice, 1 slice of ginger, 2 jujubes, 3 qian of Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 grams of wolfberry, 1 qian of chrysanthemum, and 100 grams of polished rice.

Method: First, boil the Chinese medicine to obtain a concentrated juice, and cook it into porridge with rice. Separately, brew white chrysanthemum tea with boiling water, and add it into the porridge when it is almost cooked.