Treatment of the gastrointestinal tract in Chinese folk medicine
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Treatment of the gastrointestinal tract in Chinese folk medicine is based on the use of drugs of plant and animal origin.
Diagnosis of gastrointestinal tract diseases
Chinese medicine unites in one group a number of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Gastric diseases are diagnosed depending on:
- the presence or absence of vomiting,
- state of appetite,
- the nature of the stool.
Treatment of the gastrointestinal tract
According to the diagnosis, a gastrointestinal treatment plan is drawn up.
For example:
- in stomach diseases not accompanied by vomiting, pepper and cloves are prescribed;
- with vomiting - mandarin peel, melon seeds, thuja leaves, small doses of borax diluted in water, a certain diet.
Constipation is treated:
- rhubarb,
- goat's milk,
- pork liver extracts,
- peeled and skinned pears boiled with sugar and honey,
- wild parsley root,
- white mustard seeds.
- rice, boiled to the thickness of glue,
- decoction of gentian,
- cardamom,
- camphor tree.
Treatment of worm diseases
A significant place among the pathological phenomena in the digestive organs is occupied by diseases caused by worms. Worm diseases in China were very common. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine distinguishes 9 types of these parasites according to their length, shape and the place where they take root.
It was believed that worms are always in the human body, but if a healthy they are "dormant" and not dangerous, then in various disorders immediately move to any organ - stomach, liver, lungs, even under the skin. Anthelmintics are prescribed in the form of very complex prescriptions, the arsenal of which is very large. These include:
To avoid worms, it is not recommended to eat fresh vegetables, especially cabbage.
Organotherapy
There is reason to believe that organotherapy, a method adopted by our science comparatively recently, was known in China earlier than in many other countries. This method is especially widely used in diseases of the abdominal cavity organs:
- In the treatment of jaundice, described long before our era, the liver of a pig or goat is recommended both in decoctions and in raw form.
- In congestive and inflammatory diseases of the liver very effective remedy is considered a mixture of extract of liver and bile of a pig (bull). It is indicated that this dark green liquid, unpleasant to taste, quickly cured a number of liver diseases.
- In the treatment of diseases of the abdominal organs, the gallstones of various animals, especially monkeys, are highly valued.
