Why do you say phlegm covers the heart ? Why is phlegm so important?

The pericardial meridian is phlegm, specializing in the phlegm of blood lipids, and is a meridian that specializes in preventing hyperlipidemia. If the blood lipids are high, the cardiovascular system will be blocked, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will occur, and even heart attack will occur. Everyone must know this principle.

When it comes to phlegm, Chinese medicine covers a wide range of topics, such as "phlegm covers the heart". Why does phlegm cover the heart? Traditional Chinese medicine can roughly divide "phlegm" into three types:

The first is phlegm from qi depression, the so-called "phlegm from qi depression". The phlegm that is depressed and born in the body is most likely to manifest itself as lipomas and cysts, which are called phlegm nuclei in traditional Chinese medicine. A lipoma may seem like a tangible thing, but it's actually the result of depression.

Also, things like flat warts are also related to depression. The second type is phlegm from spleen deficiency, the so-called "spleen deficiency produces phlegm". This kind of phlegm is the phlegm that people often spit out when they cough.

It is not born in the lungs, but in the spleen. The spleen is the source of phlegm, and the lungs are the reservoir of phlegm. Some people often take cough medicine, but the phlegm always does not melt away, the reason is that the lungs are not the source of phlegm.

Therefore, if you want to ** phlegm, you must strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness. The third type is bloody phlegm, the so-called "blood stagnation produces phlegm". "Phlegm covers the heart" refers to blood phlegm, which is now often referred to as high blood lipids.

The blood flow slows, stagnates, and then accumulates up, resulting in hyperlipidemia. These three types of phlegm are different, but they are all called phlegm in traditional Chinese medicine. Moreover, these three types of phlegm can also be converted into each other.

The pericardial meridian is a meridian that dissolves phlegm, and is a meridian that specializes in preventing hyperlipidemia. If the blood lipids are high, the cardiovascular system will be blocked, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will occur, and even heart attack will occur. You have to know this principle.

The phlegm mentioned here is not the phlegm that is usually coughed, but the pathological product of the human body's water and fluid metabolism disorder in traditional Chinese medicine. Phlegm is divided into visible phlegm and invisible phlegm, the phlegm in the "phlegm blinding the heart" is the invisible phlegm, traditional Chinese medicine talks about the mind of the main mind, the heart is blinded, the mind is not normal, the phlegm is actually mentally abnormal, phlegm is to turn this invisible phlegm, only phlegm can restore the normal physiological function of the heart.

Vertigo is very difficult to treat, and the old Chinese medicine distinguishes it as phlegm and clear the body, and it can reduce dizziness by flattening and reducing inversion, diluting water and dissolving phlegm.

Phlegm cloudiness syndrome refers to the pattern of phlegm cloudiness blinding the mind, with depression, confusion, dementia, and coma as the main manifestations. It is also known as phlegm obsessed heart or limb (bag) card.

Clinical manifestations] Dementia, confusion, or even fainting, or depressed, apathetic, muttering, and abnormal behavior. or suddenly faint, unconscious, foaming at the mouth, with phlegm in the throat. He also had symptoms such as dull complexion, chest tightness, vomiting, white and greasy tongue, and slippery pulse.

Pattern analysis] This syndrome is mostly due to dampness and turbidity, which produces phlegm and inhibits the qi; or due to emotional failure, depression and phlegm; Or phlegm turbidity is filled inside, and the liver wind is disturbed internally, resulting in phlegm turbidity and blinding the mind.

The phlegm is cloudy, and the gods are out of control, so they look demented, confused, and even unconscious. Emotional failure, liver loss and discharge, qi depression and phlegm condensation, phlegm and qi condensation, blinding the gods, then see depression, apathy and dementia, or delirium, muttering, and abnormal behavior. If the phlegm is turbid and full, it induces liver wind, and the liver wind contains phlegm and obstructs the mind, it can be manifested as sudden fainting, unconscious, spitting at the mouth, and phlegm in the throat.

The phlegm of the world is turbid and the internal resistance, the clear yang does not rise, the turbidity is overflowing, and the qi and blood are not smooth, so the complexion is dull; Phlegm obstructs chest yang, stomach loss and decrease, chest tightness, nausea and vomiting. The tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is slippery, which is a sign of phlegm turbidity and internal abundance.

The syndrome is based on the co-occurrence of symptoms of mental depression, confusion, dementia, coma and phlegm turbidity.

It is mostly caused by warm turbidity and internal stay, phlegm for a long time, or poor mood, depression and phlegm.

Main clinical manifestations.

The hospital is stuffy, phlegm in the throat, confusion, slurred speech, even unconscious, white tongue coating, and slippery pulse. or depressed, apathetic, demented, self-talking, and erratic behavior. Suddenly fainted, unconscious, phlegm in the throat, spitting and salivating, hands and feet twitching, eyes looking up, and the mouth was like the sound of a pig and a sheep.

Pathogenesis analysis. This syndrome is commonly seen in the critical stage of epilepsy or other chronic diseases, and can also be seen in the evil of external dampness, obstruction and coke, phlegm, and the upper mind.

Dementia, abnormal behavior is a sign of epilepsy. It is mostly caused by poor mood, depression, and phlegm. Liver qi stagnation, abnormal discharge, mental depression, and indifference; Phlegm obsessed with the mind, so the mind is demented, feeding to himself, and his behavior is abnormal.

Fainting, convulsions of limbs are painful symptoms. Mostly due to congenital or sudden frightening caused by dysfunction of the viscera, phlegm turbidity in the heart meridian, liver wind in the heart, phlegm on the heart of the heart, then in a state of seizure, liver wind internal movement, phlegm with the wind rises on the heart of the heart, so suddenly fainted, unconscious, mouth spitting and salivation, phlegm in the throat; The main tendon of the liver, the liver wind is urgent, and the fascia is tight, so the eyes look upward, the hands and feet twitch, the liver qi is reversed, the phlegm in the throat surges, and the phlegm is excited, so the mouth is like the sound of pigs and sheep.

The evil of external dampness and turbidity, dampness and turbidity suppress the middle coke, the clear yang does not rise, the turbidity is overflowing, the stomach is out of harmony and falling, the stomach qi is reversed, the chest tightness is evil, the dampness and turbidity remain for a long time and the phlegm is dissolved, and the phlegm in the throat is loud as the phlegm rises with the qi; Phlegm is confused, so confusion, slurred speech, and even unconscious. The tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is slippery.

Identification of similar syndromes.

There are similarities in the appearance of abnormal mental status in this syndrome. However, the hyperthermia of the heart is a syndrome of real heat, and the symptoms of this syndrome are prominent, such as phlegm in the throat, white and greasy tongue, chest tightness, and spitting foam at the mouth. If you see the fiery illness on this card, it is identified as phlegm and fire disturbing the heart.

Dialectical points: grasp the characteristics of the heart that is blocked by phlegm and abnormal mental status; Grasp the phlegm turbidity; In addition to damp fever, this syndrome often has a history of anti-**.

**Method. To cleanse phlegm and open the body, the prescription uses phlegm soup and calamus tulip soup; If the condition is biased towards phlegm and dampness, Suhexiang pills are added to aromatize and turbidity.