cool summer 
During the dog days of summer, when it's hot, air conditioning is the only way to relieve the heat. Everyone likes to stay at home and spend the whole summer relying on air conditioning, but this has also led to the proliferation of air conditioning problems. Air conditioning disease refers to the collective term for symptoms such as dizziness, headache, loss of appetite, nasal congestion, runny nose, joint pain, etc. that occur in people who are exposed to air conditioning for a long time. In fact, there is no medical name for "air conditioning disease", but rather a sociological diagnosis of the disease. In summer, the opening of the human skin's pores is the best time to maintain yang energy. However, excessive artificial refrigeration increases the chance of wind cold and evil qi attacking the human body, which can easily cause disorders in normal bodily functions. Low temperature air conditioning can be seen as a cold pathogen. When the body feels the cold pathogen of wind, symptoms such as constriction of pores, closed sweat pores, and rapid traction of muscles and meridians may occur. If a local area is exposed to cold and the body's qi and blood are not smooth, there may be symptoms such as joint pain, headache, and dizziness. The evil of heat and dampness is already prone to invade the body. Once a person enters an air-conditioned environment, they will feel cold outside and close the heat and dampness inside, which can easily block the middle burner. This can lead to a series of symptoms such as impaired spleen and stomach function, such as nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension and pain, loose stools or unpleasant bowel movements. Air conditioning disease initially manifests as wind cold invading the surface, and then develops into symptoms such as external cold and internal heat, spleen and stomach dampness stagnation, and middle burner damp heat.
How to solve the series of problems brought by air conditioning? In fact, the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing has already arranged it for us, which is a half soup of Chaihu and Guizhi. Guizhi soup has the effect of harmonizing the body and the bathroom, and harmonizing yin and yang. And Xiaochaihu Tang can relieve the three burners, attack and supplement to regulate cold and heat. The combination of the two is a good remedy for warm but not dry, and cold but not congealing. It can effectively alleviate a series of problems caused by long-term living under air conditioning in modern people. Of course, good living habits should be adhered to, and it is fundamental to try to get rid of dependence on air conditioning as much as possible.
【 Composition of Soup Formula 】
12g Bupleurum chinense, 9g Pinellia ternata, 9g Cinnamomum cassia, 9g Scutellaria baicalensis, 9g Panax ginseng, 9g Paeonia lactiflora, 6g Glycyrrhiza uralensis, and 6 Chinese jujubes (seedless)
According to the ratio of the nine herbs mentioned above, boil three bowls of water, take seven tenths of a bowl, remove impurities, and take warm.
Analysis of Soup Formula
This soup takes half the amount of Xiaochaihu Tang and half the amount of Guizhi Tang. It is a light decoction that can relieve the symptoms of Shaoyang and Taiyang exterior and interior. It can treat the disease of external typhoid fever with too little Yang, and has the effects of external harmony and internal regulation of qi and blood. It can also treat internal and external miscellaneous diseases such as the obstruction of qi and blood meridians in the Yingwei. It is effective for symptoms such as external wind and cold, fever and sweating, slight aversion to cold and fear of cold, or exposure to cold and heat, nasal ringing and dry vomiting, strong headache, chest and rib pain, and large or fluctuating pulse.
Guizhi in the soup is warm and refreshing, promoting coldness and dispersing, peony is sour and cold, and nourishing yin. The two are matched, one yin and one yang, one stillness and one movement, and the camp and guard are harmonious. Scutellaria baicalensis and Bupleurum chinense have one surface and one li, one rise and one fall, cooling and dispelling evil, dispelling dampness and heat, and purging fire and poison. Paired with spicy and warm products such as Pinellia ternata and ginger, it has the effect of opening up and reducing bitterness. Paired with ginseng, it can nourish qi and nourish the body, and help maintain normal qi. Combined with licorice and jujube products, it can harmonize various medicines, crossing the surface and interior, and vertically connecting the three burners.
【 Health benefits 】
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Bu Tang can be used for external infections and can relieve the evil of the sun's lack of yang. It is also used for internal injuries and miscellaneous diseases, regulating the liver, gallbladder, spleen and stomach, clearing qi, and regulating blood circulation. It is a soup formula that promotes vitality, most suitable for people with weak constitution, and can also treat deficiency diseases.