Symptomatic treatment refers to eliminating or improving the superficial symptoms of the disease, also called treating the symptoms. This treatment method is described in our usual words as "treating the symptoms but not the root cause." Any treatment that can target the cause of a disease is called "treating the cause", also called treating the root cause. Treatment of the cause is usually traditional Chinese medicine, such as "Xun Gu Feng Peng", etc.

Autumn dryness, many people will Symptoms such as dry mouth, dry throat, dry nose, dry skin, and constipation may appear. When you have a fire, in addition to taking anti-fire powder, people who often have a fire can learn to use acupuncture and massage at home to "put out the fire."

If the symptoms of internal heat are mild, the simplest way is to buy a skin needle. Use the needle often in Dazhui (on the posterior midline, in the depression under the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra), Quchi (flexion) The elbow is at a right angle, at the midpoint of the line connecting the lateral end of the cubital crease and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus), Hegu (at the tiger's mouth on the back of the hand, in the depression between the first and second metacarpal bones), Quze (in the cubital crease, when Tapping on acupuncture points such as the ulnar edge of the biceps tendon until light blood appears on the acupuncture points can have a better effect in removing fire.

While using diet and external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine to remove internal heat, massaging acupoints can also treat various symptoms of heat. If your throat is dry, you can often massage the Youji point (the depression behind the first metacarpophalangeal joint, about the radial side of the midpoint of the first metacarpal bone, at the red and white flesh border) and Shaoshang point (inside of the thumb, one minute outside the corner of the nail) , Lianquan point (on the human body's neck, on the current midline, above the Adam's apple, and in the depression on the upper edge of the hyoid bone); if the stool is dry, you can often massage Tianshu point (2 inches from the middle of the navel).

If you have internal heat and fear of wind, you can press the Waiguan point (2 inches above the wrist crease on the back of the hand, between the ulna and radius, and the line connecting Yangchi and the tip of the elbow) and Fengmen point (1.5 lateral between the second and third thoracic vertebrae) inches)