【Stagnation Lecture】Don’t let “intermittent” treatment delay your recovery!

Highlights of this issue

◎ There are two main types of intermittent stasis removal treatments. Which one did you fall into?

◎ Why is the continuity of stasis removal treatment so important?

◎ What misunderstandings about treatment will hinder the implementation of continuous treatment?

◎ What should a good stasis removal method be like?

01

Two typical methods of “intermittent stagnation removal”

Some patients wonder: “Why do the problems of blood stasis still recur after the stasis is cleared?” The most common reason is two words – intermittent.

So what kind of treatment is considered “intermittent”? To answer this question, we can first look at what “continuity” in clearing stagnation actually means.

Continuity of clearing stagnation

① Continuity between days: During the period of clearing stagnation, insist on the continuity of clearing stagnation every day without interruption.

② Continuity between stages: On the basis of ①, insist on completing the 3 stages of clearing stagnation continuously (see the relevant explanation in part 02 for details), and do not stop when you see the results.

Two typical types of “intermittent removal of stasis” According to the description of “continuity”, two typical types of “intermittent removal of stasis” are respectively manifested as:

① Continuous but incomplete “3 stages” during the period of clearing stagnation

For example, when a person has been clearing stasis for half a month, taking the medicine on time and in the right amount without interruption for a single day.

But after half a month, when the symptoms are almost gone, the clearing of stasis is stopped immediately. There is no continuous treatment to clear blood stasis to the second and third stages (restoration of function and immunity);

② It takes a long time to clear stagnation, but the treatment is intermittent during treatment.

For example, the process of clearing the stagnation lasted for half a year, but during this period, the process was intermittent, with the process clearing for one or two days, then stopping for four or five days or even one or two weeks, and repeating this process over and over again.

Why is continuity in clearing stagnation so important?

Of course, occasional interruptions with short intervals will not have a big impact on the effect of clearing stagnation, so you don’t need to be too nervous if you occasionally forget to treat.

But it is necessary to ensure basic continuity every day and in stages. It is like boiling a pot of water. If you boil it for one minute and then turn off the fire for three to five minutes, and do this repeatedly, a lot of gas will be wasted, but the water in the pot will never boil.

The importance of continuous stasis removal

• Only by doing it continuously can the effect of clearing stagnation be continuously superimposed.

Only by continuously clearing away stagnation can the efficiency of clearing away stagnation be greater than the rate at which stagnation is generated, and the effects of clearing away stagnation can be effectively superimposed.

• Only by doing this continuously can you complete the “three stages of clearing stagnation”

The removal of stasis is roughly divided into three stages, and the elimination of symptoms can often be achieved in the first stage. However, the latter two stages are of great significance for the functional recovery of organ tissues and the improvement of immunity.

Discontinuous removal of stasis often leads to the failure of the previous treatment and repeated return to the “first stage” (elimination of symptoms). Therefore, only by completing the three stages of treatment continuously and without interruption can the problem be solved at one time and not easily recurred.

02

These misunderstandings hinder the patient’s continuous process of clearing stagnation.

After analyzing many treatment cases, Dianhetang found that the following two misunderstandings mainly hindered patients from receiving continuous standardized treatment.

✘Myth 1: Symptom disappearance = recovery

Many patients mistakenly believe that the disappearance of symptoms is a sign of recovery, so once they feel that the symptoms have been basically eliminated, they will immediately stop clearing the stagnation, which is undoubtedly laying the groundwork for the recurrence of symptoms.

【Interpretation】

There are three stages to clearing stagnation:

Phase 1:

Elimination of most symptoms

The effect of clearing stagnation at this stage is mainly reflected in clearing out metabolites, secretions and other toxins that are blocked in organ tissues, improving microcirculation/microenvironment, thereby relieving stimulation and compression on nerves and tissues, and eliminating most of the symptoms caused by stagnation.

Phase 2:

Improve function and stabilize symptoms

The effect of clearing stagnation in this stage is mainly reflected in further optimizing the internal environment and restoring the functions of tissues and organs (for cases of severe stagnation, if a small number of mild symptoms still remain after the first stage, they will be stably eliminated in the process of clearing stagnation in this stage), while improving existing systemic chronic inflammation and enhancing the body’s immunity and self-healing ability.

Phase 3

Prevent stagnation and maintain a healthy state of unimpeded vitality

The effect of clearing stagnation in this stage is mainly reflected in preventing the occurrence of stagnation, improving the body’s circulation and metabolic capacity, and continuously strengthening the immune system, thereby preventing the occurrence of disease and keeping the body in an unobstructed, energetic and healthy state.

Each stage of clearing stasis is crucial to the complete recovery of the disease. The disappearance of symptoms only means that the first stage of clearing stasis has just been completed. This stage is often relatively short. Many patients’ symptoms will be significantly improved after three to five days of treatment, and will completely disappear after one or two weeks.

But this does not mean that all body functions have been restored. Behind the “visible symptoms” there is often “invisible functional damage”.

The second and third stages of clearing stagnation play an important role in restoring body functions and enabling the body to regain its own immunity and disease resistance. Only by continuing to complete these two stages can we ensure that the body has a strong ability to “respond to various external stimuli” and the disease is not likely to recur after the treatment.

✘Myth 2: Continuity is not important as long as the treatment lasts long enough

Some patients also have this misunderstanding: as long as the recommended course of treatment is completed, it doesn’t matter whether it is continuous during the period.

However, such intermittent treatment may greatly reduce the treatment effect or even make it basically in vain. Discontinuous treatment greatly affects the superposition of efficacy, so it will prolong the entire treatment process. The problem that could have been solved in 2-4 courses of treatment took several more courses of treatment to finally solve the problem due to intermittent treatment, which greatly increased the treatment burden of patients.

【Interpretation】

Only by removing stasis in sufficient quantity and continuously can we ensure that “the efficiency of removing stasis is greater than the occurrence of stasis”, so that the treatment effect can be continuously superimposed. In addition, only by removing stasis in sufficient quantity and continuously can the body’s functions return to normal and gain its own immunity and disease resistance.

Otherwise, if the amount is obviously intermittent and insufficient, the effect of removing stasis will be “abandoned and come back again”, and the “correction point” of the disease will never be reached.

03

What is the best way to clear stagnation?

For those who are clearing stagnation or want to solve health problems by clearing stagnation, everyone may have these common questions: What is the best way to clear stagnation? Why can a good treatment for clearing stagnation solve various health problems people encounter? Why is it safest to use this method continuously for a long time?

Good and correct way to clear stagnation

1. The concept of clearing stagnation directly to the root

The real and effective removal of stagnation should start with the idea of ​”solving the problem fundamentally”. Taking the human body as a whole, starting from the relationship between the normal physiological function of the human body, the immune mechanism and the occurrence and development of the disease, focusing on the commonality and laws of the disease, starting from the root factors of the disease, multi-component, multi-target, multi-pathway, using a systematic method, mainly removing stagnation, supplemented by liver and kidney, to fundamentally solve the problem.

By combining the method of removing stagnation such as dispersing knots and replenishing, the body’s metabolism can be improved, and toxins, metabolic wastes and other stagnations that are stagnant in various places can be helped to be removed. Most of the symptoms can be relieved by relieving the pressure of blockages on tissues/nerves, and various physiological activities that are blocked by stagnation can be carried out normally.

After the stagnation is removed, the internal environment of the organ tissue will naturally be improved, and the function will gradually recover. In the medium term, this method of removing stagnation can help to continuously improve the function of tissues and organs, and enhance the body’s immunity and disease resistance. In the long term, “no stagnation makes the body lighter”, and a good way to remove stagnation can also help the human body always maintain a healthy and energetic state.

2. Safe and effective raw materials

In terms of raw material selection, a good method for removing stagnation should focus on both effectiveness and safety.

Based on the wisdom of traditional medicine for more than 2,000 years, and in accordance with the treatment concept of modern Chinese medicine, we can summarize several Chinese medicinal raw materials that are particularly outstanding in dispersing knots, promoting blood circulation, removing dampness, promoting urination, clearing heat, and replenishing:

Bee pollen, dandelion, houttuynia, purslane, Poria, platycodon, peach kernel

Among them, bee pollen is known as “all-round nutritious food”, and the following 6 common plant raw materials are all listed in Appendix 1 “List of Items that are Both Food and Medicine” in the “Notice on Further Standardizing the Management of Health Food Raw Materials” issued by the Ministry of Health. They are both medicines and foods. We can see this kind of raw materials in the prescriptions prescribed by pharmacists, and we can often see them on the tables of ordinary people, so they are very suitable for daily use.

Note: Although the above-mentioned medicinal materials can be used as both medicine and food, it is best for ordinary people not to formulate and use their own medicines. It is difficult for ordinary people to grasp the ratio of medicinal flavors, do not have a deep understanding of pharmacology, and it is difficult to distinguish the quality of medicinal materials. Moreover, the effects of medicinal materials are not simply superimposed. Therefore, it is best to seek the help of professional forces for formulation and use to ensure that they can achieve the best therapeutic and tonic effects.

3. After sufficient verification

The saying “all diseases are caused by stagnation” has been passed down in the field of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. From ancient times to the present, traditional Chinese medicine has solved countless health problems by removing stagnation.

But today, the best way to clear blood stasis should rely on modern Chinese medicine medical technology, combined with a lot of practice and clinical analysis, to ensure the effectiveness and safety of the method of clearing blood stasis.

4、It can both treat and maintain health

In addition to the situation where bad living habits aggravate stagnation, stagnation actually also occurs during the normal metabolism and aging process of the human body. The root cause of many sub-health problems and chronic diseases is stagnation[1].

It can be said that the human body, from minor discomfort symptoms to sub-health and then to illness, is actually a vivid “history of stasis development”. Therefore, the key to preventing and treating these symptoms/diseases and maintaining health lies in removing stasis and preventing stasis. A good way to remove stasis can safely and effectively solve stasis, which also has the functions of “treatment” and “health preservation” at the same time.

Finally, Dianhetang would like to remind you that no matter how good it is to remove blood stasis, it needs to be based on the standardization of use – continuous + sufficient, and also need to develop good living habits (to prevent the continuous and large-scale generation of stasis) [2].

Chronic diseases, especially those that have lasted for many years, generally cause serious stagnation and functional impairment in the body. Recovery requires a process, and the specific duration of the process varies from person to person (due to differences in the severity of the patient’s own illness and age, etc.).

However, as long as the method is used correctly and continuously, then for individuals, they can find the shortest and fastest way to recovery.

Knowledge Development

•  Various problems/diseases caused by “stasis”

 When the stagnation is mild, it can lead to fear of cold, cold hands and feet, sexual dysfunction, chloasma, acne, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, ovarian cysts, low back pain, lower abdominal pain, pelvic effusion, hydronephrosis, joint effusion… When the stagnation is severe, it can lead to ① prostate problems (prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer); ② gynecological problems (dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, infertility or ectopic pregnancy, premature ovarian failure, adenomyosis, endometriosis, low back pain, early menopause); ③ urinary problems (frequent urination, urgency, incomplete urination, urinary incontinence, urine leakage, frequent urination at night); ④ gout; ⑤ kidney problems (kidney cysts, kidney stones); ⑥ gallbladder problems (cholecystitis, gallbladder or bile duct stones). ……

•  Good living habits to prevent stasis Severe stasis is mostly caused by bad living habits, so if you want to prevent stasis, you must first develop the following good habits: ① Eat a light and balanced diet; try to avoid spicy, raw, cold and other irritating foods; have three meals a day regularly; avoid alcohol (alcohol-induced congestion of the prostate and other local areas will aggravate stasis). ② Have a regular work and rest schedule, ensure adequate sleep, and avoid fatigue. ③ Avoid sitting for long periods of time (sitting for long periods of time will compress the urinary and reproductive organs), and exercise appropriately. ④ Maintain a good attitude. ⑤ Avoid indulgence (sexual excitement can also cause local congestion and aggravate stasis. During the treatment of the disease, it is especially necessary to reduce or even avoid sexual life; during the maintenance stage, sexual life should be appropriate and regular).⑥ Pay attention to personal hygiene and prevent infection (infection stimulation can also aggravate the occurrence of stasis).