Wow! We haven’t even quite made it to Fall yet and already my little one has brought home a cold. And not only that, he gave it to Dad! Usually I wouldn’t catch a cold that easily, however, I had had little to no sleep for the past two nights trying to keep my poor little boy quiet so that his mommy could sleep.
Luckily for me, I know how to use Traditional Chinese Medicine to my advantage. For those of you who are interested, I’ve posted up an article about Treating the Common Common Cold through TCM. It will give you a little more detail about how TCM can help.
By the time I was actually able to get to my herbs, my cold had already progressed into a pretty strong Wind-Heat Invasion. Yin Qiao San was my first choice. I took it for a day. Unfortunately, this pathogenic Wind continued to progress and the Yin Qiao could not do the job. So I upped the ante and chose Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin. This formula is much stronger at clearing Wind Heat from the body but it can be hard on the digestion. After taking Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin throughout the next two days and receiving some some lovely Gua Sha along my back and shoulders, my cold was gone.
Before I had learned about TCM, a cold like that would have stayed in my system for weeks. And it generally would progress into a sinus infection. But instead, $15 worth of herbs and a $40 Gua Sha session saved me a couple of weeks of misery, a doctor’s bill, and the cost of antibiotics.
Man, do I love Traditional Chinese Medicine!
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