"Dog Days of Summer" is the Best Time to Treat Winter Illnesses
The commencement of the upcoming "Dog Days of Summer" (SanFuTian) is drawing near! It is the period in summer wherein one could experience the highest temperature of the year as well as its humidity level. During this period, thousands and thousands of people will go and line up at the traditional Chinese medicine hospitals to seek for treatment by letting the doctors to put Chinese herbal medicine patches on their body acupuncture points in order to treat, prevent, or control the recurrence of some illnesses such as chronic bronchitis, asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic cough, recurring colds, cold syndrome in diarrhea, rheumatic arthritis and other diseases that easily flare-up during winter. This unique method of treatment is a cultural heritage and is still prevailing in China today that makes the doctors of each department busier. It is not a superstitious belief! This kind of practice is based on the principle of a Chinese medical theory, “More focus on nourishing yang (energy) during summer and treating winter diseases in summer”. The reason why it is becoming increasingly popular and followed by so many patients over the years is due to the convincing evidence of efficacy they did experience after this kind of treatment. The first set of this year’s “Dog Days of Summer “is 10 days and scheduled on July 12 to July 21 in Gregorian calendar at the northern hemisphere. The first part of the second set is 10 days from July 22 to July 31. The other half of the second set is 10 days from August 1 to August 10, and the third or last set is another 10 days from August 11 to August 20. “Dog Days of Summer “ this year has a sum total of 40 days .
Why winter diseases have to be treated in summer?
As we know, winter is marked by coldness. Yin is predominant this time, the opposite of summer wherein yang is predominant. When there is a climate change, our natural body will react and correspond in order to harmonize with environmental changes. This time, our muscular tissue spaces will become closer compare to other seasons. Body energy tends to flow inward at its stowed state with lesser energy level on superficial area to guard against the invasion of pathogens. Most of these patients afflicted with winter diseases, their body conditions are mostly weak with coldness classified as qi or yang (energy) deficiency. The ability to generate enough body heat to warmth their body is poor with very low driving force to expel out the existed pathogens within. Coupled with the cold weather during winter, if do not pay much attention, will easily catch cold or attack by pathogens again. Previous problem has not been solved then trigger again with additional burden piling up making the situation more difficult to treat. It is just like washing clothes and letting it to dry up during rainy season.
Unlike in winter, summer is marked with hotness wherein yang is predominant. This time, our body energy tends to flow outward to the superficial area which serves as a protection role against external pathogens. It also helps to stimulate our body energy making the muscular tissue spaces more widen for better energy and blood flow. At this time, due to hot weather condition, skin pores get to open easily making it susceptible and conducive to the penetration and absorption of herbal medicine into the body for curing diseases. That is why, it is recommended for those patients who are suffering from chronic diseases that easily flare-up during winter to avail and take advantage of this opportunity. Have your illnesses get treated during “Dog Days of Summer”.
Today, a major change and innovation has finally initiated after a history of more than 5,700 years in the traditional moxibustion disease treatment method of delivering medicinal drug through plastering called "Chinese Moxibustion". It is also considered as a revolutionary break through creation with a complete change from the traditional way. It applies five modern high-tech advanced technologies. One of the major changes is its thermodynamic application with an automatic heating element together with concentrated herbal medicine which is being activated naturally without any smoke, producing an environment similar to treating winter diseases during summer in opening up the pores of the skin for easy and rapid infiltration of drugs in molecular form directly into the focal area. It could also strengthen the circulatory and metabolic functions of the respiratory system, improving the variability of bronchial inflammation, and effectively elevating the interferon level in patient’s body. It’s not only producing a treatment result of better effectiveness than "Treating Winter Diseases during Summer”, but also not anymore restricted or without any location nor climate constraints. No matter during disease attack or remission period, it has a very good therapeutic effect, treating not just the symptoms but also the cause of the disease radically.
