Three Types of Emergency Medicines for Summer
Summer temperatures are high, and the hot weather has a significant impact on the body's organ functions. Therefore, it is very necessary to have some emergency medicines at home.
Medicines to Prevent Heatstroke
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Water (Pills, Powder): Has effects such as regulating Qi and harmonizing the middle, relieving the exterior and transforming dampness. It has a unique therapeutic effect on summer colds, heatstroke, or symptoms such as limb soreness and fatigue, chest tightness, vexation, nausea, vomiting, bowel sounds, and diarrhea caused by summer-heat and dampness.
Shui Di Shui: Has functions such as strengthening the stomach, expelling wind, and cooling. Used for dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal discomfort caused by the hot and stuffy weather of midsummer, but it is contraindicated for pregnant women.
Ren Dan: Has effects such as clearing summer-heat and opening the orifices, expelling wind and strengthening the stomach. Used for heatstroke vomiting, fullness and stuffiness in the chest, dizziness, travel sickness, indigestion, nausea and vomiting, and mild heatstroke.
Gastrointestinal Disease Medications
Multi-enzyme Tablets: Function to digest starch, protein, and fat. Used for indigestion and to stimulate appetite.
Berberine: Has functions of promoting Qi to relieve pain, clearing heat to stop diarrhea, used for intestinal infections, etc.
Bao Ji Pills: Have functions to stop vomiting and diarrhea, prevent motion sickness. Particularly suitable for those with abdominal pain and diarrhea due to gastrointestinal disharmony.
After entering summer, as the temperature gradually rises, rainfall will also increase slowly. The combination of the two creates a unique pathogenic factor for summer—summer-heat and dampness. When people seek to escape the heat, improper diet can often cause symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite and acid reflux, gastrointestinal discomfort, indigestion, and abdominal pain with vomiting and diarrhea. At this time, Chinese patent medicines with effects of relieving the exterior, expelling dampness, and harmonizing the middle are needed, and Bao Ji Pills are the most commonly used.
In the formula of Bao Ji Pills, Huo Xiang, Cang Zhu, Hou Po, and Ju Hong can all transform dampness and harmonize the middle; Ji Li and Bo He can relieve the exterior and disperse wind-heat; Tian Hua Fen, Gou Teng, and Ju Hua can clear heat; and there are also herbs that strengthen the stomach and aid digestion, such as Shen Qu, Gu Ya, and Yi Yi Ren. Therefore, in addition to treating summer-heat colds, Bao Ji Pills can also be used to relieve symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and dizziness caused by motion sickness.
Skin Medications
Calamine Lotion: Has an astringent and protective effect on the skin. Used for acute pruritic skin diseases, such as urticaria and prickly heat.
Medicated Oil: Has functions such as relieving summer-heat and expelling pathogenic factors, refreshing the mind and awakening the brain.