What are meridians? To give a very simple example, we often say that "all roads lead to Rome". I don't know if you have observed that the roads now extend in all directions, and basically every main road has many branches. Only when the roads are clear can the traffic be clear. The meridians of our human body, like these roads extending in all directions, are distributed in all parts of the human body. If the human body is to be healthy and all organs are to operate normally, the first thing is to keep the meridians unblocked. Meridian has the mystery of TCM health preservation and treatment. Meridian is the channel of qi and blood circulation of human viscera. We can regulate the internal organs system by stimulating the meridians or acupoints on the surface of the human body. For example, we have an idiom in China called "Beat your chest and stomp your feet". People cry and beat their chests when they are sad. Why? Because there is an acupuncture point in the chest called Zhongshan point, when people are sad, qi will stagnate here. If you click on Zhongshan point, you can shake off your anger and your mood will improve. Therefore, beating your chest when you are sad is an instinctive reaction of the human body and a self-regulation of body function. You might as well try. When you are angry, take an injection for a while and your mood will become comfortable. Why stamp your feet? Because we have Yongquan point on the soles of our feet. Stamping your feet can open Yongquan point, make kidney essence abundant and rise, and people will be freed from depression.
In human viscera, even the smallest disease can be seen from the meridians. As long as you look at which meridian bell is ringing, you can know which viscera is out of order. There is a term in Chinese medicine, which is called "all diseases must be outside". For example, for the attack of acute or chronic stomachache, pressing Liangqiu point immediately has an immediate analgesic effect; If the pain is located in the upper abdominal cavity, rub Zusanli more. If you are partial to the small intestine, you will rub against the huge deficiency. If it belongs to the treatment of chronic gastrointestinal diseases, Fenglong point has the best effect.
Many people may ask, what meridian health skills do busy office workers like us need to master? Let's first introduce the simple hand, foot and meridian health preservation.
Meridian is widely distributed in our hands and feet. Many diseases of our heart and brain can be reflected in the meridians. We can protect our brain and heart by massaging ten fingers, which are actually our ten acupoints. We can often massage Laogong point, which is located in the palm of your hand. This point can preserve health and cure vomiting and bad breath. Massage at Shaofu point can treat heartache, upset, palpitation and dysuria.
We also have six meridians on our feet. Three of them lead from the foot to the inside of the human body. Therefore, our feet can't catch cold, especially the kidney meridian starts from Yongquan point (located at the sole of the foot, the first third of the palm, and the depression when bending the toes). There is fire in the kidney, which hides the fire of our life. We have a proverb: "People are not old under their feet". If a person is very old, but walks like a fly, we can be sure that he is in good health. In other words, if a person is not old and walks unsteadily, it means that he is in poor health. Here is a clever way to massage acupoints, because by massaging acupoints, you can get through the meridians, so that you can often take off your shoes and take the gravel road. We saw that the soles of our feet were actually lying alone. Why do you say that? Because all our internal organs can be reflected in the soles of our feet, if we exercise by walking stones on the soles of our feet, it will be a benign stimulus to our internal organs.
There is also a medical saying that "3 12" dredges meridians. Many people have tried it, and the effect is very remarkable.
A patient with hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes and insomnia practiced "3 12" for about three weeks. He seldom took sleeping pills, and the quick-acting drugs in his pocket rarely moved, and the frequent premature beats of his heart disappeared. After more than a month of "3 12" meridian exercise, his fasting blood sugar returned to normal, urine sugar disappeared, and his blood pressure tended to be stable. I used to have a rest on the way to buy food and shopping, but now I can walk home in one breath. He also realized that all these changes may be attributed to "3 12", which is the function of meridians to restore the balance of the body.
Why can such a simple method have such obvious effects? First of all, we must admit that the meridian theory handed down by our ancestors is scientific, and it is proved objectively by modern scientific methods, and the meridian direction marked on the body is very accurate.
"3 12" meridian exercise method is to use three traditional Chinese medicine fitness methods, namely, acupoint massage, abdominal breathing and squat exercise with two legs as the main body, to stimulate the qi of meridians, restore the out-of-control meridian system to normal, and achieve the effect of disease prevention and treatment.
"3" means massaging Hegu, Neiguan and Zusanli points every day. Hegu point (located between the first metacarpal bone and the second metacarpal bone of the back of hand, near the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone) is an important point on the large intestine meridian of hand Yangming. Pressing Hegu point has a certain effect on discomfort and diseases (such as headache, toothache, scapulohumeral periarthritis, etc.). ) tissues and organs along the large intestine meridians. Neiguan point (located on the forearm flexion side, 2 inches above the wrist horizontal line) belongs to the pericardium meridian of hand jueyin. Pressing Neiguan point has certain curative effect on discomfort and diseases (headache, toothache, cervical spondylosis, breast diseases, low back pain, stroke, etc.). ) circulating tissues and organs; Zusanli point (located 3 inches below the knee of the anterolateral leg and a horizontal finger outside the anterior crest of tibia) belongs to the stomach meridian of Foot Yangming. Massage Zusanli point has curative effect on gastrointestinal digestive system diseases and various systemic diseases. Therefore, Zusanli has the reputation of "Longevity Point".
"1" means to do an abdominal breathing. Abdominal breathing is a slow and deep breathing method, which can increase the ventilation of the lungs, supply oxygen and discharge carbon dioxide to the maximum extent, stimulate the nine meridians and qi and blood to run along the abdomen, and promote human health.
"2" refers to doing a squat from exercising two legs to the meridians of the whole body. Life lies in exercise. When squatting, activate the whole body meridians through the activity of skeletal muscle to realize all-round meridian exercise.