We often say that "everything grows on the sun". If there were no sun, there would be no day and night, and there would be no life on the earth without the change of seasons all year round. In the human body, there is another kind of energy similar to the sun, which we call Yang. The article "Huangdi Neijing" and "On Anger Reaching Heaven" mentioned: "If the Yang is in the sky, if it is lost, it will be too early. Therefore, the reason why the sky is bright is because the sun is on the ground and the people who are outside are also. " People's longevity has a great relationship with whether their own yang is abundant, and people who live long are often full of yang.

Yang is very important to the human body. It is the foundation of our health and life movement. The death time of many elderly people is the winter solar term with the least yang in nature. This is because during the period from winter to the day before and after, Yin is the strongest and Yang is the weakest. Many old people can't stand the long cold climate around the winter solstice because their yang is weak.

Many modern people have the problem of insufficient yang. Due to the influence of environment, work and lifestyle, the yang declines and a large number of sub-healthy people appear. Many diseases are closely related to yang deficiency.

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Cold hands and feet, yang deficiency and cold outside. The biggest feature of people with yang deficiency is that their hands and feet are cold, especially when the weather is cold, and they can't keep warm for a long time. This is because the limbs can't get the warmth of yang and the blood circulation is not smooth. The more serious yang deficiency is, the lower the temperature of hands and feet is. People with severe symptoms are cold below the elbow and knee.

Afraid of cold and wind, the so-called "Yang Qi defends the outside and strengthens the foundation". If the heat generated by yang deficiency is not enough, the human body's ability to resist the outside cold will be poor. This fear of wind and cold is not a temporary phenomenon caused by the cold climate, but a long-term phenomenon. This kind of people always wear more clothes than others, neither too hot nor too cold, and their body temperature is very low all year round. The head is afraid of the wind, the back is afraid of the cold, and the disease resistance is poor. It is very uncomfortable to have a fever above 37 degrees.

Frequent colds and coughs have the effect of consolidating the exterior. The protective barrier of human body surface with yang deficiency is weaker than that of normal people. In the same environment, people are more likely to get lung syndrome such as cold, cough, rhinitis and bronchitis repeatedly, and the recovery is slow. The symptoms of the disease are the expression of the struggle between "healthy qi" and "exogenous evil". If there is enough sunshine, the war will be fierce. If the yang is insufficient, the war situation will be eased, but the evil spirits will directly invade the depths of the body and linger repeatedly.

Deficiency of spleen and stomach is easy to diarrhea. Once some people catch a cold or eat cold food, they will have stomachache and diarrhea, and their stools are often shapeless. This is because yang deficiency leads to spleen yang deficiency. Spleen is the foundation of human body. If the spleen yang is insufficient, the transport and transformation ability is poor, and the spleen and stomach qi can not continuously support the five internal organs, the yang will become weaker and weaker.

Nocturnal urination and poor sleep Some people don't drink much water at night, but they still have to get up at night, or even get up many times a night, which leads to groggy the next morning and no spirit all day. This is a typical manifestation of kidney-yang deficiency. The water in the body and kidney yang can't be transported and transpiration, and it is directly excreted. If you drink some water, you will run to the toilet to pee.

Don't hurt Yang.

Protect your yang, first of all, don't do anything to damage or dissipate it.

Do not eat cold food. Including cold drinks, herbal tea, etc. And drink plenty of water every day, I don't know that water is cold. If the body is yang-deficient, it can't transport water by transpiration, but a large amount of drinking water will form pathological products such as "drinking water" and "phlegm dampness", which will accumulate in the tissue gap and aggravate yang deficiency.

Don't eat too much fruit. Especially out-of-season fruits. Most fruits are cold. A healthy diet must first conform to the laws of nature and eat seasonal food.

Don't go on an excessive diet to lose weight. Spleen and stomach are the foundation of human body. Excessive dieting and weight loss can easily lead to spleen and stomach qi deficiency, which in turn affects human yang metabolism.

Don't abuse antibiotics/traditional Chinese medicine to clear heat and detoxify. These drugs are bitter in taste and cold in nature, and are only suitable for yang syndrome, excess syndrome and heat syndrome. Chinese medicine pays more attention to "three-point treatment and seven-point support". Abuse of bitter cold is easy to attack yang, leading to insufficient yang, and the physique will gradually weaken.

Don't stay up late. Many people go to bed after 1 1 at night, but when it's time to rest, they are still dispersing essence, and the yang will gradually weaken. High-quality sleep is an important way to supplement yang qi. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that normal sleep at night is "Yang enters Yin", and if insomnia is easy to wake up for a long time, it is mostly "Yang does not enter Yin".

Don't show your ankles too early. Before winter passed, I showed my knees, short skirts, ankles, navel and waist, but I didn't know that the loss of Yuanyang was happening quietly.

Don't stay in the dark, wet and cold environment for a long time. Some people's work and life are limited by environmental conditions, and they have not seen the sun for a long time, so they should pay attention to keeping warm.

Don't just sit back and wait. Modern people sit in the office for a long time, lacking exercise and sunshine, which easily leads to insufficient yang in the body. Modern medicine understands it as deterioration of blood circulation, while traditional Chinese medicine interprets it as qi stagnation and blood stasis.

Don't sweat heavily for a long time. Many people are busy with work during the day, so they can only exercise at night and sweat profusely, thinking that this can make up for the lack of exercise during the day. However, according to the theory of "Meridian Flutter", it is the season when the heart is full (19 to 2 1), and at this time, "Yin flourishes and Yang declines". If you do strenuous exercise again, you will be exhausted. Besides, too much exercise will cause sympathetic nerve excitement, which is not conducive to sleep, that is, "Yang does not enter Yin" as mentioned above.

Don't violate the natural laws of cold and heat. Under normal circumstances, people should sweat more in summer. Many people blow air conditioning cold air for a long time, especially from outdoor to indoor, when skin pores are open and sweating, they suddenly get cold, or take a cold shower when sweating, which is easy to leave exogenous pathogens in the body and get sick.

Nourish Yang Qi

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The sunshine is moderate in the morning, especially in the back. Many yang meridians of the human body walk on the back.

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People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold can drink a cup of ginger and brown sugar water every morning in summer, which will help Yang Qi rise.

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Often moxibustion abdominal Shenque, Zhongji, Guanyuan, Qihai and other points, waist back Du meridian points.

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