Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) attaches great importance to health care and disease prevention, and has a long history, rich experience and unique advantages in health care. Thousands of years ago, the viewpoint of "treating before illness, wanting Chinese medicine and treating after illness" was put forward. Later generations even suggested that Chinese medicine should prevent diseases before they occur, treat diseases early, prevent diseases, and recover after prevention.
With the rapid development of sound, light and electricity in the 20th century, all kinds of diseases can be determined by indicators, and those that fail to meet the indicators are called disease-free, which leads people in China to pay more attention to treating diseases than health care, and even regard health care as a scourge, lest they avoid it. This phenomenon was mentioned in Huangdi Neijing thousands of years ago, that is, "Twilight treatment is different, four seasons treatment is different, and the sun and the moon do not know, and there is nothing."
It is true that the danger of health care is related to people's pursuit of profit first, profit maximization, ignoring the concept of TCM's integration of body and mind and nourishing the heart first (this paper does not consider western supplements), exaggerating the role of something or a certain therapy in health care, and also related to the spread of western learning to the east and the decline of TCM. At present, Chinese medicine is only an aid to China's medical system, which is even more obvious in cities, even though it is labeled with *. In fact, the proportion of Chinese medicine is not high. Although various Chinese medicine clinics have mushroomed in cities in recent years, they rarely do real medical care for survival.
When many of us still think that TCM is pseudoscience and metaphysics, many medical researchers in modern medicine begin to think that man is a whole, which is closely related to everything in the universe, and there is a tendency to "close" to TCM. In my previous article, I also introduced to you the fact that some foreign heart disease and diabetes therapists turned from drug therapy to diet intervention to prevent and treat chronic diseases such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
It's just that under the concept that modern people value disease over health, it doesn't matter that people should go to the hospital if they are uncomfortable. Neither the health care of traditional Chinese medicine nor the preventive medicine of modern medicine has received enough attention.
Traditional Chinese medicine regards "form and spirit" as a healthy state, and modern medicine believes that a healthy person is healthy both physically and mentally. There is no difference between them. Preventive medicine takes "environment-human-health" as the model, which is consistent with the requirement of "law is based on yin and yang and skill number" emphasized by traditional Chinese medicine. Of course, there are differences between them. This difference is also based on the different views of Chinese medicine and medicine on people and diseases. But in essence, it is the same, that is, through appropriate ways, people can keep healthy, reduce the chance of illness and prolong their life. Therefore, we can say that health preservation is not only emphasized by Chinese medicine, but also by modern medicine.
The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that a person's health is mainly influenced by lifestyle (personal factors), heredity, social environment, medical conditions and natural environment, except natural and man-made disasters (plague, war, etc.). ), of which lifestyle accounts for 60%, so health is actually in your own hands.
Traditional Chinese medicine health care has not done these surveys, but the Huangdi Neijing begins by saying that "today's people either take wine as a pulp and run amok ..., don't know how to eat enough, and control their spirit from time to time ..., and go against the joy of life, so their daily life is impermanent, so they will fail at half a hundred." This passage shows that personal lifestyle and emotions have a great influence on people's health.
Su Wen in the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic said: "The ancient people, those who know, learn Yin and Yang, and count tricks, eat moderately, live regularly, and do not work rashly, so they can be in harmony with God and die at the age of 100." It can be seen that if you want to live a long life, you need to conform to the changing law of yin and yang in cold and summer in nature, use various health preservation methods reasonably, eat moderately, and work and rest regularly. To maintain people's physical and mental health.
Traditional Chinese medicine is a traditional culture of our country, and the knowledge of health preservation and treatment is vast. Today, I will take stock of some common methods and introduce them to you.
1, health first: nourishing the heart.
Cao Tingdong, a great health care practitioner in the Qing Dynasty, said in "Old Man's Constant Words and Yanju": "Quiet is the first thing to take pictures."
Lao Tzu also said: first adjust the mentality, first repair the body.
Huangdi Neijing emphasizes the importance of mental stability to human health in many places:
"Soul Pivot" said: "If the heart is harmonious, the spirit will be straight, the soul will not leave, and the five internal organs will not be hurt."
"Su Wen Yan Gu Naive" said: "Nothing is indifferent, and the true qi follows; Keep your spirit inside and stay away from illness. It is based on leisure, lack of desire, carefree and tireless. "
It seems to be particularly complicated. There are many ways to cultivate one's mind and nature. We grasp "don't waste your energy on trifles;" Everything is a trivial matter. " Let's calm down slowly. See: don't wait too late to remember to cherish your heart.
2, diet and health
Research shows that more than 70% of diseases of modern people are caused by personal lifestyle and dietary problems, so dietary health care has always been valued by health care providers.
There is a proverb in TCM health preservation: "If you want to be healthy, you must be hungry and cold." It is beneficial to your health to keep your body moderately hungry in diet, which has also been confirmed in modern medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the principle of "due to people, time and place", so it has the theory of "different treatment for one disease" The same is true of diet. One side of the soil and water nourish one side, and the choice of ingredients should be based on the basic principle of "seasonal, seasonal and fresh". Most of the ingredients should be mainly produced locally, with strong seasonality, and the cooking should follow the traditional principle of light cooking (for example,
Eating and drinking, the heat is not burning, the cold is not surging, we should pay attention to the food should not be overheated, nor should it be too cold, and the temperature should be appropriate. Sun Simiao, an ancient physician, pointed out in "A Thousand Women's Wings": "Hot food hurts the bones, cold food hurts the lungs, hot food does not burn the lips, and cold food has no ice teeth. "That's what I mean.
3. Exercise for health
Modern people all say that "life lies in sports", but now people are keen on long-distance running, "stretching iron" in the gym, swimming and so on. And think that only such a large amount of exercise can promote health, which is still different from traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine health care is mainly based on "nourishing", and excessive health care will hurt the yang. Therefore, Sun Simiao pointed out in "A Thousand Daughters to Be Prescribed": "The way to cultivate one's self-cultivation is to work less. In fact, this view has been confirmed by modern research. An insurance company in the west investigated the health status of 5000 deceased athletes before their death, and found that some of them suffered from heart disease at the age of 40-50, and many of them lived shorter than ordinary people.
This is because strenuous exercise destroys the balance of internal and external movements of the human body, accelerates the wear of some organs and the imbalance of physiological functions, thus shortening the course of life and leading to premature aging and early death. Therefore, exercise and fitness emphasize moderate exercise, step by step, and don't rush for success. Make haste slowly.
Traditional Chinese medicine calls essence, qi and spirit "three treasures", which are closely related to human life. Exercise and health preservation firmly grasp these three links, adjust consciousness and nourish the soul; Breathe air by heart, adjust breathing and practice qi, promote qi and blood circulation, and circulate all over the body; Through the movement of the body, bones and joints, the meridians of the whole body are dredged and the whole body is nourished. If so, the body has both form and spirit, the pulse is smooth, the inside and outside are harmonious, and the viscera are harmonious, so that the body can reach the state of "yin and yang are secret", thus improving health and maintaining vigorous vitality.
There are many traditional sports and health care activities, such as Baduanjin, Tai Ji Chuan, Wuqinxi, belly rubbing and spleen strengthening. In view of young people's busy work and tight time, I recommend you to learn the eight-step brocade that can be made in the office. I often do it myself, sometimes sitting in an office chair. Although the action is slow, if it can be done properly, the effect is still very good (there are many videos on the internet, which can be found by search). Only eight movements are easy to learn.
In fact, sports are everywhere. Driving less, walking more and doing some housework are all exercises. The key is whether you can persist. As long as you overcome the problems of sedentary, lying down for a long time and watching TV for a long time, you can exercise more.
Remember, health care is not taboo, you have to see a doctor when you should!