Traditional Chinese medicine divides people's emotional activities into "seven emotions": joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise. The change of seven emotions can not only change people's behavior and activity mode, but also change the functional state of human viscera, thus leading to physiological and pathological changes of human body. Therefore, Chinese medicine advocates both physical and mental cultivation, and the first thing is to cultivate the spirit. Chinese medicine believes that "those who gain the spirit will prosper, while those who lose the spirit will die". Adjust your mind, take care of yourself and have a rest first. Neijing says that "quietness leads to God's hiding, while urgency leads to God's death". Therefore, the way to nourish the heart is to use the word "quiet" to make people's spiritual and emotional activities in a state of indifference and tranquility, so as to get rid of distractions, have nothing inside and nothing outside. Because in this state, "quietness leads to gastric obstruction, which can be harmful even though there is strong wind and poison", which is conducive to disease prevention, health preservation, anti-aging and longevity. But the quiet method does not require people to be ignorant, have no desire, have no ideal, have no ambition, or artificially suppress their own thoughts too much, or be idle and empty without spiritual sustenance. Instead, it advocates determination and calmness, "keeping quiet words and nourishing qi, and thinking less and nourishing the spirit" to avoid "thinking too much is dangerous, thinking too much is distracting, thinking too much is frustrating, and doing too much is tiring". Think less and want less, rely on the purity of thought, overcome individualism and egoism, and advocate contentment. In life, keep a philosophical attitude and avoid unprincipled disputes. To achieve peace of mind, we need to pay attention to closing our eyes. Eyes are the windows of the mind, and closing our eyes is conducive to peace of mind. Especially when people are nervous, emotional and exhausted, closing their eyes for a moment can often make people calm, calm, restrained and comfortable. Commonly used and effective methods to adjust emotions are as follows: the method of controlling emotions with emotions.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) uses the mutual restraint and restriction of emotions to transfer and interfere with emotions that are harmful to the body according to the principles of emotions and yin-yang and five elements of the five internal organs, so as to achieve the purpose of coordinating emotions. For example, happy and sad people will be defeated by fear; Thinking about hurting the spleen, winning with anger; Sad people will win with joy; Those who are afraid of hurting the kidney will win by thinking; Anger hurts the liver, but sorrow wins. Transfer method

The method of transferring people's emotions through certain methods and measures to get rid of bad emotional stimulation is called empathy. For example, the empathy method of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, health experts believe that "patients with seven emotions, reading to relieve boredom, listening to music to eliminate anxiety, are better than drug users." There is also the sports empathy method. Traditional Chinese medicine health experts believe that when you think too much and feel unhappy, you should go out for a trip or exercise, so that the beautiful environment can adjust negative emotions and make people intoxicated in the nature of blue sky and white clouds, birds and flowers, so as to relax and forget your troubles. Sublimation separation method

It is to overcome the interference of bad emotions with reason and devote yourself to the cause, which is often said to turn grief into strength. The most typical example is Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty, who was imprisoned for crimes and was seriously corrupt. Sima Qian devoted himself to the writing of historical records with a strong and unyielding spirit, relieved his worries with Shu, and turned bad stimuli such as physical and mental trauma into aggressive actions. Prompting method

Hint not only affects people's psychology and behavior, but also affects people's physiological function. Generally, verbal cues are often used, and signs such as gestures, expressions or hints of drugs can also be used. The story of "looking at plum to quench thirst" in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a typical suggestive example. Enlightenment method

That is, explain, encourage, comfort and encourage patients to relieve their ideological worries and improve their confidence in overcoming diseases, so as to cooperate with treatment and promote rehabilitation. Neijing recorded the method of enlightenment, saying, "When people die, their feelings are happy and they are told that they have failed. Good words, convenient guidance, and opening as well as possible. Although there are no people, evil does not listen. " appropriate

The ancients said: "If you want to have feelings, you must have fun. If you want to cultivate yourself, you can't do it." I'm talking about moderation here. In other words, psychological balance can be achieved by relaxing emotions and preventing the seven emotions from being too intense. Drainage method

As the saying goes, "it's not as good as people's wishes, not as good as people's wishes." In life, people spend more time in adversity than in prosperity. When they are in adversity, depression and fear, they should not be depressed, but should get it off their chest. There are many ways to relieve boredom, such as chatting with friends, quarreling or crying.