Yin deficiency constitution health preserving method
● Physical characteristics
Physical emaciation, flushing, dry mouth and throat, restless mood, fever of hands and feet, insomnia and dreaminess, dry stool, yellow urine, preference for cold drinks, rapid pulse, red tongue with little fur. Or accompanied by dry cough with little phlegm, hot flashes and night sweats (lung yin deficiency); Or palpitation, forgetfulness, insomnia and dreaminess (heart yin deficiency); Or backache, dizziness, tinnitus, nocturnal emission in men, scanty menstruation in women, and dark red complexion (kidney yin deficiency); Or hypochondriac pain, blurred vision (liver yin deficiency).
● Health preservation principle
Nourishing yin and clearing heat, nourishing liver and kidney, the key of yin deficiency constitution lies in nourishing yin; Among the five internal organs, the liver stores blood, and the kidney stores essence, so it is very important to nourish the liver and kidney.
● Health preservation methods
Mental conditioning: people with this constitution are impatient, often upset and irritable, which is the reason why yin deficiency and fire are flourishing and disturb the gods. Therefore, we should follow the spirit of "being quiet and empty" and "keeping god inside" in Huangdi Neijing.
Environmental adjustment: this kind of person is thin, but thin and hot, often with fever in hands and feet, dry mouth and throat, afraid of heat and like cold, easy to catch a cold in winter, uncomfortable in summer, and should pay attention to summer vacation in hot summer.
Diet recuperation: nourishing yin and suppressing yang should be light, and eat less greasy and dry products.
Health preservation methods of yang deficiency constitution
● Physical characteristics
White and fat body or pale face, always afraid of cold and warmth, weakness of limbs, long urine, thin stool, pale mouth, white lips, frequent spontaneous sweating, weak pulse, light and fat tongue with teeth marks. People are easy to get sick from cold, which can be regarded as fear of cold, cold limbs, or persistent abdominal pain, and like warm pressure; Or edema of the body and face, not suitable for urination; Or backache, cold pain, and clearing the valley; Or impotence, nocturnal emission and infertility caused by palace cold; Or chest pain, cough and palpitation; Or frequent urination at night, incontinence.
● Health preservation principle
Warming spleen and kidney to dispel cold, the key to yang deficiency lies in tonifying yang. Among the five internal organs, the kidney is the root of yang and the spleen is the biochemical source of yang, so it should be supplemented with emphasis.
● Health preservation methods
Mental conditioning: Chinese medicine believes that yang deficiency is the further development of qi deficiency, so people with insufficient yang spirit often show bad mood and are easy to be sad, so we must strengthen mental conditioning, be good at adjusting emotions and eliminate the influence of bad emotions.
Environmental adjustment: this constitution has cold limbs, likes warmth and is afraid of cold, and is not resistant to autumn and winter. Therefore, people with yang deficiency should pay special attention to environmental regulation and improve human resistance.
Diet care: eat more foods with aphrodisiac function, such as mutton, dog meat and venison. According to the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer", you can eat mutton soup every volt in summer to strengthen the yang of the human body.
Health preservation method of qi deficiency constitution
● Physical characteristics
Physical emaciation or obesity, fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness, low voice, pale complexion, frequent spontaneous sweating, especially during exercise, palpitation, anorexia, pale and fat tongue, white fur and weak pulse. If you get sick, the symptoms will get worse, or accompanied by shortness of breath, laziness, cough and asthma; Or eat less, abdominal distension, loose stool; Or proctoptosis, uterine prolapse; Or palpitation, mental fatigue; Or soreness of the waist and knees, frequent urination, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation in men, and leucorrhea in women.
● Health preservation principle
Supplementing qi and nourishing qi, because the lung governs the qi of the whole body, the kidney stores vitality, and the spleen is the "source of qi and blood biochemistry", so the spleen, lung and kidney should be supplemented.
● Health preservation methods
Diet: You can often eat japonica rice, yam, wheat, jujube, carrot, mushroom, chicken, goose, rabbit, quail, herring, silver carp and so on.
Health preservation method of blood deficiency constitution
● Physical characteristics
Pale or sallow complexion, dry skin, pale lips, dizziness, palpitation and insomnia, dreaminess, numbness of limbs, pale tongue and thready pulse.
● Health preservation principle
Enriching blood and nourishing blood, because the heart controls blood, the liver stores blood, and the spleen controls blood, so it is necessary to replenish the heart, liver and spleen.
● Health preservation methods
Adjustment of daily life: beware of "long-term blood injury" and don't overwork.
Diet: You can often eat mulberry, longan, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Polygonatum sibiricum, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Auricularia auricula, spinach, carrot, beef liver, silky fowl, turtle, sea cucumber and other foods.
Yang Sheng's physical fitness regimen
● Physical characteristics
It is characterized by strong body, red face, irritability, loud voice, aversion to cold and heat, thirst and cold drinks, short and red urine and smelly stool. If you are sick, it is easy to change from hot to hot, but you will see a high fever, a strong and broad pulse, a severe thirst and a preference for cold drinks.
● Health preservation methods
Spiritual cultivation: People in Yang Sheng are prone to get angry. On weekdays, they should strengthen moral cultivation and will exercise, cultivate a good character, control themselves with consciousness, and overcome emotional impulses with reason when encountering angry things.
Diet conditioning: In diet, it is advisable to use nourishing yin and light products, and avoid spicy and dry foods. For beef, dog meat and venison, eat less warm food and eat more fruits and vegetables. Alcohol is pungent and hot, and people with strong yang should not drink more.
Health preservation methods of blood stasis constitution
● Physical characteristics
Dark complexion, dark mouth and lips, dark eyes, wrong skin, easy bleeding, purple tongue or petechiae, thin or astringent pulse. If you get sick, the above characteristics will be aggravated, and tingling in the head, chest, flank, abdomen or limbs may occur. Blue lips or bleeding tendency, vomiting blood, bloody stool, etc. Or abdominal mass, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia, etc.
● Health preservation methods
Exercise: Do more activities beneficial to the heart and blood, such as Tai Ji Chuan, Baduanjin, Longevity Skill, Internal Skill, Health Massage, etc. Based on the principle that all parts of the body can move and help blood flow.
Mental conditioning: In the mental conditioning of blood stasis constitution, we should cultivate optimistic mood. Cheerful spirit leads to the harmony of qi and blood, camp circulation and health, which is conducive to the improvement of blood stasis constitution. On the contrary, depression and melancholy will aggravate the tendency of blood stasis.
Diet conditioning: You can often eat foods with the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, such as peach kernel, rape, arrowhead, black beans and so on. You can always drink a small amount of wine and eat more vinegar.
Phlegm-dampness constitution regimen
● Physical characteristics
Obesity, gluttony, mental fatigue, laziness, lethargy, weight, sticky mouth or loose stool, slippery pulse, fat tongue, white and greasy fur. If you are sick, you will feel chest tightness, cough, asthma and phlegm. Or eat less, nausea and vomiting, loose stool; Or edema of limbs, mental depression, unfavorable or turbid urination; Or heavy head and body, severe joint pain, and dull skin; Or women have too much leucorrhea.
● Health preservation methods
Environmental adjustment: not suitable for living in a humid environment; Pay attention to the invasion of dampness in rainy season.
Diet: eat less fat and sweets, drink more, and don't be too full. Eat more vegetables and fruits, especially some foods that have the functions of strengthening the spleen, diuresis and resolving phlegm.
Qi stagnation in the body and health law
● Physical characteristics
Thin or fat, pale or sallow, usually irritable, excitable, or depressed, chest tightness, sighing, reddish tongue, white fur and thready pulse. If you are sick, you will have chest and hypochondriac pain or channeling pain; Or chest and abdomen pain, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea; Or pharyngeal obstruction, if there is a foreign body; Or neck swelling and pain; Or epigastric pain, spitting sour water, hiccups and belching; Or abdominal pain, bowel sounds, and uncomfortable defecation; Or anger, headache, dizziness, drowsiness and vomiting.
● Health preservation methods
Emotional adjustment: this kind of person is introverted and often in a state of depression. According to the principle of "happiness wins sorrow" in Neijing, he should actively seek happiness.
Diet conditioning: you can drink a small amount of alcohol to promote blood circulation and improve your mood. Eat more foods that can promote qi, such as bergamot, orange, orange peel, citron and so on.
To sum up, different physiques should flexibly choose different health preserving methods, which is also the embodiment of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment. Man's natural life span is limited. It is our mission to prolong life and improve the quality of life through various health preservation methods.