With the improvement of living standards and the progress and development of society, modern people's awareness of health care is getting higher and higher. As for the way of keeping in good health, there is a saying in the countryside: "Don't be greedy in the middle of the night, don't be greedy in the middle of the night", that is to say, in the middle of the night, it is best not to fantasize or be greedy in the middle of the night. Does this statement make sense? What time points do "midnight" and "midnight" refer to here? Let's discuss it together.

When it comes to "the third watch", we have to talk about the division of time. Now we use Beijing time to define the specific time, but in ancient times, we used the twelve branches to divide the time. The twelve earthly branches represent twelve o'clock in a day, and each hour represents two hours. The ancient "one watch" was from 7 pm to 9 pm, and so on. "Night shift" is 1 1 afternoon to 1 morning. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, this time belongs to the liver meridian, and it is the most active time for liver work to detoxify. As the largest detoxification organ in human body, the liver directly affects our health. If we still crave all kinds of drugs at this time, then the liver can't get a good detoxification effect. Over time, there will be more and more toxins in the body, and people's health and longevity will be affected. Therefore, the older generation will say that "three watches are not greedy for color", which is the reason.

As for "no gluttony in the middle of the night", what is the specific concept of time here? In fact, "midnight" is the standard for defining the weather in ancient times, and it is called "night" when it gets dark, which means that it has entered "night" when night falls, so the time from early morning to Chu Xiao is called "midnight", which is also the time when the digestive organs of the human body work slowly. If you don't rest at this time, you will be gluttonous, which will lead to excessive gastrointestinal burden, which will hurt your stomach for a long time and affect your sleep quality.

This is the way of keeping in good health, that is, "not greedy in the middle of the night, not greedy in the middle of the night." I have to say that there is still a certain scientific basis. Although life is colorful now, especially many young people have the habit of staying up late, it is better to rest more at night and stay up less for their own health. I hope everyone will pay more attention to maintaining their health and form the good habit of not staying up late, going to bed early and getting up early.