After work, the ancients found that washing feet with hot water can relieve fatigue, so they gradually realized that they could treat diseases and maintain physical and mental health through the * * * on their feet. Many years later, pedicure diseases were popularized and applied by Chinese medicine. After long-term exploration and summary, it gradually evolved into the current pedicure, such as foot acupuncture, foot patch, foot fumigation, foot exercise and so on.
According to historical records, Yu Yong, a famous doctor in the ancient Yellow Emperor era, and Bian Que, a famous doctor in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, were both proficient in foot massage. The classic Huangdi Neijing introduced the meridians and Shu Yue points in detail, including many points on the feet. The medical literature "Fifty-two Diseases Prescriptions" compiled by Mawang in Changsha, China also recorded the external treatment methods of internal diseases, such as "warming up", "rubbing medicine" and "external washing". , "Su Wen? Juelun said, "Yang Qi started from the surface of five toes, while Yin Qi started from the inside of five toes. "
Numerous Chinese medical classics record the extensive application and practice of Chinese medicine to pedicure, which shows that Chinese medicine in China respects and attaches importance to pedicure. Through extensive research on Chinese medicine, pedicure has been further developed, forming a unique pedicure therapy and pedicure culture. However, due to the feudal consciousness and customs of China feudal society for more than 2,000 years, people's feet were hidden and bare ankles and feet were indecent, which seriously hindered the academic development of pedicure and made this ancient medical technology on the verge of extinction.
A thousand dollars is the best way: "It's better to travel three miles and two miles, three or two hundred steps." "A $ one thousand party? Law of residence: "People who don't want to take a bath at home must be in the secret room, neither too hot nor too cold, and all diseases are ill. "
You don't have to sweat when taking a bath in winter, and you can't feel the cold after taking a bath. After the new bath, don't be the wind, don't get wet in a bun, and don't lie down with your head wet, which will make you dizzy, bald, toothache, deaf and have white crumbs on your head.
Avoid taking a bath when you are hungry, and avoid taking a bath when you are full. After a bath, you need a little appetite to come out. It's sinful to take a bath and lie down without food at night, and you will sweat a lot. "
Tao Zhenren's health song: "You can bathe all over, press your elbows and twist your shoulders. Even if there is wind, fatigue and air conditioning, how can you bend your back?" "Four Essentials of Mountain Living": "It's cold in snow, so you can't wash your feet with hot soup." You can't wash your feet with hot water when you go out in winter. "sanyuan life extension book": "jumping in the snow makes it inconvenient to wash with hot soup.
Or drink hot wine, my toes will fall off. "It means don't wash your feet with hot water after freezing your feet. If you wash your feet with hot water immediately, your toes will fall off.
Tian Factor: "Those who fast don't just eat vegetables and shavings, and those who bathe don't just take a bath to remove dirt. Gaiqi method is in diet, and friction is smooth. "
It means that eating vegetarian food is not only to abstain from eating vegetarian food, but to wash away its intestines with hot water, which has the effect of dieting and regulating spleen night. Taking a bath without rubbing the pole makes the human skin smooth and blood circulation. Pulse method is a silk book of the Han tomb in Mazhudui, Changsha. The book says: "The sage's head is cold and his feet are warm, and the doctor takes more than enough, but the benefits are insufficient."
It means that cooling the head and warming the feet is the principle of ancient people's health preservation.
In Qing dynasty, the wives of princes were divided into four grades. In addition to serving concubines, count one positive, two positive and four positive. One is Zheng Fujin, the wife of the prince. The second side is the prince's concubine-side Fujin; Fourth Uncle is also the concubine of the Prince (but his position is lower than that of Side Fujin)-for Shu Fujin; Of course, there are other concubines who will be named Gege, with different names from the daughter of the sovereign. Their status is very low, just like a person who warms a bed.
\ r \ nIt was called Lady in Han Dynasty and Princess after Tang Dynasty. It was called Fujin in the Qing Dynasty. \ r \ The prince before Qin Dynasty was equivalent to the emperor after Qin Dynasty, and all the maids before Qin Dynasty were my maids. (After the Qin Dynasty) the monarch still called a fool in front of the emperor, and called her father (Han) or Amar (Man) in front of his children ... Similarly, the wife of the monarch was of course called a giant concubine (before the Qin Dynasty) and a concubine (after the Qin Dynasty) in front of his children, and was called a queen (before the Qin Dynasty) and a mother (man).
3. China old saying 1 Bath. Taking a bath is taking a bath. "Bathing" is rarely said in modern spoken language, but it was a common word in ancient times.
"Mu" means washing your hair, that is, washing your hair. "Bathing" means washing your body. It is a custom for ancient emperors to worship their ancestors and bathe monks before chanting Buddhist scriptures, which shows their purity and reverence.
2. Taking a bath is taking a bath. In the traditional folk custom of China, people should concentrate on bathing and washing clothes on the 27th and 28th of the twelfth lunar month to get rid of the bad luck for one year and prepare for the Spring Festival next year. There is a saying in Beijing that "twenty-seven washes the sick, twenty-eight washes the sloppy".
Taking a bath on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month is "washing Fulu". In some places, bathing customs are held on New Year's Eve! Taking a bath and changing clothes this afternoon means saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.
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The evolution of bathing: let's talk about bathing first. As early as 3,000 years ago, words such as "bathing", "bathing" and "washing" appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Shang Dynasty. Of course, these words have different meanings.
"Bath" is a bath; "Bathing" means washing your face, and "bathing" means washing your hands and feet. In ancient times, bathing was not only for the sake of personal integrity, but also as a etiquette and social morality, which was observed by both parties.
For example, burn incense and take a bath first to show piety and respect. The Analects of Confucius asks, "Confucius bathed in sunshine."
Confucius' political thought respected the rule of etiquette, so he strictly observed the rule of etiquette and took a bath before going to see princes or offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods. Lao Tzu is also very particular about hygiene. "Zhuangzi Tianzifang" records that once Confucius went to see Laozi, I was taking a shower, with long hair, almost unlike a person, which startled Confucius.
China is an ancient civilization with a long tradition of hygiene and customs. It has long been stipulated in ancient times that the upper body bath towel and the lower body bath towel should be separated.
The Book of Rites says, "There is no well outside and no bath inside." The ethical reasons here also mean cleanliness.