Huangdi Neijing has a very unique position in the classics of Chinese studies. This is a book named after the holy king. This means that in the ancient culture of China, the study of life was regarded as a matter of emperors, great merits and great compassion.
When it comes to vitality, we often use words such as courage, spirit, courage, will and intelligence. These words represent our vitality and leadership.
What is courage? In traditional medicine in China, God is the God of lung. What does the so-called "God" mean? God is what he looks like when he is full. Therefore, "Qi" is the embodiment of lung qi foot. And the bold "force" is related to our other organ-the kidney. In the view of Chinese medicine, our strength comes from the waist and from the kidney. So "bravery" means that the lungs and kidneys are full of healthy qi, so we can do things with great momentum and great achievements. Lung and kidney belong to congenital category in TCM, which is related to our instinct, so we can't learn courage, it is an external expression of instinct in our body. If you are not brave enough, it can only show that you are born with insufficient lung qi and kidney essence.
In China, many people have a familiar feeling about the common sense of TCM. For example, ordinary people don't know medicine, but they use some medical knowledge every day. In the old saying, this is called "daily use without knowing", which means daily use without knowing its truth. Let me introduce two examples.
When we practice Tai Chi in China, when we play Tai Chi in nature, the first move is usually "legs apart, shoulder width apart". So is there a difference between stretching your left foot first and stretching your right foot first? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the left liver and the right lung, the left liver and the right lung. On the left is the liver, which controls blood. So be sure to stretch your left foot first and open the vein first. Because blood runs slower than qi, so that qi and blood can be balanced. Why do you want to "separate your feet and shoulder width"? That is, the three yin meridians inside the thigh are opened, and then the toes are slightly pulled, and the three yang meridians outside the thigh are also opened. If you can't feel the yin and yang meridians on both sides, this standing posture has no meaning for practice.
Why do you say "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer doesn't need a doctor's prescription"? In summer, all our yang is floating outside the body, forming a cold and wet pattern in the body. The spleen and stomach of the human body are the most deficient and the digestive ability is the weakest, so you should eat some ginger in summer. There is also a saying in the ancients that "there is ginger in bed." Ginger for getting up means that people can eat something similar to ginger, warm and fragrant after getting up. In traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is often used as medicine. It helps to strengthen yang and promote hair growth. So you can eat some ginger to make your yang more vigorous.
In winter, when our yang is all gathered, a pattern of internal heat will be formed in our body. "Eat radishes before going to bed" means to eat more radishes for dinner, because radishes can invigorate qi, which can enhance people's digestive ability and make people sleep well at night.
These truths can be learned from our daily life. So in daily life, as long as we master these details, many problems of the body can be solved. This is also the way of keeping in good health advocated by Huangdi Neijing. Simply put, eat well, sleep well and exercise well.