Traditional Chinese medicine attaches importance to spring health care, while the elderly should pay more attention to spring health care, so as to prevent illness before it happens, prevent the change of illness and achieve the purpose of prolonging life.
Spring is the season when all things grow, when the yang gradually germinates, and it is also the first of the four seasons. Corresponding to the liver, keeping in good health in spring is the basis of keeping in good health in four seasons. So how does Neijing discuss the spring health care of the elderly?
On spring health preservation from Neijing
Su Wenbao's treatise on Ming Xing holds that "man is born with the spirit of heaven and earth, and the law of four seasons becomes law", so man and nature are a unified whole, that is, "heaven and man correspond". If people want to live a long and healthy life, they must "learn from Yin and Yang" and conform to the laws of natural changes.
For example, Su Wen's Four Qi Tunes God said: "The man of Yin and Yang at four seasons is the foundation of all things, so the sage raises Yang in spring and summer and Yin in autumn and winter to follow its roots, so he rises and falls with everything at the door of growth ... So the man of Yin and Yang at four seasons is the beginning of all things and the foundation of life and death. If it is reversed, it will cause disaster, and if it is reversed, it will be unbearable. "
It is necessary to start with the changes of yin and yang in the four seasons in order to be "picky". "Lingshu itself" also said: "The health of the wise must be suitable for cold and summer." It is also emphasized that the human body must adapt to the natural changes of the four seasons, so as to strengthen the ability of the human body to adapt to nature and achieve the goal of health and longevity.
In the theory of regulating zang-fu organs according to the natural changes of four seasons, Neijing pays special attention to spring health preservation, and holds that spring and March are the seasons when nature brings forth the old and brings forth the new and life sprouts.
"Four Qi Tiaoling" said: "In March of spring, this is called Chen Zhisheng. Everything is born in heaven and earth, and everything is glorious. He lies in bed late and gets up early, striding to court and walking slowly, so that he can live, live without killing, give without taking, and reward without punishment. This is the answer of spring and the way of keeping in good health."
It is pointed out that people should take "life" as the center and regulate the human body from many aspects such as psychological adjustment, daily diet, exercise and fitness, otherwise it will "hurt the liver, make the summer cold, and take less care of the elderly".
In addition, Lingshu Tiannian said: "At the age of 50, liver qi began to decline, liver leaves began to thin, bile began to die, and the eyes were unclear." It is pointed out that liver qi failure can lead to other viscera failure, thus starting the process of human aging. That is to say, "people's old liver will fail first", and spring gas will pass through the liver, such as vegetation. Plants should germinate and grow in spring, and the liver is active in spring.
Therefore, Chinese medicine adheres to the idea of "correspondence between man and nature", and proposes that the elderly should pay attention to health care in spring, so as to prevent diseases before they occur and prevent changes after illness, so as to achieve the purpose of prolonging life.