1. Comply with nature

Under the guidance of the holistic view of "harmony between man and nature", Su Wenbaoming's holographic theory puts forward: "Man is born with the spirit of heaven and earth, and is formed by the method of four seasons." Human beings live in nature, and human life activities are closely related to nature. The Spirit Pivot Evil Guest is called "Man Corresponds to Heaven and Earth". In the changes of nature, there are periodic rhythm changes of year, month and day marked by four seasons, new moon and day and night, which lead to the growth and aggregation law of climate change and phenological change. In the long-term evolution process, human beings have formed a circadian rhythm that is almost synchronous with it and the ability to adapt to external changes and adjust themselves. Therefore, if people can live in accordance with nature, all kinds of physiological functions can follow its regularity, the rhythm is orderly and stable, and the body is in a healthy state of harmony between yin and yang; If it goes against nature, the rhythm of various physiological functions will be disordered, and the ability to adapt to external changes and defend against evil will be weakened, so it is easy to get sick. As Su Wen's Four Qi Tunes God said: "The four seasons of Yin and Yang are the end of all things and the foundation of life and death. On the contrary, it is a curse. From it, you can't afford to get sick, but it is also a way. " Therefore, conforming to nature is one of the important principles of TCM health preservation. Adapting to nature aims to require people to take various comprehensive measures to adapt to its changes on the basis of mastering the laws of nature, so as to synchronize people's physiological activities with the rhythm of natural changes and maintain the coordination and unity of the internal and external environment of the body, so as to avoid misfortune, prevent diseases and delay aging. In this regard, Su Wen's theory of regulating the spirit in four seasons puts forward the principles and methods of regulating the form and spirit according to the changes of four seasons, emphasizing that "the man of yin and yang in four seasons is the foundation of all things." Therefore, saints nourish yang in spring and summer and yin in autumn and winter to follow their roots, so they rise and fall with everything at the door of growth. "

2. Form and spirit * * *

Shape refers to the shape of the body, that is, the viscera; God refers to a psychological activity characterized by five gods and five aspirations. The double cultivation of form and spirit is based on the life concept of unity of form and spirit. On the one hand, the body is the foundation of life, and the five zang-organs and their hidden essence are the material basis of the activities of the five gods. Lingshu Tiannian says: "Qi and blood are harmonized, glory and health are interlinked, and the five treasures are completed. If you are arrogant and give up on yourself, you will become a person. " Ge Hong's Zhi Li, the Inner Chapter of Bao Puzi, compares the relationship between human form and God with the relationship between dike and water, candle and fire, saying: "Form is also the temple of God. Therefore, if the dike is broken, the water can't stay; Where the candle is, the candle is not in the fire. If you are physically weak, you will be distracted and exhausted. " Emphasize that god depends on shape. On the other hand, God is the master of form and life. The functional activities of human viscera and the operation of qi, blood and body fluids are all dominated and influenced by God. Zhang Jiebin's Classics: "Although God is born of essence, it is the God in my heart who controls essence and uses it." It is emphasized that God can feedback the essence, influence and even regulate the whole life process. Regarding the dialectical relationship between form and spirit, Qi Shi, a physician in the late Ming Dynasty, brilliantly summed up in Xu Li Yuan Jian: "With a naturally generated noumenon, the essence is very important, and the air is very important; The dominant theory of using heaven in the future is to serve the spirit of God and the spirit of service. " It is precisely because the unity of form and spirit is the basic feature of life that TCM health preservation emphasizes the cultivation of form and spirit, concentrates on the cultivation of form and spirit, and finally achieves "the combination of form and spirit" with full adjustment of form and spirit (Su Wen's ancient naive theory), just as Su Wen's pathogenesis, qi, life-saving, and the original saying: the spirit of "the art of whole life, shape" is more important than insurance, and insurance is important but not consumed. Therefore, if you want to care for it, you can't do without form, spirit and harmony from the beginning. "

Second, the most important thing for TCM health care is this.

Mental health care, including "moral health care", is the top priority of the masters' health care experience. "It is medicine to think innocently and eccentrically, medicine to think liberation, medicine to think calmly and medicine to think calmly." These words are said in the Tripitaka, which emphasizes the supreme role of mind cultivation. In Huangdi Neijing, there are expressions with different forms and the same meaning: "Quiet and nothingness, follow the true qi, keep the spirit inside, and be safe without illness." "Health care must first raise morality, and virtue can be its life; Health care must focus on the concept of nourishing the heart, and the heart can be healthy; The idea of "quietness to nourish the heart, indifference to fame and fortune, and Xiu De to nourish the body" is a wonderful trick woven by the masters in their life's practice and experience.

Feeding is the most basic content of health care. Whether a person is healthy or not is nothing more than qi and blood, body fluid and essence blood, which all come from the human body's acceptance, biochemistry, absorption and utilization of food. "The five grains are the nourishment, the five fruits are the help, the five animals are the benefit, and the five dishes are the stuffing." "Combine five flavors and eat warm", Professor Lu's "nurse the spleen and stomach, pay attention to three cups of tea (green tea in the morning, oolong tea in the afternoon and Pu 'er tea in the evening)", "eat moderately, regularly, quantitatively and qualitatively", "seven points full, lose weight, avoid smoking, drink carefully" and "chew slowly and avoid overeating"

Physical exercise includes physical exercise closely related to physical and mental health and various cultural and sports activities that please the body and mind. Professor Ren Jixue advocates the behavior of "walking around in four seasons, moving with the times", adheres to the comprehensive scheme of "rubbing face, rolling eyes, knocking teeth, stretching abdomen and Tai Chi", and attaches importance to the "three-bath method" of uninterrupted light bath, gas bath and wind bath in the morning. Professor He Puren's original "six-step exercise" of meridian-guided health preservation is a unique coup for body maintenance.

Drug therapy emphasizes the importance of drugs to human health. In addition to the effective treatment of related diseases, we should also make use of the characteristics of drugs and combine them with the support or assistance of drugs in natural health preservation to provide strong promotion and support for human health. While providing various prescriptions for others, these masters of traditional Chinese medicine have also tailored their own unique medication methods for others: taking Liuwei Dihuang Pills regularly, which he thinks has the effect of delaying aging; To make a fuss about defecation, he thinks that unobstructed up and down is the only way to prevent many diseases; Drink a cup of homemade chrysanthemum, Ophiopogon japonicus and wolfberry tea before going to work every morning. He believes that this kind of tea can nourish essence, refresh oneself and protect healthy qi ... Such colorful methods of nourishing medicine are based on the expansion of medical science, the effectiveness of drugs, the grasp of seasons, the consideration of regions, or the identification of physique, which embodies the profound knowledge and prudent spirit of masters.

3. What is the relationship between TCM health preservation and health?

Health care refers to maintaining, conditioning and supporting life. That is to say, based on the principle of regulating yin and yang, harmonizing qi and blood, and preserving spirit, we can achieve the goal of health and longevity through various methods such as regulating mind, guiding breath, regulating four seasons, supplementing food, supplementing medicine, abstinence, avoiding food and so on.

Cutting one's hand to treat insomnia

Keep practicing for 5 minutes every day, and you will feel refreshed and energetic. Many people use this skill to cure neurasthenia, insomnia, amnesia and other symptoms.

Specific methods: "Ma Bu", gently grasp the ground with ten toes, slightly lift the anus, and extend the tongue to the upper jaw. Slowly raise your arms parallel to your shoulders, and then naturally throw them behind you. 1 time 5- 10 minute, 1 day 2-3 times. This set of movements can activate the six meridians of the three yin hands and the three yang hands, so it can regulate qi and blood, balance yin and yang, and raise the clear and lower the turbidity.

Shaking body is called "fighting feather" in qigong, which is to imitate the perch of tired birds and shake their wings to relieve fatigue. Sticking to the "Fighting Spirit" exercise can improve blood circulation, make the heart and brain get enough blood oxygen, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, and reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.

Specific methods: stand upright, with your feet shoulder width apart, your arms droop naturally, your legs bend slightly, and your body swings rhythmically from side to side. When shaking, try to make your hips swing as much as possible to affect the upper body and arms shaking. The whole body is relaxed, and the speed is gradually accelerated from slow to slow, and the amplitude is subject to the self-feeling of chest muscle vibration. It is better to be comfortable than to use too much force. The time is 3-5 minutes, which can be extended appropriately.

Treating dyspepsia by rubbing abdomen.

For people with indigestion, rub Shenque point before going to bed or getting up.

Rubbing the abdomen

Rubbing the abdomen, that is, the navel, can help digestion well.

Specific methods: lie flat, relax, fold your hands and massage around your navel. Men should massage clockwise from small circle to big circle, then counterclockwise from big circle to small circle, and women should massage counterclockwise first and then clockwise. The standard of massage is to feel the peristalsis of gastrointestinal tract. Generally, after a good sleep after massage, you will feel that your digestive function has improved during the day. However, for patients with ulcer bleeding, avoid rubbing the abdomen to avoid increasing bleeding and aggravating the condition.

Squatting every day can strengthen the kidney.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kidney is congenital, and strong kidney has strong resistance. Squatting can effectively massage Mingmen, thus playing the role of tonifying kidney.

Specific methods: first relax the waist, gently rotate the waist, and then do squats, while straightening your back. When squatting, focus on the waist, where the kidney is located.

When you stand up, your mind is focused on Baihui point above your head, and you feel a thread pulling on your head, which can keep your body straight. Squat and stand up 1 time, according to the time * * *, do 9 or multiples of 9 for a few minutes every day. This set of kidney-tonifying exercises is best done in the morning. If you forget, you must make it up before noon.

Fourth, how to treat TCM health care correctly

TCM health care must pay attention to two aspects: one is scientific, and the other is epochal.

Now some people overemphasize the ancient methods of keeping in good health, which is not really science. For example, overemphasizing vegetarianism, in fact, not all diseases can be vegetarians, and the human body still needs a reasonable nutritional structure. Both hypocholesterolemia and hypercholesterolemia are harmful to health, and even hypocholesterolemia is more harmful to health, because in the process of our life metabolism, many basic substances, such as vitamin D3 and sex hormones, are synthesized by cholesterol. In recent years, scientific research has found that proper cholesterol content in the blood has a certain "anti-cancer effect."

As far as the times are concerned, Chinese medicine has many outdated things that should be updated. China had a profound health-preserving culture in ancient times, but many health-preserving methods had their own special background, just like people had a special "context" when they spoke. Same. For example, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Han people said that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" was out of date, which was only after the Ming Dynasty.

In ancient times, keeping in good health in winter meant sleeping in winter, moving less, going out less, not sweating and not taking a bath. This is closely related to the limited food and poor warmth of ancient people. In winter, everything withers and there is less food. Less activity, less consumption, which can reduce physical expenditure. At the same time, ancient people's clothes were thin, and now they are not so particular. They just wore a thin coat inside and a big cotton-padded jacket outside. They are too active, sweating a lot, and their bodies are getting cold. When they catch a cold, they catch a cold easily. When they catch a cold, they lack medical care. Many people's lungs may be infected, and if lung infection is not treated well, they will die easily. In the same way, the ancients said that you can't take a bath in winter because your living conditions were limited and it was freezing.

Lack of heating facilities, bathing is easy to catch a cold, and it is easy to get other diseases if you don't treat them in time after catching a cold ... Just like before the 1970s and 1980s in our country, people went to the bathhouse to take a bath once or twice a month. At that time, people didn't wear such complete clothes as they do now, with a thin coat inside and a big cotton-padded jacket outside. If you are not careful when taking a bath, it is easy to catch a cold.

But now things are very different. Taking a bath and changing clothes often is a very good hygiene habit. After China's reform and opening up, people's living standards have been greatly improved. Compared with the early days of the People's Republic of China, infectious skin diseases such as carbuncle, sore, swelling and furuncle are almost extinct. These are the benefits of paying attention to personal hygiene, taking a bath frequently and changing clothes frequently.

So we should pay attention to science. Some people mislead people: "No sweating in winter, no bathing in winter". As a result, many people came to ask me, and I said that we must emphasize science when inheriting the ancient people's health care experience and tradition.