In ancient China, the society was turbulent, wars were frequent, epidemics were prevalent, and people lived in poverty. The average person's life span is very short, but why did the ancient famous doctors have a long life span? There are four ways to sum up their experience:
(1) Regular daily life and moderate diet.
Regular daily life and moderate diet. In other words, life must conform to the laws of physiological requirements. "Su Wen Gu Naive Theory" said: "Ancient people, knowing it, learning Yin and Yang, and counting tricks, eating moderately, not rashly, can be in harmony with God until they are 100 years old. And there is no festival in daily life, so it is also a decline over half a year. " People get up and lie down, which is the habit of doing activities during the day and sleeping at night. Sleep regularly, wake up regularly, get up on time, form a set of fixed sleep rhythm, and then the biological clock will work, and there will be a reflection of wanting to sleep, wake up and get up. According to this habit and rhythm, you will feel very natural and comfortable. If we often disrupt this rule, don't get up on time and indulge in nightlife, we will disrupt the rhythm of the biological clock, causing some abnormal diseases in the body, such as insomnia, irritability, fatigue and lethargy, which will lead to the decline of the body's disease resistance. In his early years, Gao Lian said in the Eight Diagrams of Respect for Life: "People have three deaths, not their own lives, but their own lives. From time to time, my husband sleeps, his diet is not good, and excessive work and rest will be killed by illness. " Therefore, the rule of life, getting up and lying down, is the way to live longer.
Moderate diet is neither starvation nor overeating, but moderation. Most old Chinese doctors pay attention to eating regularly and quantitatively, not eating too much. They understand the nutrition theory of "medicine and food are homologous" and often choose food to regulate their bodies according to their own needs. For example, Dr. Zhang Zhichun, the former director of the Department of Epidemic Febrile Diseases of Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, drinks bean juice (a Beijing snack fermented from mung beans) all the year round. More than 80 years old, still alert, hands do not shake. At that time, I had followed the example of drinking bean juice. Sure enough, I feel very comfortable after drinking it. If I have a sore throat, I will drink a bowl of bean juice and the pain will go away. I often say by analogy that drinking bean juice can be comparable to using penicillin.
(2) Be good at grasping the seven emotions and be calm.
The seven emotions, namely joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise, are the mental state of the body and the different reflections of people on objective things. Under normal circumstances, it generally does not make people sick. Only sudden, intense or long-term emotional stimulation, which exceeds the normal physiological activities of the human body, will lead to the disorder of human qi, the imbalance of viscera, yin and yang, and qi and blood, and will lead to diseases. Seven emotions are one of the main pathogenic factors causing internal injuries, so they are often called "seven emotions of internal injuries".
The characteristic of seven emotions is that they directly act on the corresponding five internal organs. Su Wen Yin Angelababy Xiang Da Lun said: "Anger hurts the liver", "Joy hurts the spleen", "Sorrow for the lungs" and "Fear of hurting the kidney", which means that different emotional stimuli can affect the corresponding internal organs, making the internal organs and qi-flowing disorder and qi-blood imbalance.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that seven emotions are the "internal causes" that make people sick. People's mood and mentality have a great influence on health, because when people are calm and happy, the physiological functions of each system are normal. When people are in a bad mood, or all kinds of bad information are transmitted to the central nervous system, the nervous system will be disordered, leading to the decline of immune function, thus promoting the aging process of people, or leading to certain diseases, such as cancer, coronary heart disease, hypertension and so on. Because the seven emotions are an important factor of internal injuries, Chinese medicine particularly emphasizes careful conditioning, nourishing and strengthening the body and maintaining good health.
(3) pay attention to health and disease prevention.
The so-called "health preservation" is to maintain the body and prevent diseases. Health preserving has a long history in China and is an important part of traditional medicine in China. For thousands of years, through repeated practice, we have accumulated extremely rich and valuable experience. It is the crystallization of China's wisdom and creation. The content of health preservation is very wide, involving a lot. But most people pay more attention to medical care than health care. Our predecessors not only had a deep understanding in this respect, but also achieved good results in practice. In recent years, more and more people have begun to pay attention to the importance of health preservation. It is also highly valued internationally, and they gradually realize that health preservation plays an important role in delaying aging and preventing diseases, and also has therapeutic effects on many chronic diseases. It is the best means and method to improve human life coefficient and prolong life.
(4) cure "disease" and "disease".
"Early recognition of diseases" and "early treatment" were advocated by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage in Han Dynasty. The ancients had different interpretations of the word "disease". He said that "illness" is a small problem that is not easy to detect, and it is also called "no illness". The "sub-health" state that people often say now is the "disease" state that the ancients said. At this time, we should take active and effective measures to treat it. If we don't take any preventive measures, we can develop into a "disease". Neijing, an ancient book of traditional Chinese medicine, also has the saying that "saints can't cure their diseases, but they can't cure them". Old Chinese medicine practitioners attach great importance to early conditioning when they are unwell, which is also called "preventing diseases". Know the importance of "nip in the bud". In life, they also pay special attention to regulating gastrointestinal function. They keep in mind the famous saying "all diseases are caused by internal injuries of the spleen and stomach". It is believed that the spleen and stomach are "the foundation of the day after tomorrow". The function of the spleen and stomach is well maintained, the food is fragrant, the nutrition is sufficient and the body is good. This is basically consistent with the four cornerstones of a healthy way advocated by the Victoria Declaration, which emphasizes the need for comprehensive and balanced nutritional supplements. Secondly, pay attention to regulating qi and blood, and think that qi and blood are closely related to physiological functions and pathological changes of human body. As "Su Wen Zhi Zhen Da Lun" said: "If you stick to the pathogenesis, you must first win five victories (dirty), dredge qi and blood, and achieve the goal, so as to achieve peace." It means that one of the main keys to treating diseases and preserving health is to dredge qi and blood to make it smooth and normal. "Su Wen Yin and Yang should be like a big theory" also said: "Try to judge their yin and yang, treat Yang disease with yin, treat Yin disease with yang, settle their qi and blood, and defend their hometown. Those with more blood should be determined, and those with qi deficiency should draw. " "Those who are bloody should be determined" refers to guiding and dredging, such as determining rivers, which is a great method to remove blood stasis. "Qi deficiency should be induced", that is, qi is handsome for blood, pneumatic for blood, and qi stops for blood. Old Chinese medicine practitioners attach great importance to using the principles of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, tonifying deficiency and promoting qi circulation, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis to maintain good health. I have seen a traditional prescription composed of Panax Notoginseng, which is taken in beginning of winter every year, and it has a very good effect on preventing joint disadvantage and joint pain of the elderly in winter.
The experience of the famous Chinese medicine practitioners in preventing diseases is better than curing diseases, which is more than 2000 years earlier than the four cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle advocated in the Victoria Declaration formulated by the World Cardiology Association 1992 (namely, balanced diet, moderate exercise, smoking cessation and alcohol restriction, and psychological balance), and is more comprehensive, specific and practical than the Victoria Declaration. The health care experience of old Chinese medicine practitioners can also be said to be one of the most precious outstanding heritages in ancient China culture.