The qi and blood of the human body comes from the delicate Shui Gu of the spleen and stomach. Full of qi and blood, rosy complexion, plump and tight muscles, bright and moist skin and hair, not easy to be invaded by external evils, not easy to get sick, rosy complexion, vigorous body, natural health and long life.
On the other hand, if the spleen and stomach are abnormal and the source of qi and blood is insufficient, there will be many diseases such as sallow complexion, emaciation of muscles, dull skin and hair, easy to be attacked by external evils, prone to diseases in the body, haggard complexion, loose hair, shrinking body shape and so on.
Body fluid is also water, cereal and body fluid from the spleen and stomach. The principle of body fluid and conditioning can spread out on the body surface, nourish skin and hair, nourish eyes, ears, mouth and nose, nourish internal organs, maintain normal activities, fill bone marrow and flow into joints, so that bone marrow is full, strong and joints are free. It can also produce blood and irrigate the whole body.
If the spleen and stomach are transported abnormally, it will destroy the metabolic balance of body fluid, resulting in insufficient body fluid production, or circulatory disorder, stagnation of body fluid, or massive loss of body fluid, which will directly affect people's longevity and health.
For this reason, Chinese medicine often emphasizes the conditioning and nourishing of the spleen and stomach. In ancient times, some doctors suggested that "invigorating the kidney is better than strengthening the spleen". For patients with spleen and stomach weakness or middle-aged and elderly people, the method of "supplementing qi" or "supplementing middle age" is advocated to strengthen acquired function.
The so-called "benefiting qi" is aimed at "spleen and stomach qi deficiency", which is the main pathological change in the aging process, showing the decline of various physiological functions and resistance. Therefore, invigorating qi is an important way to strengthen the digestion and absorption ability of the spleen and stomach, enhance the physiological functions of various organs of the body, improve the body's defense ability, and is an important way to resist aging.
The so-called "reinforcing middle energizer" is also an effective measure for the deficiency of middle energizer, and the decline of spleen and stomach function is an important aspect of aging. Traditional Chinese medicine has always attached importance to the function of the acquired spleen and stomach, and reinforcing the spleen and stomach is of great significance in anti-aging. As long as the normal transport function of spleen and stomach can be maintained, the purpose of delaying aging can be achieved.
Many people are born with congenital deficiency, why can they live long? The most important and fundamental reason is that congenital deficiency can be supplemented by aftercare and health preservation. Throughout the ages, there are countless such examples. For example, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Cao Tingdong lived to be over 90 years old and was called a health care scientist by the world. Although he was "suffering from infantile tuberculosis", it can be said that he was born with congenital deficiency. In his own words, there is nothing profound about the art of health preservation: "Living, sleeping and eating are all trivial matters." Especially in his Old Words, there are 100 prescriptions for medicinal porridge, "porridge can benefit people, especially the elderly. Old people can fight for porridge and enjoy life. " The nourishing experience of this porridge is a wonderful recipe for nourishing the spleen and stomach. For example, the general meaning of medicinal properties in Six Books of Medicine says: "glutinous rice porridge is a wonderful product for warming and tonifying stomach qi, and japonica rice porridge is a pill for nourishing and nourishing the mind." Thousands of years of practice have proved that porridge rice is the supreme food for nourishing the spleen and stomach, and "living with interest" is known as "porridge rice is the best thing in the world".
Zhang (1672~ 1755), a famous minister of military affairs, died at the age of 84 during the reign of Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Strange to say, Zhang was born with a congenital deficiency. When I was a teenager, I was in poor health and fragile. He often falls ill and suffers disasters. He usually can't talk or move, and he feels exhausted after walking 500 meters. His father, Zhang Ying, was a college student in the Qing Dynasty and a senior official of the Ritual Department. He often worries about this little life and thinks that he will die before he becomes an adult. However, after Zhang was born, he paid great attention to health preservation to make up for his congenital deficiency. On the one hand, he uses health preservation, kidney withdrawal and diet health care. Although his family has everything from delicacies to delicacies, and there is no lack of ginseng tonic, he is dismissive and pays attention to preserving the spleen and stomach and the foundation of the day after tomorrow.
Tan, a native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, was a famous painter in modern times. Li Kuchan, a master of Chinese painting, once praised him as "the master of painting and calligraphy in the south of the Yangtze River". There are still excellent paintings and calligraphy after 95 years old. He is also born with a deficiency. His parents suffered from lung disease and hemoptysis, and his younger brother, who was two years younger than him, also died of lung disease, so people thought he would not live to be 30 years old. Congenital deficiency, how to maintain health the day after tomorrow? Tan Lao said: "There are roughly the following points: first, eat less, second, exercise more, third, get enough sleep, and fourth, have porridge for dinner." Lu Fangweng regards eating porridge as the secret of longevity, and I also eat porridge every night. " In fact, the first point of "eating less" and the fourth point of "drinking porridge" are also the best ways to preserve the spleen and stomach. These are the dialectics of nourishing, strengthening the spleen and stomach and preserving health and prolonging life.