First, the health wisdom of Huangdi Neijing

At present, in my eyes, there are many ways to maintain health. Apart from cheating or cheating, the concept of maintaining health is very strange. In my personal eyes, the propaganda of TCM health preservation has no positive effect on the great health of Chinese people, and even most health preservation methods are harmful to the human body.

Huangdi Neijing is a classic of Chinese medicine, not because it contains unknown knowledge or superior philosophical thinking, but because the author of the classic can calm down and observe the world with an ethereal heart, thus jumping out of all appearances, directly grasping the essence of the problem and expressing it in simple, simple and direct language. Simple scripture can stand careful thinking. These classics point directly to the core and hit the nail on the head in guiding clinical treatment and health preservation. Let's take a look at how the classic authors view the essence of health preservation.

Let's calm down and look at Huangdi Neijing. The regimen taught by the classic is very simple. To keep healthy is "five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, five animals for benefit, five vegetables for supplement, and the smell is fine". Nourishing the spirit is "indifferent and empty, with the true qi, the spirit is hidden inside, and the disease is safe." Many people will say it's so simple, I know, but in fact it means you don't know. We know that a thing can be divided into knowledge, thinking and feeling.

Remember these words with your brain, you won't know their preciousness, and you won't change your behavior and affect your health. You are convinced that these words are correct from the thinking level, that is, through objective data analysis or strict logical reasoning, you are convinced that this is the most correct way of keeping in good health from the thinking level of your brain, so that you will always monitor your behavior in your daily life to see if it conforms to these ways of keeping in good health, which is always a bit reluctant and passive. When you can feel from your heart that this kind of health-keeping method is the happiest and truly meets your inner wishes, your behavior will naturally conform to the correct health-keeping method, and you will enjoy your food and customs without restraint.

The feeling on the spiritual level is the simplest. When we calm down and taste the so-called foods that are good for our health, we will know that their smells are unpleasant, difficult to swallow, and inconsistent with our own smells, so it is impossible to keep in good health; The so-called methods of detoxification, such as slapping and scraping, are not willing to torture the skin cruelly when we calm down, so it is impossible to maintain health; You must walk tens of thousands of steps every day, how much water you must drink, and what nutrients you must supplement. When we calm down, we know that we don't want to do this. We hope to live a colorful life every day instead of repeating monotonous exercise and food. Therefore, it is necessary to calm down and feel that all health preservation methods should not be adopted. The only correct health preservation method is the words in Neijing, which are nothing more than whole grains.

Some people will say, does my heart smoke when it wants to drink? Of course, this is wrong. Be sure to pay attention to whether you calm down and whether you are in a relatively quiet and nihilistic state. It's hard to describe that quiet and empty state in words. In short, we are full of love and compassion, our hearts are soft and clean, and we are peaceful and equal. We need to calm down and read Neijing more, so as to experience the state of tranquility and nothingness. Only the behavior in this desolate and nihilistic state is health preservation. Therefore, starting the power of the mind and feeling the classics, whether studying medicine or keeping in good health, will directly find the truth and take fewer detours.

Second, the first priority of medical care.

From the spiritual level, keeping in good health is unnecessary nonsense, but most minds will not be satisfied because it is a bit dull. In order to satisfy the restless mind, let's simply analyze why only this simplest method is the only correct way to keep in good health from the level of thinking.

If you want to live longer, there is a problem that must be dealt with inevitably, that is, how much of a person's life span is in the hands of individuals? The environment we live in is so complicated that the pervasive wind, cold, heat, humidity, dryness and fire are six evils; The communication between people will inevitably be affected by emotions, fears and shocks; All kinds of sudden disasters are hard to prevent. If we take a fear of death, eat seriously according to the experts' words, and study all kinds of health knowledge tirelessly, even if these knowledge are absolutely correct, these added chips are very insignificant in people's life.

When we calm down, we know that the life span mastered by an individual is very short. We are a negligible part of this society and nature, and this individual is influenced by the big environment all the time. Whether the human body can live in such a big world for a long time depends largely on the influence of the surrounding environment and society on people. No matter how much we want to or for a long time, as long as the external environment does not agree with us, it will be difficult for us to do so. Therefore, the first priority of health care is to let the external environment treat us gently.

How to make nature and society treat us gently depends on our attitude towards nature and society. When our hearts are in a state of nothingness, we are gentle, harmonious and obedient to the public, then we can get gentle care and float in the door of growth with everything. Whether it is selfish to always ask the outside world to support yourself or crazy to dominate nature to show your existence, it will be swallowed up by nature mercilessly in the end. In terms of diet, the human body, like society, suffers from neither loss nor suffering. Disease is due to the imbalance of qi and blood in zang-fu organs, which leads to the inclination of yin and yang qi and blood in zang-fu organs, thus leading to the occurrence of disease. If we want to develop internal organs in a balanced way, we need five kinds of grains as nutrition and five kinds of fruits as help.

When the body is a little uncomfortable, calm down, the healthy qi of the human body will help you choose the food you need, and a certain food will attract you. Therefore, what is suitable for health care, don't trust external experts, but trust internal experts.

Of course, when you are obviously unwell and don't know how to recuperate, you must find an understanding doctor and prescribe some folk medicines or acupuncture to help your body recover as soon as possible. Of course, you must calm down and go to the doctor. Doctors must be quieter and more empty than patients, otherwise they will prescribe drugs at random, and old diseases will not go away, and new diseases will add.

Forever, the reason why heaven and earth can last is that they can live forever without being born. People are the same.

Third, the longevity of the elderly.

Look at the long-lived elderly, there are different ways to keep fit. Some people eat a special food every day to live longer (such as Lycium barbarum, porridge, Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, Panax notoginseng, etc.). ), and some people can live longer without eating any health care products. Some people exercise diligently every day to live longer, while others can live longer by sitting still all day. There are many ways to maintain health, some of which are completely opposite. Why can you achieve the purpose of health and longevity? Many people are imitating the same regimen. Why do only a few people live long? Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes treating diseases and seeking roots, and health care also requires roots. This is like the root of a big tree, and the end is the branches and leaves of this big tree. Only when this is solid will there be prosperity in the end. Therefore, it is necessary to find the similarities of all long-lived elderly people in health care, not the details of their different living habits.

What all long-lived old people have in common is actually a word "love". They love their bodies and their lives. Because they love themselves, they are full of love around them, and they will pass this love to everyone around them invisibly, so no long-lived old man is unkind. Because I love them, I will choose some ways that are beneficial to my health. There are many ways, whether to eat health food or not, and not to exercise. All health care methods will only work if you love yourself. If you are full of hatred and don't care about your health, even if the gods are alive, you will hardly live long. This kind of love is not selfish. A person can only love others if he loves himself first.

There is not a word about health preservation in Huangdi Neijing, a classic of traditional Chinese medicine, nor does it mention what kind of exercise can prolong life. Countless emperors and nobles in history have gone to great lengths to live longer. All the medicines that can be found in the world have been taken, and some have been refined into pills. These people who rely on drugs without nourishing their hearts eventually die young, which is not only useless, but harmful. In fact, we all know that there is no medicine that can live forever. Everyone laughs at people like Qin Shihuang and Liang Wudi who spent a lot of manpower and material resources to live forever, and all ended in failure. However, many people still have some illusions and pin their hopes on health care products. It is the right way to advise you to pay attention to cultivating your mind and nature.

Some people will ask, "I love my body very much." In order to have a healthy body, I take many medicines, such as Cordyceps sinensis, sea cucumber, ginseng, velvet antler and so on. It's good for my health. Why am I entangled in disease and aging before I am old? " It's easy to confuse people here, that is, these people don't really love themselves. These people are actually full of fear, afraid of their own aging and illness. They can't find love because of fear.

They think that listening to experts and taking medicine on time is to love themselves. In fact, these practices will only increase their fear, and fear will only make people stare at the object of fear and not relax. As long as they are full of fear and do whatever they think is good for their health, they will only increase their fear, and the result will inevitably be worse and worse.

Love and fear are two opposite emotions. The emotion of love comes from gratitude and gratitude for what you already have. Fear comes from complaining about what you don't have. If you always complain about your physical disappointment, it will only increase your fear and cause more discomfort.

We should be grateful that our eyes can see the beautiful world; Thank the ears for hearing all kinds of wonderful melodies of nature and the universe; Because of my strong body, I can work better for my family and society. When you eat or exercise, thank these ways for bringing you vitality and making you energetic. Be grateful for everything you can be grateful for and make your body full of love. With this invisible love tolerance, the body will gradually become healthier, the face will become better and better, and the face will become more and more kind.

If you are always full of fear, always complaining, and have some dissatisfaction with your body, I suggest that you don't fight fear, but thank you for the physical discomfort caused by fear, for your health, and for being able to feel this fear and show it through illness. You know, many people are not sensitive to physical reactions, and they will show discomfort in the late stage of serious illness, but it is already late. It is because of these discomforts that you realize that you are far from love. Try to calm down, slowly find the feeling of love, return to love, and let the positive energy of love fill your body and mind. With love around, you should take good care of your body everywhere and don't damage it, which requires you to pay attention to avoid damage in your daily life.

Fourth, the fundamental law of health care through the ages

The story of a skilled worker who knows cows is recorded in Zhuangzi Health Master. By appreciating the process of dissecting cows by skilled workers, this paper understands the way of health preservation. My master dissected thousands of hard and powerful cows with a knife. In nineteen years, the blade was not damaged at all, just because his knife followed the grain of cattle. We live between heaven and earth. If we want to keep our bodies from being destroyed by heaven and earth, we must conform to the texture of heaven and earth and not confront them.

Nowadays, many people are often proud of their achievements in defeating nature in a short time, but they don't know that a short victory will lead to ultimate and complete failure. Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, described this confrontation as "desperate, self-injury", that is to say, as long as it is confrontation, it is self-injury regardless of the final victory or not. Only harmony can't be destroyed, my heart is full of love, and everything I do is in harmony with nature.

The relationship between man and nature and the relationship between people emphasized by the ancients is harmony. Heaven and earth and people have their own operating rules. Don't fight against the biological rhythm of heaven and earth and human body. The ancients summarized the laws of heaven and earth and human beings into four words: life, growth, harvest and hiding.

The first article of Huangdi Neijing, The Theory of Ancient Innocence, follows the law of hiding in spring, summer, autumn and winter. People should also follow this law, exercise more in spring and summer and less in autumn and winter. We should "float at the door of growth with everything", that is, live according to the laws of heaven and earth, like animals and plants between heaven and earth. When winter comes or all animals are too old, we shouldn't do sports like running a marathon. We can play Tai Ji Chuan and practice Ba Duan Jin.

When summer comes, all animals are running actively, so we should increase some exercise intensity appropriately. Of course, there are also these laws in one day, and all kinds of laws are recorded in detail in Huangdi Neijing, and these words in the book are not archaic, so you can read them yourself if you are interested. In the diet, we should also be harmonious, and we must reconcile the five flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, not too much.

Many people like to eat more sweet drugs such as ginseng and medlar, but they don't know that eating too much of any of the five drugs or foods will make the human body unbalanced and sick. Therefore, all biased Chinese medicines should not be taken for a long time. These traditional Chinese medicines were called poisons by the ancients. As a last resort, you should not drink too much spicy wine or eat too much fat and sweet products.

Nowadays, tonifying kidney is popular in society, as if all the people are deficient in kidney. This is a big mistake. The purpose of TCM treatment is to adjust the discordant body to a harmonious state. If a person takes a lot of tonic for a long time, his body will be out of harmony and he will get sick.

At work, our desires can't be faced. Nowadays, many poor civilians are jealous of rich bosses, rich and powerful officials, and civilians who are busy with their work every day and are jealous of leisure after they have power. Many people think about this and that, and desire and desire are opposites.

We can't live without desire. Without desire, we are dead wood. We should be as idle as the ancients in the Yellow Emperor said. Desire is simple and moderate, and the premise of desire must be full of gratitude. We must be grateful for the work we have done for others on the premise of doing our current work well, and have good wishes, which is what Huangdi Neijing said: "Eat well, serve well and enjoy the customs."

In short, everything should be full of harmony in the atmosphere of love. As a matter of fact, the above-mentioned health preserving methods are thoroughly explained in Huangdi Neijing in only eight words: "There is no smoke without fire, and the true qi will follow". This is the fundamental law of health care through the ages. The so-called bleak nothingness is the feeling that my heart is moistened by faint sweet water. This kind of feeling is not the fanatical feeling of winning the lottery to get promoted and get rich, but the sweet feeling of helping others, that is, the feeling of love. If you keep this feeling of love, then your body is full of righteousness, which is what the ancients said. As long as you have enough righteousness, health and longevity must belong to you.