First, Chinese medicine terminology: heart and kidney do not pay.
The human body is an organic whole, with the five internal organs as the center, and the viscera, body and official orifices are unified through the connection of meridians. Zang-fu organs have a certain relationship with each other, and the relationship between their centers and kidneys is mainly manifested in the intersection of heart and kidney.
Chinese medicine believes that the center of the five elements belongs to fire, ranking above it and belonging to yang; Kidney belongs to water in the five elements and yin in the lower position. From the theory of the rise and fall of yin and yang, the lower one rises to shun, and the upper one falls to harmony.
Heart fire must descend to kidney, warming kidney yin with kidney yang, making kidney water not cold; Kidney water must benefit the heart, nourish the heart yang together with the heart yin, and make the heart fire not prosperous. The mutual assistance of yin and yang, fire and water rising and falling between heart and kidney maintains the harmonious and dynamic balance of physiological functions between the two organs, which is called "intersection of heart and kidney" or "fire and water ji ji".
Under normal circumstances, people are a whole of blood circulation, which should be upper heat and lower heat, upper cold and lower cold. If there are some problems, such as kidney qi deficiency and kidney water failing to reach the heart, people are prone to hot mouth, dry tongue and hot flashes due to bone steaming, or heart fire cannot reach the kidney when heart yang deficiency occurs, people will be anxious, insomnia and dreamy, mainly manifested as "upper heat and lower cold".
Upper heating and lower cooling:
Fever: the chest is hot and irritable, which is mainly manifested as: excessive internal heat, oral ulcer, dry throat, toothache, dry skin, nosebleeds, etc. Lower cold: sticky stools, cold hands and feet, unusually cold joints, and dysmenorrhea with blood clots are common among women.
Second, how to become a heart and kidney?
1. Overuse your brain
Our thinking is inseparable from the unhappy function, and the heart yang must be strong and sufficient for a long time to support our thinking. The brain belongs to the kidney, and the brain governs spirit, consciousness and thinking; Liver governs emotion; Spleen governs thinking.
When we are nervous, tired, anxious and stressed for a long time, it hurts three important organs of our body: liver, spleen and kidney, leading to liver depression and qi stagnation, spleen-stomach disharmony and kidney-yang deficiency, which is not conducive to systemic blood circulation.
On the other hand, when we think with our brains, we will draw a lot of qi and blood upward, and the qi and blood in the lower body will be insufficient. If you do this for a long time, your upper body will overheat and your lower body will lack firepower.
2. Less activity
The meridians of our human body are like all kinds of meridians in the body. We spend 70% of our time sitting. As a result, the hand is moving, the brain is moving, the mouth is constantly talking and eating, and at most it is moving, and it is full of gas, which has become a fire; But our lower body has been sitting, the middle energizer is blocked, the meridians are blocked, the spleen and stomach are difficult to transport, and the fire cannot pass through the lower body. The most likely situation is that "there is fire in the upper coke and cold in the lower coke".
Third, how can we "intersect the heart and kidney"?
1. Eat reasonably and recuperate.
In traditional Chinese medicine, heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney are not only human organs, but also the ultimate goal of human health. Nowadays, society pays attention to high efficiency and fast pace. Everyone has a certain pressure in life or work, and the five internal organs bear a lot of burdens that should not be borne. Some bad habits often hurt our insides and hurt our health.
"Huangdi Neijing" said: "If you are happy, you will be sad if you are too happy; Liver is angry, and excessive anger hurts the liver; Spleen is related to thinking, and excessive thinking will hurt the spleen; The lungs are mainly worried, and excessive worry will hurt the lungs; Kidney fear, too fear will hurt the kidney. "
Emotional disorder and qi disorder directly affect the function of our zang-fu organs, so in daily life, we should keep our emotions stable and calm, exercise more and meditate more at ordinary times to avoid aggravating symptoms due to staying up late; Eat more whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, limit drinking and smoking, and drink less spicy, greasy and irritating foods such as strong tea and coffee. People who are incompatible with heart and kidney should also replenish blood and nourish the heart, and eat more purple rice, cherries, black beans, jujube, jujube, longan and other foods in moderation.
2. Rub the soles of your hands and feet to tonify kidney water
Don't underestimate this method that integrates the deep layers of traditional Chinese medicine.
We have a point on the soles of our feet called Yongquan point and Laogong point on our hands.
We usually sit on the bed when we are free, cross our left and right hands, rub the soles of our feet with our palms, or pat the soles of our feet with our palms. Doing so will help the kidneys to play the function of collecting, lower the qi, drag down the deficiency fire above, dredge the qi of the human body, make the qi unobstructed, and the meridians unobstructed, and the minor problems will naturally be cured. Doing so not only helps to improve sleep, but also is very beneficial to patients with hypertension, which can stabilize blood pressure.
Yongquan point, as its name implies, is the yin point of the human body, spewing out like spring water through the meridians of the whole body. Yongquan is the acupoint of the kidney meridian of foot-shaoyin. Rubbing this acupoint can tonify kidney and replenish essence, regulate qi and blood, strengthen physique and make the body healthier.
Click on the fountain, that is, click on the foot. Before going to bed every night, wash your feet with warm water and sit cross-legged on the bed. Hold your toes with one hand and touch your feet with the other. It hurts every time I click it. Massage for a few minutes before going to bed every day, and the body will gradually warm up, which will help people fall asleep safely.