"There are three treasures in the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars; There are three treasures in the ground, water, fire and wind; People have three treasures, essence, qi and spirit. "

It means "essence, qi and spirit" is very important to people.

"Essence, spirit and qi" is the essence of Taoist inner alchemy. The concept of "essence, spirit and spirit" originated from pre-Qin philosophy and medicine, and was expounded in Yijing, Huangdi Neijing and Daodejing. Concepts such as "essence, spirit" and "essence and qi" in traditional philosophy and medicine were absorbed by Taoism and reorganized into "essence, qi and spirit".

In ancient times, people who paid attention to health preservation called "essence, qi and spirit" the three treasures of the human body. Therefore, keeping the vigor is the main principle of fitness and longevity, especially when the vigor gradually declines and changes, people should cherish this "three treasures" when they enter old age, and the ancients also attached great importance to it.

1, then what is "essence"?

"Jing" has two sources. One is congenital genetic material, which is inherited from parents and plays the role of "the root of life". The other is the nutrients of food metaplasia, which belongs to acquired essence. Congenital essence needs nutrients to maintain human life activities. In addition, it breathes the essence of nature, which, together with nutrients, constitutes the acquired essence.

2. What is "Qi"?

Qi and blood are not only substances that maintain the vitality of human life, but also the activity ability of various organs of human body. Not only matter, but also function, energy and information. The channels of qi and blood circulation are meridians. Qi has three major functions: First, it promotes the circulation of menstrual qi and blood. The second is gasification, which is the process of material and energy transformation. As the motive force of metabolism, qi and blood can promote the growth and development of human body, maintain the functional activities of viscera and organs and regulate normal body temperature. The third is the defense function. Qi has the function of resisting evil spirits. Qi can not only protect the muscle surface, prevent the invasion of external evils, but also resist and drive away evil spirits.

3. What is "God"?

In Huangdi Neijing, a classic of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that "those who gain the spirit prosper and those who lose the spirit die". There is a saying in Chinese medicine: "God is the master of the whole life!" Therefore, in the three treasures of human life, God is the most important, because God can command the essence and is a comprehensive embodiment of life vitality. The human body will be radiant when it is full of energy, and nourishing the spirit is to achieve a radiant state.

"Essence, Qi and Spirit" are closely related to each other. Huainanzi, written collectively by Liu An, King of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, divides life into three elements for the first time: form is the carrier of life, qi fills the whole life, and God is the master of life. Later, "essence" replaced "shape", indicating that essence is a subtle tangible substance. Modern science has proved that the statement that storing essence is better than tonifying kidney in Huangdi Neijing is very correct.

Ancient medicine in China believed that essence was the origin of human life, qi was the motive force to maintain life, and the embodiment of life was the activity of God. Therefore, if you are full of energy, strong spirit and full of spirit, you can be radiant; On the other hand, the deficiency of essence will lead to deficiency, and the deficiency of essence will lead to mental fatigue. Therefore, the ancients said: "Those who are refined die, those who are exhausted die, and those who are absent die." It is not difficult to see that "essence, qi and spirit" are the root and source of human life.

China medical evaluation of a person's health, disease or health is judged from these three aspects. Therefore, it is very reasonable for the ancients to call "essence, qi and spirit" the "three treasures" of the human body.