"Qi" makes us full of energy, exchanges materials with the living environment in an orderly way, distributes nutrients finely upward and outward, and excretes dregs and wastes downward and outward.
This qi consists of qi, grain qi and primordial qi. Air is inhaled by the lungs, grain gas is produced by the spleen, and primary energy is provided by the kidney. Therefore, qi deficiency constitution is caused by the relative deficiency of lung, spleen and kidney, especially the deficiency of lung and spleen. Lung division breathing, main fur, and breath, breathing, sweating; Spleen governs transport and clearing away heat, which is related to nutrient transport, blood pressure improvement and viscera fixation. Kidney governs two stools and two yin before and after, which is related to the normal and moderate excretion of two stools and meridians. As the saying goes, "When people take a breath, the Buddha seeks incense." "Qi" seems mysterious and difficult to understand, but we can perceive the existence of "Qi" in the human body, such as breathing, heartbeat, gastrointestinal peristalsis, maintaining normal blood pressure, fixing the position of organs, and conveying nutrients upward to the head, face and five senses. Therefore, people with qi deficiency are mainly manifested as lack of qi, lack of strength, light breathing, low voice, muscle relaxation, weakness of limbs, laziness, fatigue, defecation weakness, visceral prolapse, low blood pressure, dizziness, excessive leucorrhea, poor menstruation and light menstrual blood.
In addition, qi also regulates the moderate opening and closing of all orifices in the whole body, such as facial features, skin pores, front and back yin and so on. For secretion, defecation, menstruation, leucorrhea, etc. Normal excretion in the body, neither too much nor too little; So that the human body is not invaded by external evils and adapts to the environment. Therefore, people with qi deficiency are prone to sweating, catching cold, allergic skin and sneezing frequently, such as sneezing as soon as they enter an air-conditioned room and sneezing in spring. Some people with qi deficiency are very sensitive to temperature. It is very cold in winter. When they sleep at night, the bed is cold at first. Just a few minutes after he got into bed to get warm, the wind would rise on him, and when the bed was warm, the wind would disappear. Get up in the morning and put on cotton-padded clothes. The cotton-padded coat is cold. Once it is put on, the wind rises again. When you are active, the cotton-padded clothes will heat up and the wind will fall down again.
Phlegm-dampness constitution: the lower limbs are heavy and easy to get fat.
Phlegm-dampness constitution means that there is too much water or the river of life is not so smooth, which leads to congestion here or flooding there.
Why is this happening? Mainly related to the relative deficiency of spleen function. About 70% of the human body is water, and the proportion may be higher among infants or young women. In a sense, our organs and cells are soaked in water. This water is living water, flowing in and out like a river. The upper reaches of the river consist of lung tubes, the middle reaches of the river consist of spleen tubes, and the lower reaches of the river consist of kidney tubes, so that water and liquid metabolism are unimpeded.
One of the most critical water control projects is spleen, which is called "spleen governing transport and transformation" by Chinese medicine. Once the spleen is relatively deficient for a long time, it will show the so-called phlegm-dampness constitution.
Excessive water or poor access and uneven distribution is phlegm-dampness. Phlegm dampness is not a good thing, and it will wander around with qi. Once you reach the key position, many diseases will occur, so Chinese medicine says that "all diseases are caused by phlegm." Low back pain, lipoma, dizziness, cervical spondylosis, hypertension, diabetes, simple obesity, increased leucorrhea, infertility, irregular menstruation and other diseases are all caused by phlegm-dampness in Chinese medicine, so there is another saying in Chinese medicine: "Stubborn phlegm gives birth to strange diseases."
Spleen governs muscles, skin and limbs. Spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness are easy to overflow the skin, and phlegm-dampness constitution is easy to gain weight. This is called "thin people have more fire, fat people have more phlegm". People go up, water flows down, so people with heavy humidity have particularly heavy lower limbs. Their legs were as heavy as lead when they went upstairs. There are also many leucorrhea, and the lower limbs are often swollen. In view of the balance of yin and yang, phlegm-dampness is heavy and humid, which belongs to yin, so phlegm-dampness constitution essentially comes from yang deficiency, which is a kind of constitution that is virtual in essence and solid in essence.
Damp heat constitution: Damp heat, poor excretion.
Everyone knows that the air in sauna days is wet and hot, which makes people feel uncomfortable. People's bodies in damp heat constitution are like sauna days, with unclean internal environment, damp heat, damp heat and poor excretion. Both inside and outside are "turbid".
In a hot and humid environment, things rot easily and produce bad smell. Corresponding to the human body, damp heat constitution will show bad breath, smelly sweat, yellow sweat, greasy skin, easy infection and suppuration, yellow urine, strong smell, smelly stool, yellow leucorrhea, bitter taste and irritability.
Damp heat constitution is usually caused by various successive factors, such as relative obstruction of liver and gallbladder function, liver and gallbladder stagnation, spleen and stomach stagnation, damp-heat fumigation and so on.
Yin deficiency constitution: fidgety, dry mouth and bitter taste.
As the saying goes, the human body is also composed of yin and yang. Yang is a multi-functional activity, while Yin is a tangible substance, including yin fluid and body fluid. In the human body, yin and yang, fire and water are interdependent and mutually restrictive. In a healthy state, Yin and Yang are in balance and contain each other, so you can't feel Yin exuberance or Yang exuberance, otherwise it is either cold syndrome or heat syndrome. The sun is warm, which is called "less fire" in Huangdi Neijing, just like the warm sun in a good year. Therefore, "less fire is angry" means that "less fire" is full of vitality, full of vitality, not getting angry, not getting hot inside. Body fluid (water) of human body is like a heavy object, which firmly controls the yang, making it humble, warm and happy.
Yin deficiency constitution can be roughly understood as water shortage. Vaginal fluid (water) can nourish and control Hengyang fever. Therefore, people with yin deficiency often have signs of getting angry and not being dry: thin body and dry skin. If there is internal heat, you can also see greasy skin, malnutrition or dryness of the official orifices (such as tinnitus, dry eyes, dry throat and vaginal dryness). ), five upset hot (often hands, feet, heart, mouth fever makes people fidget, but the body temperature is completely normal), excited and irritable, dry mouth, less urine and yellow urine, or dry stool. If the water is insufficient, it is easy to get angry and produce hot air. Without heat, there is no trouble, and troubles and uneasiness always revolve around people with yin deficiency constitution.
Now people's material life and entertainment life are very rich, but are our life experiences very happy? I do not think this is necessarily the case. A few days ago, I watched a CCTV program, and someone went to Bama, a famous hometown of longevity in China, for an interview. In the fifth national census in 2000, there were 3 160 people aged 80 to 99 in Bama, and 74 people were over 100 years old, of which the oldest was 1 16 years old. There are 3./kloc-0 centenarians per 10,000 people in Bama, ranking first among the five longevity regions in the world.
Many long-lived old people in Bama have never been to the county town all their lives. They have little knowledge and little desire, so they don't have as many thoughts and troubles as modern people. It can be said that closure also brings a character of abstinence and contentment. During the interview, it happened that two old people got married. The old man is over 90 years old, the old woman is over 80 years old, and the bridesmaids and groomsmen are all 80 or 90 years old. Everyone is very happy together, and the expression on each old man's face is peaceful, simple and bright. Their idea is simple, but their life experience is good.
Many people with yin deficiency and internal heat are often troubled, restless and have a bad life experience. We must find ways to calm them down. People with yin deficiency are especially suitable for practicing static sports, such as yoga, and pay attention to pranayama, slow movement, stretching and quietness. After practicing static kung fu, people's hearts will gradually calm down, and water will be born in the body, and less anger will be born. Chinese medicine believes that "static energy produces water, while kinetic energy produces yang". Therefore, people with yin deficiency should recuperate, while people with yang deficiency should exercise. The recuperation of yin deficiency constitution is quite different from that of yang deficiency and qi deficiency constitution.