Function of saliva
The ancients attached great importance to saliva health care. Since ancient times, health experts have regarded saliva as an important source of health, so they deified and alienated saliva and endowed it with the reputation of "golden jade liquid" and "Qiongjiang Yuquan". The ancient man-made word "live" also comes from the water beside the tongue, which not only shows that people can live with the water beside the tongue, but also shows that saliva can live with people, which also emphasizes the importance of saliva.
Chinese medicine believes that saliva can "moisten the five internal organs, please the skin, strengthen teeth, strengthen bones and muscles, promote qi and blood circulation, and prolong life". In the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi thought that the panacea was good, but it was not as important as body fluid. Tao Hongjing, an ancient health care scientist, also said: "Those who eat Yuquan can prolong life and eliminate all diseases."
How to keep saliva healthy?
Chinese medicine believes that "five fluids are transformed into five internal organs, the heart is sweat, the lungs are tears, the liver is tears, the spleen is saliva, and the kidney is saliva, which is five fluids." It means that saliva is transformed from spleen and kidney, kidney is the innate foundation of human body, spleen is the acquired foundation of human body, and spleen and stomach are rich in essence of five internal organs and flowers of qi and blood, so saliva contains many substances beneficial to human health and longevity, which has special health care function. Ancient doctors used to think that people with full saliva must be strong, and diseases were judged according to the rise and fall of saliva.
Others believe that saliva is a kind of qigong, which contains many profound principles of health preservation. In any case, various practices of ancient health care experts have proved that saliva health care really has a good effect of getting rid of diseases, strengthening the body, prolonging life and beauty beauty.
Modern medicine also shows that saliva contains various components in plasma, as well as more than ten kinds of enzymes and nearly ten kinds of vitamins, minerals, organic acids and hormones.
There is also a salivary gland hormone in saliva, which can stimulate human hematopoietic function, delay the aging of various tissues and organs of the body, prevent senile diseases, and benefit people's health and longevity. There is also a peroxidase in saliva, which can inhibit the toxicity of carcinogens. Saliva also has many functions, such as anti-inflammation, detoxification, helping digestion, moistening muscles and losing weight.
According to the research results of the University of Georgia, carcinogenic aflatoxin and nitrite will be diluted and inhibited after 30 seconds of contact with saliva. In other words, saliva has a strong anti-cancer effect and is also a natural anti-cancer agent.
How to keep healthy by swallowing body fluids
Among the ten methods of TCM health care, there is one method of pharynx and body fluid. The specific method is to stick your tongue to the palate every morning, or lick the palate with the tip of your tongue, and then swallow it several times when the saliva is full. A mouthful of saliva is only 3 ml, but it is often swallowed consciously, which has a good nourishing effect on trachea, esophagus and stomach.
The method of swallowing body fluid was first seen in Huangdi Neijing, and it was mentioned in Su Wen's Theory of Acupuncture: "Patients with chronic kidney disease can face south, calm their heart and hold their breath for seven times, so as to lead their throats to be smooth, such as swallowing hard objects. After seven times, the bait will make countless orders to swallow body fluid under the tongue. " People secrete 1~ 1.5 liters of saliva every day. Body fluid, like spring water, is inexhaustible. Therefore, body fluid has many beautiful names, such as Golden Cream and Jade Liquid, Tianchi Water, Golden Jade Liquid and Shenshui.
Modern medicine believes that saliva is secreted by salivary glands around the oral cavity and contains protein, amino acids, amylase, lysozyme bacteria, peroxidase and other components. It has the functions of cleaning oral cavity, moistening mucosa, helping digestion, repairing gastric mucosa, sterilizing and softening, and contracting blood vessels. Saliva can also eliminate free radicals that are harmful to human body, and has certain anti-cancer effect.