Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, said: "The Taoist way of keeping in good health, the way of nature, always takes a little effort, but it takes too much effort to be strong. And the running water does not rot, and the family is not embarrassed, so it is also moving. "
"Less labor" means less exercise intensity. "Always want to work less" means that people should exercise regularly and form the habit of enjoying sports. But when exercising, remember that no matter what exercise you do, "exhausted" and "incomparable" are not desirable. It is already a "great effort" for a person to exercise until he is sweating and exhausted. The kind of exercise that challenges the body's endurance by biting his teeth will only hurt the body.
Sun Simiao used a metaphor to describe the truth of keeping in good health, although he didn't say it clearly in this passage, saying that it's just like "running water doesn't rot, and family members don't bite".
Sun Simiao's principle of "keeping in good health with little effort", that is, "keeping in good health with little effort", originated from China's scientific understanding of human physiology and pathology in ancient times.
"Lu's Spring and Autumn Dayu" said: "mortals have 360 knots, nine orifices, five zang (dirty) and six fu (fu). Compared with them, the desire of the skin is connected with the desire of the blood, the desire of the bones and muscles is solid, the desire of the mind is harmonious, and the desire of the essence is moving. If so, there will be no place for disease and no reason for evil. "
This passage in "Lu Chunqiu Dayu" shows that a healthy human body should have delicate skin, strong bones and muscles, a peaceful mind, and qi and blood running through the whole body. Once qi and blood are not smooth, it will lead to various diseases, so keeping qi and blood smooth is the main goal of health preservation and disease prevention.
So how can we keep the blood flowing? Then there is only "physical exertion", which is physical exercise. Only "physical exertion" can make blood flow smoothly. But "physical exertion" is not unrestrained exercise, because excessive exercise makes people consume too much qi and blood, resulting in the so-called "five pains" and "six poles". Therefore, in Huangdi Neijing, the ancients put forward the measure of "tireless" movement.
This movement scale was further refined by Hua Tuo, a famous doctor in the Three Kingdoms period. Warren stressed that he should not exercise excessively. He said to disciple Upp: "I have a skill, five birds play ... I am not happy, so I started to play the game of birds, sweating and feeling light, and I want to eat."
Hua Tuo believes that when the exercise reaches "sweating", that is, the clothes are slightly wet, you should stop at this time and apply talcum powder, so that your body will feel relaxed and convenient, and your stomach will want to eat.
Sun Simiao's "small labor regimen" was established on the basis of the knowledge and experience of these predecessors. In addition, Sun Simiao also clearly stated that exercise should be based on "sweating".
Sun Simiao said in the book "A Thousand Daughters Should Be Prescribed": "The way to cultivate temperament is not to walk for a long time, to stand for a long time, to sit for a long time, to lie down for a long time, to see for a long time, and to listen for a long time. Covering blood hurts for a long time, gas hurts for a long time, bone hurts for a long time, meat hurts for a long time, and muscle hurts for a long time. "
Sun Simiao also recorded in detail many specific practices of keeping in good health with less labor in "A Thousand Daughters' Prescriptions". Such as rubbing face, abdomen, ears, teeth, drums, waist and so on. In the massage; Laozi's guiding method, hua tuo wuqinxi's guiding method; Regulating qi, fetal interest, etc. Thus, a relatively complete "small labor health care" system has been formed, which has had a far-reaching impact on sports health care for later generations.
Sun Simiao summed up the "small labor regimen", which benefited countless future generations, and this method also benefited Sun Simiao himself. According to the Book of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao was still "hearing and seeing" when he was nearly a hundred years old, and Sun Simiao himself became one of the oldest famous doctors in ancient times.