Longevity and longevity have always been what people yearn for and pursue. Modern people have a good concept of keeping in good health. If they think that ancient information is underdeveloped, the ancients didn't know that health knowledge or health preservation was exclusive to princes and nobles, it would be wrong. In fact, the ancient people's indifferent and simple attitude towards life is the best way to keep in good health. Modern people should learn from the ancients how to preserve their health with five flavors, sincerity and timeliness. Let's see how the ancients kept in good health.
Methods/steps
Diet and health:
The ancients believed that a reasonable diet can regulate essence, correct the deviation of yin and yang of zang-fu organs, prevent diseases and prolong life, so they emphasized that food is rich and five flavors are harmonious. Huangdi Neijing said: "Five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for help, five livestock are for benefit, and five vegetables are for supplement." It means that food (staple food) is the foundation of human survival, while fruits, vegetables and meat are auxiliary, beneficial and supplementary as staple foods.
"five grains": five kinds of food crops: rice, wheat, millet, millet and glutinous rice; "Five fruits": jujube, plum, chestnut, apricot and peach, which generally refer to all kinds of fruits; "Five livestock": cattle, dogs, pigs, sheep and chickens, that is, all kinds of meat; "Five dishes": refers to all kinds of vegetables, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, melons and fruits can be eaten.
How can we live a long and healthy life? Nine ancient health preserving methods.
Timely health:
In many classic works of traditional Chinese medicine, it is emphasized that there should be different health preservation methods throughout the year. The ancients believed that the birth, growth, gathering and hiding of all things on the ground were the laws to adapt to the different climate changes of the four seasons, and so was the human body. Therefore, in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, we should adjust our life behavior according to time, which is helpful to keep fit and prevent diseases. The operation of human's internal organs, yin and yang, qi and blood must adapt to the four seasons, otherwise, anti-spring qi will hurt the liver, anti-summer qi will hurt the lungs, and anti-winter qi will hurt the kidneys.
Meridian health:
Huangdi Neijing says that meridians have the functions of deciding life and death, treating all diseases and regulating excess and deficiency. Meridian is like a "network" system, which spreads all over the human body, controls the operation of qi and blood, and ensures the normal function of various tissue systems. Chinese medicine says, "If it doesn't work, it will hurt, and if it doesn't work, it will get sick." Ancient health care experts believed that dredging meridians can be an important measure for health care, and the simplest method is to stimulate, massage and acupuncture three important points frequently: Hegu point can prevent and treat facial diseases, Neiguan point can help prevent and treat heart diseases, and Zusanli point can prevent visceral diseases, especially digestive system diseases.
How can we live a long and healthy life? Nine ancient health preserving methods.
Weaken health:
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five senses of "anger, joy, thinking, worry and fear" are closely related to the viscera, because excessive emotions will affect the dysfunction in the body and involve the five viscera. This view has been applied to the health care of doctors in past dynasties. The ancients believed that if people were moody, it would lead to imbalance of Yin, Yang and Qi in the body. Fatigue can damage temper, while diet can lead to dampness, heat and phlegm. If you have sinned against six evils, there will be many diseases besides injuries. These factors are regarded as "poison", so "reducing poison" is used as a method to preserve the true qi. The method of "attenuation" is to reduce the toxins accumulated in the body through diet conditioning, taking drugs or other measures, so as to avoid illness, prevent premature aging and prolong life.
Curing and curing:
The ancients believed that Xue Jing was the essence of human nutrients and the material basis of life. Only with the support of Xue Jing can the five zang-organs maintain their normal functions. Tonifying kidney and replenishing essence is a major feature of TCM health preservation. If sexual immorality and excessive loss of essence and blood will cause weakness, pathological changes and shortened life span, nourishing yin and replenishing essence can delay aging.
How can we live a long and healthy life? Nine ancient health preserving methods.
Calm down and stay healthy:
Anger hurts the liver, happiness and sadness, sadness for the lungs, and fear of hurting the kidneys. Emotion out of control will lead to nervous system dysfunction, imbalance of yin and yang in human body, leading to countless diseases, premature aging and even short life. Calm spirit plays an important role in traditional health preservation. By nourishing the heart, mind and life, the five internal organs are in harmony, which is helpful to prevent diseases, improve health and prolong life.
Self-cultivation:
The ancients believed that anyone who pursues health and longevity should first start with self-cultivation. Confucianism is "heart-oriented". In terms of health care, it takes "self-cultivation" as the theory to cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's nature, so as to sublimate the soul and make the body healthy. The ancients: "great anger hurts the body." Anger is a negative emotion. If a person is often angry, it will damage his body and mind, especially his liver. Therefore, Meng, an ancient physician, said that both Yun and Sun Simiao advocated developing good conduct and doing things that are beneficial to others often, which can make them open-minded, happy and naturally healthy.
How can we live a long and healthy life? Nine ancient health preserving methods.
Regulating qi and keeping healthy:
The ancients believed that the vitality of human body has the functions of metaplasia, strengthening qi and blood, warming and nourishing whole body tissues, resisting evil spirits and enhancing the function of viscera. Regulating qi is directly related to regulating mood and mood, which is the key to health preservation. Regulating qi and keeping in good health advocates adjusting vitality by living and living, observing the four seasons, avoiding overwork, preventing excessive relaxation, regulating diet, harmonizing five flavors, regulating seven emotions, saving words, learning to breathe and guiding, so as to achieve the effect of eliminating diseases and prolonging life.
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Nourishing health:
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes timely health preservation, that is, "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter". Health preservation is a life attitude, which should be practiced bit by bit from life, because emotions, diet, habits and climate will affect the health of the five internal organs. Health preservation should start with the maintenance of the five internal organs that conform to the season. In spring, the liver should make a living, in summer, the heart should be long, in summer, the spleen should be nourished, in autumn, the lung should be nourished, and in winter, the kidney should be nourished. Traditional medicine conforms to the four seasons, and uses nourishing drugs to regulate yin and yang, nourish viscera and nourish essence and blood, thus strengthening the body and preventing and treating diseases.