The book "On Baoming's All-Angle Theory" says: "People are born with the spirit of heaven and earth, which is formed by the method of four seasons." Six Tibetan elephants in Su Wen of Neijing said: "Heaven eats people with five flavors, and the earth eats people with five flavors." All these show that the human body must rely on the material conditions provided by the qi of heaven and earth to survive, and at the same time, it must adapt to the changing law of yin and yang in four seasons to develop and grow.
As Zhang Jingyue, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, said, "Spring is liver-oriented, summer is heart-oriented, long summer is spleen-oriented, autumn is lung-oriented, and winter is kidney-oriented." It shows that the physiological activities of the five internal organs of the human body must adapt to the changes of yin and yang in the four seasons in order to maintain a harmonious balance with the external environment. This is basically consistent with the modern view that the conditions of life are the result of the interaction between matter and energy between heaven and earth. Humans need to eat. Breathing air exchanges substances with nature, thus maintaining normal metabolic activities.
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Health principles:
The first is to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. Humidity is a great scourge in summer. In addition, the spleen and stomach function is low in summer, and there are often symptoms such as poor appetite, diarrhea, and white greasy tongue coating. Always take something that strengthens the spleen and promotes diuresis. Generally, products with the functions of invigorating spleen, aromatizing and eliminating dampness, lightly infiltrating and promoting diuresis are selected, such as Pogostemon rugosa, lotus seeds and Eupatorium odoratum.
The second is to clear away heat and relieve summer heat. In summer, the temperature is high, the summer heat is evil and people's hearts are strong. Therefore, some drugs with the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing away heart-fire and purging fire are often used to dispel summer heat, such as chrysanthemum, mint, honeysuckle, forsythia, lotus leaf and so on.
The third is to nourish the lungs and kidneys. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that according to the law of five elements, the heart is full of fire in summer, and the lung and kidney are weak, so it is necessary to pay attention to nourishing the yin of the lung and kidney. You can choose Lycium barbarum, Radix Rehmanniae, Lily, Mulberry, and drugs that use acid to collect lung qi, such as Schisandra chinensis, to prevent excessive sweating and damage body fluid.
The fourth is the treatment of winter diseases in summer. The so-called treatment of winter diseases in summer means that the human body and the outside world are full of yang in summer, and some diseases that are prone to occur in winter are treated by oral Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture and other external treatments. Frostbite in winter can be prevented if fresh sesame flowers are used to wipe the places that are prone to frostbite; Applying ointment to acupoints in winter can treat asthma and rhinitis.
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