Are you aware of the noise of downtown, the noise of cars, and the expanding desire? Living in such a city running at full speed, every organ from breathing to internal organs is also running at high speed and overloaded under tension? And the body, in the restless environment and state of mind, quietly goes downhill.

My eyes, ears and heart can't calm down.

Recently, a group of cartoons named "Escape" is particularly popular on the Internet. Because the protagonist can't stand the noisy environment such as light and noise, he covers his head with a black glass cover and lives helplessly like a moving box all day. Modern people's eyes, ears and brain are overused all the time, just like a tired gyro, forced to accept a noisy environment and keep spinning.

Eye noise. The flashing neon, crowded buildings and bustling crowds all make you feel dazzling. Coupled with the massive amount of information, it is even more dizzying, and it seems that there is a restless atmosphere lurking everywhere. More than 90% people will feel eye fatigue, and 40% people will use their eyes for more than 6 hours every day. Correspondingly, there is less green space and less wilderness. Looking around, the line of sight is blocked by various new buildings, and the green eyes and the tranquility of the fundus can no longer be found.

Ear noise. How annoying is the noise? According to the survey of Life Times and Sina Health Channel, 90% people think the noise is more serious than before. 42.8% people said that they often heard the noise of road traffic at home, and 36.4% people couldn't stand the noise of neighbors. In addition, the noise of passers-by, noisy music and even sharp telephone ringing have added endless troubles to people.

The survey of urban noise and residents' health in China shows that the incidence of hypertension increases by 3% with the increase of 1 db of regional noise. As a result, more than half of the people became irritable and inattentive, and 36.4% of them had problems such as insomnia, waking up from dreams, and some even had symptoms such as reflex headache and tinnitus when hearing noise.

The heart is noisier. It's not that I don't understand that the world is changing rapidly, but this sentence can tell the source of many people's impetuous mentality. Tang Yonglong, an associate professor at the School of Psychology of Southwest University, believes that the fast-paced society makes people feel less and less in control of their future, and psychological problems such as anxiety, depression and impetuousness follow. A survey shows that anxiety has become a common problem of modern people. 34% of modern people are often anxious, 62.9% are occasionally anxious, and only 0.8% said that they have never been anxious.

In fact, psychological anxiety can be seen from the state that people can't hold back the fire and walk faster and faster. According to statistics, 60% drivers will be angry because of waiting for red lights, traffic jams and other things. A British study shows that the global urban population is walking faster than 10 years ago 10%. In Guangzhou, which ranks fourth in 32 paces, people walk 20% faster. Even people's breathing frequency has increased from 6.4 seconds to 3.3 seconds.

A quiet free prescription

There is nothing wrong with the idea that modern people actively pursue their dreams and strive to make life better, but the problem is that most people only remember to walk, but forget to stop. As a result, some people died suddenly in their prime because of fatigue; Some people are short-sighted because they can't stand the pressure; Some people are unhappy all day because they can't adapt to the game; More people are tired and tired, keep running.

Professor Yang Li of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that one of the best prescriptions for treating this series of diseases caused by impatience is to learn to calm down.

In fact, keeping in good health by quietness has a long history. It is clearly stated in Huangdi Neijing that as long as a person has a calm and empty heart, he can keep healthy and is not easily attacked by diseases. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that dynamic health preservation and static health preservation are two magic weapons of oriental health preservation, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Exercise generates yang, which can enhance energy and improve work efficiency; Static yin can reduce the consumption of yang and essence, which is conducive to reducing the adverse effects of fast pace on the human body. Therefore, people who are good at seeking quietness in motion and quietness in noise will live longer.

Some studies at home and abroad have also confirmed that quietness itself is a good medicine to relieve anxiety and depression and help lower blood pressure. The medical center of VU University in the Netherlands analyzed more than 300,000 adults and children. The more green space in Fiona Fang 1 km, the lower the probability of heart disease, chronic low back pain, asthma and migraine, and the most obvious effects are depression and anxiety. Another small survey shows that when people are noisy, their blood pressure rises by an average of 4 mm Hg; Meditate for 20 minutes every day. After 12 months, their blood pressure dropped 1 1 mmHg on average.

Health, practice.

Calm is a skill that needs practice. Yang Li said that meditation, supplemented by quiet eyes and ears, is the core content of meditation.

Meditate. Sit, stand or lie down and relax yourself from mind to body. Close your eyes slightly, put your tongue on your palate and breathe slowly. Experience a breath from the nose into the body, then along the midline of the body, gradually sinking, close to the navel, and then slowly spit out this breath. This cycle is sinking into the abdomen. Repeated practice for 5 10 minutes can achieve the effect of calming the nerves. If it is really difficult to concentrate, you can think of something beautiful when you breathe slowly to help yourself achieve a state of ecstasy.

Quiet ears. Jinger doesn't listen, but chooses some beautiful and soothing music to listen to. For example, when a person is in the dead of night, you can turn down the "serenade" and listen to it, so that all kinds of emotions during the day will slowly ease and feel quiet. Even you will cry in music, which is one of the manifestations of physical relaxation.

In addition, fishing is also a kind of quiet kung fu. Fishing requires a calm mood and a quiet environment, which has a good auxiliary treatment effect on diseases such as hypertension and neurasthenia. Better than medicine is fishing by the lake, nourishing the heart, raising sexually transmitted diseases and eliminating evil spirits.

Cao Qifu, deputy director of the Department of Cardiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital of the Ministry of Health, reminded that sitting for a long time hurts bones. So no matter how you rest, you can't keep your body in a state for a long time. When practicing meditation, you might as well do some slow-moving exercises, such as yoga and Tai Chi. The seemingly motionless practice of standing piles is all static outside and moving inside, which is a higher realm of meditation.