On the ninth day of Dragon Boat Festival, please remember to take a bath, scrape, cupping and moxibustion. These days are the best time to detoxify and nourish yang in a year. Please seize the opportunity to detoxify and exorcise evil spirits, dispel cold and dampness, and nourish yang with half the effort.
Since ancient times, the fifth month of the lunar calendar has been sickly, so it is called "poisonous month". Chinese medicine believes that this statement has some truth. May is noon, and the five elements belong to fire. At this time, the sun is shining and the fire is extremely prosperous. At this time, the yang is scattered outside and weak inside, which is not suitable for turbidity discharge activities: eating cold drinks, sweating and having sex. ......
In addition, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the rainy season comes and the temperature rises sharply. The air is humid, the circulation is not smooth, and the evil of damp heat is strong. Once damp heat blocks qi and blood meridians, there will be an embarrassing situation in which human metabolism is blocked, qi and blood are not smooth, turbid pathogens are stagnant, and all diseases cause diseases.
At this time, the natural climate is easy to breed snakes, insects, rats, ants and various germs, further aggravating the spread of diseases. Therefore, it is popular among the people to insert moxa sticks in front of the door, drink realgar wine and soak in wormwood bath during the Dragon Boat Festival, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating evil and filth and preserving health.
It is not without scientific reason that people say that the Dragon Boat Festival is a nine-poisonous day. People may wish to do moxibustion to improve their ability to resist various diseases. At the same time, we might as well dig out fresh Houttuynia cordata Thunb, knead it by hand, add the kneaded grass juice into boiled water and drink it with brown sugar, which can achieve the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Or chop and boil water.
I. Nine Poisonous Days Time Nine Poisonous Days in 2020:
Date of initial poisoning: May 5th (June 25th in the solar calendar)/May 6th (June 26th in the solar calendar)/May 7th (June 27th in the solar calendar) Date of poisoning: May15th (July 5th in the solar calendar)/May16th (July 6th in the solar calendar)/. May 26th (June/KOLOC-0/6)/May 27th (July/KOLOC-0/7) is the Nine Poisons Day, and May/KOLOC-0/4 is the Heaven and Earth Society Day. These nine days are the so-called "Nine Poisonous Days" in ancient times. At this time, using wormwood and moxibustion to soak feet and take a bath has the best detoxification effect. Seize the detoxification these days, it will have twice the result with half the effort.
Second, where is the poison in Poison May? So, where is the poison of Poison May? Why do people suffer from various diseases at this time? How should people respond?
The first poison: water loss leads to infarction
Detoxification: always calm down and drink plenty of water.
May of the lunar calendar usually includes the summer solstice. In other words, it is the hottest time of the year. High temperature leads to the loss of water in human body, which forms the "body fluid deficiency" in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. If you don't do targeted prevention at this time, it is easy to stagnate qi and blood. This is also the cause of frequent cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction in summer. Especially people with hyperlipidemia and hypertension are more likely to get sick at this time.
In order to prevent the disease, people should try to avoid the loss of body fluids. It is important to drink more water consciously in May of the lunar calendar, especially two cups of warm water before going to bed in the morning and at night. Secondly, avoid staying up late, go to bed early and get up early. Because staying up late is a kind of behavior that hurts the muscles and bones. In diet, try to eat more fruits and vegetables and avoid spicy barbecue food. In addition, we should maintain a stable mentality and avoid exultation, great sadness, anxiety and depression. Otherwise, the execution of qi and blood may be affected by emotion, thus inducing diseases.
The second poison: spleen and stomach weakness leads to diarrhea.
Detoxification: eat warm food, not cold food.
Spleen and stomach weakness is a common state of people in May. This is because from summer to around, the yang is extended, and qi and blood run more on the body surface, leading to deficiency and cold in the human body. As the two most important organs of the middle energizer, the spleen and stomach are most affected by this. Therefore, don't be confused by the seemingly exuberant body movement function in May of the lunar calendar. In fact, the spleen and stomach are very fragile at this time.
The main manifestations of spleen and stomach weakness are diarrhea and indigestion. What seemed normal eating behavior in the past may make people worse at this time. Therefore, we should be cautious in our daily life and take care of our spleen and stomach. Among them, it is very important not to eat cold food. Because the spleen and stomach will be cold and hot, the process of making it easy to digest is the process of consuming yang.
In addition, people should try to eat regularly at this time to prevent uneven hunger and satiety from damaging the normal function of the spleen and stomach. The temperature is high in May of the lunar calendar, and food is perishable. People try not to eat leftovers.
The third poison: constipation caused by heat accumulated in the intestine.
Detoxification: Eat more vegetables and less meat.
For modern people, another common problem caused by May poison is that heat accumulates in the intestine, leading to constipation. There was once a patient who was constipated in May of the lunar calendar every year, often defecated once a week, with acne on his face and bad breath. The patient's problem is caused by accumulated heat in the intestine.
Modern people like barbecue, which will cause this problem. Especially eating barbecue at night, let the hot food stay in the intestines at night, and the human body cannot transport it. Of course, over time, constipation will occur in body fluid due to yin deficiency. Affected by this, people are also prone to acne, bad breath, dry mouth, bitter taste and insomnia. So avoid eating too much barbecue and spicy food.
In order to reduce the accumulation of heat in the intestine, we should consciously eat more fresh vegetables and fruits and drink water often.
The fourth poison: excessive indulgence and consumption of essence?
The way to detoxify: abstain from lust and consumption.
Summer consumes many people. In addition to normal work and study, people should avoid extra physical consumption. Therefore, it is necessary to control the couple's life in May of the lunar calendar, especially from summer to the day before. Clinically, some people with poor heart function will have cardiovascular events when they live together in summer. This is the result that sexual intercourse itself increases the heart load and is finally unbearable.
Therefore, it is scientific for the ancients to advocate that their wives return to their parents' homes in May of the lunar calendar. However, this also varies from person to person. The older people are, the more they should pay attention to this.
Third, the coup of detoxification in Mayday-moxibustion The ancients believed that the May disease of the lunar calendar was full of evil, so people must be tolerant of themselves and prohibit killing and adultery. Otherwise, it will seriously harm the body and waste energy. Addiction should also be controlled, diet should be light, acid should be reduced and bitterness should be increased, and liver and kidney should be benefited. The festival at this time should be quiet and harmonious with nature.
It seems that China's traditional medical theory treats the fifth lunar month differently. In the classic Treatise on Febrile Diseases, it is clearly stated that "May, the yang is in the exterior, the stomach is cold, and the yang is in the interior ..." May of the lunar calendar is considered to be an eventful autumn.
At the same time, many methods have been formed to dispel "Poisonous May" for health preservation, such as picking mugwort leaves to ward off evil spirits, wearing sachets to remove filth, and even married women go back to their parents' homes in "Poisonous May" to avoid sleeping with their husbands.
Corresponding symptoms: spleen and stomach weakness, stomach cold, eczema, mental fatigue, weak heart function, easy to get angry.
Moxibustion is essential for health care in this period: Moxibustion at Dazhui, Mingmen and Zhiyang points can tonify the whole body yang and expel cold toxin; Moxibustion at Yinlingquan, Fenglong, Sanyinjiao and Fuliu can expel toxic substances such as dampness and phlegm. Moxibustion of blood and sea can expel blood poison and blood stasis poison. There are * * * sets of acupuncture points that must be moxibustion: Guanyuan point: located 3 inches below the umbilicus, which is the strength of health care. Mingmen point: located below the second lumbar vertebra behind the human body, opposite to the navel, it is the center of human vitality and the place where vitality "stays". Zhongwan point: located in the midline of the abdomen, 4 inches above the umbilicus, equivalent to the width of five fingers. Zusanli point: 3 inches below the external knee, lateral point of tibia.