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Huangdi Neijing pointed out that the lung is the official of auspicious symbols. In ancient times, Xiang Fu was the emperor's teacher, equivalent to the current national policy adviser. From the position of human internal organs, all internal organs higher than the heart belong to the lungs, which shows the importance of their position.
From the perspective of western medicine physiology, the lung is an important organ of the respiratory system, which is mainly responsible for gas exchange in the body. When lung function declines, it will not only affect the respiratory system, but also affect the functions of water metabolism, blood circulation and immune system.
Traditional Chinese medicine pays more attention to the lung, which is not only responsible for the respiratory function, but also the basis of qi, and is in charge of the whole body's qi and blood operation, which is equal to the body's first line of defense against external evils. Therefore, as long as the lung qi is well nourished and strengthened, it is naturally not easy to be attacked by evil drugs and can achieve the purpose of health preservation.
If the lungs are not good, the whole body will become worse.
Breathing is the key to human survival. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the lung governs qi, regulates breathing and opens the nose" and "the lung governs the exterior of the whole body, while fur and large intestine are exterior and interior". Wu, an attending physician at the Chinese Medicine Outpatient Center of Taipei United Hospital, explained that when breathing, the lungs suck in air through the diaphragm, and when exhaling, the diaphragm rebounds and the waste gas in the body is discharged from the lungs. If breathing is normal, the whole body's qi and blood will be discharged. Once the lung function goes wrong, the inspiratory and respiratory functions are weakened, which will lead to chronic hypoxia, the formation of qi deficiency constitution, easy fatigue, general weakness and other symptoms.
In addition, the lung is also an important place for pulmonary circulation. Blood from the whole body will enter the filtration system of the lungs and then return to the systemic circulation. It is responsible for exchanging carbon dioxide produced by human metabolism and discharging it from the body, and sending oxygenated blood back to the heart and then transporting it to various organs of the whole body. On the other hand, the nose and skin are also channels for air to enter and leave the body. If lung qi is blocked, the nose, mouth and skin will be affected, and symptoms such as stuffy nose, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, thirst, excessive phlegm, itchy skin and rash will appear. When the skin is cold, the pores are blocked by freezing and you want to cough. This is because the cold can not penetrate the sweat pores of the skin, so it is discharged through coughing or runny nose (runny nose, etc.). ).
On the other hand, lung, spleen and kidney are closely related to each other through meridians. For example, Wu said that when the lung and qi are out of balance, the urination function will be affected, and people with weak spleen and stomach and indigestion are also prone to lung disease. On the relationship between lung and large intestine, the imbalance of lung and qi will affect the defecation function of large intestine; On the contrary, if there are problems such as diarrhea and constipation in the large intestine, the operation of lung qi will also be affected, and symptoms such as cough and shortness of breath are prone to occur.
Nourish lung and clear lung, and get rid of bad habits
Generally speaking, people think that the lungs are not good, at most, they often cough, catch a cold easily, and even cause asthma and pneumonia. Lai Rongnian, a Chinese medicine practitioner at Yangming Hospital of Taipei United Hospital, pointed out that from a medical point of view, "bad lung" means "bad lung system".
Lai Rongnian often deals with patients with bad lungs in outpatient clinics and is often overcrowded. He said that many people tend to overlook "bad lung", but among the main causes of death in China 10, diseases highly related to bad lung accounted for 220 13 104.