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"Red Dragons Stir the Sea" Saliva Health Care

China ancient health care experts summed up many valuable health care experiences, one of which is called "Red Dragon stirs the pond, the water and the river flow against the current", also known as "Red Dragon stirs the sea". "Red Dragon" is the tongue, "Huachi" and "Sea" are the mouth. "Red dragon stirs the sea" means that the tongue is often stirred in the mouth without eating, so that the water in the body rises to the mouth, turns into saliva through the salivary glands, and then slowly swallows it, thus achieving the purposes of fitness, disease elimination and longevity.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a centenarian named Huangfulong, who was alert and bright, and his physical strength did not decrease. Cao Cao asked him for longevity, and he said, "If you want to prolong your life, serve Yuquan in the imperial court." Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, said in the Book of Health Preservation that "washing jade gold in the morning" can cure diseases and prolong life. He wakes up every morning, stirs up saliva with his tongue and slowly swallows it. After that, he lived again 102. Su Dongpo, a writer in the Song Dynasty, believed that saliva "has an immeasurable effect, and its efficacy is a hundred times better than taking medicine". Emperor Qianlong, who is over 80 years old, one of his ways of keeping in good health is that "teeth often knock, body fluid often swallows". There are also many modern people who pay attention to saliva fitness and live a hundred years. For example, Li Chengyu, a Taoist priest in Wudang Mountain, is 65,438+008 years old and has reached 65,438+008 years old. Her way of keeping in good health is to "raise me with white jade teeth and jade springs".

Why can saliva make people healthy and live longer? Because saliva is secreted by many large and small salivary glands all over the oral mucosa. Normal adults can secrete 1000- 1500ml saliva every day. In addition to water, saliva also contains amylase, lysozyme, mucin, globulin, calcium phosphate, amino acids, potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, chlorine and other essential components for human health. Amylase in saliva is an expert in helping digestion. It can decompose starch into digestible maltose, which is helpful for food digestion. Saliva can also remove food residues and foreign bodies in the mouth and keep the mouth clean. Saliva has antibacterial, epithelial growth promoting and blood coagulation effects, so wounds in the oral cavity are often better than those in other places. Infection rarely occurs after tooth extraction or gum surgery. The main reason is that lysozyme in saliva can prevent the reproduction of bacteria in the mouth. After swallowing saliva, it can neutralize part of gastric acid and reduce the concentration of gastric acid, which is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of ulcer disease. Japanese doctors pointed out that peroxidase, catalase and vitamin C in saliva have strong anti-cancer ability and can eliminate the toxicity of carcinogens. If you can chew every meal for 30 times (about 30 seconds), you can basically eliminate carcinogens such as nitrosamines and aflatoxin in food, thus effectively reducing the incidence of cancer. Japanese scientists have also found that saliva contains a hormone that can keep people young. This hormone is secreted by the parotid gland and is named "parotid hormone". Parotid hormone can make people young because it can enhance the vitality of muscles, blood vessels, connective tissue, bones, cartilage and teeth. In particular, it can increase blood vessel elasticity and activate connective tissue vitality. As long as the parotid gland hormone is full, the toughness of connective tissue between blood vessels and skin will be strengthened, and the elasticity of skin will be maintained, so that even people will flush in their old age without losing their youthful vitality. It is found that saliva also contains adrenocortical hormone, glucagon, reactive insulin and other active substances, which plays an important role in regulating human physiological balance, enhancing immune function, promoting cell vitality and delaying human aging.

Saliva secretion is controlled by nervous system, restricted and influenced by age, mood, food, environment and other factors. The saliva secretion of the elderly is reduced, and they often feel thirsty, lose appetite and eat tasteless. Therefore, it is very important to stimulate salivary glands frequently and scientifically. Saliva secretion varies with time and food. For example, delicious, dry and sour food will cause increased saliva secretion. We often say "looking at plums to quench thirst" and "drooling", which vividly describe the phenomenon that food causes increased saliva secretion. On the contrary, tasteless food can hardly promote saliva secretion. Saliva secretion almost stops during sleep, and mental fear, tension, depression or severe mental trauma will be suppressed. Lack of water can also reduce saliva secretion.

Saliva is the essence of human body, which is closely related to health and longevity. How to scientifically maintain the physiological function of salivary glands? The magic method left by the ancients is "Red Dragons Stir the Sea". The specific methods are: in the morning or in leisure (not limited by time and place), the limbs naturally relax, eliminate distractions, close your eyes and shut your mouth, and the tongue first turns from the left upper gum side to the right, then from the outside of the right upper gum to the left, from the right lower gum to the left, and from the left lower gum to the right. Repeat each action 9 times. Then I patted my upper and lower teeth 36 times and rinsed my mouth with saliva 9 times. Body fluids spontaneously and gradually fill the mouth, divided into three times, and slowly swallowed. Perseverance, you can receive the essence, vitality and spiritual effect.