First of all, spring grows in summer and autumn harvests in winter and the origin and explanation of Tibet.
Source: Preface to Historical Records Taishi Gong: "The husband is born in spring and grows in summer, and the autumn harvest is preserved in winter. This is also the Great Classic of Heaven. Fushun does not think that the world is a discipline. "
Interpretation: spring germination, summer growth, autumn harvest and winter storage. Refers to the general process of agricultural production. It is also a metaphor for the occurrence and development of things.
From the point of view of health care, following the four seasons, nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter, treating winter diseases in summer and treating winter diseases in summer, is to adjust your life according to the law of spring, summer, long harvest and winter storage, so as to achieve the twice the result with half the effort in health care.
Mechanism of health preservation in the second and fourth seasons
Throughout the year, nature is characterized by warm spring, hot summer, cool autumn and cold winter. Spring is the time when everything rises, summer is the time when everything begins to grow, autumn is the time when everything begins to harvest, and winter is the time when everything begins to hide. This constitutes the law that everything in nature grows in spring, grows in summer, harvests in autumn and hides in winter.
Chunsheng refers to occurrence, growth and vitality. The long summer means that most living things grow luxuriantly and rapidly in summer, and the yang rises in spring and summer. Autumn harvest refers to the gathering of vitality, yang, water and activities of all things in autumn. Winter storage means that all living things hibernate when the yang is closed, the essence is closed, the vitality is closed, and the activity is reduced or stopped in winter.
Growth itself is a kind of energy and motivation, which is upward and belongs to the category of Yang. Growth needs a lot of yang, that is, energy and motivation to encourage it, so it needs to be supplemented in spring and summer. Autumn and winter enter the dormant stage, which is cloudy. It should be preserved, not leaked, and collected, so it is necessary to raise yin in autumn and winter.
The so-called winter storage means that the human body should recharge its batteries and recuperate in winter, so as to facilitate the contribution and harvest of the spring, long summer and autumn harvest in the coming year.
Relationship between health preservation at three or four seasons and viscera
1, liver governs spring, liver likes green food, and should eat more green vegetables in spring.
In spring, people's blood circulation is accelerated and nutrition consumption is increased. The regulation of blood flow, absorption, digestion and supply of nutrients are all related to the liver. Therefore, in spring, we should strengthen the health care of the liver, keep an optimistic mood, and don't be sad and happy and furious. Only by maintaining the vigorous physiological function of the liver can we adapt to the vigorous changes in nature. In addition, excessive liver qi and rising internal fire in spring will adversely affect the spleen and stomach and hinder the normal digestion and absorption of food, so it is necessary to strengthen the regulation and maintenance of the spleen and stomach.
2, the heart is the main summer, the heart likes red food such as hawthorn, red dates, medlar and so on.
In summer, you sweat more and lose more salt. If the myocardium is short of salt, the heartbeat will be affected. At this time, we should eat more sour taste to strengthen the exterior and more salty taste to replenish the heart.
3, the spleen is mainly in summer, and the spleen likes yellow food such as soy products.
Long summer refers to the period from beginning of autumn to the autumnal equinox, commonly known as "autumn tiger". In the long summer, the climate is humid and warm. In the human body, it corresponds to the "most yin" spleen. The weather is hot, and the first thing is to prevent dampness and replenish spleen.
4, the lungs dominate autumn, the lungs like white food such as white radish.
In autumn, dryness is in season, which is easy to hurt body fluids. The diet is mainly nourishing yin and lungs. In addition, sour food can converge lung qi, and spicy food can dissipate lung qi. Therefore, eating more sour fruits such as pears, tomatoes, lemons, ebony, grapes, hawthorn, pomegranate and kiwifruit in autumn can nourish and moisten the lungs, and can also achieve the functions of stopping diarrhea and dehumidification, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, invigorating the stomach and promoting digestion, and stimulating appetite.
5, kidney governs winter, kidney likes black food such as: black bean products.
In season, the kidney dominates winter, the main bone produces marrow, and it is afraid of cold. Emotionally, the kidney belongs to "fear" and is afraid of hurting the kidney. Salty nourishes the kidney, but too salty will hurt the kidney.
Because the kidney governs qi, people should not be lazy and exercise less in winter, but should do more physical activities as much as they can to improve their disease resistance. In winter, people are in a state of "Yin flourishes and Yang declines", so it is necessary to strengthen the back to keep warm, which will help the yang of the kidney to rise.
Nourishing kidney in winter means keeping warm, keeping happy, eating more black food and doing some moderate outdoor exercise in the sun.
Four seasons health should be avoided.
Man should conform to the laws of nature and be in harmony with the yin and yang of heaven and earth. "I sleep when I sleep, and I wake up when I wake up." This is the healthiest way to live.
1, spring
Everything in the world is born, and it is also the most active period of human metabolism. Pay attention to nourishing the liver, relax the liver qi and be cheerful, and lie down and get up early for a walk at night. Otherwise, the liver will be damaged and the liver qi will change internally. People with liver fire should avoid smoking and drinking and eat less spicy food when raising liver.
Sprouting and growing in spring, patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease should pay attention to nourishing yang in spring.
2. Summer
Heaven and earth are connected, lie down and get up early at night, so that you won't have anger and diarrhea, and do some outdoor sports properly. On the contrary, you are sad and your heart is empty.
In summer, people's qi and blood are transferred to the outside, but the inside is empty. Chinese medicine says that deficiency will cause disease. It's very hot in summer, so you should eat some ginseng and raw wheat drink and use ginseng to replenish qi. Sweating too much, use Schisandra to converge and concentrate. It's too hot, and it hurts the yin after sweating. Ophiopogon japonicus can be used to nourish yin.
3. Autumn
The climate in autumn is relatively dry, and dryness can easily hurt the lungs, resulting in symptoms such as dry mouth, dry throat, burning lips, dry cough or shortness of breath. Autumn dryness is also easy to hurt yin, leading to yin deficiency, so it is necessary to avoid the invasion of external evils and properly converge, so that Yang Can can receive it without loss. Therefore, the principle of autumn tonic should be nourishing yin, moistening dryness and nourishing lungs, going to bed early and getting up early. Otherwise, it will hurt the lungs and the lungs will be full of energy.
4. Winter
The meridians of the kidney start from the foot, and the Yongquan point in the heart of the foot is the main point. It is best to soak your feet with hot water before going to bed at night in winter and press the center of your feet.
In winter, the climate is cold and dry, and all creatures in nature go into hiding and hibernation to accumulate energy, which is called "winter storage". At this time, the climate is cold, the Yin Qi is extremely high, everything is gathering, the human body yang is also in the adduction stage, and the metabolism is relatively slow. Therefore, the key to health care in winter lies in "hiding", lying early and getting up late. If it is cold, it will be warm, and if it is not warm, it will hurt the kidney.
Keeping in good health in winter can't damage the yang of human body, and at the same time, we should pay attention to nourishing yin.
Five, winter disease summer treatment and summer disease winter treatment
1, winter disease treated in summer
Winter disease refers to diseases that are easy to occur in winter. People who are prone to this disease are mostly weak and afraid of the cold, which means that there is no firepower as the saying goes. Common symptoms: cold hands and feet, aversion to cold and preference for warmth. Fear of wind and cold, mental fatigue and lethargy. Chinese medicine is called yang deficiency and cold is endogenous.
According to the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer", due to the strong yang in spring and summer, the yang of the human body also reaches the peak of the four seasons. At this time, it will get twice the result with half the effort to treat diseases prone to yang deficiency in winter and summer, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
The most ideal treatment effect of winter diseases in summer is respiratory diseases, and its indications are mainly patients with yang deficiency according to TCM syndrome differentiation such as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergic rhinitis and variant cough, or patients with cold and heat mixed cold. It is also suitable for patients with deficiency-cold constitution who are afraid of cold, wind, cold or repeated colds in winter.
In addition, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, muscle strain, chronic colitis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, cervical spondylosis and so on. Both are suitable for treating winter diseases and summer diseases.
2, summer disease winter treatment
Summer-heat disease refers to a disease that will be aggravated in summer, mostly due to yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity. In winter, we should step up nourishing yin. Because of the cold winter, everything is sealed, with the strongest yin and the best quality. The disease of yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity should be nourished in winter and the symptoms will be alleviated in summer. For example, patients with hyperthyroidism have excessive thyroid secretion, vigorous metabolism and more heat production. Eat some soft-shelled turtle, soft-shelled turtle and duck in winter, so that the illness will be relieved next summer.
Some debilitating chronic debilitating diseases, such as allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, common cold, acute and chronic tracheitis, chronic cough, chronic pharyngitis, chronic gastritis, colitis, neck, shoulder, back and leg pain, ulcerative colitis, intestinal dysfunction, viral hepatitis, urinary tract infection, hyperthyroidism, recurrent oral ulcer, Meniere's syndrome, epilepsy, hyperhidrosis syndrome, lupus erythematosus, etc., often occur or worsen in summer.