Nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter to follow its roots, so it rises and falls with everything at the door of growth. If you go against its extremes, you will cut off its roots and destroy its truth. "-"Su Wensi's Theory of Regulating Qi and Ginseng "Restoring Yang in Summer Because the gas growing in spring belongs to Shao Yang and the gas growing in summer belongs to the sun, both Sheng and Qi Long belong to Yang; The qi gathered in autumn belongs to Shao Yin, and the qi closed in winter belongs to Taiyin, so the collected qi belongs to Yin. Therefore, the meaning of "nourishing yang in spring and summer" requires people to maintain, increase and adjust the energy of human health and longevity in spring and summer to adapt to the natural health and longevity. "Nourishing Yin in autumn and winter" requires people to keep, increase and adjust the energy of storing qi in autumn and winter, so as to adapt to natural storing qi, thus conforming to the way of keeping in good health, thus achieving the purpose of prolonging life and delaying aging. In fact, people's living habits formed by adapting to natural changes in daily life, such as adding clothes and quilts in cold weather and cutting clothes and quilts in hot weather, are actually the specific contents of "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter". Traditional Chinese medicine often says yin and yang, and outsiders are used to seeing flowers in the fog, but it is necessary to know some basic outlines of it. To make a metaphor, light a candle, candle paste and wick belong to yin, and candlelight and heat energy are yang; A speeding car, machinery and gasoline are negative, and the speed and power displayed are positive. So is the human body. The body, organs and body fluids are yin, while the vitality of life and the function of organs are yang. It is the relationship between matter and function, and the sum is one and the division is two. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Jingyue put it most aptly and thoroughly: "Tao gives birth to Yin and Yang, and this qi is the same", which is one; Yin and Yang are divided into two ",that is, one is divided into two. Explain that it can be separated and cannot be separated. In midsummer, nature is full of vitality and everything grows. The ancients thought it was because the yang was strong. Human health preservation should also instinctively maintain the budding yang, so as to enhance physical fitness or self-repair. Neijing said: "Xia San Moon is beautiful, heaven and earth are in harmony, and everything is flashy. "At this point, the vegetation is lush, the crops are mature, and so is the human body. The cells of the whole body grow vigorously with the surge of the natural sun, and even the hair is not easy to fall off. Presumably, everyone knows that hair loss is the least in summer all year round, so the whole body and internal organs are not like this. You can imagine the influence of Yang on human body. The earth has been running for hundreds of millions of years. In the past two or three decades, nature has been facing the biggest challenge of mankind, from the ground shaking caused by nuclear fission to the incessant roar and pollution discharge of countless vehicles, machines and air conditioners. The glaciers that stood in ancient times melted, and hurricanes, tsunamis, rainstorms, earthquakes and deserts followed. In the long run, I really can't imagine how our future generations will live on this dangerous earth. In fact, everyone alive today has the responsibility to respect nature and protect the environment. Everything must obey the laws of nature, and we cannot use all means to prevent and reverse climate change. Abuse of air conditioning is a notable example: now many citizens go out to take air-conditioned cars, work for eight hours, curl up under air conditioning and play with computers, and duck down is asleep at night, which runs counter to the spirit of the sun in spring and summer. The biological clock instinct gradually formed by the human body for thousands of years has been turned upside down by the unseasonable cold, and the disease resistance has declined. As a result, colds, fever, lung infections, cervical spondylosis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are increasing day by day. The diseases in the past winter were advanced to summer. It can be predicted that catching cold will become the number one killer threatening human life in the hot summer, which is the legacy of the evil consequences of not raising yang in summer. Bing Wang, a scholar in the Tang Dynasty, commented on Neijing: "People who keep in good health must respect the sky", which should conform to the time sequence law of Tibet in spring, summer, autumn and winter. In addition to maintaining good hygiene habits in daily life, "nourishing yang in spring and summer" is outstanding in avoiding too much cold stimulation, which is conducive to the growth of yang and the memory of healthy qi. Bing Wang said "respect for the weather" should be added, but I said it should not be. Patients with winter disease treated in summer should pay attention to diet and other life within 30 days in dog days: (1) Stay away from air conditioning, because the skin will shrink in cold weather, which will affect the penetration of drugs and reduce the speed and activity of meridian conduction. (2) Eat less cold drinks. On the one hand, cold drinks will hurt the yang of the spleen and stomach, making the constitution of yang deficiency weaker. On the other hand, cold drinks will stagnate the cold deposited in the body and affect the therapeutic effect. (3) Adequate sleep can relax the muscles of the whole body and adjust the nervous tension, thus improving the response of meridians and acupoints to drug stimulation. (4) Moderate exercise can increase neuromuscular coordination, promote the occurrence of yang, increase the excretion of sweat, and drive the cold trapped in the body to radiate from the body surface. (5) Pay attention to diet and nutrition, and take some medicated diets that strengthen the spleen and nourish the lungs and tonify the lungs and kidneys, so as to avoid spicy and fishy tobacco and alcohol. In spring and summer, because people's yang is scattered outside, the yang in the internal organs is relatively weak, so some products for tonifying yang should be used appropriately. It's still good for the human body. For example, some people with insufficient yang in spring are prone to spring sleepiness. It is characterized by listlessness, physical drowsiness and lethargy. In addition, the absence of Yang Can also leads to the decline of the defender's off-line defensive ability, which is prone to dallying and gastrointestinal diseases in summer. Therefore, it is very scientific to raise yang in spring and summer proposed by Neijing. In autumn and winter, the yang gradually hides in the body, and the yang hot gas returns to the body, and the yang hot gas fumigates the vaginal fluid, resulting in a relative shortage of vaginal fluid in the body. At this time, if we don't pay attention to the cultivation of Yin and Yang qi and blood, it will cause imbalance between Yin and Yang. There are symptoms. Therefore, people with vegetarian yin deficiency are prone to autumn dryness in autumn and winter, which is caused by cold and fire evil, but the root cause is body yin deficiency; Cold wrapped fire syndrome belongs to yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity in the body. Yin-yang imbalance, low external defense function, invasion of cold evil. When treating this disease, proper use of nourishing yin and enriching blood will get twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, "nourishing yin in autumn and winter" makes sense. It should be noted that the so-called nourishing yin in winter is only for patients with yin deficiency or chronic illness: tonics should be used in summer. Only for people with yang deficiency or chronic illness. For patients with general physique or acute diseases, we should not stick to the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter", but should pay attention to the treatment principle of "using cold far from cold and using heat far from heat". Many people may be surprised that it is already very cold in autumn and winter, and you still let me nourish yin. It's already very hot in spring and summer, why do you want me to raise Yang? In my previous blog post, I have actually talked about some problems of raising yang in spring and summer (see why cover spring? Keep in good health in spring and relax your hair). Today, I will focus on why we should raise yang in spring and summer. Chinese medicine believes that man is a product of nature, and life activities must follow the laws of nature in order to ensure good health and prevent all diseases from invading. This truth is easy to understand, just like treating a flood. Dayu's father blocked the flood, and as a result, the flood broke through the dam. Dayu used dredging to control the flood well. The same is true of people. Following the laws of nature means keeping in good health, and violating the laws of nature means self-destruction. In recent years, nature's revenge on human beings is obvious to all. These are all the results of human destruction of nature. I care more about the environment, so let's get to the point. So, what are the natural laws of spring and summer? In spring, the weather gets warmer, everything recovers, everything is renewed, and everything begins to shine. That is what we usually say, the yang begins to sprout and the yin begins to close gradually. It is a process in which the yang is born and the yin is destroyed. And summer is the most vigorous time for all things to grow, and the sun is also the most vigorous time. That is to say, in these two periods, it is natural for all living things to release yang without suppressing it, and so are we. In fact, "nourishing yang in spring and summer" mainly contains two meanings. First, let the sun be the spirit relax. That is, to cooperate with the natural environment and let the yang in your body come up. So what are the ways to achieve this goal? For example, increase the amount of exercise properly and sweat a little. Go outdoors more and breathe more fresh air. Wear more clothes to keep your body warm at all times. Eating spicy food can promote the growth of hair in the body. Get up early in the morning. Wait, it all belongs to Yang's hair loosening method. But now many people always do things that go against nature. For example, I don't like sports, I don't like going outdoors, and I call myself an otaku and a otaku. In order to be beautiful, they have to put on summer clothes early in early spring, and they don't sleep at night, and they don't stop sleeping during the day. These actions promote the elimination of Yang and the growth of Yin. So now many young people are too weak to walk. Climbing a few stairs will make them gasp and get sick. Many people still doubt whether my daily life is normal. Isn't that what everyone does? Why do I feel so bad? Yes, everyone does, so everyone is in poor health. Even if you feel ok now, it's just that you are born with a good foundation, but as long as you continue like this, your body will get back at you sooner or later. Of course, the weather in summer is too hot, which has exceeded our normal tolerance, so at this time, we have to sweat, but we can't sweat often. Otherwise, you will get rid of Yang because you sweat too much. Modern people, on the other hand, always blow air conditioners, eat cold drinks and suppress their yang in summer. This is a taboo for keeping in good health in summer and must be changed. Therefore, to raise yang in spring and summer, we must first relax the yang, which is the first essence of raising yang. Second, we must protect Yang. Someone wants to ask, what else can you protect in this heat? This protection is of our own making. Because it is hot, people like to be greedy for cold. The performance of spring is that it takes off too fast. In fact, "spring covering" is to tell you to wear more clothes and sweat in spring to raise yang. And summer, as mentioned above, is to blow air conditioning and eat cold drinks. Well, it's really hot outside, but because people do evil themselves, they make their bodies very cold. So in order to protect our yang, it is necessary to raise yang at this time. So how to do it? Spring means wearing more clothes and doing more outdoor sports. In summer, you just can't always blow the air conditioner, eat less cold drinks and make yourself sweat every day. There is a saying that "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", because ginger can drive away the cold in our body and protect the yang. Therefore, it is necessary to eat some hot food in summer. Eating mutton in summer is very popular in many areas, because mutton also raises yang, which conforms to the principle of "raising yang in spring and summer". At this point, someone may say: Oh, I know what to do. Then in the spring, I tried to wear it and was suffocated. I can't stop eating ginger and mutton in summer. If you do this, you are finished. Pay attention to moderation in everything, and the ultimate goal of raising yang is to balance with nature. If you cover too much, eat too much hot food, and lose balance with nature, you will still get sick. To master this balance and achieve perfection, we need the guidance of professionals. How do we ordinary people control this degree? Simply put, it is advisable to sweat a little every day in spring. Of course, it doesn't matter if you sweat a lot during exercise. Don't blow air conditioning directly at people in summer. It is advisable to sweat slightly in an air-conditioned room. Eat cold drinks slowly and don't eat too much at a time. Eat hot food every two weeks or once a month. In this case, it can basically meet the requirements. Therefore, to "nourish the yang in spring and summer", one must cooperate with the relaxation of the yang, and the other must protect the yang. This is the correct way to tonify yang.