People in ancient China had a long history of drinking hot water, which was recorded in Huangdi Neijing. Soup for treating diseases when they come. ? Ancient people thought that hot water had the effect of curing diseases, but ancient people generally didn't drink hot water, because in the eyes of ordinary people, boiling hot water was labor-intensive and very troublesome, so ancient bosses usually drank river water or well water directly, and only ancient big families and wealthy families could afford hot water.
We often see such a picture in TV series, where two people sit opposite each other and study how to drink tea. There is also a whole set of tea drinking theory in A Dream of Red Mansions. People think that Tianshui is the best, followed by dew and well water. They will also make tea with the snow on plum blossoms, but this should be the concern of large families and has nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people. Later, the ancients gradually realized that drinking well water and river water directly was very unsanitary, so they invented a simple water purification device in the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. Generally, after water is precipitated, the impurities in the water are diluted with charcoal.
In fact, the ancient people's health preservation methods are very diverse. Many of our modern health preserving methods were learned from the ancients. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Hua Tuo invented Wuqinxi, which is said to strengthen the body. It is said that one of Hua Tuo's disciples lived to be over 65,438+000 years old. It can be seen that ancient people can keep fit through exercise.
In addition, ancient people also attached great importance to dietotherapy and food supplement. Nowadays, many dietotherapy and tonic methods handed down by Chinese medicine are handed down from ancient times. They will make the most suitable food according to different seasons and often eat some nutritious food to keep healthy. Ancient people often used massage to dredge meridians to keep fit.