1, Li Shizhen's way of keeping in good health
Li Shizhen's concept of health preservation-water: downstream water is the best.
Before Li Shizhen, many health experts had studied drinking water. It is generally believed that the sky is one, the earth is two, the water is in the sky, the valley city is in the earth, and human nature is just a drop of water, so water and valley should be given priority to, supplemented by vegetables. In Shui Gu, water nourishes yang and valley nourishes yin, so water is the most important thing. The book Guanzi also says: "Water is the blood of the earth, like the circulation of tendons and veins", and the water is divided into running water, branch water, valley water, river water and deep water. Jia Ming, a scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, defined various precipitates in his dietary instructions. Such as "rain, sweet and light, cold", "dew, sweet and cold", "ice, sweet and cold", and "hail, salty, cold and toxic" and so on.
Li Shizhen believes that: "The image of the waterfront is the rain, dew, frost and snow on the top and the Haihe Spring Well on the bottom"; Running water, "its external movement is static, its quality is soft, and its qi is rigid"; "The water is salty and heavy, and the work is sweet and light. Taking it is not helpful for kidney qi, but also good for spleen and stomach. " He also classified Jiang Hushui as "groundwater", which can be divided into three types: downstream water, countercurrent water and rushing water. Among them, "downstream" means downstream, also known as dry water; "Countercurrent water" is the water of whirlpool, and its nature is reversed; "Rapidly flowing water" is issued because of its rapidity and rapidity. Therefore, he regards "Tianshui as one" and "groundwater as two" and thinks that "groundwater" is not as good as "Tianshui"; And Jiang Hushui in Underground Water regards "downstream water" as a good drink.
Li Shizhen's concept of health-food supplement: duck supplement, mutton supplement.
Li Shizhen talked a lot about food supplements and dietotherapy. For example, bean sprouts are "sweet and non-toxic" and can cure "dampness, deficiency of five internal organs and stagnation of spleen and stomach." Strengthen tendons, moisturize skin, benefit color, replenish bone marrow, and make up for deficiencies "; Carrots, "sweet, pungent, slightly warm and non-toxic", can treat "lower qi, tonify the middle warmer, benefit the chest and diaphragm, stomach and intestine, soothe the nerves and make people healthy. "Duck meat in poultry meat" is the main tonic, which is the most heat-clearing and toxic, diuretic, edema-removing and swelling-eliminating "; If duck meat is eaten with glutinous rice porridge, it will nourish the stomach and replenish blood, promote fluid production and quench thirst, which is of great benefit to those who are weak after illness; Black-bone chicken is sweet, warm and non-toxic, and can cure "abdominal pain, unsmooth heart, rheumatism paralysis and miscarriage prevention". "Prescription attached" supplements deficiency: weak people are treated with a black rooster, and the five flavors are extremely bad, so they can eat them on an empty stomach "or" five flavors of pickled moxibustion ". Mutton is a good tonic for livestock. Li Shizhen said that it can be compared with ginseng and astragalus; Astragalus qi, mutton shape. When eating mutton, you should leave room in your stomach. Don't eat too much and hurt your spleen and stomach. Li Shizhen also has a lot to say about the nutrition and eating methods of fish. For example, carp is "sweet, flat and non-toxic". If cooked, it can cure cough, jaundice and thirst. "The living can cure" edema, foot qi and shortness of breath. "Treat pregnancy, body swelling and fetal distress."
Li Shizhen's concept of health care-porridge: the elderly eat japonica rice porridge.
Li Shizhen advocates the elderly to drink porridge. He believes that the elderly have more tooth injuries and weaker spleen and stomach functions, so it is best to practice porridge. "Eat a big bowl of porridge every day. An empty stomach is empty, just make it with a grain of gas. The tonic is not fine, but it is soft and greasy. It is compatible with the stomach. It is also the most wonderful way to eat. " The best raw material for porridge is japonica rice, which is sweet and is a good medicine for strengthening the spleen and stomach and nourishing the middle qi. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen also recorded the preparation and taking of carrot porridge: fresh carrots were diced, and porridge was cooked with japonica rice, which was taken every morning and evening. Carrots are sweet and gentle If eaten regularly, modern research shows that they can prevent and treat hypertension and enhance the physique of the elderly.
Li Shizhen's concept of health-wine: don't drink tea after drinking.
As for drinking, Li Shizhen wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica: "The beauty of wine lies in the sky. Drinking less will promote blood circulation and qi circulation, strengthen the spirit to keep out the cold and eliminate troubles. Excessive drinking will hurt your mind and blood, hurt your stomach and kill sperm, and make a fire. " "If a husband indulges in excess, he will be intoxicated with impermanence, and the lighter will get sick and decline, and even the country will perish and die. Its harm is beyond words! " He also said: "If you drink too much and are good at killing people in an instant, you should stop." In addition, Li Shizhen emphasized not to drink tea after drinking. He wrote: "Drinking tea after drinking hurts the kidney, the waist and feet are heavy, the bladder is cold, the phlegm is swollen, and the thirst is cramped." According to the theory of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine, drinking alcohol will promote the dissipation of yang qi and promote blood circulation; The bitter taste of tea belongs to yin, which leads to decline. If you drink tea after drinking, it will drive alcohol to the kidneys. Kidney governs water, and water is wet, thus forming cold coagulation; Cold depression leads to turbid urine and dry stool. Therefore, it is not advisable to drink tea after drinking, and you can eat some fruit.
2. Matters needing attention in TCM health care
1, control lust
Chinese medicine believes that "the emotion moves the kidney and the kidney moves the essence." Normal men have the most primitive sexual impulses. Only by self-learning and controlling lust can we control the essence in the kidney. Excessive indulgence is easy to make people tired. There is no health without essence.
Step 2 avoid overwork
We like to say that men can't be used by others when doing things. However, it is also important for men to rest if they want to be energetic. If a person keeps his body in a state of overwork for a long time, he can't create good essence anyway. There is no health without health.
Step 3 control irritability
In my impression, men are always more impatient than women, and are more likely to form irritable emotions. In fact, men are often in an agitated mood, which is easy to hurt the liver and consume essence. People's emotions should be controlled by themselves and should not be infected by foreign objects. They should learn to be masters of their emotions.
4. throw away the wine in your hand
Alcohol, if drunk properly, can be beneficial to health, but excessive drinking will cause qi and blood disorder. Many people will describe their fear of drinking when they are drunk, which shows how much pain excessive drinking brings to the body.
5. Don't overeat.
What is said here is that men's health care must prevent overeating, not that men should pay attention to diet like women, but that men should pay more attention to eating more grains to nourish their essence.
Men pay more attention to health, but in general, they should pay attention to the maintenance of essence. Men can have a healthy body by raising the most fundamental essence.