What is the impact of "cherishing essence and nourishing qi" on health and longevity? Huangdi Neijing says that "a man is a gentleman, and then he becomes a essence". It can be seen that in Huangdi Neijing, yin essence is the basic substance that constitutes human life and maintains normal physiological activities. "Essence is the foundation of the body." Kidney governs storing essence and reproduction, and kidney qi transformed from kidney essence is related to human growth, development and aging. Every seven years, women will have an obvious change in physiology; On the other hand, men experience physiological changes every eight years. "Ancient Naivety of Su Literary Theory" said: "A woman is seven years old, full of kidney qi and has longer teeth; On the 27 th, when the sky comes, the pulse is too strong, and the moon is in the present, so there is a son; Sanqi, the average kidney qi ... odd, ren pulse deficiency, excessive pulse decline, exhaustion and lack of tunnel, so the shape is not good and there is no child. Husband is eight years old, with strong kidneys and long teeth; Twenty-eight, the kidney is full of gas and the weather is full. Exhaustion of essence, harmony of yin and yang, can have children; 38, kidney qi is general ... 78, liver qi is failing, and muscles cannot move; Eight or eight, the sky is exhausted, the kidney is failing, and the body is extremely extreme, then the teeth are hair. " Here, the rise and fall of kidney qi is used to explain the stages of human growth and development, so at these rhythm points, both men and women should pay attention to health preservation to cope with the changes that have taken place in the body.

The ancients also said "ten drops of blood and one drop of essence". On the one hand, these show that kidney qi is your inseparable lifelong companion; On the other hand, it also shows that kidney qi plays a dominant role in life activities, which is related to the growth, development and aging of human body. Therefore, cherishing essence can consolidate the foundation and nourishing qi can be concentrated. This is the truth that Chinese medicine says that "those who get stomach qi live and those who lose stomach qi die".

Of course, there is also a prerequisite for raising, because people are an organic whole after all. "On Zheng Wuchang in Su Wen" clearly said: "The husband's meridians are interlinked, and qi and blood circulate to make up for their shortcomings. Harmony is the most important thing, and harmony is the most important thing. Waiting for the right time, keeping its qi, and not making it lean, its shape is obvious, and it is called the holy king with anger for a long time." That's the truth. "Support" is actually a supply based on abundant capital, and there must be a smooth "traffic" to supply.

Therefore, first of all, we should get rid of dross, dredge meridians, reconcile qi and blood, and repair the main lines and branches of viscera, so as to nourish them. The vitality can be nourished, the essence can be filled, and finally the human body presents a highly harmonious and unified state, thus achieving the perfect realm of health and longevity.

Having said that, what should we do in our daily life? An important aspect is to make adjustments to the past life. For example, it can save room and labor, protect yin and essence, and abstain from alcohol and essence. Grasp a degree of caring for life from the behavior, and be "tired and tireless" to avoid the dynamic balance of the body being destroyed. Su Wen Xuan Ming's Five Qi Theory says: "Long-term sight hurts blood, long-term lying hurts gas, long-term sitting hurts meat, long-term standing hurts bones and long-term walking hurts tendons." The vision here is long-term, and standing and walking can be regarded as "overwork"; Sitting for a long time, lying for a long time, "it's too easy."

From this point of view, living without doing anything is unhealthy, and working too hard is not good. Cherish the essence, abstain from prostitution, and achieve a proper career, which is an important key to health care. Extreme indulgence and abstinence do not conform to the viewpoint of health preservation. In the final analysis, health needs to be managed, and the way of management will come slowly in the future, but we should establish a basic consciousness, that is, cost consciousness, which is advocated by Su Wen's theory of Yin and Yang, like a big image.