(1) According to the four seasons of Yin and Yang, the article "A thousand dollars should be a prescription, and the Taoist forest should be repaired" says: "Ordinary people lie down, facing east in spring and summer, and facing west in autumn and winter." Lao Lao Heng Yan quoted Bao Sheng Xin Jian as saying: "The place where you lie faces east in spring and summer, and straight west in autumn and winter." That is to say, spring and summer belong to yang, the head should lie in the east, autumn and winter belong to yin, and the head should lie in the west, in line with the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter"
(2) Sleeping in the east: Some health experts advocate that the head should lie in the east all the year round and not change at four o'clock. Lao Lao Heng Yan quoted the article "Remember Jade Algae" as saying: "Sleeping in the East is the first time, which means lying down." The head is the meeting of all yang, the highest place of human body, and the place where qi and blood rise, while the East Earthquake is the main spring, which can rise the qi of all things. Therefore, lying with your head facing east can ensure that your mind is clear and clear.
(3) Changing the lying direction with seasons: Some health experts think that the lying direction should be changed according to different seasons, that is, east in spring, west in summer and north in winter to cope with the four seasons.
(4) Avoid lying with your head facing north: "A thousand dollars to the edge, the forest will nourish nature" puts forward: "Don't lie with your head facing north, don't sleep in the north of the wall." "Old Heng Yan" also pointed out that "don't lie in the north first, that is, avoid Yin Qi". Ancient health experts are basically the same on this point. It is considered that the north belongs to the yin position of water and yin, which dominates the cold in winter and fears the yin and cold qi lying in the north, which directly hurts the human body Yuan Yang. Destroy the godless house. Clinical investigation shows that the incidence of cerebral thrombosis in the elderly lying with head north and feet south is higher than that in other lying positions. Foreign data show that lying with the head north and feet south is easy to induce myocardial infarction.
In short, the relationship between lying posture and health is a problem worthy of in-depth study.
2. Sleeping posture: The ancients said: Stand like a pine, sit like a bell, and lie like a bow. Health experts believe that walking, sitting and lying down are all key. If you can do this, you will naturally live longer without asking for life. Although there are various sleeping positions, there are three sleeping positions: supine position, prone position and lateral position. Physicians and health experts in past dynasties have a lot of discussions on this, which can be summarized as follows:
In the Analects of Confucius, Confucius said: "Sleep without corpse" and "Sleep without tiredness, feel without tiredness", which means that it is better to sleep sideways. "A thousand dollars is important, and the Taoist forest nurtures the nature" says: "Side kneeling is beneficial to human strength, and it is better to lie upright." "Taoist Collection Mixed with jing yuan" said: "Sleeping on your back, you are afraid of losing your essence, and you will bend sideways." This shows that lying on your side is better than lying on your back. Lying on your side can invigorate qi and activate collaterals, and lying on your back can easily cause nightmares, nocturnal emission and snoring. Lying on your side is also different from lying on your stomach. The mantra of qigong experts is: "Lying on your side crouching tiger paralyzes corpse", thinking that lying on your side is conducive to adjusting Qinglong and making the liver pulse Shu Da; Prone position is beneficial to regulate the white tiger and reduce the pulmonary pulse. However, modern surveys have found that prone position is not conducive to breathing, cardiopulmonary blood circulation and facial beauty. "Yi Xi Sleeps Quietly" said: "If you lie on your left side, bend your left foot, bend your left arm, hold your head with your hand, stretch your right foot, and put your right hand between your right thighs; Lying on the right side is the opposite. " This paragraph is about the method of lying on the left and right sides. The Stone Commandment says: "Lie on the right side", and The Continuation of Natural History says: "Lie on the left side". In ancient and modern medicine, lying on the right is the best posture. This is because the advantage of lying on the right side is to minimize the pressure on the heart in the chest cavity, which is conducive to reducing the load on the heart and increasing the cardiac output. In addition, when lying on the right side, the liver position is the lowest and the liver stores the most blood.