Facing more and more people who died young, the public turned their attention to traditional health preservation, hoping to learn some health preservation methods from Chinese medicine, the cultural treasure of the motherland. As a person who has been engaged in dietotherapy research of traditional Chinese medicine for more than 20 years, through these dozens of lectures, I can help you acquire some traditional health care knowledge, so that you can easily combine your daily diet with health care and rehabilitation to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. It's my pleasure, and it's also my responsibility and obligation. First of all, ask a question: what is the longest life span of human beings?
Since ancient times, the average life expectancy of human beings has been greatly improved. According to archaeologists, the average life expectancy of Beijingers 500,000 ~ 200,000 years ago was only about 17 years old. After mankind entered a civilized society, the average life expectancy has been extended. According to relevant data, ancient Romans 15 ~ 30 years old; The average life expectancy in medieval England was estimated to be 33 years; At the beginning of the 20th century, the average life expectancy of Americans was estimated at around 48 years old. According to United Nations statistics, by 1995, the average life expectancy in the world had reached 65 years. In 2007, Japan had the longest life expectancy in the world, with an average life expectancy of 79 years for men and 86 years for women.
The average life expectancy in China was 35 years in 1947, and it increased to 72.5 years in 2007 (male 7 1 year, female 74 years). From the above figures, we can know that the average life expectancy of human beings has increased several times in the past thousands of years. But if you are careful, you may find that the average life expectancy has been greatly improved. In ancient times, the average life expectancy of people was only 30 to 40 years old, mainly due to the backwardness of medicine, especially maternal and child health care, which led to a high mortality rate of infants and minors and reduced the average life expectancy. At the same time, long-term war is also a factor of low life expectancy. The highest life expectancy of people at that time was not much different from that of modern people.
It can be seen that the improvement of human living standards and the progress of medical technology only reduce the occurrence of premature death of human beings in the early years and make more people close to the life span of natural death, but the highest life span of human beings has not been greatly improved.
So, is the average life expectancy the limit of human life? How old can humans live? Buffon, a French scientist, first began to study the natural life span of human beings. According to his observation and research on the life span of mammals, he concluded that the natural life span of human beings should be five to seven times that of their growth and development period, and the growth period of ordinary people is 20 to 25 years old. In this way, the life span of human beings should be 100 to 175 years.
Another calculation method is to count the number of cell divisions. For example, a turtle in the Pacific Ocean, its individual cells divide 72 ~ 1 14 times in a lifetime, and its life span can reach 250 years. Chicken cells divide l5 ~ 35 times in a lifetime, and the longest life span can reach 30 years. Human cells can divide about 50 times in a lifetime. According to this calculation, the life span is at least 120 years.
In addition, there are other methods to predict human life span, such as sexual maturity theory. No matter what calculation method is adopted, the theoretical life limit of human beings is not less than 120 years old. But in fact, no matter for all mankind or a certain ethnic group, even the so-called longevity ethnic group or longevity area, there are still very few individuals who live to be over 100 years old.
Therefore, the average life expectancy of people is far from the ideal level. But I believe that in the near future, people can live longer through the progress of medical technology, the establishment of health concepts and the improvement of personal lifestyle.
So how can we live longer? More and more people are beginning to pay attention to TCM health preservation. It can be said that Chinese medicine is one of the most concentrated manifestations of China culture. Huangdi Neijing tells us that the human body is the most inaction and self-sufficient system. If we deviate from the laws of nature, we are bound to get sick. Therefore, we must treat our bodies according to the order of heaven and the principle of natural body in order to achieve harmony.
Four cornerstones of human health, a peaceful mind, balanced nutrition, moderate exercise and adequate sleep. Some people think that the fourth rule is to give up smoking and limit alcohol. Studies have found that sleep is more important than quitting smoking and limiting alcohol.
Learn some basic concepts of traditional Chinese medicine, such as five elements, five zang-organs, five flavors, five colors, meridians, eight classes and other methods to distinguish diseases, so as to understand the choice of food-acupuncture-wine-medicine, and that dietotherapy is better than medicine, so as to understand the true meaning of preventing diseases, and keep yourself and your relatives healthy through the adjustment of diet and lifestyle. Preserve health in spring, grow in summer, harvest in autumn and store in winter. Different qi is cultivated all year round, and spring is alive qi, so spring is also called health preservation; Health is to raise the east, and the east is the liver, so the focus of health is to raise the liver. This spring should be the way to keep fit. Otherwise, it will hurt the liver, it will be cold in summer and there will be few elders.
Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized syndrome differentiation and treatment, but most hospitals just see a doctor! There is only medicine left! The disease has been cured, but the disease is getting more and more. Think about the people around us, who didn't start with a pill and then become a handful? Look at hospitals everywhere. Which hospital is not overcrowded? Difficult and expensive medical treatment has become a problem that needs to be faced by the whole society. Xia San month, this is called a sweet show, heaven and earth are in harmony, everything is flashy, lying at night and getting up early, insatiable for the sun, making Huaying put on a show and frustrated. If you love outside, this summer should be full of gas, and so should the road to growth. On the contrary, it is sad, autumn is malaria, few people get it, and winter solstice is very sick.
Too much happiness hurts the liver. The historical story of killing Niu Hao and angering Jin Wushu vividly illustrates this truth to us.
What is the method of exercising and maintaining the heart? Be sure to rub your hands more in the morning. There is Laogong point in your palm. In addition, if the heart is not good, you will find pain points along the heart meridian of the left and right upper arms; I need you to pinch more at the pain point to clear the heart meridian! The heart is on the left, mainly on the left, supplemented by the right. For example, ten minutes a day, seven minutes on the left and three minutes on the right. Slowly, the pain will stop and the heart problems will be alleviated. I hope you stick to the six exercises taught earlier! Thinking too much will hurt the spleen. Zhuge Liang, who was well known in the Three Kingdoms period, died of overwork and disharmony between the spleen and stomach.
Spleen corresponds to soil, and soil is mainly yellow. The best food for strengthening the spleen in diet is soybean. Soybean milk and tofu are ideal foods for strengthening the spleen. Of the five flavors, the spleen dominates sweetness, but it should be noted that being too sweet will hurt the spleen. According to the flow direction of meridians, spleen meridians and stomach meridians work in the morning, which reminds us to pay attention to breakfast! Huangdi Neijing records that the lung is the source of water, the lung is the source of nose, the lung is the source of fur, and all kinds of qi are depressed.
The five elements of the lung belong to gold, and the season dominates autumn. As we all know, autumn is the harvest season, so the lungs control convergence. Among the five internal organs, the lung is a relatively rich official, which shows the status of the lung. In terms of emotional intelligence, the lung belongs to worry and the lung belongs to sadness. Judging from the corresponding relationship between five zang-organs and five flavors, spicy food nourishes the lungs, while excessively spicy food injures the lungs. Judging from the corresponding relationship between five zang-organs and five colors, the lung is mainly white, corresponding to food. The white radish I often mention is good for the lungs.
Everyone who knows Chinese medicine knows a word, different diseases are treated together-different diseases are the same, and the same diseases are different. Some people cough with lung heat, some people have dermatitis with lung heat, and some people have rhinitis with lung heat. They take different roads, but there is almost no big difference in treatment methods. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kidney stores essence and controls growth and development. Essence is essence, and essence hidden in kidney includes congenital essence and acquired essence. Kidney corresponds to water in five elements, five flavors correspond to salty, five colors correspond to black, five colors correspond to Tibetan, five gases correspond to cold, five elements correspond to north, five seasons correspond to winter, five internal organs correspond to bladder, five senses correspond to ears, five sounds correspond to groans, bones correspond to body, and fear corresponds to emotions.
Treat cancer, pay attention to civil strife, turn bad into good 2. It can be summed up as 12: it is important to adjust to the first place, do not inject toxins, and protect the stomach. Years of practice have proved that tumor and cancer are not invincible!
Huangdi Neijing: Treating diseases is nothing more than prevention. Preventing it requires health preservation, which can prolong life.