Happiness, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise, once any emotion of a person is excessive, it will affect the operation of qi in the body. If the movement of qi is chaotic, diseases will take advantage of it and people will suffer. So people say that "all diseases are born of qi."
How to control your emotions? Huangdi Neijing summed up a set of methods: "Sorrow is better than anger, fear is better than joy, anger is better than thinking, joy is better than worry, and thinking is better than fear." It means that people can overcome anger with sadness; Overcome ecstasy with fear; Overcome thinking with anger; Overcome depression with ecstasy; Conquer fear with considerate emotions. This is what Jin Fan did. After ten years of cold window, Jin Fan was ecstatic after doing it once. However, if you are sad and overjoyed, the movement of qi will be slow and lax; As soon as the qi slowly dissipates, phlegm comes up; When phlegm comes up, people will go crazy if they are unconscious. The cure is "fear wins happiness". Jin Fan was most afraid of his father-in-law, who gave him a mouth. Jin Fan was frightened and people woke up immediately.
It is worth noting that although some people use this method to treat diseases, it is difficult to operate in practice, and it also has a fatal flaw-these six emotions form a circle, and no matter how you go, you will fall into it. You overcome ecstasy with fear. Although the ecstasy is gone, you are in fear again.
A few years ago, I saw a scene in which a mother, whose son was injured by a car, rushed to the scene of the accident, angrily scolded the driver and punched and kicked him. Mother is completely under the control of her anger. Soon, when she saw her son collapsed there, sadness immediately overwhelmed anger, and she fell into extreme sadness again. This scene caused me to think deeply. Isn't everyone like that, mom? Jumping around in such emotions as anger, sadness, joy and panic all the time. Today, you will be happy when you meet a happy event; Tomorrow, maybe something will make you angry; The day after tomorrow, you will be sad again. Man, as long as you are born, seven emotions cannot be separated from you. No matter how you jump, you can't escape this strange circle.
When people are accompanied by seven emotions, pain will follow. As the saying goes, "People live by their faces, while trees live by their skins." Face is actually a "bitter" word: two eyebrows are grass prefixes; Two eyes and a nose are a cross; Eyes, nose and mouth are connected into an ancient word; The word "cursive" is connected with "ancient" and is a "bitter" word.
Come and see, we are so happy that our hearts will be uncomfortable; If we are too angry, the liver will be damaged; If we worry too much, the spleen will suffer; If we are too sad, our lungs will be hurt; We are afraid too much, and our kidneys will be damaged ... when will human suffering end? Where should our hearts be placed? How can we avoid so much pain?
I remember one thing that inspired me a lot when I was studying in Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. One day, I felt bored, so I went for a walk in the China-Japan Friendship Hospital near the university. When I passed by the ward, I saw the painful expressions on many patients' faces, and my heart of pity came to me. Surprisingly, with compassion, all my troubles disappeared unconsciously. On the way back to the dormitory, my mood was calm and my blood was smooth. For the first time, I really realized that "there is no calm, and the true qi goes with it" in Huangdi Neijing. Then, I suddenly realized that people can completely get out of the seven emotions of joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise and rise to another higher level, which is compassion. With compassion, people can transcend the seven emotions and truly have a calm mind.
The body is like a bus. The seven emotions of joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise are the passengers on the bus. Greed, jealousy, vanity, suspicion and hatred are thieves on the bus, and the driver of this car is compassionate. We can't abandon the passengers in the car, nor can we completely eliminate the thieves in the car, but we must ensure that the driver of this car is compassionate. If the driver in the car is replaced by one of the seven emotions, the car will lose its way; If the driver changes to one of the five poisons, the result is a car accident.
A person may not have much money, high status or great reputation, but he must be compassionate. Real health and happiness in life do not depend on money and fame, but only on your mentality and whether you have a compassionate heart. Control your emotions with emotions, and what you get is nothing more than another emotion; Satisfy your desire with desire, and you will get greater desire. Life aims at money, status and reputation, so people will live in excitement, anxiety, fear and sadness all day. When you don't succeed, there are countless worries and complaints, such as worrying about food, clothing and housing, and then you will fall into endless complaints; When you succeed, you will be overexcited and get carried away; After success, people will be full of fear, afraid of losing their positions, property, illness, old age and death. Poor people, always giving in to their own desires and falling into the quagmire of worldly desires.
If a person is always immersed in the seven emotions and the qi in the body is chaotic, diseases will follow, such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, gastric ulcer, dermatosis, asthma and so on. Any disease is related to the seven emotions. A netizen suffers from myasthenia gravis. She said to me, "Why are people with this disease so alike?" ? A ward is full of people who are competitive and impatient. "
In fact, many years ago, I felt the pulse of an old lady with myasthenia gravis and found that her liver pulse was very special. I judge that her illness is related to seven emotions. Her children recalled on the spot that the old lady was angry when her daughter divorced. As a result, she got the disease. You see, the seven emotions have a great influence on people. Maybe when you are angry, you won't feel any influence. After you get angry, you forget, even forget everything you are angry about, but your body won't forget. Every time you are happy, angry, worried, thinking, sad, afraid and surprised, your body will firmly remember it. After a long time, when it reaches a certain limit, it will find a breakthrough. If your liver is weak, diseases will break out on it; If your kidney is weak, diseases will break out on it; If your heart is weak, diseases will break out in your heart. So people often say that no matter how poisonous the virus is, it can't hurt itself like the seven emotions in the heart.
If people want to get rid of the seven emotions, they must have a compassionate heart. Compassionate people will become tolerant; If people are tolerant, qi will not stagnate: if qi does not stagnate, blood will flow smoothly. Therefore, if the heart is wider than one inch, the illness will retreat one foot. Forgiveness is a good medicine. Forgiving others, the biggest beneficiary is not others, but only yourself. Because when you forgive others, you also open your heart. As soon as your heart opens, anger, resentment and fear will slip away quietly, your heart will be freed from stagnation and your blood will be smooth. Therefore, tolerant people always live a long and healthy life, and those who haggle over every ounce are always blessed.
Compassionate people will become kind; When a person is kind, his heart is quiet. Silence can keep our bodies away from happiness, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise. Kindness is like spring rain, moistening things silently. It can soften qi and smooth blood. Therefore, goodness is a good medicine for all diseases.
When people have compassion, their hearts will be full of love. Love is like spring breeze, which can blow away the dark clouds of seven emotions. Take fear as an example. I have a female classmate, who is too timid to stay at home alone. Later, when she got married and had children, she dared to take care of them at home. I asked her: "The child is only over one year old. Do you think he can protect you? " She replied, "Because I love him, I am not afraid of anything." Love can conquer everything. When you are in fear, anxiety, sadness and anger, try to do something for others, because only those who know how to give love will get real happiness inside.
When people have compassion, they know how to be grateful. Life is like mail. Our life is borrowed and will be returned sooner or later. Gratitude is human nature. We thank God, our parents and our food. They gave us life and kept it alive. Once people know how to be grateful, their hearts will calm down, because grateful people know that people are only a part of nature and we should face nature with an open mind. People who don't know how to be grateful always think that nature is a part of people, so they are always greedy for dreams, arrogant and impetuous. How can such people have long-term health?
In short, the fortress is the easiest to break from the inside, and so is medical care. We should not only pay attention to the external wind, humidity, cold, heat, dryness and heat, but also be alert to the inner joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise. Exogenous pathogens will disturb the yin and yang of the human body, and endogenous toxins will destroy our qi and blood. If you want to keep the internal security firm, you must have a compassionate heart. How strong your sympathy is, how strong your sense of security is. So we say "compassion is the secret of longevity".
Answer readers' questions
Sina netizen asked:
Hello, Teacher Luo. Spring is coming. Recently, some colleagues (mostly female colleagues) have the following symptoms: dizziness, dry eyes and dry stool. Is this also a symptom of a cold? Can you treat it like you said?
Dr Luo replied:
This should not be a cold, but a problem with the liver meridian. Because the liver should be in spring, it is suggested to put three political roses when drinking tea. Roses can promote qi.
When spring comes, you can take some drugs to comb the liver qi, such as Xiaoyao Pill, a Chinese patent medicine. If you get angry, you can use a prescription in the palace of the Qing dynasty-wick bamboo leaf soup, which was prescribed by the imperial doctor of the Qing dynasty to the concubines of the queen. These concubines are often depressed, so the imperial doctor uses rushes and bamboo leaves to soak in water and let the local people drink it as tea.
The dosage of corduroy bamboo leaf soup is generally: 3 grams of corduroy and 3 grams of bamboo leaves, both of which are laxatives. Chinese medicine believes that the liver is wood, the heart is fire, and the wood is fire, so the liver is the mother of the heart. The principle of our physical conditioning is "to replenish the mother, but to nourish the son". A good way to purify the liver is to purify his son's heart. The wicked bamboo leaf soup is the idea. At that time, officials often used this prescription, for example, Empress Xiao Shencheng of Daoguang had been taking it. Because of work, I have to study the medical records of the Qing Dynasty, so I found that she took Wicked Bamboo Leaf Green Decoction almost all the year round, and it is estimated that her life is relatively depressed, but because she has been so maintained, she has been disease-free for a long time and lived a long life.
Little star dog asked:
Brother Luo, you said that many girls' mammary gland hyperplasia is related to anger. That's what I am. I get angry easily. I went to the physical examination a few days ago, and the doctor said that I had symptoms of hyperplasia. What should I do in the future?
Dr Luo replied:
Pay attention to soothing the liver and relieving depression, which is the most important thing. Remember, bad mood is the most critical pathogenic factor. Many times we can make patients feel better by prescribing traditional Chinese medicine, but if we don't pay attention to conditioning, it will soon be repeated. Therefore, nourishing the heart is the foundation of health care, and the highest realm of health care is nourishing the heart. Only with a peaceful mind can we get real health. As for regulating hyperplasia of mammary glands, it is generally necessary to cooperate with methods such as dredging collaterals and resolving phlegm. In this way, you can gradually dispel the stagnation and finally get a complete recovery. Finally, let me tell you what I have learned, that is, health is the most important thing in our life. Only with health can life be full of sunshine. So, in order to have a rich life, let's open our hearts and face everything around us with a smile!