People's body shape depends on qi and blood, qi deficiency is fat, and blood deficiency is thin. You may find that an old man with a long life is neither fat nor thin. Not being fat means he is full of energy, and not being thin means he is full of blood. Qi and blood are of course healthy and long-lived.
How to improve the constitution of qi and blood weakness?
People of different sizes have different physical and physiological characteristics. The most typical sentence in Chinese medicine is "Fat people have qi deficiency and thin people have blood deficiency". Only when the body reaches the state of qi and blood balance will it be full of energy and immune to all diseases.
Why do fat people have qi deficiency?
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, most fat people have yang deficiency and phlegm-dampness, which blocks the rise and fall of qi. As a result, qi gradually weakened and people gradually gained weight. The simplest and most intuitive way to judge whether a fat man is qi deficient is to observe whether there are swollen blisters on his upper eyelid.
Because "the spleen is the source of phlegm", when phlegm and dampness accumulate in the body, the transport and transformation function of the spleen is unbalanced, the qi of the spleen cannot rise normally, and people's eyelids will be swollen.
Strengthening spleen and benefiting qi is the foundation of conditioning obese people.
You can eat some foods that invigorate qi and strengthen the spleen, such as white gourd, red beans, lotus leaves, hawthorn, loquat leaves and so on. These foods can dispel dampness, spread lung, induce diuresis and strengthen spleen. After eating for a long time, the phlegm in the body will melt and the blood will be smooth. At the same time, we should insist on aerobic exercise for a long time. The best way is to walk 1 hour or more every day.
Why do thin people have blood deficiency?
Many thin people actually eat a lot, but they just don't grow meat. According to Chinese medicine, most of these people are due to blood deficiency.
Deficiency of blood leads to flourishing fire. The gas in the human body is so rich that what should not be gasified is gasified. In other words, the essence that should be transformed into nourishing the body is consumed, and its overall metabolism presents a pathological hyperfunction, so there is a phenomenon that "no matter how you eat, you will not gain meat".
Pay attention to nourishing yin and promoting fluid production.
When blood deficiency reaches a certain level, it is yin deficiency. In view of the situation of thin people with yin deficiency and excessive fire, we should pay attention to nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, and we can eat some foods that replenish essence and blood, such as lily, honey, dairy products and fish. Don't eat too much spicy and dry food, such as pepper, star anise, cinnamon, onion, ginger and garlic.
Blood, you can also try soaking your feet.
Thin people can replenish blood and soak their feet at night. It is the base camp of foot yin blood. At night, the yang is convergent and the yin is vigorous. At this time, soaking feet with hot water can warm and nourish yin and blood, and play the role of nourishing yin and enriching blood.
Therefore, only when the body reaches the state of qi and blood balance will it be full of energy, healthy and long-lived.