Huangdi Neijing says, "All sports decline after half a century", that is to say, people's physical condition generally begins to decline at the age of 50. Chinese medicine also pays attention to "seven women and eight men", that is, the life span of women is 7 and that of men is 8, and the human body has a healthy change every 7-8 years. According to this rule, women and men began to age at the age of 42 and 48 respectively, and their skin elasticity became worse, and their hair began to turn white.
Therefore, it is very reasonable to start health maintenance within this time range. If you want to be healthy, you can't blindly follow so many health science and health recommendations on the Internet. It is also a question of many people.
Yan once shared a story: in some health programs, a doctor claimed to sleep with a low pillow to prevent cervical spondylosis. As a result, everyone listened to the doctor's words, regardless of the actual situation of cervical vertebra, and slept with a low pillow, which aggravated cervical spondylosis. In fact, many widely circulated health care methods are really good, but they may not be suitable for everyone.
Therefore, when you are uncertain, you can consult a doctor first, and don't follow suit easily. Health, can't pursue "maverick". Talking about health is first of all to conform to nature.
For example, sleeping, the ancients said "work at sunrise and rest at sunset", but modern people always like to stay up late, and problems will arise sooner or later. For another example, "spring covers autumn and freezing, and all diseases are not born" is actually conducive to protecting and promoting the rise of yang.
If you drink cold water and take a bath with cold water in this season, what is the difference between it and the sudden frost when the seedlings are just unearthed in spring? In nature, if a plant goes against the laws of nature, it must sprout and grow in winter, and what awaits it is death. In fact, keeping in good health is to cultivate one's morality. As the old saying goes, "sixty ears are obedient", which means that we can treat everything lightly and even treat others' misinterpretations and misunderstandings happily, which is also a magic weapon for health preservation.
On the one hand, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, "anger leads to qi rising, fear leads to qi falling, and worry leads to qi gathering". Excessive emotions usually lead to disorder of viscera and qi, resulting in various pathological changes. On the other hand, there are always many young people around the easy-going old people, and the old people are in contact with young people, so they can master new information and feel new things, which is very beneficial to prevent and treat brain aging.
So, how can we be easygoing? Gan Wangzu, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, believes that easygoing means "forgiveness". Forgiving more and not complaining can make you "as you wish". Specific medicine, some chronic diseases of the elderly are on you, but don't sigh all day and think about bad results. After all, how can people eat whole grains without getting sick? Even an old Chinese doctor is no exception.
According to statistics, nearly half of the famous old Chinese medicine practitioners in China can enjoy a long life even if they suffer from chronic diseases. This is the advantage of the theory of "prevention before illness, prevention against change after illness" in traditional Chinese medicine. Professor Wang Zemin's father, director of internal medicine of Wangjing Hospital of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is also an old Chinese medicine practitioner. Because of high blood pressure, he pays special attention to the health care of exercise and diet. He plays Tai Ji Chuan every day, and his diet is very light. He persisted for many years. Although his blood pressure was high and he occasionally felt dizzy, he just took some medicine, and he finally enjoyed a long life of 94 years.
In fact, many people in life are used to giving their health to doctors without paying attention to health care, which is wrong. The so-called "prevention after illness" requires us to adhere to a reasonable diet, take active exercise, have regular physical examinations, and always pay attention to physical changes, rather than relying on a handful of drugs prescribed by doctors to "extend our lives."
Remember, the truly brilliant doctor is not in the hospital, and the most precious panacea is not in the pharmacy, but in your body, depending on whether you can use it or not. Good health is not tonic. With the improvement of modern people's living standards, more and more people rely on taking traditional Chinese medicine or tonics to keep healthy and resist aging, thinking that everything will be fine after eating tonics.
In fact, the function of ginseng bird's nest is not necessarily more magical than barley! As a health expert, Weng Weijian, a professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and his students extensively consulted the medical classics of past dynasties, looking for prescriptions for prolonging life and not getting old. In the final analysis, it is only very common edible medicinal materials, such as japonica rice, barley, black beans, lotus seeds, medlar, angelica and so on. There are many coarse grains in it. Eating coarse grains is mainly to obtain rich dietary fiber, which is very beneficial to prevent constipation, hyperlipidemia and obesity.
Moreover, not all fatigue and tiredness should be compensated. The history of the son of four famous doctors in Beijing, Shi Jinmo, metaphorically said that "tonic is like watering flowers and fertilizing". Different flowers have different methods. For the human body, not everyone needs tonic.
For example, people often say that they are always tired and weak. Finally, they found that it was empirical and the humidity was too high. After tonic, the meridians are blocked by moisture and cold and dampness, and the physical condition becomes worse.
When eating, you should know that the digestive function of the elderly is declining. When eating, eat more and eat less. You can take the method of "sheep eating grass" and eat 6 meals a day, a small amount at a time.
Never add a few mouthfuls when you are full, for fear of wasting. You know, throwing away these mouthfuls of rice may waste 5 yuan, but it will cost 50 yuan or even 500 yuan of medicine to "digest" in the future.
After all, many common diseases are caused by eating too much and being obese. For example, one of the chief culprits of cancer is obesity, not to mention coronary heart disease, hypertension and diabetes, and most of them are obese. A traditional proverb in China says, "Eat seven points full and you will live a healthy life".