"Nourishing Yang in spring and summer, nourishing Yin in autumn and winter", from Huangdi Neijing Su Wen Four Qi Tunes the Spirit, Gao Shizhen notes: "Sages nourish Yang in spring and summer, which makes Shaoyang angry and the sun angry; Nourishing Yin in autumn and winter will make the Taiyin qi gather and store less Yin qi. " It means nourishing yang in spring and summer to nourish the growth of yang; Nourishing yin in autumn and winter. This theory is of great significance in health care.
Spring and summer
It's sunny in spring and summer, warm in spring and cool in summer. The sun shines in spring, and the evil of wind and cold is still a problem. In spring, we should pay attention to keeping warm and keeping out the cold. According to a folk proverb, clothes should not be cut down prematurely in spring, that is, the sun of human body should be kept well. In summer, the sun is extremely strong, heat is evil, heat consumes gas, and gas is also yang, so heat also hurts the yang of human body. In summer nights, people like to enjoy the cool, and are vulnerable to the evil of cold and dampness, thus hurting the yang. It's hot in summer, people like cold drinks, and eating too much is easy to hurt the sun. Therefore, in summer, we should not only enjoy the cool and escape the heat, but also avoid drinking cold drinks so as not to hurt the sun; When enjoying the cool in summer night, avoid wet dew and cover it properly to avoid wet and cold.
Autumn and winter
Cloudy in autumn and winter, cloudy in autumn and cloudy in winter. In autumn and winter, dryness and evil can damage yin, so taking nourishing yin or applying moisturizing skin care products in autumn and winter can also help prevent dryness and keep indoor air moist. It gets colder in autumn and colder in winter. People like to eat spicy food and drink to keep out the cold. Spicy products are easy to get angry, wine is easy to get hot and humid, and eating too much hurts yin. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid dryness and evil in autumn and winter, and avoid overeating to prevent yin injury.
People think that summer is warm and evil, and summer is easy to hurt yin, so it is necessary to nourish yin in spring and summer; Cold evil in autumn and cold evil in winter are easy to hurt yang, so it is necessary to raise yang in autumn and winter. Why does Neijing only emphasize "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter"? As we all know, warm spring and summer are easy to hurt yin, and cool autumn and cold winter are easy to hurt yang. In spring and summer, people know how to raise yin but not Yang. In autumn and winter, people know how to raise yang but not Yin. Therefore, in spring and summer, there are people who seek to nourish yin but hurt yang; In autumn and winter, there are still people who hurt yin because they want to raise yang. Neijing is ignored by many people in the world, but saints who are good at keeping in good health can know it. Therefore, it is said that "saints nourish yang in spring and summer and yin in autumn and winter" obey the changes of yin and yang in the four seasons, which is "tracing back to the source"
"Autumn is a good time for moxibustion, because autumn and winter consume a lot of yang, so it is more necessary to replenish yang in time for the whole winter." Is there any scientific basis for this statement? ? Effective, but unfounded! ! !
Moxibustion, a kind of moxibustion method in acupuncture therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, is a natural therapy that ignites moxa cones and moxa sticks made of folium Artemisiae Argyi, and fumigates human acupuncture points to achieve health care treatment.
Fu yang gu tuo
Life depends on Yang Qi. If you get what you want, you will live. If you lose what you want, you will die. Therefore, Yang disease will be full of Yin, while Yin will be cold and faint, or Yuan Qi will be trapped, and your pulse will be slightly closed. At this time, as Su Wenjue said, "Yang Qi will decline to the next level and will faint with cold." When Yang Qi declined, Yin Qi prevailed alone; When Yang Qi can't reach her hands and feet, they are cold. For diseases such as critical illness, decline of yang, separation of yin and yang, heavy moxibustion in a cauldron can dispel the cold of yin and restore yang to save it. This is beyond the reach of other acupoint stimulation therapy. It is also mentioned in the Song Dynasty's Acupuncture and Moxibustion Health Sutra: "Anyone who drowns can be saved overnight. Those who take off the clothes of the deceased and moxibustion the umbilicus will live." "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" points out: "Fever will induce benefit, cold hands and feet ... If the pulse is not up, moxibustion will strengthen the body." . "Li Xia, cold hands and feet, irritable, moxibustion Jue Yin, no pulse, moxibustion". Explain that all critical patients with yang deficiency, such as vomiting, diarrhea, cold hands and feet, weak pulse and so on. For example, moxibustion at Guanyuan and Shenque points with big moxa cone can often help strengthen yang and relieve adverse events, and is often used in clinic for stroke and acute abdomen.
Activating qi and dredging collaterals
Meridians are distributed in all parts of the human body, including internal organs and external tissues such as muscles and bones. In a normal body, qi and blood circulate endlessly in the meridians and run in sequence. If wind, cold, summer heat, dampness, dryness, fire and other external factors invade the human body or local qi and blood, and the meridians are blocked, there will be symptoms such as swelling and pain and a series of dysfunction. At this time, moxibustion at some acupoints can play a role in regulating qi and blood, dredging meridians and balancing functions, and can be used for sores in clinic.