The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the role of water in water becomes more and more important. Experts expounded the important role of water in health from the perspective of the generation and distribution of water in human body. He said that water is the source of life, and human tissues and cells are composed of solid substances and 75% water. Many people often ignore the role of water in health, and only when they are thirsty will they think of drinking water. At this time, the body is already in a state of water shortage. So, what is the role of water in the human body?
Body fluid distribution is an important physiological activity of human body.
Experts say that Chinese medicine refers to all normal liquids in the body as body fluid, which is the basic substance that constitutes the human body and maintains human life activities. Compared with qi, body fluid is yin in nature, so it is also called "yin fluid" and "yin fluid". Body fluid covers a wide range, mainly referring to the liquid in viscera and its metabolites, including secretions such as nose, tears and saliva, and excretions such as sweat and urine. Body fluid is distributed all over the body, which can become a part of blood in the pulse and be injected into the viscera tissues outside the pulse.
The production of body fluid comes from Shui Gu, which is produced by the transportation of spleen and stomach and the physiological functions of related viscera. Its formation is closely related to the transport and transformation of spleen, the absorption and decomposition of stomach, and the turbidity removal function of large intestine and small intestine.
The distribution of body fluid mainly depends on the coordination of physiological functions of spleen, lung, kidney, liver and triple energizer. That is, the warming and steaming of kidney qi, the transport and transformation of spleen qi, the declaration and descending of lung qi, the release of liver qi and the dredging of triple energizer. Therefore, the normal distribution of body fluid is the result of the close coordination of physiological functions of multiple zang-fu organs and the comprehensive embodiment of human physiological activities.
The excretion of body fluids is mainly accomplished by discharging urine and sweat. In addition, exhaled breath and feces will also take away some water. Therefore, the excretion of body fluid is mainly related to the physiological functions of kidney, lung and spleen. Because urine is the most important way to excrete body fluids, the function of kidney is particularly important in the excretion of body fluids.
There are two reasons for the abnormal metabolism of body fluid: one is the lack of body fluid due to insufficient production or excessive consumption; Second, due to the movement, distribution and excretion of body fluid, body fluid stays in the body, forming physiological products such as dampness, phlegm, drinking and water.
Insufficient body fluid refers to the decrease of body fluid in the body, which leads to insufficient body fluid in the internal organs and pores outside the skin, resulting in a series of dryness and dampness phenomena. Excessive responsibility for the evil of dryness and heat, or excessive polarization of viscera fire and five senses to burn body fluid; Or long-term illness, lack of qi and blood, and exhaustion of body fluids; Or excessive use of heat and dry reagents, resulting in the consumption of vaginal fluid.
Obstacle of body fluid transport means that body fluid can't transport the whole body normally, which leads to slow circulation of body fluid, or body fluid stagnates in a certain part of the body, which makes dampness endogenous, or brewed into phlegm, or drunk, or edema. There are many causes, except exogenous pathogens, which are mainly related to the dysfunction of qi and blood and related viscera.
Is your body dehydrated?
Experts say that the metabolic disorder of body fluids is mostly manifested as a state of dehydration-not only the lack of drinking water, but also the lack and pathological changes of some key metabolic substances, as well as the decline or loss of tissue function in the state of water shortage.
Symptoms of mild dehydration include dry throat, dry mouth, dry nose, dry skin, thirst and dry stool.
If dehydration in the body is not corrected in time, but continues to worsen, it will lead to some metabolic disorders in the body, which will induce and aggravate some, such as stomach disease, bad breath, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and elevated blood pressure. , and often accompanied by facial fever, facial flushing, fatigue, irritability, poor sleep, dry stool and so on. Experts believe that combined with modern medicine, dehydration can lead to six major diseases: constipation, asthma, allergies, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, autoimmune diseases and so on.
Experts found in clinical treatment that in the past, the treatment of ascites and jaundice in decompensated stage of liver cirrhosis mostly adopted the principles of water restriction, salt restriction and diuresis. But the treatment effect is often poor. It turns out that the fluid distribution of ascites patients is abnormal, and local (abdominal) water accumulates, but the cells are in a state of water shortage. This is not only necessary, but also to supplement salt under the guidance of a doctor, which is conducive to the balance of electrolytes in the body. This can eliminate ascites and jaundice. Similarly, the treatment of asthma, hypertension, diabetes, allergies and other diseases is also very important.
Scientific body fluids
Experts believe that fever experts believe that "a minute of body fluid is a minute of vitality." Therefore, Jinbao is very important in treating diseases and diseases. On average, a person needs 1.8 liters of water every day, and the direct drinking water should reach more than 1.2 liters.
Experts teach us to drink water in the following ways: about 8 ~ 1 1 cup every day: drink 2 cups (about 350 ~ 400 ml) after getting up; Drink 2 cups 2.5 hours after lunch; Drink 2 cups half an hour before lunch; Drink 2 cups 2.5 hours after Chinese food; Drink 2 cups half an hour before dinner; Drink 1 cup before going to bed. Moreover, the components contained in drinking water have a great influence on various organs in the human body.
Experts advocate that people eat more porridge and use soup instead of water. You can make your own soup, such as sweet and cold products: Radix Adenophorae and Radix Ophiopogonis soup (Polygonatum odoratum, pollen, licorice, mulberry leaves and lentils), five-juice drink (Sydney, sucrose, horseshoe, reed rhizome and Radix Ophiopogonis juice) and Sydney syrup. For those who suffer from excessive sweating, asthma and thready pulse due to injury of both qi and yin, Shengmai Powder and Sancai Decoction (Ginseng, Asparagus and Radix Rehmanniae Preparata) can be used; For weak pulse caused by heat, qi and yin, it can be used (Wang Meng, British: Ginseng, Dendrobium, Ophiopogon japonicus, Watermelon, Bamboo Leaves, Coptidis Rhizoma, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Glycyrrhiza uralensis) and Bamboo Leaf Gypsum Soup (Faxia, Ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicus, Glycyrrhiza uralensis); For insomnia, thirst and rapid pulse caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire, Huanglian Ejiao Egg Yellow Decoction and Lianmei Decoction (Huanglian, Mume, Ophiopogon japonicus, Radix Rehmanniae and Ejiao) can be used.