Books support morality.
The ancient books and records about health care all emphasized the view that "self-cultivation is the first step in health care, so as to prolong life", and even regarded it as "the foundation of health care". People who cultivate self-cultivation must read more books and practice. In addition to reading books on traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy, Deng Lao also likes to read classic works of China's traditional culture, such as The Analects of Confucius, Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, Mencius, Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi.
In addition, he especially likes reading poems and songs. As for action, he has been practicing medicine and teaching for more than 70 years, and he has never forgotten the old adage that "a doctor is kind" and "a teacher preaches, teaches and dispels doubts".
Peace nourishes the soul.
Get inner peace through meditation and meditation.
Deng Lao often practices meditation. He sat cross-legged on the bed. His upper body relaxed naturally, his head stood upright, his eyes closed naturally, his chest stood out, his hands were gently held in front of his abdomen, and his mouth closed naturally. After sitting up straight, he relaxed and had no other thoughts.
This method can be done 1 time in the morning and before going to bed.
Regular work and rest, adequate sleep is a magic weapon to adjust the mind and nourish the heart; Soaking your feet in warm water, massaging your hands and rubbing your instep and heart can help you fall asleep.
Strengthening yang and nourishing kidney
Kidney is innate, and ancient health experts believe that tonifying kidney can make people live longer. Take a walk at noon to collect yang and help kidney. Every noon, as long as the weather is good, Deng Lao will walk around the open space downstairs leisurely for several times. This method is more suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and people with yang deficiency.
Take medicine calmly and tonify the kidney frequently. Deng Lao prefers Chinese herbal medicines with mild medicinal properties, such as Lycium barbarum, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Eucommiae Cortex, Cistanchis Herba, Ganoderma lucidum, Mulberry, Royal Jelly, Ligustrum lucidum, Cornus officinalis, etc., which can nourish essence and protect kidney if taken in moderation for a long time.
Nourish spleen and stomach
If you want to live a long life, you must pay attention to your spleen and stomach. The key to strengthening the spleen and stomach is to pay attention to eating habits and exercise moderately. Eat moderately. Diet should be moderate, too fat and too sweet, or too hungry and full, and irregular diet is easy to damage the spleen and stomach. If the spleen and stomach are injured, various diseases will cluster.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of human beings, and the digestion and absorption of nutrients and the metaplasia of qi and blood depend on the transport and transformation function of the spleen and stomach.
Omnivores are impartial. Deng Lao has always advocated eating miscellaneous food, not partial eclipse. Whole grains, wine, meat, fruits and vegetables can be eaten, but don't overdo it. Every food has four characteristics: cold, hot and cool, and tastes sour, bitter, sweet and salty. If it is lacking, it is easy to make the human body's qi, blood, yin and yang unbalanced.
The appropriate temperature should not be cold. At present, many people suffer from chronic digestive diseases, some of which are caused by eating cold food for a long time and consuming the yang of the spleen and stomach for a long time, which leads to the dysfunction of spleen and stomach transport and transformation, thus affecting the absorption and utilization of nutrients and producing various diseases. Therefore, the diet should be warm and not cold.