It is better to raise the outside than to raise the inside.
"Shou Shi Bao Yuan" said: "Those who are good at keeping in good health should be raised internally, and those who are not good at keeping in good health should be raised externally." According to Gong Tingxian's health concept, it is better to keep it outside than inside. Nourishing the five internal organs means enhancing the vitality of the internal organs, conditioning blood vessels, making the whole body full of qi and blood and functioning normally, so that diseases will not occur. Raising the outside world means indulging your appetite and trying to enjoy the happiness brought by various foods. Although the body looks full and moist, the cruel qi has invaded the five internal organs of the body, which will make people weak in the long run. Gong Tingxian warned health-preserving people that the essence of health-preserving lies in regulating the qi and blood of viscera.
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, there are many ways to regulate qi and blood. It is also a good way for the elderly to take some tonics to regulate qi and blood and prolong their illness.
Gong Tingxian introduced the tonic suitable for the elderly in the "Supplement" chapter of Shou Shi Bao Yuan. Such as Sijunzi Decoction for invigorating qi and strengthening spleen (composed of ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch); Buxue Yangxue Siwu Decoction (composed of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Rhizoma Chuanxiong); Shiquan Dabu decoction for warming and invigorating qi and blood (consisting of Siwu decoction plus Sijunzi decoction plus Astragalus and Cinnamomum cassia); Liuwei Ziyin Bushen Dihuang Pill (composed of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Corni Fructus, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Poria, Cortex Moutan and Alismatis Rhizoma); Wuzi Yishen Yangxin Pill (composed of Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Fructus Lycii, Semen Platycladi, Ruby, Chu Shi and Fructus Tribuli in Shayuan); Changshengguben recipe (composed of ginseng, Lycium barbarum, Chinese yam, Schisandra chinensis, asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus, Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Rehmanniae Preparata). The elderly can take these prescriptions under the guidance of Chinese medicine. Here, I will focus on the situation of Fusang going to Bao Dan in Shou Shi Bao Yuan.
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Tender mulberry leaves and black sesame seeds are formed in equal amounts.
Method: Wash tender mulberry leaves, dry them in the sun, grind them into fine powder with equal amount of black sesame seeds, and refine honey into pills as big as buttonwood.
Usage: Take 100 capsules with boiled water twice a day.
The effect is clear and eye-catching, and it must be white and black; Resolving phlegm and promoting fluid production, replenishing marrow and benefiting essence; Besides rheumatism, moisten the five internal organs. It is suitable for dizziness, tears in the wind, rough skin, premature gray hair and dry stool caused by deficiency and heat of liver meridian.
Mulberry leaves in the prescription are cool, pungent and slightly bitter, which can disperse wind and heat, clear lung and relieve cough, clear liver and improve eyesight; Black sesame is flat and sweet, which can nourish liver and kidney, moisten stomach, blacken hair and promote lactation, strengthen body and resist aging. The combination of the two drugs does promote health and prolong life.
According to Gong Tingxian, after taking this medicine for 3 months, a small rash appeared on the skin, which is the function of the medicine, so don't be afraid; After that, the whole body is smooth if it is frozen. Take it for half a year, and you will have energy cycle, and you will not commit all diseases. Taking it for a long time has reached the end of life.
Tonifying spleen and stomach and qi and blood
Paying attention to regulating spleen and stomach and qi and blood is one of Gong Tingxian's important health preserving viewpoints. Gong Tingxian believes that the preservation of human life depends entirely on qi and blood; There is a close relationship between human qi and blood and five internal organs. Heart controls blood, liver stores blood, lung controls qi, and kidney stores qi. Therefore, qi and blood are the foundation of the human body and the key substance for people's spirit, aging and longevity.
Since qi and blood are so important, what is their source? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the exuberance of human qi and blood mainly depends on acquired nourishment, that is, subtle substances that are biochemical through the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the importance of spleen and stomach can not be ignored. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the officials of the granary, belonging to the soil, and their functions are to transport Shui Gu, nourish viscera and help bones and muscles, so there is a saying that "people take stomach qi as the foundation". Therefore, the human body is full of qi and blood, and the spleen and stomach are healthy, which will lead to health and longevity.
Gong Tingxian believes that strengthening the spleen and stomach is directly related to diet. Spleen belongs to yin, which hides when it is quiet, and dies when it is irritable. If you eat twice as much, your stomach will hurt. The elderly should give priority to nourishing vitality and strengthening spleen and stomach. If you don't pay attention to regulating the spleen and stomach and paying attention to food hygiene, it will cause qi and blood imbalance and affect the quality of life and longevity.
It can be seen that Gong Tingxian regards regulating spleen and stomach qi and blood as the main method to prevent aging and senile diseases, and the main measure to regulate spleen and stomach qi and blood is to adjust diet.
In terms of diet, Gong Tingxian emphasized that he was not hungry and didn't eat at night; He advocated "rubbing the abdomen with hands for hundreds of times, breathing on the back for hundreds of times and walking slowly" after meals to help the spleen and stomach digest Shui Gu. He also created some health care prescriptions and health care foods, such as Baxian Changshou Pill, Wuren Ban Long Glue, Yangchun Baibing Cake, Yanshou Dan and so on. Most of them are drugs that warm spleen and kidney yang and regulate human qi and blood.
Yangchun White Ice Cream (from Shoushibaoyuan)
Raw materials: Poria cocos (peeled), Chinese yam, Euryale euryales and lotus seeds (peeled), four parts each, ground into fine powder, half a liter of old rice, half a catty of glutinous rice and half a catty of sugar.
Preparation method: steam the above medicines together with rice, air-cool, add white sugar, stir evenly, make into small woodblock cakes, air-dry and store.
Usage Men, women and children can eat at will. Eat three meals a day.
Benefits, vitality, spleen and stomach. Suitable for senile fatigue, weakness, diarrhea, abdominal distension, fullness, asthma and cough.
Jiuxian Wangdao Cake (from Rejuvenation of All Diseases)
Raw materials: lotus seed meat (peeled), fried yam, Poria cocos (peeled), coix seed each 120g, fried barley, white lentils, Gordon Euryale seed (shelled), persimmon frost 30g, and sugar 600g.
The preparation method is fine powder, 5 liters of japonica rice powder is added, and the cake is steamed and dried.
Help yourself to rice soup.
Efficacy: nourishing the mind, strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidney, consolidating the foundation and strengthening the yuan, promoting granulation and removing damp heat.
Beauty wine (from "rejuvenation of all diseases")
The raw materials are walnut kernel 120g, jujube meat 120g, almond 30g, white honey 100ml, ghee 70ml and liquor 1000ml.
Method: Mash walnut kernel and jujube meat, soak almond, peel and remove tip, cook for 4-5 times, dry in the sun and mash; White honey and ghee were first added to the liquor, and then the three herbs were soaked in the liquor for 7 days.
Usage: every time 10 ml, drink on an empty stomach in the morning and evening.
Efficacy nourishes lung and kidney, nourishes spleen and stomach, smoothes skin and brightens face.