We should try our best to avoid the following ten bad habits that consume yang.
First, the work and rest are not on time, and the sun does not return.
Taoist doctors believe that the best sleep time is "Haizi Ugly" for three hours, which is equivalent to a year's winter. In winter, collection is the main thing, and collection is the root of life.
He said, "In the final analysis, it is called stillness, stillness is called rebirth, rebirth is called constancy, knowing constancy is called light, and ignorance is called constancy, so it is reckless." In the final analysis, how important life is, in the final analysis, is the guarantee of life maintenance and health. For ordinary people, in the final analysis, the most important way is to sleep.
The ancients followed the principle of "work at sunrise and rest at sunset", which was consistent with the rest of the world, so they were refreshed and full of spirit.
People today are not. With the lighting of electric lights, televisions, computers and other entertainment facilities, people have become accustomed to staying up late and rarely fall asleep at sea. Even when they are young, they are "trying to dissipate their truth". But when they are young, when Yin and Yang alternate, if they can't sleep, it will directly hurt Yi Yang in the camp. In the long run, insufficient yang supply will lead to various diseases.
Second, the food is cold, sweet and spicy.
Influenced by western nutrition, modern people like to eat cool fruits. Due to the popularity of refrigerators, people eat frozen food, especially cold drinks, to stimulate their mouths. These will seriously damage the yang of the spleen and stomach, especially in summer, when the yang is scattered outside the body and the stomach is in a state of deficiency and cold, so the diet in summer should be light, warm and hot.
If you use cold food or cold drink to relieve summer heat, it is the fault of "deficiency and excess", and the spleen yang is damaged, which leads to unfavorable transportation, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue and emaciation. Eating sweet, greasy and thick food, the human body can't transport it, which leads to endogenous phlegm-dampness, which is yin evil and has sticky qi, which hinders the operation of Yang Qi and leads to the syndrome of yang depression and yang deficiency; Eating spicy food makes people excited, and excessive dissipation of yang will also lead to yang deficiency.
Third, man-made thief wind, typhoid fever in Xia Yue.
Among them, it is mentioned that "virtual evil steals the wind and sometimes avoids it" and "sages avoid the wind like stones". It can be seen that the ancients had long taken precautions against colds, because colds are not only the first of all diseases, but also the first of six evils. Common cold invades the muscle surface, causing exterior weakness, and then other pathogens can take advantage of it, especially cold pathogens, which are water that can put out fires.
In winter, the outside world is cold and icy, but the pores of the human body are tight and the clothes are thick, so the pathogenic wind and cold are not easy to invade the human body. In summer, the yang is scattered outside the pores, which is tantamount to opening the door wide. At this time, if you blow the electric fan or enter the air-conditioned room immediately, the pathogenic wind and cold will enter the skin, tendons and joints. If the cold is not discharged in time, it will invade the internal organs and even become an incurable disease. It can be seen that evil spirits are also human beings.
Fourth, the delivery is delayed and the delivery room is cold.
According to Taoist medical theory, the best childbearing age for women is "37" to "47" and for men it is "38" to "48". Nowadays, the childbearing age in cities is generally delayed, and the maintenance of kidney essence is not paid attention to before pregnancy, which leads to the shortage of father's sperm and mother's blood, making pregnancy and childbirth possible. However, the deficiency of Yuanyang has been born and will last for a lifetime, so it is difficult to change his yang deficiency constitution.
The delivery room and operating room where the parturient is located are adequately air-conditioned. When a newborn comes out of warm amniotic fluid, it is easy to feel cold evil. If they don't take measures in time
Teacher Lu Chonghan mentioned in Laozi that "kinetic energy generates Yang, while kinetic energy consumes Yang". In fact, the essence of exercise is to strengthen the circulation of qi and blood. It is suitable for people with sufficient yang but poor qi and blood, or people who eat too hard, sit for a long time or think too much. However, it is definitely not suitable for people with large loss of qi and blood, because the function of yang deficiency is insufficient, and the yang will dissipate after exercise, leading to more serious yang deficiency.
In addition, exercise belongs to hair growth and should be done in spring, summer and during the day. Nowadays, many people exercise at night to keep fit, which seems to make up for the lack of exercise during the day. In fact, it violates the order of "growth collection". Neijing points out that winter and March should "not disturb the sun" and "not penetrate the skin". A lot of exercise and sweating in winter affect the collection of yang, especially kidney yang.
Sixth, sexual intercourse is not good, and kidney yang loses money.
Modern people's sexual life is obviously more than before, which is related to the commercial society, because it can create more commercial value. Computers, televisions, books and magazines are promoting things about men and women everywhere. Treatise on Febrile Diseases says that "people can't be chaotic without desire", and now there are desires everywhere. Audio-visual makes the kidney yang of human body float out for a long time.
Improper sexual intercourse leads to deficiency of kidney essence, and deficiency of kidney essence leads to deficiency of yang, which is manifested as male fatigue, cold limbs, backache, diarrhea, blindness, impotence and premature ejaculation, and female infertility due to palace cold.
Seven, work hard, Yang is outside.
Nowadays, people are busy with work, fierce competition, great pressure in life and many troubles. "Fuyang Notes" said: "Yang is tired."
The yang of the human body has long relied on material and spiritual stimulation to do work. If you don't know how to collect and rest in time, on the one hand, it will lead to insufficient yang; On the other hand, overworked Yang Qi will lead to Yin Qi's inability to gather, which will lead to insomnia and even neurasthenia, thus forming a vicious circle.
Eight, material desires are hard to stop, strong fire and strong food.
The main theme of today's society is development and consumption, both of which are constantly increasing people's desires. Desire is the fire of spirit, and evil fire strengthens fire. "Strong fire and food" is mentioned in Su Wen-Four Seasons Tune the Mind, so desire will also consume the healthy qi of the human body.
We were told to be content with less, and to "don't be Shang Xian, don't be expensive, don't look at what we can aspire to". In fact, it is to reduce our desire, so as to save the yang and prevent it from dying prematurely.
Lao Tzu said: "That's because you think little, feel at ease, feel tired and tireless, obey your own wishes and get what you want." So you can live to 100, and then move on. " Less desire is the way to health and longevity.
9. Abuse of western medicine is unhealthy.
At present, an important problem in the domestic medical field is the abuse of antibiotics. Antibiotics are cold and wet. Oral administration mainly damages spleen and stomach yang, which can lead to symptoms such as stomach cold, anorexia, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Direct intravenous injection into blood vessels can also harm the heart yang, leading to the syndrome of water vapor invading the heart.
Hormones make people's kidney yang go out directly, as if the effect is obvious. In fact, the overdraft of kidney yang has damaged the long-term health of human body. If other chemical drugs have bitter taste after removing sugar coating or capsules, it will hurt spleen and stomach yang deficiency, so long-term use of western medicine will inevitably lead to spleen and stomach yang deficiency.
Ten, clearing heat and nourishing yin, Taoist drawbacks.
The history of traditional Chinese medicine in the past 500 years is dominated by febrile diseases, and its achievements are undeniable. However, its prevalence leads to the abuse of bitter cold and heat clearing, which leads to the prevalence of yang deficiency constitution.
Exogenous diseases are mostly caused by cold nature, and a few are actually the syndrome of heat poisoning hurting yin. Short-term heat clearing is effective, but long-term use will hurt Yang Qi; Chronic diseases are mainly yang deficiency syndrome, or yang deficiency is the main contradiction.
Therefore, Chen Xiuyuan proposed that "it is better to make things warm than to make them cold".