When mankind entered modern civilization, there were many celebrities, scholars and monks, who were still attached to the simple primitive life and chasing the heritage of the ancients. People who cultivate immortality and seek Tao practice in caves, and many of them can live a long life. For example, the Fairy Cave in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi Province is said to be the place where the Eight Immortals Lv Dongbin practiced. Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan is one of the bases of Taoism. Wutian Cave, Chaoyang Cave and Tantai Bidong were once inhabited and practiced. Up to now, there is still an ancient inscription on Qingcheng Mountain, which tells the true meaning of cave health: Tao is health; Self-cultivation is to strengthen the body and prevent and treat diseases.
The Taoist way of keeping in good health focuses on nourishing the heart, but the environment is also essential. Let's summarize the living areas of Taoist people in past dynasties, and we will find that most of the places where they live have the following characteristics:
Quiet environment, soothe the nerves and improve intelligence. The most obvious advantage of Taoism is that there is no noise interference. External noise (such as traffic noise, industrial noise, social life noise, etc. ) causes less tension and adverse effects, which is conducive to eliminating adverse emotional reactions and enabling people to achieve a "static" state in health preservation. It can also relax nerve and muscle tissue and make the body enter a "relaxed" state. In addition, a good environment can make people feel detached and refined, cultivate sentiment, and play a role in calming the mind and relieving fatigue.
After human evolution, it is really impossible to find such a completely quiet environment. Although the voice of "returning to nature" resounds around the world, it is unlikely that we will "return" to the original cave lifestyle. Then, in this era of coexistence of traffic, communication and pollution, how can we preserve our health and nourish our hearts? In fact, the ancients pointed out the direction for us a long time ago-love and nurture.
People will find a new way out in the world of sound, color, light, fragrance and beauty, and enjoy it, which will contribute to health and improve the quality of life. Some people say that beneficial leisure life and cultural and recreational activities can replace drugs, which must be true, as may be seen from the following.
Stamp collecting-stamp collecting can not only improve intelligence, but also have a significant effect on treating diseases. Doctors found it particularly beneficial to treat tuberculosis. According to the research, those patients who are keen on collecting stamps can recover and leave the hospital faster than those who don't collect stamps. Stamp collecting is actually an interesting collecting activity. Whether you are eager to get it or satisfied after having it, whether you appreciate other people's collections, show your own treasures, exchange needed items between postal friends, or make new friends through stamp collecting, it will add endless interest to your life. Collecting stamps is the way to acquire knowledge. Small pieces of paper show a profound world and reflect the historical process from one side. Stamp collecting is a comprehensive knowledge. A stamp embodies the crystallization of human wisdom from the content, significance and aesthetics of the pattern, to the design and historical background of the pattern, printing technology and plate-making technology. It is precisely because of the great significance of stamp collecting that stamp collecting has become an economic activity that can get rich returns.
Viewing paintings-Scholars believe that viewing paintings can strengthen the body and cure diseases. They did an effective experiment and drew thousands of paintings on the corridors and ward walls of hospitals, especially in Atlanta Municipal Hospital, where there were more than 600 poetic works by some painters. Medical staff said that patients did reduce depression and loneliness, enhanced mental vitality, and played a role that drugs could not play.
Flowers and birds, landscapes and camel bells are the beautiful creations of painters and painters to capture the beauty of nature, beautify society and embellish life. For ordinary people, especially the elderly, practicing painting has the function of entertainment and relaxation. Painting must be "intended for the tip of the pen", and the heart and hand are consistent. When I start writing, I will think like a tide, when I start writing, I will walk on the sea like a leaf boat, drifting with the tide, and when I stop writing, I will say goodbye to my loved ones and do my best. With the whole process of artistic conception-imagination-pen and ink-image, it has reached the realm of selflessness. Emotional transfer in painting is an effective way to get rid of unpleasant emotions, and the realm of forgetting oneself is the development and deepening of emotional transfer. Painters are interested in visiting famous mountains and rivers, enjoying flowers, plants, insects, fish and rural scenery, which can not only increase creative ideas, but also strengthen breathing, regulate blood circulation, relax muscles and tendons, enhance metabolic function, cultivate sentiment, eliminate depression, and be in an optimistic and detached psychological state. Especially in old age, when you become attached to calligraphy and painting and tirelessly explore the mystery of calligraphy and painting art, you will find that the artistic conception is so colorful and broad, and all personal desires will disappear without a trace. Raising Birds-China folks say, "Listen to birds sing and watch them fly to improve your eyesight." This means that keeping birds is beneficial. It is said that a patient caught a bird and fed it in the ward, and his roommate joked about it every day. After a while, the doctor found that the patients in this ward recovered faster than other similar patients in the room. Inspired by the hospital, all kinds of birds were invited to the hospital, and even cats, turtles and other animals helped to treat them.
Planting flowers and raising grass-at present, there are hospitals abroad that specialize in using flowers to prevent and treat diseases. These hospitals use geranium to treat neurasthenia, and rosemary and lavender to treat some diseases. At present, scientists have found that hundreds of kinds of flowers are beneficial to human health. Leisure activities such as planting flowers and enjoying flowers have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on sexual diseases such as hypertension, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, nervous headache and digestive tract ulcer. There is a legend in ancient China. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Maolin, the eighth generation of Zhu, opened a garden, Baihua Fairy congratulated him in his sleep: "Planting flowers will make you happy, and enjoying them will make you live longer."
Calligraphy-Most calligraphers are healthy and live a long life. This is because when writing, they are calm and anxious. The only things in a writer's mind are the paper in front of them and the pen in his palm. They have persisted for decades, and of course they are physically and mentally healthy. The medical profession has confirmed that brush calligraphy has a significant effect on chronic diseases such as neurasthenia, listlessness, arm numbness, backache and even arteriosclerosis.
China's calligraphy has a special artistic aesthetic feeling. Mr. Lu Xun once said that China's writing has three beauties: the beauty of meaning is the beauty of feeling, the beauty of sound is the beauty of feeling ears, and the beauty of form is the beauty of feeling eyes. When practicing calligraphy, observing the inscription and appreciating its charm can cultivate aesthetic taste and thoughts, and at the same time appreciate art, cultivate temperament and cultivate soul. China contemporary late calligrapher Pan Boying once said: "When you are ecstatic, writing can calm your mind;" If you are depressed, writing can make people forget their troubles. I think this is a wonderful way to prolong life. Calligrapher Su Juxian once said: "When writing, you should concentrate on it, so as to have a calming effect." . "From the point of view of human physiology, writing requires correct posture, straight head, flush arms, straight chest and back, and flat feet on the ground, so as to enhance the strength of the whole body and make elbows and wrists move freely when writing. This posture is similar to Qigong, which can keep the whole body muscles comfortable, breathe naturally when writing, and promote blood circulation. To write long characters, you must stand up, which requires not only the strength of your fingers, wrists, elbows and shoulders, but also the strength of your waist. The waist is the key part of the whole body movement, so many old people who are good at calligraphy finish writing big characters, just like playing a set of Tai Ji Chuan or practicing a set of Wuqinxi, which plays a role in fitness. Listen to music-music can cure diseases. The "medicine" prescribed by doctors for patients is a wonderful prescription for the music record "Take it three times a day after meals" by Bach, a classical composer in Zhang Deguo, so that patients who enjoy music on time can recover from years of neuropathic stomach diseases.
Listening to music often can make the spirit comfortable and blood circulate, which is of great benefit to health and longevity. A melodious and fresh music, like flowing water, will make people indulge in poetic nature leisurely and feel relaxed and happy; After listening to the magnificent and gripping songs, you will feel full of youthful vitality, and the feeling of longing for a new life arises spontaneously ... Life is inseparable from music, which brings great pleasure to human beings, and also helps to prevent and treat some senile diseases and prolong life. In recent years, the method of treating diseases by music has spread all over the world. Japan used music therapy to treat senile pseudodementia, and the cure rate reached 70%. It has a good effect on treating depressive psychosis and manic psychosis. Listening to a lyric violin concerto for hypertensive patients can reduce blood pressure in some patients10 ~ 20 mmhg; In Rome, Italy, there was a female patient with neurasthenia who was upset and unhappy all day. She went to see a doctor. The doctor didn't prescribe any medicine for her, but opened three music records, which were listened to three times a day and played twice each time. After 65,438+0 weeks, her illness healed.
Chess-the two sides play chess, sometimes fierce confrontation, sometimes silent thinking, from which to exercise thinking and cultivate sentiment. It can also make people open-minded, reduce distractions and achieve psychological balance. According to the ultrasonic measurement by Japanese experts, the blood vessels of the elderly who are diligent in thinking are easy to stretch, so that the brain nerve cells are well maintained and the aging of the brain can be delayed. The brain is the central nervous system of human beings. If the brain function is not aging, it can maintain the vitality of life. The fun of playing chess should be moderate, and it is advisable to play chess for no more than 2 hours at a time. Otherwise, sedentary will lead to insomnia, indigestion, tension headache and cervical spondylosis. Secondly, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, you should have fun from it, cultivate sexual desire and prolong life! ?