In fact, from ancient times to the present, "closing one's eyes and resting one's mind" is a very popular health preserving method, which is simple and effective. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "God" is the general term for human life activities and spiritual activities. Close your eyes slightly, and your spirit will stay inside, which is of great help to your physical and mental health.
Especially modern people have a fast pace of life, so closing your eyes can alleviate people's fatigue and anxiety.
Life Times interviewed experts, told you what you can raise by closing your eyes, and taught you the correct way to close your eyes.
Interviewed experts
Zhang Yuping, Chief Physician of Ophthalmology, Xiyuan Hospital, Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Editor of this article: Xu Wenting
Health care prescriptions handed down from generation to generation.
Closing one's eyes and reposing one's mind, as the name implies, is to close one's eyes and collect one's mind, so as to stick to our essence, qi and spirit.
Huangdi Neijing, the earliest extant theoretical work of traditional Chinese medicine in China, said: "Those who gain the spirit will prosper, while those who lose the spirit will die." Ancient ancestors believed that God's energy and consumption were related to strong and old people. God's gains and losses are related to people's prosperity and decline, and people who keep in good health should be careful. Huangdi Neijing also said: "The essence of the five internal organs focuses on the purpose and essence."
Wang Chong, a thinker in the Eastern Han Dynasty, said in On Balance and Self-discipline: "Close your eyes and protect yourself." In other words, only by closing your eyes and blocking your ears can you cherish the essence and stay healthy.
Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, also wrote a poem: "Always close your eyes and sit idle, and bow your head every time." "A thousand kinds of medicine can't cure you, but you have to close your eyes and learn Buddha."
In history, many emperors and generals attached great importance to the method of closing their eyes for health care.
The longest-lived emperor in ancient China was Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, who lived to 89 years old and was called the "ancient emperor". He said that "at the age of 70, he was still deaf and blind", mainly due to his sleep and beautiful eyes.
After getting up at five or six o'clock every morning, Emperor Qianlong will go to the Imperial Garden to close his eyes and relax, so that when he is nearly 90 years old, he can think clearly and move freely.
In addition, Liang Wudi Xiao Yan in the Southern Dynasties, Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Gou in Song Gaozong, Kublai Khan in Yuan Shizu, etc. Everyone thinks that this is a good prescription for health and longevity.
It's not just "God" who closes his eyes.
Although the eye is only an organ, it is closely related to many parts of the human body.
People use mobile phones, computers and other electronic screens every day, which often leads to sore eyes, dryness and blurred vision. Adults stay up late to work overtime, lack of sleep, easy to make eyes full of red blood, accelerate the skin aging around the eyes.
According to the World Vision Report, there are more than 700 million people with eye problems in China, and the myopia rate of young people in China ranks first in the world.
80% of the information people get comes from their eyes. Eyes are the first of the five senses, and protecting eyes means being kind to yourself. Closing your eyes is the easiest way to keep healthy. Closing your eyes can nourish your mind and make you feel safe. If you feel safe, you won't get sick.
1 Keep moist and relieve fatigue.
After the eyelids are closed, the eyes have a chance to rest and maintain. The evaporation of tears decreased, the secretion increased, and the symptoms of dry eye decreased. If you massage the acupoints around the eyes, you can relieve the muscle spasm around the eyes, which is very beneficial to people with visual fatigue.
Relax your brain and relax your muscles.
The human brain is the most exquisite, precious and advanced information processing organ, which can receive 60 million bits of information transmitted by sensory organs such as eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body every minute, nearly half of which comes from vision.
American research shows that when people close their eyes for a nap, their brains and muscles are in a relaxed state, and the brain frequency drops from 10 times per second to 1 times per second. As long as you close your eyes, your brain doesn't need to work hard.
3 dredge meridians and strengthen the body.
There are 1 1 meridians around the eyes, which are the most dense parts of the whole body:
Huangdi Neijing said: "Those who have eyes are also gathered in the same place" and "those who have a life gate are also eye-catching". Professor Peng Jingshan, the late famous acupuncturist, pioneered eye acupuncture therapy, that is, acupuncture around the eyes to treat systemic diseases, and achieved good results.
Eyes are like keys, which can open the door to treatment. After reposing, the yin and yang meridians meet, and the meridians run smoothly, and the body will be strong.
4 return to nature, happy mood
The so-called "out of sight, out of mind", when we close our eyes and are in a quiet and awake state, the brain will present 8~ 13 Hz alpha brain waves, which is consistent with the fundamental frequency of a stable "Humen * * * vibration wave" band of the earth itself.
The harmony and beauty of these two wavelengths will make people feel back in the embrace of nature, just like being in the seaside or valley, bathed in the sun, feeling gentle and relaxed and free.
The brain can also secrete pleasant β-endorphin, which is "five or six times more effective than morphine" and can make people feel happy and nourish the soul.
5 increase wisdom and protect the five internal organs.
If you close your eyes when you are angry, take a deep breath, calm down for two or three minutes, and then open your eyes, your anger may have dissipated by three points, and people have become calm and rational.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver governs anger, and anger hurts the liver. Human static blood belongs to the liver. The liver is also closely related to the gallbladder, and the meridians are interlinked. The liver governs planning, while the gallbladder governs decision-making. If you are too tired and confused all day, you will be less liver blood deficiency and lack courage. Easy to think, lack of motivation and vitality in work.
Eight kinds of people need to close their eyes more.
People who often stay up late and work overtime often face computers and mobile phones, drive for a long time, study hard for exams, have dark circles on their faces, and their eyes are sore ... People who have the above situations may wish to close their eyes from time to time.
Deficiency of essence and qi, imbalance of viscera, deficiency of qi and kidney, and inappropriateness of qi eventually lead to various eye diseases.
People with eight diseases should learn to close their eyes:
Insomnia and anxiety;
Chronic digestive tract diseases;
Chronic lung disease;
Chronic liver disease;
Hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc. When impatient or tired, the index will rise;
Eye diseases, such as asthenopia, dry eye, glaucoma, cataract, macular degeneration, etc.
Allergic diseases, Chinese medicine says that "all pains and sores belong to the heart", calming the heart will help reduce sensitivity;
Nodules and tumors, closing your eyes can enhance immunity.
Closing your eyes is not as simple as it seems. There are two principles to follow:
When appropriate, in accordance with the law.
According to the biological clock, you usually feel sleepy at 9: 00 am, 1 pm and 5: 00 pm. At this time, it is necessary to conform to the laws of the human body, close your eyes and rest for 3 to 5 minutes to half an hour. The most suitable time is 10 to 15 minutes.
Relax and let nature take its course.
It is recommended to do the following four "none".
aimless
Chinese medicine pays attention to "indifference and nothingness". When you close your eyes, don't think about what effect you must achieve, and don't expect to cure all your diseases by closing your eyes. It's just a better health care method.
infinitive
No fixed posture, no time, no age, no equipment, only comfort. But try not to lie prone on the table, which will lead to poor breathing and oppression of the eyeball. You can lean back and squint for a while.
No position
Don't stick to closing your eyes in situ. On the premise of ensuring safety, do whatever you want at any time and place. When you close your eyes, you can do nothing. You can smile with your eyes closed, listen to music, even brush your teeth and make phone calls.
You can also close your eyes for a few minutes before exams and speeches to help control your nervousness.
No environment
Try to leave the noisy environment when you close your eyes, even if you can't get rid of it, it doesn't matter if you can't calm down. Closing your eyes is always more calming than opening them.