Saliva is saliva, which is beneficial to human body, because saliva is a digestive juice, mostly water, and also contains mucin and amylase. Saliva can not only moisten the mouth, soften food and facilitate swallowing; Amylase can promote the decomposition of starch into maltose, enhance digestion, and saliva can also remove food residues and foreign bodies in the mouth to keep the mouth clean. In addition, saliva also contains lysozyme, which has bactericidal effect. Mucin can protect gastric mucosa and increase its antiseptic effect. So, please don't just spit. Saliva is called golden jade liquid in Chinese medicine. "Su Wen? Meridian theory says:? Drink in the stomach, overflow the essence, go up to the spleen, disperse the essence, go up to the lungs, cross the waterway, and go down to the bladder meridian. The water and essence are distributed in all directions, and the five veins are parallel. ? This means that body fluids pass through the stomach, spleen and lungs and spread to all blood vessels in the whole body. Saliva contains natural anticancer factors. If people have some conditions that can promote the growth of cancer cells, saliva can threaten or even kill cancer cells. Therefore, Chinese medicine has attached great importance to saliva health care since ancient times, which is the reason. As the saying goes:? Swallow 300 mouthfuls of saliva every day to make you live to be 99 years old. ? Saliva has such a function, as long as people make it according to law every day and persevere, they can always protect Kangmeili. Saliva has a long history in Chinese medicine books. It is also recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica:? When people are sick, the heart and kidney do not meet, the kidney water does not go up, the body fluid dries up and the true qi is consumed. ? The body fluid here is saliva. Saliva also plays a certain role in human health, including eight functions: First, hemostasis: saliva can promote blood coagulation, and saliva can help stop bleeding when oral trauma or tooth extraction causes bleeding.

The second is lubrication: saliva contains mucin, which can make the mouth smooth and soft.

The third is the washing function: it can wash away food residues and keep the mouth clean and hygienic.

The fourth is dilution: when acid, bitterness and other irritating things enter the mouth, saliva secretion increases, and it is easy to spit or swallow after being diluted.

Antibacterial effect: Various organic and inorganic components in saliva have certain antibacterial effect through different mechanisms, which can prevent inflammation of mouth, throat and gums.

Sixth, the treatment of injury: there is a nerve growth hormone in saliva, which can significantly shorten the wound healing time and accelerate the healing of burned skin.

Seventh, digestion: saliva contains a lot of amylase, which can hydrolyze starch into maltose, which is easy to absorb.

Eighth, anti-aging effect: saliva contains a drug that can keep people young? Saliva parotid hormone? , can make people smart, strong teeth, strong muscles, so that even if people are old, they will be flushed and will not lose their youthful vitality. Visible,? Drooling? It is precious and should not be wasted or discarded at will. We should be good at promoting the secretion of saliva, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening the body, strengthening the body and prolonging life. If you want to secrete more saliva to achieve the effect of health preservation, I have the following suggestions: First, drink plenty of water, and soak some Chinese herbal pieces with the effect of promoting fluid production, such as hawthorn, Schisandra chinensis and Ophiopogon japonicus. So-called? Looking at plums to quench your thirst? You mean the most productive effect in food? May? Yes Plums are flat and sour, and have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. However, from the perspective of TCM syndrome differentiation, it should be noted that people with hyperacidity, phlegm-heat cough, chest tightness and asthma should not eat too much acidic food.