Huangdi Neijing tells us that the five internal organs are closely related to the five elements: the liver belongs to wood, the heart belongs to fire, the spleen belongs to earth, the lung belongs to gold, and the kidney belongs to water. When the five internal organs are weak in midsummer, only at this time can we ensure good health in autumn and winter. Let's start a healthy journey this summer according to the five elements. The wood of five elements: it belongs to the wood organ-the liver and gallbladder are internal and external organs, bones and limbs. Excessive prosperity or aging are more likely to suffer from diseases such as liver and gallbladder, head and neck, limbs, joints, tendons and veins, eyes and nerves. Reasons for nourishing the liver: When the work is too tired, the first thing to maintain is the liver. Because the liver is the organ that concentrates blood in the body, you should try to store blood. The original direction of the five elements is liver → heart → spleen → lung → kidney. The liver is overworked and weak, and the heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys will be affected, and the internal heat accumulated by overwork will also hurt the liver. Liver and gallbladder care for each other, and liver and gallbladder will affect each other. People with liver qi stagnation or weakness should eat more green or sour food. Ways to nourish the liver: It is hot in summer. Drinking plenty of water can replenish body fluids, enhance blood circulation, promote metabolism, accelerate digestion and absorption of the body, eliminate waste, and reduce the damage of metabolites and toxins to the liver. Ensure that protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals in food keep corresponding proportions; At the same time, keep the five flavors unbiased; Try to eat less spicy food and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits; Don't overeat or be hungry. Fire of Five Elements: It belongs to fire organs-the heart and small intestine are internal and external organs, belonging to blood vessels and the whole circulatory system. Too prosperous or too old, it is easy to suffer from diseases such as small intestine, heart, shoulders, blood, menstrual blood, face, teeth, abdomen and tongue. Reasons for nourishing the heart: Because the heart belongs to fire, it is easy to get angry at high temperature, which increases the burden on the heart, so the most important thing in summer is to nourish the heart. It is best to eat some red food to nourish the heart, which corresponds to red blood and the heart responsible for blood circulation. People with bad complexion and cold limbs can eat more. The heart and small intestine are the exterior and interior of each other. Heart qi is not smooth, and the function of small intestine is not adjusted, so absorption is not good. When you feel guilty, eat red or bitter food. The way to nourish the heart: to nourish the heart, you must first be calm, and the peace of mind is naturally cool. People who are good at nourishing the heart have yin when they are quiet. Only by coordinating Yin and them can they maintain their hearts. In summer, you should eat more nourishing and calming products, such as Poria cocos, lotus seeds, lilies and jujubes. At the same time, we should eat more products that nourish yin and promote fluid production, such as lotus root powder, tremella, watermelon and duck meat. In addition, you might as well eat more "bitterness" in summer. Because bitter taste enters the heart, it can nourish yin, clear away heat and relieve annoyance, such as bitter gourd and mung bean. Water of Five Elements: It belongs to water organs-kidney and bladder are internal and external organs, and also belong to brain and urinary system. Too prosperous or too old, easy to suffer from kidney, bladder, tibia, foot, head, liver, urine, vulva, waist, ears, uterus, hernia and other diseases. Reasons for tonifying kidney: Kidney is the innate foundation, the source of life, and has the functions of storing essence, controlling water and controlling bone marrow. Deficiency of kidney qi can easily lead to weakness of yang, weakness of waist and knees, susceptibility to cold and illness. Because of busy work, many people choose to eat out now. The chef's cooking is characterized by big oil and salt, which makes the food more fragrant. However, salt belongs to water and salt belongs to kidney. Moderate amount is beneficial, while excessive amount is harmful. Nourishing kidney: Kidney deficiency can be divided into yin deficiency and yang deficiency, which nourishes and moistens various organs of the human body, called kidney yin; It is called kidney yang, which warms and promotes the activities of various organs. According to the difference between kidney yin and kidney yang deficiency, the kidney should be supplemented by corresponding methods. People with kidney yin deficiency often have symptoms such as lung heat, dry throat, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus and reddish tongue coating, which can be nourished by sea cucumber, medlar, turtle and tremella. People with kidney-yang deficiency often have symptoms such as cold limbs, listlessness, backache and tinnitus, pale tongue and fat body, so mutton and velvet antler should be chosen to supplement. The soil of the five elements: it belongs to the soil organ-the spleen and stomach are both exterior and interior, belonging to the intestine and the whole digestive system. Excessive prosperity or aging are more likely to suffer from diseases such as spleen, stomach, ribs, back, chest, lungs and abdomen. Reasons for nourishing spleen: Long summer and rainy days are the wettest periods of the year. Too much moisture will hurt the spleen and stomach and affect appetite, so we always have no appetite in midsummer. The end result of greed is diarrhea and stomachache in the spleen and stomach. The way to tonify spleen: spleen and stomach play a role in nutrition supply in human body. Only after conditioning can qi and blood flourish. Spleen and stomach are exterior-interior relations. If the spleen is not healthy, the gastrointestinal tract is not good. Therefore, in summer, we should choose foods that are mild in taste, easy to digest and not greasy, such as lotus root, carrot, apple, milk, soybean milk, yam and millet. , thus helping to strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production. According to the five elements, the heart belonging to fire nourishes the spleen belonging to the earth, and the result of eating more bitterness and strengthening the heart is also strengthening the spleen. Five elements of gold: belonging to the golden organ-lung and large intestine are internal and external organs, belonging to trachea and the whole respiratory system. Excessive prosperity or aging are more likely to suffer from diseases such as large intestine, lung, umbilicus, expectoration, liver, skin, hemorrhoids, nasotracheal diseases and so on. Reasons for nourishing the lungs: Although the season for nourishing the lungs should be autumn, the lungs and the large intestine are in an exterior-interior relationship. Deficiency of lung yin easily leads to constipation, and the skin is closely related to it. Therefore, the maintenance of the lungs in summer is also essential. Lung tract: Many fresh fruits in summer are rich in various nutrients needed by human body, and have the effects of nourishing yin and lungs, moistening dryness and promoting fluid production. In addition, eat more honey, walnuts, dairy products, lilies, tremella, radishes, autumn pears, bananas, lotus roots and so on. Eat less spicy and hot products that help fire. Five zang-organs and five flavors: According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the physiological functions of the four seasons and the five zang-organs are interrelated, and the five zang-organs should be nursed to prevent diseases. In addition, the foods provided by nature for human beings are sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty, which are in harmony with the qi of the five internal organs respectively. Liver likes sour, heart likes bitter, spleen likes sweet, lung likes pungent, and kidney likes salty; Acid enters the liver, bitter enters the heart, sweet enters the spleen, pungent enters the lung and salty enters the kidney. If the five flavors are mixed, they will be used too much, which will lead to disharmony of viscera and qi, and bring various diseases. If you eat too much salty taste, your blood vessels will harden and your blood will stagnate. Eating too much will damage the lungs and body fluids, leading to dull skin and withered hair; Overeating and spicy taste will consume liver blood and cause muscle fat to burn and claw nails to wither; Eating too much sour taste will hurt the spleen and make the pulp thicker and lose its elasticity; Eating too many sweets will hurt the kidneys, causing joint pain and hair loss. This is the statement in Huangdi Neijing, which points out that the diet should be balanced and not partial eclipse, leading to imbalance in the body and causing diseases, so it is not necessary to understand it absolutely. The relationship between the five elements is of great guiding significance to health preservation. For example, spleen belongs to soil and lung belongs to gold. For chronic debilitating lung diseases, the method of invigorating the spleen can be adopted to achieve the purpose of nourishing lung qi; Muck soil, liver belongs to wood, spleen belongs to soil. If the liver is sick, it will extend to the spleen, so pay attention to maintaining the spleen when the liver is sick to avoid spleen fatigue; Aquatic wood, kidney belongs to water and liver belongs to wood. In liver blood deficiency's case, nourishing yin can be used to restore liver blood. Chinese medicine pays attention to the five elements, namely, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, which correspond to the five internal organs of the human body, namely, lung, liver, kidney, heart and spleen. Only by balancing the five elements and harmonizing the five internal organs can we maintain human health and vitality. In traditional Chinese medicine, "weakness of five elements" does not necessarily mean that the five internal organs have serious diseases, but also includes many neglected "sub-health states". Gold → lung gold corresponds to lung, which is related to respiratory diseases. If you have symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest tightness, cough, wheezing, and low voice, you should raise your lungs. The strongest time of lung: 7: 00 ~ 9: 00; The weakest time of lung: 21:00 ~ 23: 00; Strong lung keywords: moistening dryness ● White food can make the lungs strong. Such as lily, can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and has the best effect on the respiratory tract. In addition, white radish, white fungus and white sesame also have the effects of nourishing body fluid and moistening lung. Breathing and exhaling in TCM health preservation: cypress can clear lung and soothe the nerves. Inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth under the cypress tree at 8 ~ 10 or 3 ~ 5 pm every day, * * * 12 times. Long-term use can supplement lung qi deficiency. Two dietotherapy methods: 1 arhat fruit tea, chopped, brewed in boiling water 10 minutes, regardless of time and frequency. 500g of autumn pear cream, 200g of red dates, 50g of ginger and 250g of honey. Peel the pear, cut it into dices, add appropriate amount of water to boil, and simmer for 30 minutes; Sliced ginger and red dates are boiled into soup in the same way, and filtered to remove residue. Then boil pear soup, jujube, ginger soup and honey together for 5 minutes. Because Siraitia grosvenorii and Qiuli have the heaviest golden gas and strong medicinal properties, they can make lung function strong and fast. Wood → liver wood corresponds to the liver, and the liver begins to understand the eyes. You can only see clearly when you are full of wood. If there are symptoms such as emotional irritability, dull pain in the chest and hypochondrium, and sharp decline in vision, it is necessary to nourish the liver. The strongest time of liver:1:00 ~ 3: 00; The weakest time of liver:13: 00 ~17: 00; Strong liver keywords: Shu ● When the liver is afraid of fatigue and the liver qi is the weakest, you must pay attention to rest. If you have to work, rest your eyes for at least 5 minutes every 1 hour. Traditional Chinese medicine health massage "Ashi point": "Ashi point" means "where there is pain, it is the point there". Chinese medicine believes that the pain can't pass, and gently rubbing the painful part with your fingers quickly and rhythmically can relieve the liver spasm, pain and discomfort. In diet therapy, appropriate amount of Ganoderma lucidum, Ligustrum lucidum, Radix Astragali, Radix Glycyrrhizae and Radix Acanthopanacis Senticosi are taken, made into teabags, and brewed with boiling water for drinking. Has the effects of protecting liver and resisting aging. Water → kidney water corresponds to kidney. If there are symptoms such as soreness of the waist and knees, edema, frequent urination, memory loss, easy to catch a cold, and a lot of hair loss for no reason, it is necessary to tonify the kidney. The strongest time of kidney: 5: 00 ~ 7: 00; The weakest time of kidney: 23: 00 ~1:00; Key words of strengthening kidney: hide ● Adjust bad emotions, control your psychological activities, try to hide as much as possible, and let go of things that are not satisfactory as soon as possible. In addition, when the kidneys are weakest, don't stay up late to recharge your batteries. Saliva nourishment in TCM health preservation: stick your tongue out of the upper teeth, stir it up and down, left and right, let saliva gradually fill your mouth, and then swallow it three times, every morning and evening 1 time. Dietotherapy with black beans soaked in vinegar is a "golden prescription" for treating kidney yin deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine. Eating fish is the best for the kidney, because fish can not only tonify the kidney, but also stabilize the mood and enhance memory and judgment. Fire → heart fire corresponds to the heart, and the heart governs the blood. If you have symptoms such as palpitation, chest tightness, insomnia, forgetfulness, irritability, and even pain in the precordial area, you need to nourish your heart. Heart strongest time:11:00 ~13: 00 heart weakest time: 2 1: 00 ~ 1: 00 heart strongest keywords: nurturing ● If you need to think hard, you can do it at noon, when your heart is strongest. People with weak heart should go to bed early and drink a glass of carrot juice or tomato juice to nourish their hearts before going to bed. TCM regimen: Take 500 grams of mung beans, stir-fry them in an iron pot with slow fire, and pour them into a basin. When the temperature is suitable, wash your feet and dry them. You can step on mung beans for about 30 minutes every night before going to bed 1 hour, which has the effect of strengthening the heart and calming the nerves. Press navel: navel is Shenque point. Pressing with your index finger for 5 ~ 7 minutes before going to bed every night can soothe the nerves and help you sleep. Dietotherapy takes 30g of Fructus Lycii, 40g of fried Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, and 0/0g of Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis/KLOC-.It is brewed with boiling water instead of tea, which has the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Semen Ziziphi Spinosae and Fructus Lycii in the prescription have the function of nourishing heart blood; Schisandra chinensis has the function of converging the heart. Soil → spleen corresponds to spleen, and overeating hurts spleen. If there are symptoms such as abdominal distension, diarrhea, burnout, shortness of breath, relaxation of ligament muscles, and edema all over the body, it is necessary to replenish the spleen. The strongest time of spleen: 9: 00 ~ 1 1: 00 The weakest time of spleen: 19: 00 ~ 23: 00. Key words: invigorating the weak spleen can advance the lunch time to 1 1, when the spleen is at its peak and digests food. After meals 1 hour 1 sweet fruit can strengthen the spleen. Abdominal scraping in TCM regimen: Abdominal scraping can help the hyperactive stomach to return to normal and balance the yin and yang of viscera. Ginger-separated moxibustion: acupoint moxibustion with ginger slices can regulate the spleen and stomach, warm the stomach and stop vomiting, regulate qi and relieve pain. Dietary red bean crucian carp soup has the effects of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, diuresis and detumescence. It is a suitable soup at present, and also suitable for damp-heat syndrome, dyspepsia and dysuria. About 90 grams of adzuki beans, washed and soaked for about half an hour, washed and gutted crucian carp, or put them in a pot and soaked in raw oil for a while. Then put them in an earthenware pot and fry them in water. Tremella, ginkgo and herring can be served with soy sauce. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the world consists of five elements: gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and these five elements have their own colors, animals, organs and internal organs, which affect the operation of "Qi" in the human body in their unique ways. Try these three kinds of healthy exercise. Monkey-like exercise to improve urinary system: Chinese medicine believes that monkeys correspond to water in five elements and kidney and bladder in the body. This set of aerobics makes limbs stretch and contract from time to time, and mobilizes multiple groups of muscles, which can avoid water retention in the body and help urine excretion. Exercise: Stand or sit down, take a deep breath and imagine yourself as a monkey. Take off your shoes and coat, squat down on the floor or sofa like a monkey, jump around for a while, then hang your body in the air with your arms … and then scratch your head and waist like a monkey. Bear exercises help digestion: In China's traditional concept, the bear corresponds to the soil in the five elements and the spleen and stomach in the body. This set of exercises can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, relax the diaphragm and improve the whole digestive system including esophagus and pancreas. Practice: First, stand still, take a deep breath and imagine yourself as a bear. Then the abdomen leans forward, the arms hang obliquely in front of the body, and the palms are inward. Walk slowly in this posture, and keep thinking about the image of a bear in your mind. Dragon-like movements promote blood circulation: In the traditional culture of China, dragons correspond to the fire in the five elements and the heart and small intestine in the body. This set of static calisthenics needs to support the legs of the body to maintain the balance of the body. The slight contraction and expansion of the leg muscles is beneficial to the venous blood return, which can promote the blood circulation of the whole body and is also beneficial to the digestive system. Exercise: Stand still, take a deep breath and imagine yourself as a dragon. Bend your knees and lift one leg, your hands are in the shape of dragon claws, and your arms are lifted so that the palm of one hand is down and the palm of the other hand is up. This posture of holding your arms high will increase the burden on your heart. If there is something wrong with your heart, you don't have to hold it too high.