Health wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine
Ren linxian
Traditional Chinese medicine is the product of ancient people's hard struggle for survival and nature, and it is the health care wisdom left by our ancestors. With the development of modern society, great changes have taken place in people's lifestyle, and some behaviors violate the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, which is extremely harmful to the body. Chen Ming, a professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and chairman of Zhongjing Theory Branch of Chinese Medicine Association, explained the following harmful behaviors.
Cold drinks are sweet and spicy, with phlegm and dampness in them.
With the improvement of living standards, big fish and big meat, barbecue hot pot, drinks, beer and ice cream desserts have become frequent visitors on the table, but in the view of Chinese medicine, this kind of greedy, cold, sweet and spicy eating habit is very unhealthy. First of all, cold and iced food is most likely to damage the yang, especially the yang of the spleen and stomach, which leads to the inability to digest and absorb food normally. After a long time, the human body will be sallow, listless, muscular and slow-thinking. Secondly, eating a lot of sweets will cause many problems such as internal heat, phlegm-dampness, obesity, endocrine disorders and so on. Many people have a misconception that eating Chili, mutton, hot pot and drinking iced drinks will neutralize cold and heat. In fact, the function of food entering the body has different affinities for various zang-fu organs and meridians. Hot food and cool food have their own channels, and their cold and heat properties can not be well neutralized and offset, but they cause various diseases in their own way. I suggest that you keep a diet that is more in line with the digestive characteristics of Chinese people: mainly rice and flour, supplemented by vegetables, moderate intake of meat, eggs, milk and various fruits, cooking with less oil and salt, light and light, and eating less raw and cold food.
Work is tense, and the sun's spirit dissipates.
Life is fast-paced, stressful, old and young ... this is the normal life of many adults. When the attention is highly concentrated, the engine "Yang" of the human body must be in an excited state. When awake, the distribution of yang is biased towards the body surface. If the state of exposure and relaxation is maintained for too long, it will lead to excessive dissipation of yang, showing a state of virtual loss, and problems such as drowsiness, decreased reaction ability, difficulty in concentrating, and frequent colds will also follow. Therefore, work and study should be relaxed at ordinary times, and moderate physical and mental relaxation should be carried out after intense work, and aerobic exercise can be done in moderation, such as yoga, jogging and swimming. If you don't have time and exercise conditions, it's also a good rest to listen to cross talk and put on some music to ease your nervous mood.
Often stay up late, the sun never returns.
There is a very important yang in the human body, which is called resistance. It is the "little guardian" of the human body, which changes with dawn and dusk day and night, and runs "point by point" in the meridians of the human body according to the prescribed route. Generally speaking, when people are awake during the day, Wei Qi is on duty in the Yang Jing, and they are always on guard against foreign pathogens. In the evening, Qi Wei also switches to the Yin Meridian with people's sleep, and enters a low-energy "standby charging" state to charge for daytime work. Nowadays, many people keep their mobile phones and often stay up late, which makes the yang meridian in a state of high tension for a long time, and the yang dissipates, which leads to low body resistance over time. Therefore, everyone should live on time according to the physiological characteristics of "walking in the sun during the day and walking in the shade at night" and try to sleep before 10 at night. If you are busy with your work and study, you can postpone it until the afternoon 1 1. Adults can guarantee 7-8 hours of sleep every day, and minors can appropriately extend their sleep time according to their age. You can take a lunch break at noon and let the sun be the spirit take a nap.
Complex thinking, impaired qi and blood.
The movement of human qi follows its own circulation law and is also influenced by activity and mental state. Complex thinking and excessive desire can lead to the fatigue and relaxation of the sun, which can easily lead to internal fire. On the one hand, the fiery evil will lead to the further dispersion of the sun's yang, on the other hand, it will also burn yin and body fluid, leading to the deficiency of both yin and yang in the human body. Huangdi Neijing describes an ideal state of health preservation, which should be "leisure without desire, peace of mind without fear". Only when we don't have too many desires and troubles in our hearts can the movement of qi really follow its laws and keep qi, blood and body fluid full. I suggest that you take some time out of your hard work every day to sit still and study, so as to support the yang and nourish the body.
Yang deficiency, artificial typhoid fever
It is generally believed that autumn and winter are the high incidence seasons of colds, but clinically, it can be found that people who see colds in summer and summer are the most. Because eating cold, drinking cold and blowing air conditioners in summer are easy to "artificial typhoid fever". Huangdi Neijing talks about "nourishing yang in spring and summer", and the world is naturally in a state of exuberant yang in these two seasons. As a part of nature, the human body is no exception. Most of the limited yang of the human body runs to the surface of the external muscles and is in a state of dissipation, while the internal yang is relatively insufficient. Therefore, in spring and summer, we should pay more attention to the maintenance of yang, whether it is blowing air conditioning or drinking cold drinks, eating raw and cold food should be moderate. When eating cold food, it can be accompanied by warm and spicy ingredients, such as ginger, pepper, cumin, mustard and so on.
Improper exercise hurts body fluids and makes you sad.
Modern people have high requirements for figure, women value thinness, and men pursue muscle fullness. Therefore, in order to lose weight quickly in a short time, some people carry out high-intensity exercise that exceeds their own load, resulting in multiple strains, sprains and contusions. Chinese medicine believes that moderate exercise can promote the circulation of blood in the body. The so-called "running water does not rot, the family axis is not delayed", and the blood runs smoothly, which can nourish the bones and muscles well and achieve the purpose of health preservation. But proper exercise, otherwise the loss outweighs the gain. How to judge whether the amount of exercise is appropriate? There are two main principles: first, it is not advisable to sweat excessively during exercise, and it is best not to "sweat like washing". After sweating a lot, the human body's yang is too excited and it is easy to feel cold. At the same time, due to the interaction between yin and body fluid, yang and heart qi, hyperhidrosis not only damages yang and body fluid, but also easily damages heart qi. Second, if there is pain or weakness in joints and muscles after exercise, there is no appetite for eating, and the quality of sleep at night declines, and it can't be relieved after resting for 1 day, indicating that the exercise intensity is too high and needs to be adjusted in time. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, we recommend Baduanjin, Wu Zhangxing, Tai Ji Chuan and other sports, which are relatively mild and conform to the characteristics of oriental body structure. You can search related videos online to learn.
Postpartum cold, invasion of evil wind
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women are full of yin and yang during March 7 to April 7 (265,438+0-28 years old) and men are full of yin and yang during March 8 to April 8 (24-32 years old), which is the best period for childbirth. But many young people have to wait until they have a stable job, a car and a house, and they are mature in all aspects before having children. Both parties are often over 35 years old, when fertility begins to decline and it is difficult to conceive. In addition, women are empty after childbirth and are easily attracted by thieves, so pay attention to shelter from the cold after childbirth. At present, the operating room in the hospital is air-conditioned and temperature-controlled all the year round, so it is inevitable that the parturient will feel cold and evil during the operation. Many young women eat cold food, drink cold food and blow cold air soon after giving birth, and after a few months, they will feel the "wind" in their bodies. China people's physical quality and eating habits are very different from those in the west, and there are physical differences objectively. Therefore, do not blindly copy the living habits of westerners such as drinking cold water and eating cold food after childbirth, and pay attention to avoiding the wind. At the same time, follow the physiological laws and get pregnant at the right age.
The imbalance between yin and yang breeds disadvantages.
Modern people attach great importance to health and hope to maintain a healthy body through early prevention and health care. In order to cater to this consumer psychology, many drugs for nourishing yin are labeled as "beauty beauty, Longevity". In fact, the most natural and healthy state of the human body is that Yin and Yang maintain a relative balance at a certain level, which is the so-called "secret of Yin and Yang". Just like the growth of plants needs both sunshine and plenty of water. Therefore, the idea of nourishing yin instead of syndrome differentiation to pursue health preservation does not conform to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and should be understood objectively.
Abuse of western medicine harms healthy qi.
The discovery and application of antibiotics quickly solved a large number of clinical diseases caused by pathogenic microorganism infection, but it also caused people to abuse and overuse antibiotics in pursuit of curative effect and speed. Many people have penicillin and cephalosporin in stock at home. They take one tablet for sore throat and one tablet for cold ... From the point of view of Chinese medicine, most antibiotics are cold, and excessive use will harm human health. The most common example is that after a patient catches a cold, a large number of antibiotics are lost, which is often accompanied by symptoms such as loss of appetite, listlessness and chills. This is the result of a large number of cold antibiotics "accidentally injuring" righteousness. So be careful with antibiotics.