Ancient Chinese people always soaked their feet before going to bed. So soaking feet is also a very important health care method. It is more appropriate to regard it as a health care method. Using wormwood as the main material, wormwood can be used for five years, and some drugs such as Guizhi, Lycopodium, Eucommia ulmoides, Codonopsis pilosula and Angelica sinensis can be added. Put it together. Soak enough powder, then put it in a pot, pour boiling water, then soak for a while to let the medicine out, then pour cold water, adjust the temperature and put your feet in. Don't be too hot, if it is too hot, it is easy to burn the skin above 45 degrees. Especially diabetics, without their own temperature control, are prone to burns, so family members must take good care of them.
At this time, after putting your feet in, your feet will be very comfortable and hot. Many people say: how long do I soak my feet? Dr. Peng. You can control this time by yourself. Generally speaking, 15 to 20 minutes. To what extent? Just soak in the tip of your nose and sweat slightly on your forehead, but don't soak in sweat. I was too excited to sleep after soaking. That won't do. Just a little sweaty.
Some people have underdeveloped sweat glands and can't sweat, but don't say that they will sweat after soaking for three hours. That won't do. Therefore, we must analyze it according to our own specific situation. I'm talking about ordinary people, with a slight sweat on their noses and foreheads. That's enough.
What's the role? Soaking feet first will lead to tempering. Because all yang is consumed in the head after a day's consumption. Modern people, in particular, always sit there and work, using their brains, and their brains are running a lot, and they are all angry and their feet are getting cold. When you soak your feet, put the hot air and yang in the coke below, and then put it on your feet. It is very important to obtain normal vitality, which is called returning fire to yuan. After starting the fire below, you can have a good sleep and lead the fire back to its original state.
What is the second function? It is nourishing kidney and liver. After tonifying kidney and liver qi, kidney and liver can be sufficient and sleep can be good. Soaking feet can nourish kidney and liver. Because there are meridians on the feet, there are liver meridians of foot Jue Yin and kidney meridians of foot Shao Yin. By warming the soles of the feet, there are Yongquan and Taichong points on the soles of the feet, both of which are acupoints of the liver and kidney meridians. By warming and nourishing these meridians, the purpose of nourishing liver and kidney can be achieved. At the same time, it can warm the channels and collaterals, and the whole body's qi and blood can be fused after soaking feet, that is, as Li Shizhen said, "the whole body's cold can be melted", and then the whole body's qi and blood can be fused. At this time, you can dispel the wind and dispel the cold. This helps to replenish qi and blood, so that qi and blood can be sufficient. Many people say: Dr. Peng, why did I find that my face looked better after soaking for a while, and the spots on my face disappeared. How can this effect be so great? Please note that this does not mean that drugs will remove spots for you. Medicine makes your qi and blood better, but when your body reaches balance, the spots will disappear automatically.
Soaking feet with herbs is only to restore balance, bring fire back to Yuan, and make qi and blood flow smoothly. Sleep well at night, your metabolism is good, and your skin's repair function is enhanced. You will be radiant, your complexion will be good, your spots will be light, and your skin will be bright. So from this piece, it can be said to be qi and blood. It can also soothe the nerves, because after the feet are warm, the mentality will be calm. It's hot and cold. What is this? This is the divination of the Tiantai-the bottom is dry and the top is Kun, which is called the Tiantai. The spirit of the sun lurks down, and my heart is cold, so I can calm my nerves. The brain can be quiet and the feet can be warm, which is especially helpful for sleep. Have a good sleep and be full of blood. Can sub-health be eliminated? Sub-health has 23 symptoms, and I will tell you specifically in the future. Once sub-health is eliminated, this person's fatigue will be eliminated, so what kind of person is particularly suitable? Patients with nocturnal emission, patients with nocturnal emission, patients with mental qi deficiency, and patients with liver and kidney deficiency; People with cold and dampness frozen in meridians are especially suitable for soaking feet, such as fatigue, qi deficiency and laziness, lack of qi and blood, insomnia, and excessive internal heat. Especially the elderly are also suitable for soaking; Young people use their brains too much, and those who can't sleep are also suitable for soaking; Patients with long-term fatigue are also suitable for soaking; Sub-healthy people are more suitable for soaking; Filial piety can also soak parents' feet.
In fact, we have studied traditional culture before and know that it is also a filial way to soak our parents' feet every day. Of course, it depends on your parents' acceptance. Don't say I have to soak your feet. I have to be filial. Your parents don't want to. If you are stubborn, that won't do either. So what is filial piety? Filial piety, filial piety must follow the wishes of parents. You can't force people to soak their feet. These are all digressions. What do you mean I tell you? It is a very good health care method to do foot massage with the components of mugwort leaf and wormwood.
What is another function of external use? Think about it, wormwood smells good. Can repel mosquitoes. Drive away mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants, so that the air can be purified to a certain extent. I think it's amazing that bad smell and dirty gas will be eliminated. Look at our house. Every summer around the Dragon Boat Festival, when summer comes, we will order moxa sticks and fumigate the room to make it smell like moxibustion. After fumigation, we will open the window and ventilate again. In this way, we will find that there are really few mosquitoes and flies in summer. Sometimes I do moxibustion at home by myself, sometimes I use smoked moxa sticks, and sometimes I use smokeless moxa sticks. After moxibustion, there is a very weak fragrance at home. In this way, there are very few mosquitoes and flies in our family, and there are no creatures such as insects and ants. This is a very good and convenient method, and I recommend it to everyone. This has also been confirmed in ancient times, and the ancients often did this, which is also a folk practice.
During festivals, Chinese people often hang mugwort leaves on doors or windows, which is a custom. Do you know which festival this is? This is the Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, Dragon Boat Festival is also a very important festival in China to eliminate evil spirits, treat diseases and pray for health and longevity. Dragon Boat Festival is a festival with strong sun spirit, and the fifth day of May is the time when the sun spirit rises, which is also the heaviest time. Think about it. Is there a problem with the legendary white snake at this time? What is a white snake? The white snake is a legendary snake. This is a cold thing. What does it fear most? So she is afraid to drink realgar wine, because realgar wine has a strong aphrodisiac effect. Which festival to drink realgar wine? Isn't it Dragon Boat Festival? What else do you do on Dragon Boat Festival? During the Dragon Boat Festival, wormwood will also be inserted in the doors and windows, because wormwood is also a plant with strong yang, so if we understand Chinese medicine, we will easily understand the principles of yin and yang and five elements in traditional culture, which are all in life.
In fact, in addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, there are dragon boat races and so on. What else is there at this time? There is a folk proverb that says "willow is inserted in Qingming Festival, wormwood is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". Tomb-Sweeping Day inserted willow branches to commemorate grief and pursue the future cautiously. On the Dragon Boat Festival, mugwort leaves are inserted, and every household hangs mugwort leaves, or makes mugwort leaves into sachets to wear on the body, wraps them around the waist, or holds them in their arms.
Nowadays, many people like to hang sachets in their cars as car pendants. Some people put the sachet at home, hang it on the doorknob at home, or hang it on the hanger at home, and so on. Some people put sachets on pillows; Some people put sachets in their closets. These are the ways to use the sachet. Where are they all from? All originated from the ancient folk customs of China. This folk custom is actually the folk custom of inserting moxa sticks and leaves. Inserting Folium Artemisiae Argyi can strengthen yang, strengthen body resistance and eliminate evil spirits, thus achieving this goal. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is a health festival in ancient China. At this point, I want to share with you that sachets play a very important role. What is the most important function? It is helpful for healthy qi, fragrance, filth, dryness and dampness, turbid qi, strengthening the body resistance and eliminating evil spirits. This is the main function of sachet.
What drugs are there to help healthy qi? There is also mugwort, which is a very important medicine. There are also Rhizoma Atractylodis, Rhizoma Acori Graminei, Gan Song, Herba Agastaches, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae and Eupatorium. That's a really good name, perrin. What does Perrin mean? The meaning of wearing, orchid means bluegrass, and wearing bluegrass on the body is called Eupatorium, which can eliminate dampness and turbidity. The musk in Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder can be humidified and is very fragrant. And angelica dahurica, which smells good. Zhi is the "grass prefix" above and the "stop" below. These words are really beautiful. And Acorus gramineus and Atractylodes lancea. Many people pronounce this technique (Zhu) as Shu, but it is actually called Zhu. Atractylodes lancea has a good function of aromatic cleaning, strengthening body resistance and eliminating evil.
The combination of these Chinese herbal medicines to make sachets is what is said in Huangdi Neijing. It is called "healthy qi is hidden inside, and evil cannot be made", which is to help healthy qi, eliminate evil, eliminate dampness and filth, and fragrant filth, and strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil, thus achieving such a goal.
The most important thing is that it smells very fragrant, especially heavy, and smells good, but it is not that strong, like the smell of a chemical perfume, which is too pungent. This is the fragrance of a natural herb.
I used to know teacher Ji Chuan, teacher Chen. He's funny. He likes to lead some of his students to stand on piles, play with chairs and practice Tai Ji Chuan. Once, he came to me and said, Dr. Peng, can you design a sachet for my students to wear? Why? Sometimes when I let them practice breathing, they can smell a fragrance with their noses, which makes it easier to get into the state, so I designed this sachet for them to wear. He asked the students to hang this sachet on their chests, and everyone listened attentively when they practiced and stood on the pile, thus guiding these students to be quiet. So this teacher Chen is also very interesting. He used this method to induce everyone to be quiet.
What is the main function of sachet? It is mainly used to eliminate filth, strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil, so it is called healthy qi sachet.
All right, let's look down. Speaking of China's culture, there is a famous place. I wonder if you have ever been to Hangzhou. Hangzhou is a famous cultural city in China, and there are many stories about the West Lake. There is a mountain called Gushan next to the West Lake in Hangzhou. There is a famous printing factory in that place called Xiling Printing Factory. Xiling Printing Factory is at the foot of Gushan Mountain, which is an intangible cultural heritage of our country. What is a seal? The seal is our seal. In foreign countries, signature is evidence. In ancient times, signatures were needed. In foreign countries, a person's signature is evidence. In our country, the seal is evidence.
Lithographic seal cutting is the national intangible cultural heritage of Xiling Seal Society, and it is also the representative of China in human intangible projects. This is called stone seal cutting. China has a long history of using seals, which originally originated from official seals-seals or official seals. Then, after the official writes the case-solving copy, he seals it, which represents the confirmation of this official position and authority. Later, it was mostly used for calligraphy and painting. What is the key to the quality of imprint? Depends on the inkpad. I talked for a long time, and no one knew what I was talking about. Did Dr. Peng talk about culture? Wrong is right, right is wrong. I'm here to talk about culture, but it also has something to do with Ai, which will be drawn out later.
Speaking of inkpad, pay attention, where is the inkpad good and has a history? It is the inkpad of Xiling Printing Society, with a very long history.
Xiling Printing Society was founded in the 29th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, 1903. Xiling Printing House was founded by Wang Fuan, Ye Weiming and Ding Fuzhi, the founders of Xiling Printing House, with Wang Fuan as the representative. Xiling Printing Society is mainly engaged in seal cutting calligraphy and painting, and Xiling Printing Society is mainly a group devoted to epigraphy and seal cutting research. The inkpad made is very famous and easy to use, and the printed chapter is also very beautiful.
How to look good? It is called "no oil leakage in summer and no solidification in winter". It is very beautiful after printing, so this is one of the advantages of the inkpad they produce. I'm not here to sell. It is said that there are three kinds of raw materials for inkpad. The first one is cinnabar, and the inkpad is red, so cinnabar is used. What else is there? And castor oil, which is the second raw material. The third raw material is wormwood. Many people say that it is Ai Rong who has talked for a long time and made trouble for a long time. Ai Rong is the most important raw material for making inkpad. Why? Before listening to their master who made moxa, he said that cotton or other plant fibers should be selected before choosing moxa. It is found that after using these plant fibers of cotton, it is easy to rot and the inkpad is easy to stink. Later, I chose moxa sticks, and the effect is very good. It is not corrupt and has no odor after long-term use. And its fiber is also very good, so it becomes a very important material for making inkpad, which is moxa. What does this mean? This shows that according to the thinking of traditional Chinese medicine, wormwood is fragrant and filthy, pure yang and not easy to corrupt. Attention, everyone, this is a characteristic of pure yang, and these medicinal materials we use. Aconitum carmichaeli is kept for a year or two, so it is neither worm-free nor rotten. However, ginseng is particularly susceptible to insects. Why? Because ginseng can nourish yin and benefit qi, it is very nutritious, so it is easy to corrupt.
"Yang changes into qi and yin", which is a medicine with sufficient yang and is not easy to decompose. Wormwood and wormwood leaves will not rot or rot for ten or twenty years. But such as Lycium barbarum, Rehmannia glutinosa, Ophiopogon japonicus and Adenophora adenophora. These drugs go bad easily over time. This is actually an idea that the ancients divided drugs into yin and yang. After being refined, wormwood is mixed with castor oil and cinnabar to make a very good inkpad. The ancients called it "one or two gold and one or two mud", which shows that inkpad is very precious. Especially for painters and calligraphers, we see that all the works of painters and calligraphers should be stamped with his seal, including handprints and signature seals. The seal printed with good inkpad has the characteristics of strong three-dimensional sense, simple color, delicate texture, long-lasting, vigorous and calm. So we learn traditional culture and Chinese medicine, and you will get a lot of fun from it. Why? Because what is the thinking of the ancients? Is the idea that everything in the world is used by me. Everything, especially this primitive and pure natural thing, has its own spirituality. If this spirituality is processed by monarchs, ministers, assistants and envoys, many interesting products will be processed.
This is beside the point, which means that moxa sticks also have a function of making inkpad, which many people may not know. I came into contact with a teacher of traditional culture. He told me that when he was in Xiling Printing Factory, he had participated in the production and studied the production method of inkpad. One of the ingredients is moxa, which is not easy to rot after being used. If it is made of cotton or other fibers, it will rot easily and stink easily. This shows how precious and special Ai Rong is, and deserves to be called the king of all kinds of herbs.
Speaking of the efficacy of wormwood, what should I do when I marched to the desert in ancient times to find water? Dig a deep pit in the desert and light wormwood in it. After the wormwood is lit, a puff of smoke will come out from another place after a while, and then the general will order to dig down from another smoky place, and the water will be dug out.
Why? Because the gender of wormwood is wandering. Once it burns, its smoke is particularly thick and everywhere. When it finds the water source, it will rise from that place along the channel of the water source and smoke. Finding water from this place is quick. This leads to a topic: that is, our earth has a vein below the surface. In ancient times, there was a book called "The True Map of Five Mountains", which talked about this truth, that is, under the surface, there was its own context. So it depends on the wind and water. These two things are flowing, and wind and water are flowing. So looking at Feng Shui means looking at Feng Shui on the earth, just like looking at the qi and pulse of the body. Therefore, the human body is a small universe, and the universe is a big body. These two are corresponding. The ancients called this idea "the correspondence between man and nature". After talking for a long time, the correspondence between man and nature is the truth. Heaven refers to nature, and man is us. After the ancients discovered this law, he studied and applied it well.
Ok, that's all for today's class. Thank you for listening. See you next time. (To be continued)
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