Zeng Guofan paid attention to the way of keeping in good health after entering Beijing. At that time, he often felt dizzy, weak and blind, so he discussed the method of health preservation with a group of people in the Hanlin Academy.
Tang Jinghai is one of his most admired predecessors. He once dictated the secrets of health and life, which Zeng Guofan firmly kept in mind.
In October of the 22nd year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan wrote in his diary: "Mr. Tang said that the most important thing is quietness. If it is not quiet, it is not dense, and if it is unclear, it is unclear. Everything is floating. Always keep quiet. He also said, "Everyone has his own personal illness, all of which are upright and upright, and each is biased. He must observe his drowning disease and treat it here for life. "
Zeng Guofan is a man who can draw inferences from others. Tang Jinghai's teachings have given him a lot of experience in keeping in good health.
Xianfeng wrote in his eleven-year diary: "Sages also have the word" anger ". It is a famous saying that you can endure for a while without hurting your life. " He also wrote: "The way to keep the family healthy is nothing more than punishing anger, restraining desire, eating less and moving more."
Zeng Guofan explained that "punishing anger" means being less angry, "smothering desire" means restraining lust, "eating less" means not eating too much, and "moving more" means strengthening exercise.
He has always adhered to these eight words, which can also be said to be the main essence of his health.
Zeng Guofan mentioned the method of keeping in good health in his letter to his younger brother, which he summarized in five aspects: one is regular sleep and diet, the other is anger control, the third is abstinence, the fourth is washing feet before going to bed, and the fifth is taking three thousand steps after two meals.
Curing anger means keeping healthy on the basis of reducing anger. Sleeping, eating and washing feet are two things. Xing Ganggong persisted for forty years, and Zeng Guofan also studied it for seven years. Recently, three thousand steps after meals began to be tried out, and it has not stopped since.
In his letter to his son, Zeng Guofan encouraged his children with six things to keep fit: "First, take a thousand steps after meals; Second, I will sleep and wash my feet; Third, there is no irritation in the chest; Fourth, sedentary; Fifth, there is a habit of frequent shooting; Sixth, don't order a bowl of white rice at dawn. "
Walking a thousand steps after a meal is what we often say, "Walking a hundred steps after a meal can live 99." Regular persistence can promote gastrointestinal digestion and blood circulation, which should be said to be a good way to keep fit. It is said that many great men have cited this as their own regimen.
Washing feet before going to bed, Chinese medicine believes that the meridians and acupoints of the whole body have corresponding reflection areas on the feet, and frequent stimulation can not only achieve the function of health preservation, but also dispel diseases and strengthen the body. This can be seen from the popular "pedicure" in society. It is said that Zeng Guofan persisted every day even on the battlefield where the drums were rumbling.
Regarding diet, Zeng Guofan's requirements for himself are "sleeping and eating often" and "abstaining from eating, often treating diseases." He never craves the sweetness of food. From this point, we can see that Zeng Guofan's diet concept actually permeates his philosophy of life.
The understanding of sleep, on the other hand, reflects Zeng Guofan's artistic view. He advocated the ancient people's idea of learning from nature and the unity of man and nature.
In terms of health care, he thinks that sleep is not necessarily "the best way to sleep snoring, but it can be indifferent, open-minded and not tired." Even if you don't sleep, lying there can achieve the effect of health preservation. He often takes a nap in the bamboo forest after sunset, and then goes to work.
Is sweating really good for your health?
Some people say that sweating is a "clean-up" for the body. Some dirt in the body and body surface will be excreted with sweat, and the body and mind seem to be refreshed. But is this really the case?
It is mentioned in the important ancient book "Four Qi Regulating Spirit" that health preservation should be in harmony with natural changes according to the laws of birth, growth, culture, harvest and storage. In winter, if you still blindly pursue sweating "detoxification", it may have a negative impact on your health.
Living in spring, plants begin to sprout and animals become active; In summer, the grass grows, the animals grow taller and longer; Between summer and autumn, all plants become more and more full, which is change; Harvest fruit in autumn is harvest; In winter, fruits should be hidden and used slowly. This is called hiding.
In the same way, for people, the essence of the body should be hidden in winter to prevent it from "venting", which is what "March in winter is closed" in On Four Qi and Spirit.
Many people pursue wet sportswear in winter for sports effect, or some people sweat after eating hot pot and taking a sauna, which is not conducive to their health in winter.
"The temperature in winter is low, it is not easy to sweat, and the loss of' gas' is also small. But if you are in a state of sweating, it is probably excessive.
On the one hand, when sweating, the pores expand, the essence will take the opportunity to' slip away' and bacteria will also have an' invasion channel'; On the other hand, people are prone to catch a cold when they are cold, which may lead to muscle and joint damage and even weaken their physique. Especially children and the elderly, avoid sweating in winter. "
As the saying goes, "medicine is better than food" is also reasonable.
First of all, food supplements can maintain long-term tonic. Generally speaking, medicinal tonic has strong effect, small dosage and high price.
Secondly, the benefits of food supplement are extensive. Medicine is not a general nutritious food, but a "three-point poison of medicine", which can not be simply eaten casually, while food tonic does not have these shortcomings and can be taken for a long time.
If you just want to achieve the purpose of aftercare, ordinary food can play a very good role.
Now, the concept of anti-fatigue, anti-aging, intelligence, beauty and slimming through diet has been gradually adopted by more and more people. And use it as a way to keep healthy.
It seems that people have realized what they lack and what they eat.
According to their physical condition, people adopt different dietotherapy methods to make up for their shortcomings and facilitate their use.
The tonic effect of drugs is simple and targeted. Food supplement has the comprehensive function of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, which can generally be decided according to physical condition.
Moreover, most foods used for food supplement are mild in nature and taste, and have no obvious toxic and side effects after long-term use, which is beneficial to prolonging life and delaying aging.
More importantly, drugs can make up for bitterness, and food supplements can make consumers enjoy the wonderful taste of ingredients. This is also the main reason why many people choose to use food supplements instead of medicine supplements.