Not only that, as early as in ancient China, there was a saying that "the stomach is as soft as cotton, and all diseases don't come around", which means that when the stomach is soft and comfortable, many diseases won't come to you. The habit of rubbing your stomach is worth developing in our daily life. Even for modern people, some benefits deserve our attention.
According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, there are many important meridians gathering in the abdomen, such as Shu Tian, Guanyuan, Chongmai and Daimai. When blood passes through these meridians, if we can rub the abdomen every day, the speed of blood flow will be accelerated, thus producing an effective blood passage effect, which will bring benefits to our health.
First of all, it can effectively relieve constipation.
The stomach is located in the lower center of the abdomen, and naturally there are many blood vessels and passages passing through it. Rubbing your stomach properly every day can promote gastrointestinal blood circulation, improve peristalsis speed and relieve constipation.
Not only that, rubbing the stomach can also make the stomach feel warm, and it can also play a good preventive role in symptoms such as stomach cold and abdominal pain.
Helps to lose weight and burn fat.
Because the liver stores and metabolizes fat, the abdomen becomes the easiest place to accumulate fat. Rubbing your stomach properly every day can promote abdominal blood circulation, improve fat consumption efficiency and achieve a certain weight loss effect. As the saying goes, "when people reach forty-five, their stomachs swell", especially middle-aged people over 40 years old, are more likely to accumulate abdominal fat, so it is also appropriate to develop the habit of rubbing their stomachs every day.
Regulating spleen deficiency and promoting transport and transformation
Summer is here, and it's time to replenish the spleen. Get into the habit of rubbing your stomach every day. The stomach, intestine and spleen are all concentrated in your abdomen, and rubbing it every day can significantly improve the transportation speed of your body. For friends with spleen deficiency, accelerating the transformation of water conservancy essence valley can greatly alleviate the situation of spleen deficiency.
To sum up, I believe you also like the benefits of rubbing your stomach. However, it should be noted that rubbing your stomach is good, but the time should not be too long.
Rubbing the stomach for too long every day may lead to excessive stimulation of the abdomen by external forces, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Therefore, it is more appropriate to rub your stomach 10 minutes every day.
When rubbing your stomach, the strength is also a point that needs attention. You can gently press clockwise with your fingertips centered on your navel. When you have a slight fever and numbness in your abdomen, it means that your strength is just right. If conditions permit, you can also apply a hot towel to your stomach in advance to further promote blood gas circulation and play a better health care effect.
In addition, it is impossible to rub your stomach for 24 hours, and you need to adhere to your daily diet and routine.
-just finished eating, it is best not to rub your stomach.
Many friends have this habit, and rubbing their stomachs after meals feels very comfortable. But in fact, after meals, the stomach is saturated, achieving a relatively high work efficiency. If you rub your abdomen rashly, it will not only promote digestion and blood circulation, but also cause certain irritation to your stomach, leading to abdominal discomfort, spasm and even retching.
If you really want to rub after meals, it is best to try it half an hour after meals, when the frequency of gastrointestinal work decreases.
-It's not recommended to rub your stomach when your period is coming.
For menstrual women, because of physiological factors, qi and blood are easy to lose, blindly rubbing the stomach will accelerate blood circulation, leading to faster loss of qi and blood, which is obviously not conducive to the maintenance and recovery of menstruation. Therefore, for menstrual women, it is not recommended to rub their stomachs. If abdominal pain and abdominal cold are too obvious for menstrual women, they can drink some hot water or exercise properly to relieve the pain.
In short, we must pay attention to the ways and means of rubbing our stomachs, and we need to grasp the time and strength to really bring us health. However, rubbing your stomach is good, but it is not suitable for everyone. Please don't try it easily for some special people.
These three types of people are pregnant women, patients with abdominal tumors and patients with gastrointestinal diseases.
Pregnant women's abdomen is not insignificant, there is fresh life inside. For pregnant women, everything in life is stable, and blindly pressing the abdomen may have an impact on the fetus, so it is not recommended.
For patients with abdominal tumors or people with gastrointestinal diseases, applying external force may lead to wound breakage, and then unexpected situations such as bleeding and pain will aggravate the condition, so it is not suitable.
Of course, for most people, rubbing the stomach is still a very recommended health care behavior. It is the principle and foundation of health care to carry out health care reasonably and scientifically and protect our health under the premise of safety.