Li Zhi: These two acupuncture points are often pressed to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness
▲Li Zhi, deputy chief physician of Beijing Tongrentang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The spleen in Chinese medicine is not an organ in Western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine talks about the spleen, which has its own specific functional role, the spleen is the main limb, and the spleen is mainly transported. The doctor talks about the main movement of the spleen, what is the movement? Water and valleys. Water and grain can only be transported throughout the body.
If the metabolic function is weak and the transportation function is poor, there will be some dampness in the body. Therefore, when we talk about the lack of temper, the transport function is poor, resulting in dampness, and staying too long can produce dampness and heat.
Summer is hot and hot, hot flashes, dampness and heat are equally important, the internal dampness exists, coupled with the external nature in the dampness and heat evil, trapping our spleen, causing our spleen and stomach function to often have problems in this season.
Stick your own tongue out naturally, this time to look at the tongue coating. The first point is whether it is thin or thick, some people describe it as like fresh grapes, with a layer of white frost, that is, thin.
If the color is not white, or it is not thin and thick, then there is a problem. And when we talk about phlegm dampness today, we often find that the tongue coating is thick, and the inside of the mouth is sticky, as if there is a silk, that is, it feels slimy, so at this time, I tell you that 80% of the body already has phlegm and dampness.
Another point, your stool in the morning is not sticky, Chinese medicine calls this sticky stool is called loose, if you already have a few of these symptoms, then phlegm and dampness have found you.
Yinling Spring acupoint belongs to the spleen meridian is a particularly good spleen and dampness, swelling and diuretic acupoint. When many of us walk and go shopping, we often feel that our legs will be heavier, a little swollen and sore.
The outer side of the leg is yang, and the inner side is yin, so the spleen meridian we talk about belongs to the meridian of yin in traditional Chinese medicine, so it must follow the line on the inner side of our calf, and the mausoleum is the hill where the slope is high, so the next spring, spring water, there must be depressions and pits where there is water, so this place is on the inner side of the calf.
【Acupoint Extraction Method】Do a good job of lying on your back or sitting upright, and the 45-degree depression below the medial tibial condyle is the location of the Yinling Spring acupuncture point.
【Massage method】Take the most comfortable position (sitting, supine position), press with the thumbs of both hands on the Yinling Spring on both sides, press and knead it, so that the stimulation can fully reach the deep layer of muscle tissue, and produce soreness, numbness, swelling, pain, heat and running and other sensations, maintain a certain strength, and use the thumb to pluck the local muscles left and right. Knead for 5-10 minutes each time, 15-20 compressions per minute. 2-3 times daily.
【Suspension moxibustion method】After the moxa sticks are lit, they are placed about 3cm above the acupuncture points, so that the local warmth and no burning pain are appropriate, generally 10~15 minutes each moxibustion, with local flushing as the degree. 1-2 times daily
The hidden white acupoint is first positioned as the foot, and a horizontal line is made with the edge of the fingernail cover of the big toe, and then a vertical line is made with the internal measurement of the nail cover, and the horizontal line intersects with the vertical line. Using the fingertips of your thumb, tap at this point, knead or press, or with the help of a cotton swab at home, for five minutes at a time. Friends who have a weak spleen and are prone to drooling when sleeping should also press this acupuncture point frequently.
In the past, people always felt that only the south was damp and prone to dampness. However, in fact, the north is also humid, mainly related to the following points.
1. Drinking and other living habits
Northerners are more bold, using wine as a pulp, wine is also a kind of water dampness, hot and damp, if you drink too much, it will form damp heat in the body.
2. Cold drinks
Today, every household has a refrigerator, and vegetables, fruits, drinks and other foods are stuffed to the full. Cold drinks into the stomach will hurt our spleen yang, if the spleen yang is insufficient, the water and dampness cannot be transported out, and it will become a damp evil. If your stool is not formed and there is undigested food in your stool, it is a sign of a weak spleen and should be noted.
3. Thick flavor of ointment
Creamy flavor refers to those greasy, delicate foods, that is, foods that are high in sugar, fat, and cholesterol.
If our body is like a machine, then food is the source of energy that makes this machine work. It's just that this kind of energy has a fixed number, if you eat too much ointment and thick flavor, the energy exceeds what the body needs, it will accumulate in the body, turn into dampness, and become hot after a long time.
4. Less exercise
The north is an inland area, and in the past, our travel mode mainly relied on walking, but now we often sit for a day, and when we go out, there is a car, and there is less exercise, and the damp air cannot get out, and it will be stuck in the body.
If we go for a run or play basketball, we sweat a lot, and the dampness is drained out in this way. However, if we only sit, the body's system of transporting water and moisture will lack exercise, and its function will gradually weaken.
5. Nervousness and other mental factors
Modern people are under great pressure in life and work, which can easily cause mental tension, which will lead to an increase in metabolites in the body and increase dampness.