The old people often say that "people live a breath", and this is really the case, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, this "qi" comes from the spleen and stomach.
Experienced old Chinese medicine practitioners know that to see if a person can live a long life, the main thing to look at is one point - spleen and stomach. As long as the spleen and stomach are good, there is still an appetite, and you can eat, then life can continue to be maintained.
The spleen and stomach are poor, and the body is not better
Sun Wenyin, a physician at the end of the Ming Dynasty, had a saying: "Once the spleen and stomach are injured, the five organs are lifeless."
That is to say, the spleen and stomach have a great impact on the five organs, and if the spleen and stomach function is healthy, the qi and blood will be full, and the five organs will be nourished; If the spleen and stomach are damaged, the source of qi and blood biochemistry will be deficient, affecting the five organs.
The spleen is responsible for coordinating people's qi and blood and feeding the heart.
Once there is a problem with the spleen, it cannot nourish qi and blood, which will lead to heart and blood imbalance and heart disease.
For example, the root cause of fatty liver is that the spleen and stomach cannot digest food well, making it difficult to dispose of garbage and accumulating in the liver, thus affecting the blood supply and other functions of the liver.
3. It is particularly easy to catch a cold
The rise and fall of lung qi depends on the strength of the spleen and stomach. People with a weak spleen and stomach tend to lead to lung qi deficiency and are prone to colds and other respiratory diseases.
4. The root of kidney deficiency lies in the spleen
When people are full of energy, their kidneys are abundant. The strength of the essence of the kidneys is also related to whether the spleen and stomach are healthy and whether they can provide sufficient nutrients to nourish the kidneys.
Long-term spleen deficiency can lead to kidney deficiency, which is manifested as irritability in the heart, easy night sweats, or sensitivity to chills, cold hands and feet.
5. If you don't have enough gas, you will be fat
Qi is the driving force of people, and sufficient qi can excrete the fat and garbage in the body.
If there is not enough qi and poor excretion, fat will accumulate on the stomach; Accumulation in blood vessels can cause arteriosclerosis; When it accumulates in the liver, it causes fatty liver.
Fat is garbage that has not been digested by gas. Why do many people become obese when they reach middle age? It is because there is less "qi" than when I was young, and there is no way to metabolize fat.
The main reason for the lack of qi is the lack of central qi, that is, the spleen and stomach function is not good, and there is a problem with luck.
6. If there is not enough blood, you will be thin
If there is insufficient blood, yin deficiency will lead to fire, and fire will speed up the metabolism of fat and waste in the body, and at the same time, some normal nutrients will be consumed.
Therefore, whether it is fat or thin, qi or blood, the most fundamental thing is actually to replenish the spleen.
Whether the spleen and stomach are good or not, mainly depends on three places
Whether the spleen and stomach are good or not, in fact, are written on the face, by carefully observing the skin color, facial features, and living conditions, you can see the spleen and stomach problems, you may wish to check yourself.
A person's face is dull and yellow, which may be spleen deficiency, which is mainly manifested as not eating well, stomach distension after meals, diarrhea or loose stools.
Second: Look at the index finger
The index finger reflects the function of the entire spleen and stomach, if the index finger is bent and deformed, and the roots are sore, it means that your digestive system is dysfunctional.
In particular, there are hard lumps, nodules, and discoloration at the index knuckles where the two acupuncture points of Shangyang and Qiantou acupoints are located, which indicate that the spleen and stomach are relatively weak.
In addition to looking at the index finger, bring the ten fingers together to see if there is a gap between the fingers.
If the gap at the base of the finger is too large, it is what people call "leaking money", and 90% of people with this kind of hand have a bad spleen and stomach.
Traditional Chinese medicine can see whether a person's spleen and stomach are weak, and can be judged by whether there is edema in the lower eyelid of the eye, which is commonly known as "big eye bags".
If the eye bags are always swollen, it indicates that the spleen and stomach are weak, and in order to completely eliminate the eye bags, the spleen and stomach must be replenished first.
After the spleen and stomach are strong, the body will gradually reduce the moisture and the eye bags will slowly become smaller or even disappear.
Fourth: Look at the tongue
It is highly accurate to judge whether the spleen and stomach are weak through the tongue, and the tongue of people with a bad spleen and stomach usually has the following characteristics:
First, the size of the tongue is relatively fat;
second, there are dented tooth marks on both sides of the tongue;
Thirdly, there is a deep vertical groove in the middle of the tongue surface;
Fourth, there is a crack on the surface of the tongue;
Fifth, the tongue coating is thick or yellow.
Four tips to nourish the spleen and stomach
For spleen and stomach problems, "three points rely on treatment, seven points rely on nourishment", and we recommend several of the most simple and easy ways to nourish the spleen and stomach.
1. Rub your abdomen often
The abdomen is the part of the six intestines, and its common physiological function is the acceptance, digestion, absorption and excretion of diet.
Method: Rub your hands together, then overlap them, place them on your abdomen, and use your palms around the umbilicus in a clockwise direction, turning from small to large for 36 weeks, and then counterclockwise from large to small around the umbilical cord for 36 weeks.
Abdominal rubbing has the effects of increasing gastrointestinal peristalsis, regulating qi and eliminating stagnation, enhancing digestive function and preventing gastrointestinal diseases.
Yam is a good thing, both for health and beauty.
But it is best to buy iron stick yams, there are more thorns and harder, steamed and fried, or boiled porridge and drunk, the effect of flattening the spleen and stomach is the best.
The difference between yam and other nourishing foods is that it is nourishing but not greasy, and other foods will be wet if they are too much yin, and if they are too wet, they will turn into heat.
But yam will not, it is not hot or dry, it is a good medicine for flattening the spleen and stomach, especially for the deficiency of the five internal organs and blood. Yam is often used to treat symptoms such as weakness of the spleen and stomach, fatigue, and loss of appetite.
Rubbing the tip of the nose for about 20 minutes each time can improve symptoms such as stomach bloating.
For people with weak spleen and stomach, it is best to always have tangerine peel in the kitchen.
As the saying goes, "one or two tangerine peels and one or two gold", tangerine peel is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, which has the functions of regulating qi, regulating the middle, drying dampness, and dissolving phlegm, and is often used to treat diseases such as spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Therefore, adding tangerine peel in an appropriate amount when cooking meat and fishy meals can not only remove the fishy body, but also give full play to the medicinal effects of tangerine peel to regulate qi and stomach, aromatically awaken the spleen, dispel dampness and dissolve phlegm, and reduce the damage of phlegm dampness and fat, sweetness and greasy to the spleen and stomach.
5. Drink the Four Treasures
Production method: about 10 grams of lotus seed meat, 20 grams of yam, 30 grams of barley kernels, about 10 grams of seeds, add one or two handfuls of rice to boil into porridge, eat a bowl in the morning, and drink another bowl in the evening.
If you insist on eating the four treasure porridge for a week, you can basically see the results, and some will take half a month, and the spleen and stomach will slowly get better.
In addition to eating four-treasure porridge, it is also necessary to pay attention to the spleen and stomach that are particularly afraid of cold, dampness, support, and sweetness.
So don't catch a cold, don't eat too much, don't eat too sweet, go to damp places less, drink less alcohol, and eat less spicy.
The spleen and stomach are the foundation of health, and both men and women, young and old, should pay attention to spleen and stomach problems.
