The theory of traditional Chinese medicine believes that the source of all life activities of the human body lies in qi and blood. Qi and blood are connected to the five internal organs and other organs through the meridians and blood vessels, and the whole body, the five internal organs, bones, and even hair and skin of the human body must rely on the promotion of qi and blood, without qi and blood, there is no life.
In turn, the five internal organs and six internal organs can subliminate the water grains in the diet into qi and blood through functional activities, and they metamorphose and influence each other.
Therefore, once the qi and blood are not correct (qi deficiency and blood stasis, qi stagnation and blood stasis, and the airway blood and blood are not smooth, etc., Chinese medicine is collectively referred to as qi and blood impairing). It will inevitably have an adverse effect on the internal organs, which will be affected and their functions will be weakened.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the biggest consumption of qi and blood in the human body is first of all emotions. Whether we are thinking about it, whether it is worrying, worrying, angry, or troubled, we are all consuming our qi and blood.
The problem of modern people is that the brain is overused. The garbage in daily life needs to be incinerated centrally, and most of the fire on the human body is also the incineration of nutritional waste.
Some people will say that after I ate meat and entered the supplement, my body was full of energy and spirit. In fact, this strength may just be held up by the false fire, taking tonic every day, checking the body, and finding out that there are many people who are sick, and there are also many people who are deficient in qi and blood.
In clinical practice, if the patient's pulse is deficient in qi and blood, but the spirit is very high, we call it reverse disease, such a disease is difficult to treat, if it is feeling bad spirits and wants to sleep, such a disease is smooth and easy to treat.
Another reason that consumes our energy and blood is the fast-paced life. Nowadays, everything is fast, people are talking faster and faster, transportation is getting faster and faster, and the pace of movies is getting faster and faster, and fast is about to consume energy violently.
The trend of human beings is destined to be faster and faster, because tools are developing, technology is developing, but can our bodies keep up? Can our qi and blood functions keep up?
Therefore, you should calm yourself down and slow down, this is a state of accumulating energy, so that you can nourish your qi and blood back.
The pursuit of excitement is also a drain on qi and blood. What is stimulation? It is to ignite energy instantly, make yourself excited, and daily thrill-seeking behaviors will greatly overdraw the vitality of the human body's inventory.
Staying up late is the main reason for the consumption of qi and blood. Everyone has heard this a lot, because the main yin is at night, and the main yang is during the day. Blood is yin, and at night is the time to nourish blood, if you don't sleep, how can you not lose qi and blood?
Taking a bath at night when you are very tired is also very draining. Another taboo in bathing is not to wash in the morning on an empty stomach.
From the perspective of the operation of the human body's meridians, the most consistent bath time is from 5 to 7 p.m.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is the spleen and stomach that absorb the nutrients of food and convert them into blood. Some people will ask, isn't it the source of blood that is hematopoietic stem cells? The material basis of hematopoietic stem cells still comes from the spleen and stomach.
Therefore, Chinese medicine is about a process and the content of the source. Therefore, Chinese medicine says that "the spleen and stomach are the source of acquired biochemistry".
In "The Soul of the Evil Guest", it is said: "The heart is the master of the five internal organs, and the spiritual place is also abandoned." "Excessive thinking and fatigue can lead to fatigue, restlessness, palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia, dreams, and even abnormal mood.
Thinking about hurting the spleen, excessive thinking will also cause the spleen to be abnormal, for a long time, the spleen will be weak, the movement will be lost, and the metaplasia of qi and blood will be insufficient.
Pale face, weakness of limbs, etc. are all symptoms of insufficient qi and blood, so how to regulate the lack of qi and blood? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that nourishing qi and blood is essential to human health, and it can be regulated in five steps for your reference.
The spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry, and there is a saying in "Lingshu • Decisive Qi" that "Zhongjiao is affected by qi to extract juice, and changes and is red, which is called blood", which believes that blood is generated through the spleen and stomach, and the spleen has the function of controlling blood, so the treatment of blood syndrome must pay attention to regulating the spleen and stomach.
For dietary maintenance, you can eat more pumpkin, yam, lotus seeds, lentils, barley and other ingredients that strengthen the spleen and stomach. In addition, it is recommended to do the "single move to regulate the spleen and stomach arm" of "Baduanjin", which has been taught many times by teacher Hongnan in Buddhist medicine meditation classes.
This is one of the movements of "Baduanjin", which is aimed at strengthening the spleen and stomach, and is especially suitable for people who are anxious and have irregular diets.
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Raise your right hand up, put your fingers together, palm up, fingertips to the left, and press down with your left hand at the same time, palm down, fingertips forward, thumb spread, look up at the right fingertips for a moment.
After the movement is restored, the two hands are alternated and repeated, repeatedly.
The liver stores blood, the main drainage, and the qi regulating machine, which helps the spleen and stomach to transport, so nourishing the liver and blood is the foundation of regulating qi and blood.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "if the liver is depressed, the spleen is deficient", and depressed and angry emotions will damage the liver and spleen, resulting in the loss of qi and blood. In addition, scientific research has found that when a person is sleeping, the blood flow into the liver is 7 times that of standing.
The increase of blood flow in the liver is conducive to enhancing the function of hepatocytes and improving the ability to detoxify. Therefore, do not get angry, stay up late, and do not overwork your body.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "long-term vision hurts blood", and when sitting in front of the computer to work, special attention should be paid to the rest and maintenance of the eyes to prevent the consumption of qi and blood.
Stretch out your hands, palms facing each other, rub them up and down, rub them back and forth, and then do the "negative yin and yang" movement with both hands - the right hand wraps around the left hand.
After doing it in the morning, you can practice it from 11 noon to 13 o'clock, which is the simplest and most practical way to nourish blood and protect the liver.
From the perspective of the meridians, the Lao Gong acupoint with the pericardial meridian in the palm of the hand is the main blood, and the palm of the hand has the effect of invigorating blood after being rubbed hot.
In addition, to nourish the liver, we should also pay attention to drinking less alcohol and calm down.
Exercise is an indispensable part of regulating qi and blood, helping the spleen and stomach to convert nutrients into qi and blood, so that people can eat well and sleep well. In addition, it can also dredge the meridians and promote the flow of qi and blood.
You can choose a favorite sport, such as jogging, swimming, playing ball, yoga, tai chi, etc. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should warm up before exercising, so that the joints can move and reduce the load on the heart.
As the saying goes, "men are inseparable from the four gentlemen, and women are inseparable from the four things", the four gods soup is composed of four flavors, such as gourd, poria, yam and lotus seed, which has many effects such as strengthening the spleen, nourishing the skin, clearing fire, and diuretic.
Ingredients: Poria cocos (Poria alba cocos) 10 grams; yam tablets 15 grams; 15 grams of lotus seeds; 10 grams of seeds; 3 bowls of water
Preparation: (2 servings)
1. Wash the cloud cories, yam tablets, lotus seeds, and seeds.
2. Boil water, all kinds of medicinal materials, boil for 20 minutes, turn to low heat and cook for two hours, add salt to taste, and eat.
Suitable for people: Sishen soup is suitable for people with weak intestinal function, and it is also suitable for people who are relatively thin, malnourished, and want to gain weight; People who are under great pressure in their lives and have been in a sub-health state for a long time; There are also young and middle-aged ladies with dull complexion, insomnia and spots, and endocrine disorders.
Precautions: When drinking this soup, try not to take it at the same time as other medicines, and the diet should be mainly light, and avoid smoking, alcohol and spicy. In addition, girls should not drink during menstruation, otherwise it will hinder the discharge of menstrual blood. This decoction should be taken warmly, and can also be used for disease prevention, adjuvant treatment, post-illness conditioning, self-nutrition, etc.
The herbs of Sishen soup contain a lot of starch, and the taste is astringent when stewed alone, so it can be cooked with bean products to cook porridge or soup, which is easier to digest.
In addition, the Chinese herbal medicines that nourish blood include angelica, Chuanxiong, safflower, rehman, peach kernel, shou wu, wolfberry, salvia, etc. The blood-replenishing ingredients include red dates, longan meat, hawthorn, spinach, carrots, black fungus, black sesame, brown sugar, etc., which are made into delicious medicinal diets, all of which have a good effect of regulating qi and blood.