If winter is not cold and summer is not hot, sooner or later you will get sick.
Precisely because people are "born with the Qi of heaven and earth, and are formed in four seasons", Chinese medicine must first pay attention to The health-preserving rule is called "Four Seasons". Why do we need to follow the four seasons?
We can ask, where on earth is the most suitable place for human survival? The answer is the temperate zone. Although the Antarctic and the North Pole also have yin and yang, they do not have the alternation of yin and yang between day and night. Both the Antarctic and the North Pole have day and night for half the year. Their yin and yang are isolated, not alternating between yin and yang, so neither the Antarctic nor the North Pole is suitable for human survival. In the tropics, there is a long summer, which is not divided into four seasons, and yin and yang do not alternate. The temperate zone has four distinct seasons. People live in this area. Spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage. The changes of these four seasons play an important role in the development of human body and IQ. In the long development of human beings, the processes of spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage have made the brain grooves of people in temperate zones deeper and deeper. So people living in temperate zones should be very proud, because people in temperate zones are very smart. Who caused this state? It was caused by nature.
If you want to understand the "Four Seasons" of Traditional Chinese Medicine for health care, you must first understand the "Four Seasons" of Traditional Chinese Medicine. If you don't understand these "Four Seasons", there is no way to talk about the "Four Seasons" of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This is because we humans live in the "interaction of Qi", "The earth's atmosphere is clouds above, and rain is below the weather." We humans live in the intersection between heaven and earth. It means that human beings are the products of heaven and earth, and we all complete the entire process of birth, growth, strength, old age, and death according to the laws of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. , this is a unique concept of traditional Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes: "People follow nature, and people follow the four seasons." If you maintain your health according to the four seasons of spring temperature, summer heat, autumn coolness, and winter cold, you can reduce the risk of diseases in you. probability of occurrence. There is a sentence in the "Huangdi Neijing" called "Xu Xie Zeifeng, there is a time to avoid it." What is "Xu Xie Zeifeng"? In a certain season, when the normal climate is violated, Chinese medicine calls it "Xu Xie Zeifeng". , these things will cause human diseases.
Nowadays, many elderly people are willing to live in bungalows instead of living in pavilions. Why? Because houses in the north are very unique, warm in winter and cool in summer. No matter how cold it is outside in the winter, you will feel a sense of warmth when you enter. However, no matter how hot it is outside in the summer, you will feel a sense of coolness when you enter the bungalow. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is said that people are born with the energy of heaven and earth. If we look at the long-lived elderly people in rural areas, almost all of them live in bungalows. We all live in buildings now, and the buildings only have weather and no earth atmosphere.
Nourishing yang in spring and summer, and nourishing yin in autumn and winter
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the running state of human qi and blood is directly related to the five internal organs.
In spring, qi and blood flow from the inside out, and the qi and blood inside are relatively insufficient. At this time, people often suffer from liver yin deficiency. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring qi and liver qi are connected. The liver in traditional Chinese medicine is the main organ that mobilizes human qi and blood from the inside out. Spring is the process of qi and blood growth, so spring qi and liver qi are connected.
In summer, people’s energy and blood come outside, and the outside is very full at this time. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that summer qi is connected with the heart qi. Why do you say this? Everyone may have this experience. In summer, when the weather is particularly hot and you sweat a lot, you will feel chest tightness and shortness of breath. This is because in summer, summer qi There is a correlation between heart energy and heart energy.
When leaves fall in autumn, it is the time when human qi and blood are collected from the outside inward. At this time, the most important organ among the five internal organs is the lungs, and lung qi is connected with autumn qi. What is the function of lung qi? It has the functions of spreading and descending. It can make your qi and blood move smoothly from the outside to the inside. Therefore, this process is directly related to lung qi. Therefore, Chinese medicine says that lung qi and autumn qi are connected. .
In winter, the qi and blood of the human body have completely gone inside. At this time, the winter qi and kidney qi are connected.
In summary, according to the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, spring, summer, autumn and winter correspond to the liver, heart, lungs and kidneys. These four organs are directly related to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Therefore, our health regimen in traditional Chinese medicine must follow the changes of the four seasons.
In spring, qi and blood are mobilized from the inside out, so at this time, we should pay attention to nourishing the liver. Many people often wake up in the middle of the night or can't sleep when spring comes. This is because people's yang energy travels outside during the day and returns inside at night. Where does it go? It returns to the liver. If the liver blood is very full and the yin and yang are harmonious, you can fall asleep. If the liver blood is insufficient, the yang energy cannot return, and you will keep your eyes open and cannot sleep. Even if you return, the liver meridian is strong from 1 to 3 o'clock. If the liver yin is insufficient and the liver meridian is hot, the yang qi will be pushed back, and you will wake up. By about 5 o'clock, the lung qi will be strong, and you can fall asleep again. There are also some lesbians who do not sleep well before and after menstruation. This is because the blood flows downward and the Qi floats upward. Women are born with the liver, and the liver blood is insufficient. When the yin does not restrain the yang, they do not want to sleep and cannot sleep.
In winter, we all must pay attention to "go to bed early and get up late, and you must wait for the sun." That is, wait for the sun to come out before you get up. Nowadays, many elderly people go out to exercise between 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the winter, but that is not called exercise, that is called torment. Why does Chinese medicine say that we must follow the sun in winter? Because in winter, the heaven and earth are in a closed state. As we said before, all the nutrients of plants are in the roots at this time. If you eat too much, too early, or too intensely, If you exercise on the ground, your pores will open. The opening of pores is not conducive to the storage of your essence. Therefore, when exercising in winter, you must wait for the sun. Run with the sun. When the sun comes out, you go out for a walk. When the sun sets, you go home. Don't go out in the fog, dew, wind and snow to exercise. This is against the laws of traditional Chinese medicine for health preservation.
Winter is a time when all things and Qi and blood are hidden. What should people pay special attention to in their emotions? In their emotions, be careful not to be afraid, don’t panic, and don’t think that my stock fell today. , my fund will fall tomorrow, you have to let yourself gain something. Emotionally speaking, you should feel that you are very satisfied and do not panic or be afraid. If you are in this kind of panic and fear every day, it will not be conducive to the accumulation of kidney qi.