Harmony between man and nature at four o'clock.
The primordial qi comes from the innate parents and is nourished by the valley in the later days, so as to regulate and maintain the whole process of human life, such as birth, growth, strength, old age and self-sufficiency. With abundant primordial qi, people can recover from mild diseases without medicine, and serious diseases can be overcome with drugs or therapies. If the vitality declines, it is inevitable to die despite effective treatment.
Chinese medicine believes that people should adapt to the changes of natural climate, otherwise they will get sick or even die. Traditional Chinese medicine is called "harmony between man and nature", and it is also called "correspondence between man and nature". People's health and longevity cannot go against the laws of natural climate change. Therefore, in daily life, in addition to adapting to the four seasons of cold, heat, warmth and coolness, we should also pay attention to avoiding the six evils of wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire, and pay more attention to preventing abnormal qi. The diseases caused by abnormal climate and atmosphere in this season are called seasonal diseases.
How to avoid abnormal qi causing diseases, first of all, we should "move to avoid the cold" and "live in seclusion to avoid the summer", and at the same time, we should feel comfortable, have no distractions and delusions, and keep the body's vitality and disease-resistant function. These preventive measures are more important for the elderly or the infirm. This is also called adjusting to four o'clock, which is in harmony with the human body. Adapting to the sudden change of seasonal climate is a very important aspect of TCM health preservation.
Peace of mind and smooth flow of qi and blood
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that life activities depend on the smoothness of qi and blood, so "dispersing qi and blood, making it smooth and achieving peace" is the great method of traditional Chinese medicine to treat diseases. The main factors affecting qi and blood stagnation are unhappy mood and restless mood. Emotional peace can keep the movement of qi and blood in dynamic balance, and abnormal emotions can make the movement of qi and blood in disorder. According to statistics, more than 90% of people who live a long and healthy life have a gentle, cheerful and optimistic personality. Traditional Chinese medicine divides people's emotions into seven aspects: joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and shock, which are also called "seven emotions". Too many emotions will lead to emotional restlessness, which will damage the vitality and function of the human body. The seven emotions are respectively related to the five internal organs of the human body, such as excessive anger hurting the liver, excessive joy and sadness, excessive sorrow for the lungs, anxiety hurting the spleen and panic hurting the kidney. If excessive anger injures the liver, it can lead to the physiological dysfunction of the liver, and the liver qi stagnates and the fire goes up, resulting in dizziness, headache, upset, impatience, bitter taste and other diseases. Stagnation of liver qi for a long time can also lead to imbalance of the relationship between organs. First of all, it will affect the spleen and stomach and cause stomach problems. Many common diseases in clinic, such as hypertension, vertigo, cholecystitis, gastritis, neurasthenia and so on, are mostly caused by emotional restlessness. It can be seen how close the relationship between emotion and human life and health is. Therefore, emotional peace is another very important aspect of TCM health preservation.
Combination of motion and static, unity of form and spirit
Life lies in exercise, which can strengthen muscles and bones, enhance body function and make people strong. However, exercise must be combined with activity and activity, and form and spirit should be integrated. For example, when exercising, the mind is restless and cranky, but it will promote qi and blood disorder. Only the unity of form and spirit, mutual use and interdependence can make people full of vitality and live a long and healthy life. Wuqinxi, Qigong, Tai Ji Chuan, Baduanjin, Yijinjing, etc., all require physical activity and meditation to achieve the unity of form and spirit. It can be seen that exercise, the combination of form and spirit, and the unity of form and spirit are important links in the way of health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine.
Dietary restraint protects the spleen and stomach
Bread is the staff of life. Diet is the most important material basis of human life activities, but the digestion, absorption and excretion of diet must rely on the sound function of the spleen and stomach. All the tissues and organs of the human body can maintain their normal functional activities only by the digestion, absorption and distribution of water and grains by the spleen and stomach. Therefore, health care attaches great importance to protecting the spleen and stomach. Practice has proved that long-lived and healthy old people are people with good diet and healthy spleen and stomach. At the same time, the function of spleen and stomach is perfect, which can increase the disease resistance of human vitality, that is, immune function. Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty, also pointed out: "Spleen flourishing in four seasons is not affected by evil". Therefore, physicians in past dynasties attached great importance to regulating the spleen and stomach in the treatment and prevention of diseases and health care.
The functional damage of the spleen and stomach can come from many reasons, such as sudden change of climate and mental stimulation, etc., but mainly in diet, overeating, eating cold and greasy products, or being too hungry and full, drinking too much, etc., can damage the spleen and stomach. Li Dongyuan, a famous doctor in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, also pointed out: "The spleen and stomach qi is weak, and the diet is self-doubling, so the spleen and stomach qi is hurt, but the vitality can not be filled, and all diseases are caused by it." In terms of diet, it is best to be regular, quantitative and qualitative. You should eat well at breakfast, eat enough at lunch and eat less at dinner to protect your spleen and stomach.
Chinese medicine also attaches great importance to food types. For example, "Su Wen, Theory of Organ Law" said: "Five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for help, five animals are for benefit, and five dishes are for filling". This shows that people take rice, wheat, cereals, beans, etc. as the staple food, and then eat some fruits. It is beneficial to eat less meat and eat more vegetables to supplement their diet. Modern scientific research on human nutrition puts forward that the staple food should be mixed with coarse and fine grains, and the food should be seven or eight percent full, not sweet and greasy, eat more vegetables, eat some fruits, lean meat, eggs, fish and shrimp properly, and ensure the protein and various trace elements needed by the human body, so as to maintain good health. There are dietotherapy, medicated diet, etc., which can be selected appropriately.
Nourishing kidney, consolidating essence and nourishing body.
Kidney is one of the important organs of human body, which is called "the innate foundation" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is full of kidney qi, which can make people full of essence, strong fertility, quick thinking, strong bones and muscles, bright ears and bright eyes, and old age. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in past dynasties advocated that tonifying kidney and solidifying essence should be the key point of health care, strengthening the spirit and prolonging life. Although some people are over the age of ancient times, they are still deaf, blind, hairless, full of energy, all of which are related to the kidney's solid essence. On the contrary, some people are not old enough, but they are old before they get old. There are many reasons for kidney essence deficiency. The most common and easy to cause kidney deficiency is too much sex in the middle and young age, who is delusional and overworked and doesn't know how to keep in good health. Therefore, in the middle and young age, I didn't know how to strengthen the kidney and preserve health. The disease has been caused, and it is too late to regret it. Therefore, if you want to live a long and healthy life, you should have moderate sexual intercourse in your youth and middle age, and pay attention to replenishing essence and strengthening kidney.
For thousands of years, TCM has accumulated rich experience and theory. It is difficult to achieve a long life and health if you are full of essence, qi and spirit, but if you can do the above five aspects well, it can be completely realized. Diseases and health, aging and longevity are all related to many diets. Apart from some external factors, the relationship between ourselves and longevity is particularly important, especially for the maintenance of vitality. The core of TCM health preservation is to maintain vitality. Only with sufficient vitality can the body be healthy and people live longer. So how should we maintain vitality?
How to preserve health for the elderly
Living health
Sleep health in autumn should be divided into three stages: early autumn, mid-autumn and late autumn to adjust the schedule. Now that the early autumn has passed, in the Mid-Autumn Festival and late autumn, we should follow the principle of avoiding humidity, cold and cool, adopt the way of going to bed early and getting up early, adapt to the changes of nature, go to bed early to nourish yin and get up early to adapt to yang. Getting up early for sleep and health preservation in autumn can make people wake up early and be full of energy, thus avoiding the occurrence of autumn deficiency. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to fall asleep from 9 pm to 10 in autumn and get up from 5 am to 6 am.
When it is cold in autumn, keep the room ventilated frequently. When the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is 10℃, the indoor air can be exchanged in 15 minutes. Smoke less indoors to reduce pollution. It is best to install a ventilator in the kitchen, and some flowers and plants can be raised in the courtyard and indoors to adjust the air humidity.
Anti-static injury in autumn. In order to prevent the occurrence of static electricity, we should maintain a certain humidity indoors, mop the floor frequently, sprinkle some water frequently, or humidify with a humidifier; Take a bath and change clothes frequently to eliminate the static charge accumulated on the surface of human body. When you find that your hair can't be combed, immerse the comb in water for a moment, and then comb your hair after the static electricity is eliminated. For the elderly, we should choose soft and smooth cotton or silk underwear and underwear, and try not to wear chemical fiber clothing to minimize the harm of static electricity.
"Autumn freezing" cannot be simply understood as "not wearing clothes when cold". When the weather suddenly turns cold, it is necessary to add clothes appropriately, otherwise it will not only prevent diseases, but will invite disasters and get sick. It is advisable to "appropriately add clothes" to make yourself feel a little cold without feeling cold, rather than dressing warmly and wrapped tightly. Another meaning of "autumn freezing" is that in late autumn, the time for adding clothes can be appropriately delayed, but it should be acceptable to oneself.
Diet conditioning
1, cold and warm. Daily breakfast, with warm food, such as porridge with jujube and dried ginger, walnut kernel, sweet almond, grapes, etc., you can also eat soybean milk, Hu spicy soup, mutton soup, vinegar-fried cabbage, sugar and garlic, etc.
2, dampness and hurricane. In case of rainy and humid weather or wet body and loose stools, the elderly should increase the diet for expelling wind and dampness, such as rice, lentils, adzuki beans, coix seed, lotus seeds, chestnuts, onions, ginger, pepper, fennel, cloves and pepper.
3, moistening dryness and nourishing yin. In the case of dry weather or dry mouth and dry stool, the elderly should choose a diet that moistens and nourishes yin. This kind of diet can enhance immunity, and can choose whole wheat flour, wheat kernels, bean sprouts, soybean milk, peanuts, sesame seeds, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, radishes, Chinese cabbage, lotus seeds, lilies, fungus, pears, apples, grapes, medlar, jujube, sweet almonds and sugarcane.
4. Convergence of yang. Adding sour foods such as hawthorn, Schisandra chinensis and persimmon vinegar in the diet can converge the yang. If there is no cold weather or cold in the body, the elderly should try to use less or no foods that relieve sweating, such as green onions, ginger, peppers and mustard.
5, five flavors are harmonious. This is one of the eight cornerstones of health, and the elderly should pay attention to the following relations: spicy taste and sour taste or bitter taste are mutually restricted; Sweet taste and salty or sour taste are mutually restricted; Salty taste and bitter taste or sweet taste are mutually restricted.
Mental and sports aftercare
Pleasure body and mind, cultivate sentiment, chill in autumn, and the bleak scenery of nature can easily lead to pessimistic and sad negative emotions of the elderly. It is found that bad psychological stimulation will inhibit the immune defense function of human body and easily lead to endocrine and metabolic disorders, which will lead to many diseases. Therefore, the elderly should pay special attention to mental health care.
Autumn sunshine is warm, Yuan Ye is golden, and autumn is crisp, which is a good time for the elderly to close their eyes and gather their elite. At this time, the elderly should go to parks, countryside, mountains and other places with prosperous, quiet and elegant forests to do qigong for closing and resting. Close your eyes, relax your eyes first, then relax your face, your heart will gush out, and your eyes will be filled with gods. Many celebrity bachelors, in addition to their busy and intense mental work, can do closing exercises to recuperate their strength, which can achieve miraculous results.
In addition, autumn is the golden season for tourism and mountaineering. The elderly can go to the wild countryside together, climb high and overlook, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature, such as blooming autumn flowers and red leaves winning the fire. If all the melancholy and melancholy are suddenly lost, the cheerful and harmonious mood will make you glow with youthful vitality.