Ten ways to maintain your health.
Nowadays, people are more and more concerned about health care and will actively look for various ways to make their bodies healthier. Here are a few simple and ingenious ways to maintain your health.
Close your eyes: nourish your mind, eyes, and liver
As the name suggests, closing our eyes and recuperating our minds is to hold on to our essence, energy, and spirit.
The earliest existing theoretical work of traditional Chinese medicine in China, "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", mentions: "Those who gain God prosper, and those who lose God die." "The ancient ancestors believed that the abundance of gods is related to the strength and old age of people; God's gains and losses are related to the prosperity and death of people, and those who maintain health should be cautious. "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" also said: "The essence of the five internal organs and six internal organs are all focused on the essence of the eyes." ”
Wang Chong, a thinker of the Eastern Han Dynasty, discussed in "On Balance and Self-discipline": "Close your eyes and keep your ears, love and protect yourself." That is to say, by closing your eyes and plugging your ears, you can cherish your essence and take care of your health.
Historically, many emperors and generals have attached great importance to the health care method of closing their eyes and recuperating their minds.
The longest-lived emperor in ancient China was the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who lived to 89 years old and was known as the "Ancient Emperor". After getting up at five or six o'clock every morning, Emperor Qianlong had to go to the imperial garden to close his eyes and recuperate, spit out the old and accept the new, which made him think clearly and move freely at the age of nearly 90.
In addition, Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, Wu Zetian, Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Gou of Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, and Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, all regarded this as a good prescription for longevity.
Nowadays, people use mobile phones, computers and other electronic screens every day, and use their eyes excessively, resulting in frequent eye soreness and dryness, blurred vision, etc. Adults stay up late to work overtime and lack of sleep, which can easily make the eyes full of red blood and accelerate the aging of the skin around the eyes.
When the eyelids are closed, the eyes have a chance to rest and maintain. Tears evaporation decreases, secretion increases, dry eye symptoms are relieved, and if you rub the acupuncture points around the eyes, it can relieve muscle spasms around the eyes, which is very beneficial to people with visual fatigue.
If you close your eyes, you can also nourish your liver. Because the liver mainly hides blood, and the liver is the main eye, such as dry eyes and tears in the wind, which are liver problems, and tears in the wind belong to the lack of astringent function of the liver; Dry eyes are the lack of sperm and blood in the liver, so to nourish the liver** is to close the eyes.
Tiptoeing: Tonifying the kidneys and consolidating the foundation
From the perspective of the meridians, tiptoeing is conducive to smoothing the three yin meridians. This group of meridians is distributed on the inner thighs, with the upper side being the Zutai Yin and Spleen meridians, the middle being the Zu Shao Yin and Liver meridians, and the rear being the Zushao Yin and Kidney meridians. The liver, kidney, and spleen are all ascending, and the three organs have the effect of stimulating Zhongqi, so as to achieve the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the essence.
Shake your head and turn your neck: Brain-strengthening and refreshing
Doing some head movements such as turning the neck, leaning forward, and leaning back between work, or gently tapping the head with an empty fist can not only relieve neck muscle fatigue, but also improve cerebral blood oxygen**, strengthen the brain and refresh the mind, and relieve insomnia caused by neurasthenia.
Drink ginger jujube tea: replenish qi and blood
Ginger has the effect of dissipating cold, relieving vomiting in warmth, dissolving phlegm and relieving cough, so ginger jujube tea is especially suitable for women with weak constitution. Such women usually have cold intolerance, cold hands and feet, easy diarrhea after cold, and uterine cold and dysmenorrhea. Drinking ginger jujube tea 2 or 3 times a week can play a role in warming the complexion, driving away cold and replenishing blood.
In addition, to prevent colds after rain and cold, you can also make a cup of ginger jujube tea and drink.
Percussion and swallowing: Strengthen teeth, nourish yin and replenish deficiency and reduce fire
"Percussion and Swallowing Health Method" is one of the important health preservation techniques of traditional Chinese medicine. The ancients believed that "the kidney is the main bone" and "the tooth is the bone", and the strong kidney is the tooth health; On the contrary, percussion can strengthen the kidneys and bones. The ancients called saliva as liquor, elixir, jade spring, etc., and believed that the jin liquid was transformed by the essence and qi in the kidneys, and the pharyngeal could nourish yin and replenish deficiency and reduce fire.
The specific steps are as follows:
Percussion:The mind is calm, distracting thoughts are abandoned, the whole body is relaxed, the lips are slightly closed, the mind is united, the eyes are closed, and then the upper and lower teeth are rhythmically percussed to each other, generally 36 times is better. The strength can be measured according to the health of your teeth.
Tongue stirring:At the end of percussion, use the tongue to stir in the cavity against the upper and lower gums, gums, and tooth surfaces, and stir softly and naturally for a total of 36 times, which can massage the gums, improve local blood circulation, and accelerate the nutrient blood supply to the gums.
Sozu:When you feel that saliva is produced, do not swallow it and continue to stir, and when the saliva gradually increases, rinse your mouth with saliva on your cheeks 36 times.
Totsu:After gargling, swallow the liquid slowly in three times, and pay attention to the intention of guarding the dantian when swallowing, as if sending the liquid to the dantian. It can be practiced three times a day, which can play a role in strengthening the kidneys and spleen, nourishing yin and replenishing deficiency.