What is health care
When it comes to health care, many people’s first reaction is to take some supplements or soak wolfberry.
In fact, the history of health preservation is much longer than we think.
As early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, people began to pay attention to how to maintain health by adjusting their lives.
In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contended, and Confucianism and Taoism injected rich connotations into health preservation.
Confucianism upholds the idea that "the benevolent live longer", and Confucius has very specific regulations on diet and daily life. "You will never tire of fine food, and you will never tire of fine meat." This means that the diet must be refined and moderate. Even if there is a lot of meat, it should not exceed the amount of staple food.
He also proposed the "Three Precepts of a Gentleman", which means to abstain from lust when you are young, to abstain from fighting when you are in your prime, and to abstain from greed when you are old. The act of cultivating one's body and cultivating virtue are integrated together.
Mencius focused more on cultivating the mind, advocating cultivating the "spirit of awe-inspiring people" and accumulating virtue through practicing justice, so that one would have no sense of guilt in one's heart, be broad-minded and open-minded, and naturally be full of energy.
In the category of Taoism, Laozi's "quiet and inactive" and "less thinking and fewer desires" concepts are that only by returning to the true state of nature can people achieve the result of longevity.
Zhuangzi practiced it personally and created unique breathing and breathing guidance methods such as "Xin Zhai" and "Sitting and Forgetting". By regulating breathing and adjusting thoughts, he achieved the purification of the body and mind.
By the time of "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals", the concept of health preservation became more and more mature, and the classic conclusion that "running water does not rot and door hinges do not become beetroots" was given, emphasizing the importance of exercise.
Then, the "Huangdi Neijing", which is a comprehensive collection, officially elevates the practice of health preservation to the level of a classic of traditional Chinese medicine.
In the end, maintaining the body is to use specific methods to return our life state to the most basic and natural state, which is to maintain life itself.
It not only covers the maintenance of the body, but also the maintenance of the mind. The ultimate goal is to enable us to "live our best years", that is, to allow us to healthily walk through the life course we should have.
The unique features of autumn climate
After the beginning of autumn, there will be an obvious change in the way the weather feels.
The most prominent ones are "cool" and "dry".
At the turn of day and night, although there is still a certain degree of heat during the day, the coolness becomes more intense in the early morning and evening, and the humidity in the air decreases significantly, causing the skin to begin to feel more dry and dry, and the throat area to be dry and itchy.
Traditional Chinese medicine summarizes this characteristic of autumn as "convergence".
In the summer, everything stretches outwards and grows vigorously. In autumn, the energy of nature begins to converge inward, the grass and trees wither, and the fruits mature. All these are preparations for winter.
This "convergence" energy also has a very direct impact on the human body.
The lungs open at the nose and connect with the fur on the outside. They are the most delicate and prefer moisturizing and hate dryness.
In autumn, the lungs are most easily invaded by autumn dryness. Therefore, many people are prone to dry cough and sore throat in autumn.
At the same time, there is a relationship between the lungs and the large intestine. Dryness evil causes damage to the lungs, and the fluid in the large intestine is depleted. Constipation has become a common problem!
In addition, Lung Metal has the function of generating kidney water. If the lung qi is not well maintained in autumn, then when winter comes, the kidney qi will be insufficient, which will easily lead to diarrhea, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees.
Understanding this, we can understand why autumn is the key season for nourishing the lungs.
The core rules of autumn health care
The "Huangdi Neijing" explains the principles of health preservation in autumn very clearly: "In the third month of autumn, this is called peace, go to bed early and get up early, and get up early with the chicken." The meaning is that the three months of autumn are the time when all things mature and stabilize. Our daily life should follow the schedule of the chicken, go to bed early and get up early.
Going to bed early is to comply with the convergence of Yang Qi, and getting up early is to allow lung Qi to stretch.
In daily life, you need to pay attention to daily life and add clothes in time according to changes in temperature. Pay special attention to protecting your neck and back, and never let your body catch a cold.
In terms of spiritual adjustment, everything is desolate in autumn, which can easily cause people to have the mood of autumn sadness. At this time, we should think more about the joy contained in the harvest, so as to keep our hearts calm, calm down, and not be impatient.
Dietary adjustment is the highlight of health care in autumn, the core of which is "moistening the lungs and preventing dryness".
You can eat more white foods, such as pears, white fungus, lilies, and yams, which all have very good moisturizing effects.
Eat less spicy and exciting things, such as chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, to avoid aggravating the heat.
It can be said that when using the method of adjusting photography, you can choose some relatively gentle activities, such as walking, jogging, and Tai Chi. Exercise until you sweat slightly. You must avoid sweating profusely. This is because excessive sweating will consume body fluids, which violates the "convergence" law of autumn.
Recommended practical methods for maintaining health in autumn
There are many seasonal fruits and vegetables in autumn, such as pears, sugar cane, water chestnuts, and lotus roots, all of which are excellent foods with moisturizing effects.
Raw food is a way of eating pears. It can also be combined with rock sugar and Sichuan clams to stew water for drinking. In this way, the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs is extremely significant.
If you notice that the dryness is extremely serious, you can boil some water with medicinal materials such as Adenophora japonicus, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum, etc. and drink it as tea. However, you need to pay attention to the dosage and do not blindly supplement.
Recommend a simple diet: Tremella lily and lotus seed soup .
After soaking the white fungus, tear it into pieces, add a few lilies, then add lotus seeds, and stew them together until they are soft and glutinous. On this basis, add some rock sugar for seasoning.
This soup can nourish the lungs, nourish the heart and calm the mind, and is very suitable for the whole family to drink in autumn.
In addition to food, the vomiting regimen is also very effective.
Find a place with fresh air and use abdominal breathing. When inhaling, the abdomen should be inflated, and when exhaling, the abdomen should be retracted. Make it as deep and slow as possible, and do it for 10 to 15 minutes each time. This can be very effective in helping the lungs to expel dirty air and absorb clean air.
There is also a simple tapping method. Hold your hands in the shape of empty fists and tap the Feishu point on the back in a relatively gentle manner. This acupuncture point is below the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra, two finger widths away from it. Perform similar tapping movements 50 times every morning and evening. This can achieve the effect of invigorating lung qi and resisting external evils.
In autumn health care, the focus is on the two words "harvest" and "moisturizing".
Follow the laws of natural convergence, adjust your work and rest, adjust your emotions, and then use moisturizing foods and moisturizing methods to protect your lungs. This is the most fundamental wisdom.
Maintaining good health is not something that can be achieved in a short time. It permeates every meal and is integrated into every daily life. You need to feel the change of seasons with your heart, so that your body will give you the best feedback.
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