If you sweat this stuff out in the summer, you will definitely get seriously ill in the winter.

In summer, the human body's yang energy is outside, the sweat pores are open, and sweating has the effect of unblocking the spleen and lungs. If the air conditioner is turned on too low and the diet is cold and unregulated, it will cause damage to the yang energy, causing cold air to enter the body and dampness to accumulate.

1If the summer is not hot and the winter is not cold, you will get sick sooner or later

People often say that if the summer is not hot and the winter is not cold, one will get sick sooner or later - what does this mean?

In winter, Qi and blood are stored, and nutrients are stored to prepare for next year's growth. If the Yin essence is not stored well in winter, it is easy to get febrile diseases in the spring.

When it is cold in winter, the pores are blocked, which helps to draw Qi and blood inward. When it is hot in summer, the pores are open, which helps to move Qi and blood outward. If you turn on the air conditioner frequently at this time, your metabolism will be poor and you will not get sick.

In rural areas, many centenarians live in bungalows, because bungalows are warm in winter and cool in summer, and these elderly people can absorb the earth's energy and live longer.

To cool off in a bungalow, I don’t recommend using air conditioning. It’s best to use a fan, any size you like. Nowadays, everyone lives in high-rise buildings and has to use air conditioners. The wind from the air conditioner penetrates into the bones. Young people with strong yang energy may not feel it, but gay men over the age of 32 and lesbians over the age of 28 will feel the chilling air if they stay in an air-conditioned room for a long time.

"Avoid evil winds and treacherous gales at their proper times." The hot wind in winter and the cold wind in summer are both winds that are different from the seasonal winds. They are called treacherous gales and are particularly harmful to your health.

Each of us is like a deciduous tree. We begin to sprout in the spring, and our energy and blood begin to flow outward. By summer, all the energy and blood have gone outside, so the branches and leaves are lush, but there is no nutrition left in the roots.

As soon as the autumn wind blows and the leaves fall, Qi and blood flow from the outside to the inside; in winter, the leaves outside are gone, and all the nutrients go to the roots.

It is the same with humans. In spring, qi and blood flow from the inside to the outside. By summer, the qi and blood have already reached the outside, making the inside relatively insufficient.

Why is it easy to have stomach upset in summer? It's not just a problem of bacteria and viruses. What's more important is that your condition has changed. The Yang Wei Qi is all outside, so eating some cucumber jelly will cause stomach upset.

In summer, a person's Qi and blood flow from the inside to the outside. The Qi and blood outside become increasingly vigorous, while the Yang Qi inside becomes relatively insufficient.

So at this time you should use some medicine like American ginseng to assist your yang energy. When it is particularly hot in the summer and you sweat a lot, you will feel anxious and short of breath, because your yang energy is diffused as the sweat comes out.

【Shengmai Drink】

Ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis.

At this time, the Taoist doctor will tell you to drink some Shengmai Drink. You won't get a sore throat by drinking it because your body lacks qi and blood. This is a prescription created by Sun Simiao, a great Taoist doctor in the Tang Dynasty. It is a very beneficial prescription for treating summer heat.

Ginseng replenishes the middle Qi, Schisandra chinensis calms the heart Qi, and Ophiopogon japonicus clears the lung Qi, playing the role of clearing the lung Qi and consolidating the heart Qi. Drink more Shengmai Yin in summer and you won’t feel tired.

2. Grains can nourish life, drink more millet porridge

When it comes to eating, everyone thinks it is simple, but in fact it is not simple at all. The ancestors of the Chinese created chopsticks. What are chopsticks?

When I give it to you, it is called a pair, and when two become one, Lao Tzu said “Tao gives birth to one”. When using it, you must separate it into two. If both move, they can't hold anything. If neither moves, they can't hold anything either. One must move and the other must be still.

The moving one is Yang, the still one is Yin, one Yin and one Yang is the Tao. Lao Tzu said, "Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things."

In fact, it is not mysterious at all. The chopsticks we use every day work in this way. They can pick up celery, leeks, and peanuts. When you understand this culture, you will feel the greatness of the Chinese nation even more.

Grains are seeds with vitality. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine explains it very clearly:

"Five grains for nourishment, five fruits for assistance, five animals for benefit",

If you want to be healthy, you must eat the whole grains, as the whole grains are the life-sustaining food.

The five domestic animals are beneficial, and meat has a tonic effect. Confucius said that people over 60 should eat meat, because their digestive ability is weak and eating a little meat can help supplement nutrition.

Whether a nation mainly eats meat or a nation mainly eats fibrous food, they have to eat grains. Why?

Maintaining human life does not rely solely on fat and protein, but also requires countless vital seeds. Look at the traditional Chinese medicine Wu Zi Yan Zong Pills and kidney-tonifying medicines, most of them are seeds, such as wolfberry, Schisandra chinensis, etc. All seeds have the ability to sustain life.

Rural children eat the new grain of the year, which is the seeds of the second year. Although these children rarely eat chicken, duck, fish and meat, they grow up very strong.

Children in cities now have all kinds of delicious food, but they always eat stale grains and rotten millets, and the children they raise are either fat boys or bean sprouts.

We Orientals mainly feed on grains. The stomachs our ancestors gave us to digest fibrous foods cannot be changed in just one generation. But today, our children use such stomachs to deal with steak and chicken legs every day. How can they not gain weight?

Among grains, I would like to particularly emphasize the benefits of eating millet. As we all know, the word "ji" in "sheji" is a synonym for millet.

Of all grains, our ancestors offered the best to God. Why offer millet to the gods?

According to modern scientific research, wheat and rice are better than millet in terms of nutritional content, and millet is a coarse grain. But look at millet. Each grain of millet is a grain of life, and a bowl of millet planted in the ground will become a large field.

Millet can grow in any barren land and has extremely strong vitality. Why did women in my country drink millet porridge after giving birth in the past?

Because millet porridge has a particularly good nourishing effect. Maintaining life depends on countless vital seeds, so we must nourish ourselves with grains. Among the five grains, the first choice is millet porridge, and do not skim off the rice oil.

The “素” in “vegetables” is composed of the “疏” under the “草” radical, because vegetables have the effect of clearing blockages. When you feel that your intestines are blocked, eating vegetables can help digestion. Looking at meat dishes, it is composed of the “军” under the “草” radical. In ancient times, the characters “晕” and “军” are of the same origin.

If you eat meat every day, you will become more confused. If you eat vegetables, you will become more relaxed.