Yang energy determines your life span! Is your Yang energy okay?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yang energy is very important, and whether a person has sufficient yang energy determines his life span. If the Yang Qi is damaged too much in daily life, people will be plagued by diseases. However, with the changes in society, our good living habits have been taken away, and many people's Yang Qi has been severely damaged. So how is your Yang Qi? How can you replenish the damaged Yang Qi?

How many of the following behaviors that hurt your Yang Qi do you have?

If you work and rest at the wrong time, Yang will not return to its roots

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the best time to sleep is the three hours of "Hai, Zi, Chou" (9:00 pm - 3:00 am). These six hours are equivalent to the winter season of the year. Winter is the season of storage, and storage means returning to one's roots. For ordinary people, the most important way to return to one's roots is to sleep. But nowadays, people rarely go to bed at 9pm, let alone 10 or 11pm. Instead, going to bed at 12 or 1pm is the normal sleeping time for many modern people. If the Yang Energy does not enter as it should, it is not called "following the order of time" but "out of time". If you work and rest at the wrong times, the Yang Energy cannot return to its roots and is artificially depleted.

Work is tiring, and Yang Qi is expanding outward

The pace of social life is very fast nowadays. Many people not only work day and night, but also feel upset and under great psychological pressure.

“Yang Qi will expand when one is tired or exhausted.” The so-called expansion means dispersing outwards. Especially at night, Yang Qi should be retracted inwards and return to its original position. Once you get tired, the Yang Energy cannot return to its place and will gradually dissipate. At the same time, "The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" says: "The heart is the organ of the monarch, and the spirit comes from it. Therefore, if the monarch is clear, the subordinates will be at peace; if the monarch is unclear, the twelve organs will be in danger." Modern people are under great competitive pressure, but their mental cultivation is generally poor. Negative psychology and emotions can easily arise and entangle in the heart, greatly damaging the body's yang energy.

Air conditioning is becoming more common, and cold air is becoming more and more popular.

For thousands of years, people lived very well without air conditioning. With the popularization of air conditioning, artificial cold and yin air frequently enters the human body, depleting and suppressing the body's yang energy.

Especially in summer, when it is hot outside, returning home or to work is like entering an ice cave. Such alternating cold and hot weather, if experienced many times every day, will repeatedly press layers of cold into the body. Cold is the most harmful to people and can cause many diseases.

Prefer cold food and eat too much meat

Modern people like to eat raw and cold fruits and drink cold drinks, which will seriously damage the yang energy of the spleen and stomach. Especially in the summer when the body's yang energy dissipates, the gastrointestinal tract is in a state of deficiency and cold. Using raw and cold food and cold drinks to relieve the heat is a mistake of "virtual and real". Damage to the spleen yang will lead to poor transportation and transformation.

If you eat too much meat and cannot digest it, it will damage your spleen and stomach, block your meridians and blood vessels, and inhibit the normal operation of Yang Qi in the human body. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says: "Those whose qi overcomes their form will live long, and those whose form overcomes their qi will die young." This extends to diet: if the food we eat can be digested and transformed, it is nutritious and can maintain our health; if it cannot be digested and transformed, it is poisonous.

Improper exercise can damage Yang Qi

Modern people advocate the concept that "life lies in exercise", but many people do not benefit from exercise. This is caused by ignorance of the principles of exercise and unreasonable exercise.

"Kinetic energy generates Yang, but can also consume Yang." In fact, the essence of exercise is to strengthen the circulation of Qi and blood. It is suitable for people with sufficient Yang but poor blood circulation, or because of greasy food, long periods of sitting, or excessive thinking. However, it is definitely not suitable for people with severe Qi and blood deficiency, because the function of retaining Yang in weak people is insufficient, and the Yang will be dissipated after exercise, making it even weaker.

In addition, exercise belongs to growth and development, and should be done during the daytime in spring and summer. However, many people nowadays exercise and keep fit at night. It seems to make up for the lack of exercise during the day, but it actually violates the order of "growth and storage". "Suwen·Four Seasons and Regulating the Spirit" points out that in the three months of winter, one should "not disturb the yang" and "not leak the skin". Extensive exercise and sweating in winter affect the storage of yang.

Abuse of antibiotics, bitter cold attacks Yang Qi

The problem of antibiotic abuse is very serious in China now. Not only Western medicine abuses it, but traditional Chinese medicine also abuses it, and ordinary people themselves also abuse it. From the perspective of TCM properties, most antibiotics are bitter and cold, which can easily attack Yang energy.

The misuse of antibiotics can cause great harm to the body. Especially for children, as long as they have a cold or fever, they will be given antibiotics. You should follow the ideas and methods of orthodox Chinese medicine to regulate your body, encourage Yang Qi, encourage immunity, and it will do its job on its own.

How do we treat it?

1. The raw materials used for moxibustion are made from mugwort

Mugwort is a purely yang plant. After burning, the medicinal power of the mugwort is brought to the painful areas of the human body through the acupuncture points and meridians through the smoke and fire, which can eliminate the disease. It is the best shortcut to replenish Yang energy and prolong life.

Moxibustion on Guanyuan, Zhongwan, and Shenque (navel) points

2. Do a good job in "Sanyang Kaitai"

"Three Yangs Bring Good Fortune" comes from the Tai hexagram among the sixty-four hexagrams in the Book of Changes. "Kaitai" means good luck and prosperity, and it means good fortune is about to come. The rise of Yang energy in the human body also has a similar gradual process, which is called the "Three Yangs Bring Good Fortune" of human health, namely, movement can raise Yang, kindness can raise Yang, and joy can raise Yang.

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Decoctions

Sini Tang is the main prescription for Shaoyin disease. Taking Sini Tang regularly can invigorate the body's weakened functions and restore Yang Qi.

The specific medication ratio can be based on roasted licorice: dried ginger: aconite = 3:2:1.

Yang energy is very important to us. In our daily lives, we should stop doing things that hurt our Yang energy. Get rid of bad habits and keep our Yang energy sufficient so that we can be healthy and live a long life.