What are the key points of TCM health preservation?

Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to health preservation. There are many ways to maintain health, such as exercise or a reasonable diet. Do you know how to maintain health through traditional Chinese medicine? What are the key points of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation? Let's learn about it together through the following article.

Chinese medicine health care

Childlike innocence: Having a childlike innocence means never getting old. It means having the heart of a child. It is said that "man is inherently good at birth". The ancients have already realized that the hearts of children are very pure and the most beautiful.

Childlikeness represents innocence, full of happiness, simple thoughts, and the absence of adult bad habits, living a carefree life all day long. They observe the world around them and find everything wonderful and magical, and they are always full of expectations for the future. Keeping a childlike innocence can free people from distractions and keep an optimistic and cheerful character, which is the primary condition for preventing diseases, keeping fit and prolonging life. In fact, everyone has a childlike innocence, but as people grow older, their childlike innocence is easily exhausted by the reality of society. To maintain a childlike innocence is to let the brain be in a relaxed state and rest.

Ant nature: It means that people should not be unsociable and should chew their meals slowly. Ants are an animal in nature that communicates frequently with their own kind. Although they cannot make sounds, it does not prevent them from transmitting information to each other using their antennae. In the eyes of ants, no matter how big the project is, it can be completed as long as they work together. This shows how important communication among ants is. In addition, the food of ants is very irregular. They often eat on the spot without distinguishing between fine and coarse food. Ants generally drink little and eat little, chewing slowly, but their vitality is very tenacious. A single tree cannot make a forest. When people live in society, being too withdrawn will harm their health. If they interact with others, they can solve their problems.

In addition, Chinese medicine also emphasizes that "eating too much will damage the stomach and intestines", which also emphasizes the harm of overeating. Therefore, we must develop healthy eating habits in our daily lives and never over-diet or overeat.

Turtle and Rou: refers to getting along with others in a kind manner and not getting angry over trivial matters. Turtles are considered auspicious animals by health experts and are revered as a symbol of good fortune because of their long lifespan. Although we must never be cowards in the face of major issues, on general issues we should be like the tortoise, with a non-confrontational mind, a simple and unpretentious attitude, and a broad-minded and magnanimous moral integrity, so that we can control a hundred movements with one calmness and respond to ever-changing situations with the unchanging attitude. When people get old, health and family are the most important things. Fame, wealth and status are external things. There is no need to take them too seriously, let alone demand them. Try to argue less with others, make more concessions, and fight less. Keep a calm mind like a tortoise.

Monkey walk: It means that you should persist in exercising. Monkeys are very active, so they are the most agile. Being hyperactive is the nature of monkeys, and people should learn from it. The monkey-like health preservation in old age means to keep all parts of the body as flexible and alert as possible, and not to look old and frail. Be diligent in thinking, diligent in exercising, and keep your muscles active at all times. Exercise is the basis of health, but to achieve good health, you must have a healthy heart, good physical strength and a carefree, happy and innocent childlike heart. With these basic conditions, if you let go of the burden of age and travel light, you will have an ageless body and mind.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Preservation

The head is the seat of intelligence. Combing your hair 500 times a day will cure all diseases.

The head is the home of intelligence. The 12 important meridians of the human body, more than 40 large and small acupuncture points, and more than a dozen special stimulation areas are all concentrated in the head. Using a wooden comb or bone comb instead of small silver needles to perform so-called acupuncture massage or stimulation on these acupoints and meridians can cure diseases and improve health. Combing your hair frequently is indeed a simple and easy longevity health care strategy that actively maintains the body's essence, energy, and spirit.

The sole of the foot is the second heart. Rubbing the Yongquan acupoint frequently is good for health.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are more than 60 acupuncture points on our feet that are closely connected to the 12 meridians of the internal organs. They are not only covered with reflex areas between various organs of our entire body.

However, since the soles of the feet are far away from the heart and have low resistance, they are the body's congenital weak link, which objectively provides favorable conditions for the invasion of cold and damp evil spirits. Therefore, foot care is particularly important than other parts. Rubbing the Yongquan acupoint regularly after a warm bath can cure diseases and prolong life.

Swallow saliva 300 times a day and you will live to 99

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that saliva is the essence of the human body, which is stored in the dantian, then transformed into essence, and plays the role of harmonizing the spleen and stomach, moistening the orifices, moistening the limbs and five internal organs, strengthening the kidneys and replenishing the essence, lubricating the joints, and nourishing the brain marrow. Therefore, it makes sense to swallow saliva frequently.

Pinch the anus 100 times a day to cure diseases and prolong life

The anus is also called the anus. To pinch means to pull up and contract. In layman's terms, it means contracting the anus. In his "The Pillow Book", Sun Simiao advised people to "regularly squeeze the anus", believing that the muscles around the anus should always be in a state of exercise to maintain health and fitness, especially for preventing and treating hemorrhoids.

Knock your teeth more than 300 times every morning and evening, and your teeth will not fall out even when you are 70

Teeth tapping refers to a self-care and health-preserving method that involves rhythmically and repeatedly tapping the upper and lower teeth against each other. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that frequently tapping your teeth can strengthen the kidneys and sperm, balance yin and yang, dredge qi and blood, make local meridians unobstructed, and delay aging.

Rub your abdomen 100 times to promote blood circulation and benefit the spirit.

Abdominal massage is a health care method that involves massaging the abdomen back and forth with your hands, including the abdominal wall, abdominal cavity and internal organs. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the abdomen is the palace of the human body's internal organs and the source of yin and yang, qi and blood. Regularly massaging the abdomen can regulate the spleen and stomach, promote the harmony of qi and blood, replenish the spirit, nourish the kidney essence, enrich the five internal organs, drive away external evils, and clear up all symptoms of internal injuries.

The kidney qi of a person is connected to the ears. Pulling, rubbing and kneading the ears can improve the body's health.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the ear is the external orifice of the kidney. If the ears are healthy, the kidney meridian is unobstructed, the kidney qi is sufficient, and the kidney essence is full, then the hearing will be sensitive. Pulling, massaging, rubbing, and pinching the ears are actually various forms of physical stimulation to the ears.

Relieve fatigue, keep fit and stretch, blood circulation is the best

The so-called stretching refers to self-exercise including straightening the neck, raising arms, breathing to expand the chest, stretching the waist, moving the joints, and relaxing the spine.

Sit quietly to prolong life, regulate body, breath and mind

Medical research shows that emotions and health are closely linked. People who are optimistic and cheerful can keep their internal organs functioning healthily and enhance their resistance to external pathogens. At the same time, they can engage in sustained intellectual activities only when they are in a calm emotional state. Therefore, one of the ancient people’s ways of maintaining health was to calm the mind and relax the spirit.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Knowledge

Ten Essentials

Comb your hair often, wipe your face often, turn your eyes often, rub your ears often, tap your teeth often, swallow saliva often, massage your abdomen often, move your waist often, rub your feet often, and exercise your sexual desire often.

Ten taboos

Avoid leaving your head bare in the morning, avoid sitting in wet places for a long time, avoid fanning yourself when you sweat, avoid wearing sweaty clothes in the cold, avoid holding your urine and feces, avoid taking hot baths, avoid squatting to defecate, avoid wearing pants with one foot, avoid turning your head suddenly, and avoid staying up late.

Ten injuries

Prolonged viewing hurts the eyes, prolonged walking hurts the tendons, prolonged sitting hurts the waist, prolonged lying hurts the qi, extreme worry hurts the heart, eating too much hurts the stomach, prolonged standing hurts the bones, sadness hurts the lungs, violent anger hurts the liver, and prolonged listening hurts the mind.

Ten less than ten more

Less meat and more vegetables, less talk and more action, less salt and more vinegar, less sugar and more fruit, less clothes and more baths, less alcohol and more water, less food and more chewing, less car and more walking, less worry and more laughter, less medicine and more exercise.

Conclusion: This article mainly introduces the relevant knowledge of Chinese medicine health preservation. The formulas mentioned in the article can play a very good role in health preservation. At the same time, we should also pay attention to some health tips, which are very beneficial for health preservation.