Health: 8 health secrets from a 98-year-old Chinese medicine practitioner

The secret to longevity lies in the eight-character health-preserving method of "childlike heart, ant food, turtle desire and monkey behavior".

1. In addition to drinking, eat less cold dishes.

In ancient times, people would eat cold dishes with wine, because both white wine and yellow wine are warm, and cold dishes can just neutralize the heat. It has become a habit for modern people to eat cold dishes, which I think is unhealthy and not good for the stomach.

2. Never eat scrambled eggs with bitter melon.

Chinese people do have a tradition of loving to eat eggs. They eat boiled eggs in the morning, scrambled eggs with tomatoes at noon, and scrambled eggs with bitter gourd in the evening. Bitter melon is cold in nature, and eggs are also cold. The combination of the two is very serious. In my opinion, it is poison. I advise everyone not to eat it.

3. Breakfast respects tradition, with white porridge, fried dough sticks or fried eggs.

What to eat healthily? Many people criticize fried dough sticks as unhealthy and junk food. I think there is no "good or bad" in food. The key is moderation. White porridge, fried dough sticks and side dishes are Chinese traditions and they are comfortable to eat. Boiled eggs are cold, so I don’t eat them. Frying them in oil will neutralize the taste, so I eat fried eggs.

4. Eat in moderation.

Taoism has a view that the amount of food a person eats in his lifetime is fixed. If you eat early and eat more, you will die early; if you eat slowly and take your time, you will live longer. So I definitely don’t overeat.

5. One of the biggest problems of modern people is not being hungry.

The word "hunger" has been used together so many times that no one can tell its original meaning anymore. In fact, there is an essential difference between the two. "Hunger" means insufficient food intake, that is, the stomach is empty, while "hunger" is a subjective feeling, the desire to eat. Frequent and overly intense feelings of hunger are caused by excessive heart energy, while not feeling hungry is caused by insufficient heart energy.

Not feeling hungry or not feeling hungry is a common problem among modern people, especially children nowadays, whose stomachs are full of food and they are always in a state of indigestion. Their stomachs are relatively full, and they have bad breath, repeated throat infections, abdominal distension, inability to fart, kicking off the quilt when sleeping, and even grinding their teeth and drooling. Being hungry without being hungry is a common symptom of modern obese people. These people eat a lot but always feel hungry. The pathogenesis of this disease lies in excessive heart fire, unmet emotional and emotional needs, or deep dissatisfaction in the heart, which leads to hyperphagia. Traditional Chinese medicine generally uses bitter and cold heart-clearing medicines such as Coptis chinensis and Gardenia jasminoides.

6. Eating eggs and milk in the morning if you are not hungry is poison.

Many people ask me what to eat to be healthy. I say that what you eat is not important, but how and when you eat is the key. Don’t eat when you are not hungry. Even when it is time to eat, the external clock is not important. What is important is your own biological clock. Many people advise people to eat breakfast, but no one cares whether the person is hungry in the morning. The meal from the previous night is still undigested in the stomach. If a person has no appetite at all, forcing him to eat a bunch of milk and eggs, isn't that poison?

For breakfast, you can drink a bowl of Dingjiapu five-grain flour to cleanse your stomach. It is made by grinding whole grains into fine powder, which is easy to brew. Their various formulas are all based on the recipes approved by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. Eating more whole grains is beneficial to daily gastrointestinal function, bowel movements and detoxification, and drinking them regularly can prolong your life. When you are hungry but not starving, you should have a snack, just three bites will do. When you feel hungry but not hungry, you should see a doctor and regulate your mood.

7. Drinking a lot of water can cause kidney deficiency in severe cases

I don't know when the so-called health concept emerged, which is to drink eight glasses of water a day. Drinking more water can detoxify and flush the large intestine. In fact, drinking water like this is very harmful to the kidneys. In severe cases, it can cause kidney deficiency and inability to hold urine.

Drink water in small sips, no more than three sips, leaving room for easy digestion and absorption. Modern people only want to be fast and drink a lot of water. As a result, a large amount of cold water is stored in the stomach, which is either urinated out or stored and has no way to become body fluid. The art of drinking water also lies in not drinking fresh water. The side effect of fresh water is that it is a diuretic. Fresh water passes through the intestines and leaves body fluids nowhere to stay. Therefore, the ancients added bitter tea leaves to fresh water and added trace amounts of salt when eating watermelon, in order to prevent the loss of body fluids.

8. Drinking cold water or cold drinks is worse than drinking animals.

When cold drinks enter the stomach, they rely on the heat from the stomach to warm them to 36.5 ℃, the same temperature as the human body. Over time, the stomach can't take it, and the lungs and stomach are connected, so the lungs can't take it either. Some people like to have a cold drink before eating, but that’s it. When you eat, no matter how much you eat or how full you are, you won’t feel anything. Over time, you will become extremely fat. Most people feel satisfied when they are 70% to 80% full.