Beauty and Health Sutra of Female Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 9 Special period, need special care (3)
In short, the development and growth of life have natural laws, and we should not artificially pluck the seedlings to encourage them to grow.Therefore, in the process of conceiving a baby, you can choose an appropriate method for prenatal education, but remember to respect the fetus as the premise, and don't disturb the healthy development of the fetus, otherwise the gain will outweigh the loss.Therefore, in order to ensure that the baby has enough yang energy after birth, pregnant mothers should try not to stimulate the fetus in the abdomen during pregnancy, and choose some leisure methods that are not too noisy to hide and raise the fetus in a quiet environment.

Exercise more, prohibit sexual intercourse, and prevent dystocia

In ancient times, medical technology was underdeveloped, giving birth to a child was sometimes a matter of life and death, and dystocia often occurred.Although you can go to a good hospital and find a good doctor now, there will inevitably be some uncertainties when a woman gives birth.If you want to avoid dystocia, you need to plan ahead.

Exercise more, don't snooze
If the pregnant mother sleeps too much and is too lazy to exercise during pregnancy, it will easily cause Qi and blood to stagnate, resulting in poor Qi.If the qi is smooth and the blood is harmonious, the fetus will be safe and the delivery will be smooth. Once the symptoms of qi stagnation and blood stasis begin to appear in the pregnant mother's body, and the nutritional supply of the fetus is insufficient, dystocia is prone to occur.

In ancient times, wives from rich families often had dystocia, while peasant women from small families rarely had dystocia. This is a clear example of coveting comfort.The wives of wealthy families do not have to work, meals are arranged by someone, and they are taken care of in daily life. They usually sit for a long time and live a comfortable life. It is easy to cause qi stagnation and blood stasis, and difficult labor during childbirth.However, women from small households, even if they are pregnant, must continue to work for their livelihood. During the labor process, the qi and blood are not easy to stagnate, and the natural qi movement is smooth.

It is mentioned in: "It is common for women who work hard in the fields to suddenly suffer from abdominal pain on the way, which can be seen immediately." It can be seen that proper exercise can make the blood circulate, and the fetus will move, and the probability of dystocia will be very low.

Therefore, women should not always lie in bed once they are pregnant, and have regular work and rest. As usual, just ensure that they sleep for 8 hours a day, and don't sleep too much.Don't always sit lazily on the sofa and watch TV, you should exercise more, so that the Qi and blood can run smoothly.It is best to do some simple housework, go out for a walk every day, and maintain a happy mood and smooth flow of meridians throughout the body.

Don't be greedy, prevent overnutrition

Chinese medicine believes that pregnant women should "choose food according to the time" during pregnancy.From January to March of pregnancy, pregnant women should eat more barley and sour food. During these three months, it is best to be vegetarian, and eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and fish and meat should not be eaten; By the 1th month of pregnancy, fetal development needs a lot of nutrients. Pregnant women should eat more rice, as well as beef, mutton, lean meat, fish, etc., to supply the nutrients needed by the fetus, but do not eat spicy food at this stage, or Do not drink iced beverages to avoid stimulating the fetus; from the 3th month of pregnancy to the 3th month of pregnancy, the fetus tends to mature and consumes a lot of nutrients, but the diet at this time should also vary from person to person, and blindly nourish , if the fetus is developing well and the pregnant woman is obese, she should limit her diet a little to avoid "fetal fat" and cause dystocia. If it is not good enough, then we need to strengthen our nutritional intake and eat more fruits, vegetables, meat and eggs.

No intercourse during pregnancy
After a woman is pregnant, she must abstain from sexual life, not only to prevent miscarriage, but also to prevent dystocia during childbirth. "As soon as the passion is activated, the Qi and blood are consumed." The sexual intercourse between husband and wife will disturb the fetus in the womb, which will either touch the fetal gas and cause miscarriage, or damage the fetal gas and cause dystocia.Especially in the seventh month of pregnancy, until the baby is born, pregnant women must abstain from sexual life.

Because during the 7th to 10th month of pregnancy, the fetus is protected by the Lung Meridian of Hand Taiyin, the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand Yangming, the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin and the Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang.At this time, the fetus moves a lot and frequently, which is transporting qi and blood and gaining lung qi.If the pregnant woman consumes too much qi and blood during this period, and the qi and blood in the body are not smooth, it is very easy to cause dystocia, and the baby born in this way will also have a weak constitution and low resistance.

For the health of the baby in the future, pregnant women should abstain from sexual intercourse during pregnancy, cultivate the mind and nature, and raise the fetus safely until the baby is delivered at full term. In this way, the baby born smoothly will be healthy, smart and wise.

The symptoms of menopause can be adjusted in time, the balance of yin and yang is not afraid of old kidney qi, and it can help you pass through menopause smoothly. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women "seven sevens, the Ren channel is weak, the Taichong channel is weak, the heaven is exhausted, and the tunnel is blocked, so the body is bad and childless. ".After the age of 49, a woman is about to enter menopause, and the menopause of a woman has a lot to do with kidney qi.Therefore, to prevent various discomforts caused by menopause, it is necessary to invigorate the kidney qi in time.Only when the kidney qi is sufficient and the heaven is full, menopause will not have so many troubles.

menopause, disappearance of menstruation

Menstruation is related to a woman's fertility and is very important to a woman.Once a woman is over 49 years old, the Tiangui is exhausted, menstruation disappears, there is no menstrual blood, and the Tiangui is blocked, then she will no longer be able to conceive.This is what the "Huangdi Neijing" said, "The sky is exhausted, the tunnel is blocked, so the body is bad and childless", that is, a woman's "tunnel" is blocked, she can no longer ovulate, and her sexual desire will decline accordingly.Therefore, once menopause is over, many women will feel tired and powerless about their sex life.

But there are also special circumstances. For example, some female friends, even after 49 years old, still have not menopause, and menstruation will come on time every month.There may be two reasons for this, one is that the physical fitness is already very good, and the kidney qi is innately strong; the other is that there may be tumors in the body.Because the tumor will stagnate Qi and blood, and the speed of Qi and blood flow will become slower, which will make menstruation later than normal.So if there is such a situation, we must pay attention to it and go to the hospital for a physical examination in time.

In modern society, many female friends are well maintained and have sufficient kidney qi. Even after 49 years old, they are still in good physical condition. The arrival of menopause itself will be later, but it will come eventually.Therefore, 49 years old is just a general age, which is not a medically designated age limit for menopause.

Menopause arrives, body fat

When menopause arrives, a woman's kidney qi begins to weaken, so women often experience symptoms of hot flashes and night sweats during menopause.As the kidney qi in the body begins to weaken, female friends who are in the menopause stage will gradually gain weight.Zhang Jingyue, a doctor in the Ming Dynasty, explained this: "The yang moves and disperses, so it transforms qi, and the yin calms and condenses, so it takes shape." That is, when the kidney qi weakens, the human body is prone to yang deficiency, the qi transformation function becomes weak, and the body will change. Fat and out of shape.

The human kidneys are hidden in the waist. If the kidney qi is insufficient, the waist will easily have fat. Even if you do sports regularly, you will still have fat on the waist. At this time, the most effective way to lose waist fat is to nourish the kidney.Usually eat more wolfberry, black sesame and various nuts.

When a woman reaches menopause, the kidney energy gradually weakens, and the waist gradually becomes as thick as a bucket. At this time, some female friends who love beauty will take some diet pills, and then control their diet. The two-pronged approach, in fact, the main way to do this is to dehydrate your body to achieve weight loss.In this way, although the weight has been dropped in a short period of time, it will rebound later, because the problem has not been fundamentally solved.At this time, if a female friend wants to achieve the goal of losing weight completely, she should take some Bawei Shenqi pills to nourish the kidney yang. If the kidney qi is sufficient, the body will naturally not gain weight.

Replenish the kidneys with a diet to prevent menopausal insomnia and dreaminess

"Tiangui is exhausted", menopause will come, and "Tiangui is closely related to kidney qi, so when menopause arrives, invigorating kidney qi is the first priority. Because if kidney qi is insufficient, female friends at this stage will not be healthy. All kinds of reactions will be extremely strong, and emotions will also fluctuate greatly.

There are principles in the kidney nourishing diet - more black, more beans, less salty black enters the kidneys, so if you want to nourish your kidneys, you should eat more black foods, such as black sesame, black fungus, black rice, black beans, black dates, etc. These foods can all play a role in nourishing the kidneys.

In addition, eat more soy foods, such as tofu, soy milk and so on.Because soy foods are rich in phytoestrogens, which are very similar to women's estrogen, eating more soy foods can effectively delay the onset of menopause.

Third, it should be less salty.When it comes to salty, it is necessary to mention salt.In terms of diet, in addition to seasoning, salt also has the effect of nourishing the kidney and strengthening the kidney qi.In various prescriptions for tonifying the kidney in traditional Chinese medicine, salt is often introduced into the kidney to enhance the effect of tonifying the kidney.But too much is not enough, if you usually eat too salty, it will damage the kidney qi, and you will easily suffer from high blood pressure and kidney disease.

Therefore, for an adult, the daily salt intake should not exceed 6 grams.

When women are in the menopause stage, the salt intake should be reduced, generally 5 grams is appropriate.Except for salt, all salty foods should be eaten less, such as seafood and meat, many of which are salty, and should be eaten less. Female friends in the menopausal stage should eat more vegetables and less food Meat, everything should be light.

Stinky and rotten, but also nourishing the kidney

Why do you say "stinky rot" can nourish the kidney?From the point of view of viscera, rotten qi enters the kidney, such as donkey-hide gelatin, which is a good medicine for nourishing kidney qi.

Donkey-hide gelatin is boiled from donkey skin, and there is a process in the process of making donkey-hide gelatin, which is to soak donkey skin in a pool for several days, and then use it to make donkey-hide gelatin after the donkey skin is soaked and rotted, because donkey skin only has Only when this rotten qi is absorbed can it enter the kidney and spleen, so as to achieve the purpose of nourishing the kidney qi.

When it comes to rotten smell, we must mention the smelly stinky tofu.Although stinky tofu is very stinky, it has a good kidney-tonifying effect.If you can't smell the smell of stinky tofu, you can also eat fermented bean curd. Although it belongs to "fu", the taste is very different.Moreover, fermented bean curd is a food suitable for all ages.Menopausal female friends can eat fermented bean curd appropriately to relieve the symptoms of menopause.

Replenishes kidney qi, prevents insomnia and dreaminess

Female friends who are in the menopausal stage have very poor sleep quality, often suffer from insomnia, and love to dream.According to traditional Chinese medicine, this is caused by the disharmony between the heart and the kidney.From the point of view of the five elements, the heart is fire and the kidneys are water, and the two restrict and influence each other. The heart fire helps the kidney yang, so that the kidney water will not be too cold, and the kidney water helps the heart yin, so that the heart fire is not hyperactive.However, if the kidney water is insufficient, the fire in the heart will be too prosperous, and people will easily suffer from insomnia, dreaminess, hotness in the heart, irritability, and the quality of sleep will be greatly reduced.Therefore, the most important thing at this time is to invigorate the kidney, supplement the kidney qi, exert the function of the kidney water to help the upper yin, and reduce the heart fire to the level of balance with the kidney water, and the menopausal symptoms of insomnia and dreaminess will naturally be relieved.

Another characteristic of menopausal women is that they are irritable, "on fire", and lose their temper at every turn, which is also caused by insufficient kidney water.Kidney water produces liver wood. If kidney water is insufficient, the liver will lose its nourishment. If the liver yang is overactive, people will feel dizzy, upset and irritable, and lose their temper all the time.Therefore, for female friends who are in the menopausal stage, family members and friends should be more considerate. It is not that they want to lose their temper, but that the abnormal function of their internal organs has caused her emotional changes, making her unable to control her emotions. Lose your temper for no reason.

Dietary maintenance to reduce menopausal complications

With the arrival of menopause, many female friends will have insufficient kidney qi, and then face many complications.In order to minimize the probability of complications, preventive work must be done in daily life.

Tonify kidney qi, prevent and treat osteoporosis
The most common complication encountered by female friends during menopause is osteoporosis.Many people believe that as long as a large amount of calcium can prevent osteoporosis.This understanding is wrong, because the treatment of osteoporosis through calcium supplementation only treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

"Plain Questions" mentions that "kidneys combine with bones", which shows that the kidneys are closely connected with bones.The bone is hollow, and the bone cavity is filled with bone marrow, which nourishes the bone.Once the bone marrow is deficient, the bones cannot get enough nourishment, and then osteoporosis will appear.According to traditional Chinese medicine, "the kidney governs the bones", because the kidney stores the essence. Therefore, the key to preventing and treating osteoporosis is to nourish the kidney.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" said: ""Thousands of Gold" and "Waitai", all the prescriptions of the deep masters are used to treat kidney deficiency, fatigue, thirst, beriberi, and there are many prescriptions for kidney drain soup, all of which use sheep kidney to cook soup and decoct medicine, and the cover is used as a guide , each according to its type." It can be seen that traditional Chinese medicine will use sheep kidneys in the treatment of kidney deficiency, diabetes and other diseases, because of "each according to its type", which is what TCM calls "supplementing form with form".In winter, northerners especially like to eat boiled mutton, because mutton can keep out the cold, and mutton is the best ingredient for nourishing yang and kidney qi.Li Dongyuan, a famous doctor in the Jin Dynasty, believed: "The tangible things of mutton can replenish the qi of visible muscles, so it can be used to nourish the weak. Ginseng and mutton belong to the genus, ginseng tonifies qi, and mutton tonifies the shape. Those with the same flavor as mutton can nourish blood deficiency. When Yang grows, Yin grows."

In addition to mutton, wolfberry leaves are also the best medicinal materials for nourishing kidney qi.

According to Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Collecting wolfberry leaves in spring is called Tianjingcao; picking flowers in summer is called Changshengcao; picking seeds in autumn is called Lycium barbarum; picking roots in winter is called Digupi." Lycium barbarum leaves are also called Tianjing. Grass is a treasure all over.According to the records of "Theory of Medicinal Properties", wolfberry leaves "can nourish the deficiencies of essence, change color, turn white, improve eyesight, and soothe the nerves."

Female friends who are in the menopausal stage can combine wolfberry leaves with sheep kidney and mutton, which can nourish kidney yin, kidney qi, and strengthen vitality. Consuming it once a day can prevent menopausal osteoporosis very well.

Liver and kidney nourishing, hair care

As soon as menopause is reached, the rate of graying of female friends' hair also begins to accelerate.Chinese medicine believes that this is caused by deficiency of the liver and kidney.If the liver and kidney are both deficient, the hair will become white, dry and easy to fall off.

In "Sanji Zonglu" it is mentioned that a wolfberry ground rice wine can relieve the symptoms of menopausal hair graying.Because wolfberry can nourish the kidney, rehmannia not only nourishes the kidney, but also enters the liver meridian, which has the effect of nourishing the liver.If you drink 20ml (about one glass of wine) warmly on an empty stomach every day, it can have the effect of blackening hair, nourishing the face and whitening the skin.

Eat more tomatoes to prevent gynecological diseases
Female friends in the menopausal stage often suffer from various gynecological diseases, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, cervicitis, etc., and are deeply troubled by them.In order to alleviate the troubles caused by these gynecological diseases, female friends can eat more tomatoes, because tomatoes are pure natural antibiotics, because they contain a substance called tomatine, which has a good anti-inflammatory effect.

What needs to be understood is that the anti-inflammatory tomatine contained in tomatoes is not easily absorbed by the body, and it is hidden in the seeds of tomatoes.Only heat the tomato in the microwave oven for a few minutes, the tomato is cooked, the seeds of the tomato are opened, and then eat at this time, the nutrition of the tomato is easily absorbed by the body.

In the menopausal stage, female friends can eat 1 microwave-heated steamed tomato every day. If you usually like to eat tomatoes, you can eat them often.However, this approach is limited to prevention.If there is already a very serious inflammation, it needs to be treated together with drugs, and diet therapy only plays an auxiliary role.

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