Blood is the lifeblood

Chapter 10 Distinguishing Qi and Blood by Observing Words and Colors——You can tell if Qi and blood are good (2)
Qi and blood are condensed by the kidneys.Excessive stress and irregular menstruation in women will cause kidney deficiency, and the yang energy gathered in the kidneys is insufficient to form a force to flow all over the body, so it has to disperse in all directions, and the blood qi accumulates on the face, forming chloasma.

Qi and blood are stored in the liver.Such as overwork and bad mood can lead to stagnation of liver qi, resulting in insufficient blood stored in the liver, poor circulation of qi and blood, lack of moisture in the skin, and spots appear.

Therefore, experts suggest that if people with poor complexion have no special symptoms, food supplements are the best way.People with pale complexion can add fish, chicken, black beans, spinach and other foods, and if necessary, eat some red dates, wolfberry, longan and other products that nourish Qi and blood.People with flushed complexion should try to avoid irritating food and avoid facial cold and hot stimulation.Patients with cold syndrome can eat more beef and mutton, pepper, and ginger to generate heat and promote metabolism.For the yellowish complexion caused by partial eclipse and unbalanced nutrition, it is necessary to correct bad eating habits.Kidney disease patients with dark complexion should eat more foods or medicines that have the effect of nourishing the kidney, such as walnuts, fungus, black beans, black sesame, etc.

Here are a few private dishes that can improve your complexion. Friends who love beauty insist on cooking and eating frequently. It is no longer difficult to have a proud "peach blossom face".

(1) Fungus and red dates soup: Soak the black fungus in cold water and wash them, put them into the pot together with the washed red dates, add an appropriate amount of water to cook, and then add an appropriate amount of brown sugar according to taste.Black fungus has the effect of benefiting Qi, and red dates can nourish blood. These two are the best supplements for people with anemia.Before menstruation or during menstruation, the faces of sisters are often pale and haggard due to blood loss. From the week before menstruation to the end of menstruation, regular consumption of fungus and red date soup can effectively relieve menstrual anemia.

(2) Black-bone Chicken Soup with Angelica and Astragalus: Wash the black-bone chicken, astragalus, and angelica in an appropriate proportion, put them into a clay pot together, add an appropriate amount of water, first boil on high heat, and then simmer on low heat for more than 2 hours, depending on the individual Add seasoning to taste.Black-bone chicken is a good product for women to replenish qi and blood. It is called "the treasure with a black heart". Astragalus can replenish the qi of the five internal organs. A veritable medicated diet of qi and blood.

(3) Longan and lotus seed porridge: first soak the washed glutinous rice in cold water for a while, put it into the pot together with the washed and heart-removed lotus seeds, add water, first boil on high heat, then boil on low heat for 40 minutes, then add longan Continue to cook the meat and pitted red dates for 15 minutes, and finally add rock sugar according to personal taste.Longan meat is warm in nature, can nourish blood, benefit the heart, and calm the nerves.Lotus seeds are flat in nature and can nourish the spleen and kidney.Jujube is flat in nature and can nourish blood and Qi.Glutinous rice is warm in nature and can nourish the middle and Qi.The porridge made with these four kinds of raw materials is the health porridge for all women in the world, and it is very nutritious.I often eat this porridge as breakfast, and my complexion will change drastically in a short time.

Observing body shape: Abnormal body shape is the epitome of Qi and blood disorder

[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] Height, shortness, fatness and thinness are not all born by parents, nor are they all determined by diet and exercise, but are often affected by the level of Qi and blood.

Standard weight and body shape are signs of good health, but now, there are very few people with well-proportioned body and standard body shape, such as short and fat type, thin and tall type, umbrella type with heavy upper body, pear type with heavy lower body, and The apple shape with fat concentrated in the waist, these figures are all manifestations of abnormal body shape.

Some people think that height, shortness, fatness and thinness are born by parents, and others think that fatness and thinness are determined by diet and exercise, but few people think that body shape is also related to Qi and blood, which is a manifestation of Qi and blood disorders.

Mr. Gao is 34 years old this year. Maybe he has reached the age of getting fat. His weight has increased sharply. In half a year, his weight has increased by nearly 20 catties. great.Mr. Gao thought it must be caused by obesity, so he stepped up to lose weight, insisted on running every day, and went to the gym to sweat.If you persist in this way for a period of time, your weight will drop, but you will not be happy for a few days. After a short pause, your weight will rebound quickly.Fat for a while and thin for a while, Mr. Gao was so exhausted that he even gave up the idea of ​​losing weight.

My wife was worried about his health. After many inquiries, I found out that there was a meridian health center that used acupuncture to lose weight, and the effect was very good, so I persuaded my husband to make a final effort.The results of this attempt were not small. After one course of treatment, Mr. Gao's weight dropped to the standard weight of 140 catties. In order to consolidate it, Mr. Gao insisted on two more courses of treatment. Up to now, his weight has been maintained very well.

Why is acupuncture weight loss so effective?This is because the root cause of most people's obesity is blocked meridians and poor Qi and blood.Blocked meridians and poor Qi and blood lead to slow movement and poor metabolism of sugar and fat in the blood, causing fat to deposit and accumulate everywhere, causing obesity.Acupuncture and moxibustion can quickly clear the meridians, reconcile qi and blood, and naturally achieve the goal of weight loss.

Obesity is related to qi and blood. Let’s take a look at thin people. Does it have anything to do with qi and blood?A Ling, who is flat and thin, wants to become plump and charming. After thinking about it, she feels that Chinese medicine is the safest and most reliable.The doctor at Women's Traditional Chinese Medicine Beauty Hospital told her that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, a round body is closely related to viscera, meridians, qi and blood, among which the liver, spleen and stomach, and kidney meridians are most affected.If one's own qi and blood are insufficient, white lips, dizziness, and insomnia symptoms will definitely affect the growth of the body and make the body unsound.Similarly, insufficiency of the kidney, discomfort in the spleen and stomach, and stagnation of liver qi and blood will all lead to malabsorption of nutrients and a shriveled body. If the body is not adjusted and the qi and blood are not improved, it will be difficult to form curvy lines.

Based on the analysis of Carole's physical characteristics, the doctor gave her a special "prescription for body beauty", including prescriptions for medicine, daily diet, and exercise.A Ling strictly complied with the doctor's advice, persisted for a few months, and her whole body was indeed plump and juicy.

In addition to being overweight and thin, almost all body dysplasia can be attributed to Qi and blood.According to experts' conclusions, there are three main types of body dysplasia:

(1) liver qi and blood stagnation type.This type of people has a hot constitution or has the habit of eating spicy food. They often show emotional instability, irritability, and depression; breast meridians are not smooth, breast pain before menstruation, and postpartum milk secretion is likely to be insufficient, and breasts are prone to swelling. lump.

(2) Qi and blood deficiency type.It is mostly due to congenital physical weakness, or acquired nutritional deficiency, waist and kidney deficiency, resulting in flat chest and insufficient postpartum milk secretion.

(3) Insufficient kidney essence.Insufficient natural endowment, acquired malnutrition, loss of kidney.Most of the symptoms are premature aging, less menstrual flow, waist pain, dizziness, and memory loss.

In terms of treatment, people with different types of constitution should be given different treatments for their symptoms.For example, people with liver qi and blood stagnation can take "Chaihu Shugan Powder" to soothe the liver and promote qi, promote blood circulation and relieve pain; Dabuyuan decoction "consolidates the essence and nourishes the essence, greatly nourishes qi and blood, and invigorates the deficiency of the kidney.In addition to medication and diet, you can also strengthen exercise and do some health exercises to improve the therapeutic effect.After a period of conditioning, the balance of yin and yang is reached, the body can fully absorb the nutrients in various foods, and the body will naturally become plump.

In order to fully satisfy women's needs for a perfect body shape, we introduce several body sculpting soups. These daily recipes can be described as "moisturizing things silently", which can improve women's figures to varying degrees and achieve a rounded effect.

（1）养气活血粥：花生100克、去核红枣100克、黄芪20克，熬粥，经期后连食7天。

Effect analysis: Peanuts are rich in protein and oil; red dates can produce fluid and regulate endocrine; astragalus promotes qi and blood circulation. The combination of the three can nourish qi and blood circulation, and at the same time warm the uterus to increase the pregnancy rate.

(2) Dandelion Codonopsis tea: 3 grams of dried dandelion root, 3 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, and 2 grams of almonds.Wash the ingredients and brew with 250ml of boiling water.

Effectiveness analysis: Dandelion root contains a variety of minerals, which have the same effect as estrogen.It can eliminate toxins in the body and promote the growth of breast fat. It is better to use it with almonds and Codonopsis pilosula, which have breast enhancement effects.

(3) Blood-enriching beauty soup: 10 grams of angelica, 10 grams of Chuanxiong, 10 grams of white peony root, 15 grams of rehmannia glutinosa.This medicinal material can be boiled twice in a row. For the first time, add three bowls of water to decoct the material into one bowl and then turn off the heat, and filter the residue to get the soup; the second time add two and a half bowls of water to decoct the material into half. In the bowl, filter the dregs and drink the soup.

Usage: Drink in the morning and evening on an empty stomach, at any temperature, but it is best not to cook the medicinal materials overnight.

Effectiveness analysis: breast enlargement, beautification, improvement of pale and brown complexion, blood enrichment, blood regulation, improvement of rough skin.

Observing the hair: every strand of hair hides Qi and blood
[Qi and Blood Health Supplement] The human body has sufficient kidney essence, and the hair develops normally, which is thick, shiny, and soft; otherwise, it is sparse, withered, and dull.Therefore, the first method of hairdressing in traditional Chinese medicine is to invigorate the kidney.

The head is the "commanding height" of human blood circulation.Therefore, the nutrition needed by the hair is difficult to be delivered, and the hair is like a seedling. When the nutrition is insufficient, the phenomenon of withering and decay will inevitably appear.Almost all hair loss and hair quality problems can finally be attributed to nutritional supplementation and metabolic problems of hair.

The beautiful girl Xiaoping is 21 years old this year. She used to have black and beautiful hair, but one morning when she combed her hair, Xiaoping suddenly found that there were three areas on the top of her head without hair, and her bald scalp was glowing white.

At that time, she went to a hospital in the provincial capital to diagnose "alopecia areata" and prescribed some hair growth-promoting drugs, but they had no effect after use.Later, I used ginger juice, boiled honey... I tried a lot of "folk remedies" but the effect was not good, and a few patches of baldness appeared on other parts of the head.As the disease progressed, Xiaoping became extremely depressed, quit her job, stayed at home wearing a wig all day, didn't talk to anyone, and broke up with her boyfriend.

Xiaoping's mother was very anxious and took her daughter to the acupuncture department of the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.The director of the department personally diagnosed Xiaoping, and believed that Xiaoping's alopecia areata belongs to the category of psychosomatic diseases, which is a neurological disease. Affecting the movement of Qi and blood leads to stagnation of Qi and blood stasis, and hair loss due to loss of nutrition.He also reminded Xiaoping to get out of the current autistic state as soon as possible.At present, after treatment, all the alopecia areata areas on Xiaoping's head have grown hair, and the black hair has returned to its original state.

To find out the close connection between qi and blood and hair, we start with understanding the governor vessel.

The beauty and evil of hair are related to the governor vessel.The Du vessel originates from the cell, and its branches branch out from the spine, belonging to the kidney.Because the Du Meridian runs along the spine, enters the brain, passes over the top of the head, and belongs to the kidneys below, forming a pathway between the kidneys, spinal cord, brain, and hair.Therefore, when the essence energy in the kidney is strong and the marrow sea is full, it will nourish the hair along with the meridian energy of the Governor Vessel, so that the hair will grow thick and shiny.This is the physiological basis of the kidney "its splendor is in the hair".

Although the nutrition of hair comes from blood, its vitality is actually rooted in kidney.The kidney is the innate foundation and the viscera that stores essence.It not only stores the essence of innate nature, but also stores the essence of water and grain transformation in the internal organs, that is, the acquired essence.It can nourish viscera and all tissues of the human body, and is the basic substance for maintaining life and growth and development.The ups and downs of hair are closely related to whether the kidney qi is full or not. "Su Wen · Ancient Innocence Theory" says: "A woman is seven years old, her kidney qi is strong, and her teeth grow longer; on the second day of the seventh day, the heaven is guizhi, the Ren pulse is open, the Taichong pulse is strong, and the menstruation is at the current time, so she has a child; three Seventh, the kidney qi is balanced, so the real teeth grow extremely long; forty-seven, the muscles and bones are strong, the hair grows extremely, and the body is vigorous; Decline in the upper body, the face is scorched, and the hair starts to turn white... My husband is eight years old, the kidney qi is strong, and the teeth grow more; Eighth, the kidney qi is balanced, the muscles and bones are strong, so the real teeth grow extremely; forty-eight, the muscles and bones are prosperous, and the muscles are full and strong; Scorched, the hair on the temples turns white; seventy-eight, the liver qi is weak, the muscles cannot move, the heavenly essence is exhausted, the essence is less, the kidneys are weak, and the body is extremely poor; eighty-eight, the teeth are lost." This clarifies that hair follows a person's life, from The evolution from childhood, adolescence, youth, adulthood to old age is directly and closely related to the rise and fall of kidney qi.That is the meaning of "the kidney...its flower is in the hair" in "Suwen Liujie Zangxiang Theory".

The relationship between the kidney and hair is mainly manifested in the physiological influence of the essence in the kidney on the hair.There are three forms of its action.First, the kidney essence transforms to generate blood and nourishes the hair; second, the kidney essence transforms to generate vital energy, which stimulates and promotes hair growth; third, the kidney essence nourishes the hair through the meridian qi of the Du channel.Du Meridian separates from the spine and belongs to the kidney.Therefore, the nutrition of hair comes from Qi and blood, and its vitality is rooted in the kidney.

Blood nourishes the hair.Blood nourishes the tissues and organs of the whole body, and also nourishes the skin and hair.The operation of blood must be driven by Qi, pour upward into the lungs, travel through the meridians, and distribute evenly throughout the body. "Hair is the rest of the blood", if the blood energy is strong, the hair will also be strong, and if the blood energy is deficient, the hair will wither, become scarce or fall off.Because blood gas and hair are closely related, when blood gas changes due to various reasons, such as blood stasis, blood heat, blood dryness, etc., it will cause hair changes, such as hair loss and gray hair.

In addition, people who surf the Internet for a long time or study nervously, their brains need a lot of nutrients to compete for hair nutrition, and their diet is irregular, which will also cause hair loss due to insufficient nutrition for hair.Only supplementing the nutrients needed by the hair to solve the problem of hair loss is a fundamentally effective way.Especially young people still have a strong ability to absorb and metabolize nutrients. As long as the way is right, this problem is not difficult to solve.

Observe the ears: the ear is the ruler for judging Qi and blood

[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] The ear is an important organ among the five sense organs, known as the "switch" of the brain.In addition to controlling hearing, it also has the function of maintaining body balance, and is also a ruler for judging the level of Qi and blood.

People's lack of energy and blood is directly reflected in the ears. If you don't believe me, you can take a look. The physical fitness of modern people is getting worse and worse. There is a phenomenon that is in sync with it, that is, the ears of modern people are getting smaller and smaller. It is rare for young people to see round, fat, and full big ears.However, these big ears are often seen in the elderly, which shows that the physical fitness of ancient people is obviously stronger than that of modern people.

If the ears are light pink, shiny, no spots, no wrinkles, and full, it means sufficient Qi and blood.Dim and dull means that the blood has declined.If the ears are shrunken, dry, spotted, and wrinkled, it means that the kidney function of the person is beginning to fail, and you should pay attention.

In addition, many ear diseases are also caused by Qi and blood disorders. Taking tinnitus, the most common ear disease as an example, is related to Qi and blood disorders.

Tinnitus is a common disease in otology, and its pathogenesis is still not very clear in the medical field.According to statistics, 17% to 20% of adults have tinnitus, the incidence rate of the elderly over 65 years old can reach 28%, and the occurrence rate of tinnitus in patients with ear diseases is as high as 85%.Many patients are usually accompanied by irritability, insomnia, and inattention, and severe cases can affect work, entertainment, and social interaction.

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