Blood is the lifeblood

Chapter 12 Qi and blood are the standard, and the five internal organs are the foundation—the five internal organs are in harmony with righteousness (1)
Where does human blood come from
[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] Although Qi and blood hold the power of life and death in the human body, this power is held in the hands of the five internal organs.Without the assistance and support of the five internal organs, qi and blood will become water without a source and a tree without roots.

Qi, blood, and body fluid are the basic substances that make up the human body and are also the basic substances that maintain the vital activities of the human body.Qi, blood, and body fluid are the products of the physiological activities of human organs, meridians and other tissues and organs, and are also the material basis for the physiological activities of tissues and organs.

Qi is a highly energetic and extremely fine substance that is constantly moving; blood is the red liquid in the veins; body fluid is the general term for all normal water in the human body.Yin and Yang are distinguished from the relative properties of qi, blood, and body fluid. Qi has the function of warming and promoting, and belongs to yang; blood and body fluid are liquid substances, which have the function of nourishing and nourishing, and belong to yin.

However, qi, blood, and body fluid do not come out of thin air, they are the result of the joint creation of heaven, earth, and man.They come from invisible substances and depend on visible substances. Therefore, if we want to better protect our qi and blood, we must figure out their sources and sources, so that we can better maintain and defend them. they.

Ji Feng is an active girl who is the editor of a real estate agency.Her job is to think wildly in front of the computer every day, and then paint and draw in front of the computer screen.Slowly, she became a "computer face" - withered hair, dull expression, no smile, and lack of enthusiasm for life.Riding the subway back and forth every day, through the glass window, Ji Feng himself is aware of the danger of the computer face.So she decided to change herself. When she went to work, she smiled, and walked to the window every once in a while, doing eye exercises, massaging her face with warm hands, eating well, sleeping well, and exercising well...

Slowly, the "computer face" disappeared, and everyone said that she was getting more and more beautiful. At this moment, Ji Feng suddenly realized that Qi and blood are not produced for no reason, they also need to be cultivated and exercised artificially.

Just like the white-collar worker named Ji Feng above, we always think that health is a natural gift given to us by God, and that energy and blood are inexhaustible. In fact, everything we have in this world depends on hard work In order to obtain, of course, no work, no gain, and the same is true for qi and blood.So how is Qi and blood produced?

1. Gas generation
Human beings are the natural products of heaven and earth. In the "Huangdi Neijing", the place where people live is called "Qijiao". "Qijiao" is the place where the descending "weather" and the rising "earth Qi" meet.Since people live in the "interaction of qi", they must be made of qi, just like everything in the world, and the most subtle part of the gas constitutes the human body.The qi of the human body is the material basis for maintaining the life activities of the human body, and its movement changes are also the life activities of the human body.

The qi that constitutes the human body and maintains the life activities of the human body comes from the reproductive essence of the parents, that is, the congenital essence that constitutes the original material for human embryonic development; gas.

(1) The main source of gas

①Congenital essence—comes from parents and is the original substance that constitutes the embryo.

②Essence of the day after tomorrow—the clear air of nature inhaled by the lungs, also known as weather.

③ Acquired valley qi—the essence of water and grain qi transported and transformed by the spleen and stomach, also known as valley qi.

(2) The relationship between the generation of qi and viscera

① The lung is the master of Qi
The clear qi in nature—the lungs inhale and exhale turbidity—participates in the metabolism of the human body.

The lungs mainly generate Zong Qi, which gathers in the smell of mutton, and has the functions of breathing, qi and blood.

②The spleen and stomach are the source of Qi and blood biochemistry
Spleen and stomach transport and transform water and grain-subtlety-lung-whole body.

③Kidney is the source of Qi

Innate essence: the original substance that constitutes human beings, the foundation of life.

Acquired Essence Qi: Supply the rest of the internal organs after metabolism and consumption.

(3) The path of Qi

According to the source and function of Qi, we can divide Qi into Yuan Qi, Zong Qi, Ying Qi, and Wei Qi. They have different walking routes, and we will analyze them one by one below.

① Yuan Qi: Also known as Yuan Qi, it is the most basic and important Qi originating from the kidneys in the human body, including Yuan Yin and Yuan Yang.

Vitality Qi originates from the kidneys and travels through the whole body through the triple energizer, including internally to the internal organs and externally to the skin and interstitial tissues, everywhere.

② Zong Qi: It is composed of the Qing Qi inhaled by the lungs and the water and grain essence metabolized by the spleen and stomach, and what gathers in the chest is called Zong Qi.

Zong Qi accumulates in the chest and focuses on the heart and lungs.The one going up comes from the lungs and walks along the breath path along the throat; the one going down injects it into the dantian (sea of ​​lower qi) and injects the qi of the foot Yangming down the foot; the one going through the heart enters the meridians through the heart to promote blood qi running.

③Nutrition Qi: It is the gas that travels in the pulsation and has a nutritional effect.Because it is rich in nutrition, it is called Yingqi.

Ying Qi circulates through the whole body through the twelve meridians and the two meridians of Ren and Du, and penetrates the five zang organs and connects the six fu organs.

④ Wei Qi: Wei, the Qi that protects and protects the human body.

In contrast to Yingqi, it is also called Weiyang.

Energizing Qi is transformed from the essence of water and grain.The camp line is in the middle, and the Wei line is outside the line.

2. Blood production

Blood is mainly composed of nutrient qi and body fluid.Both nutrient qi and body fluid come from the subtle substances of water and grain metabolized by the spleen and stomach. "Internal Classics Lingshu" says: "The middle burner receives qi to extract juice, changes and turns red, which is called blood", which refers to the function of the spleen and stomach (middle burner) to transform the ingested food into blood.

(1) The material basis of blood metaplasia
The essence of water and grain is the most basic substance to generate blood.

Spleen and stomach metabolize water and grain essence—the spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry.

Blood is composed of body fluid and nutrient qi.

(2) The relationship between blood production and viscera

①Spleen and stomach are the acquired foundation, the source of Qi and blood biochemistry.

②The heart governs the blood vessels, on the one hand it governs the circulation of blood, on the other hand it governs the production of blood.

③The liver belongs to wood among the five elements, and it responds to the qi of spring and helps the spleen and heart to generate blood.

④ Kidney On the one hand, the essence in the kidney transforms into vital energy, promotes the transformation of the spleen and stomach to produce the essence of water and grain, and then turns into blood; .

(3) The route of blood

① blood circulation
Follow along the fourteen meridians: Lung - Liver - Ren - Du - Lung
②The relationship between blood circulation and viscera

The heart governs the blood vessels: the blood depends on the promotion of the heart qi.

Lung towards Baimai: The lung governs the breathing of the whole body, regulates the air movement of the whole body, and helps the heart to circulate blood.

The spleen governs the blood: a strong temper can hold the blood and prevent it from overflowing the veins.

The liver stores blood: on the one hand, it stores blood and regulates blood volume, so that the circulating blood volume can be maintained at a relatively constant level to prevent bleeding;

Through the above content, we can clearly see the source of qi and blood, biochemical organs and their different routes, which has laid a solid foundation for us to further understand the relationship between qi and blood and viscera.

The heart governs the blood, nourishing the blood must first nourish the heart
【Qi and Blood Health Sutra】The heart governs the blood, and the heart produces blood, so nourishing the blood must nourish the heart. It is best to nourish the body from the inside out, starting with nourishing the heart.

"Years of painstaking efforts have been in vain", "work hard", we often automatically connect heart and blood in this way, is it all a coincidence?Is there a certain physiological basis?

Let's not ask about language and literature for the time being. From a medical point of view, heart and blood are inseparable.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the formation of blood is closely related to the internal organs, and is completed under the joint action of the internal organs. It is not the internal organs that can do it, but the heart is the most important thing.

The heart is located in the chest, and the pericardium protects it and is connected with the heart system.The heart hides the spirit and is the foundation of life activities. It is called "the official of the monarch". It has the function of mastering the gods and the blood. , its Qi passes through the tongue, opens into the ears, and the liquid is sweat.

The mind has two main functions.

[-]. The main god
God refers to human thinking and consciousness activities.The ancients believed that human consciousness and thinking activities come from the heart, so there is a saying that "gods come out of it".Physicians of later generations believed that the heart governs the blood vessels, and it can supply blood to the brain and govern the gods, which can be used as a reference.There are two functions of gods.

1. Adapt to everything
The scriptures say: "Those who let things be called the heart" and "accumulate spirit in the heart to know the past and present" all have this meaning.The so-called "responsibility" means that the mind has the ability to think, analyze, and judge, and respond to changes in things. "Knowing the past and the present" means that the mind has the ability to remember and understand.Therefore, the mind governing the gods refers to the resilience in spiritual consciousness activities.

2. Coordinate viscera
"Suwen Linglan Secret Code" says: "These twelve officials must not lose each other, so the master will be safe." The so-called "must not lose each other" means that the functions of the viscera must be maintained. normal contact. "Administration leads to peace" means that the mind can play a dominant role, and the functions of the twelve viscera can be coordinated and unified.If the heart cannot play the dominant role of the gods, the functions of the twelve organs will do whatever they want, and each will do what they want, and a dangerous situation of disorder will occur. Therefore, it is said that "the twelve organs are in danger if the master is not clear."It can be seen that knowing or not is the key to the coordination of viscera, so the heart is said to be "the master of the internal organs".

Two, heart and blood
"Nei Jing" said: "The heart governs the blood, which is the foundation of life... The heart fills the veins and the face, the liquid is sweat, and it opens to the ears and the tongue." There are two meanings of the heart governing the blood: one is that the heart governs the blood, and It means that the heart has the ability to promote the circulation of blood in the veins. "The heart governs the blood of the body" and "the heart stores the qi of the blood", which means that the heart can preside over the operation of the blood when it is nourished by the vital and true qi of the five internal organs.It can be seen from this that the heart governing the blood depends on the agitation of the heart qi to the blood.

In addition, there is also a record in the "Internal Classics" that "the heart produces blood". Wang Bingshi said that "the yin essence of the heart produces and nourishes the blood". Therefore, it is said that the heart produces blood.

Just because the heart governs the blood, the heart produces the blood, and the heart accompanies the blood, so today we must nourish the heart when nourishing the blood.

There is a beautician who is over [-] years old, but there is no sign of aging at all. Without makeup, she looks younger, with a light body and a radiant face. She looks five or six years younger than her actual age.Many people have asked her for advice on the art of maintaining beauty. She said that she did not choose any special big-name beauty and skin care products. She only insisted on the word "nourishing the heart" and was able to maintain a good attitude, so she looked young and energetic.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, whether a person's complexion is moist or not reflects whether Qi and blood are full.The heart governs the blood, and when the heart blood is full, the face of a person will be ruddy and shiny.Therefore, nourishing the mind can not only make people have a good physique, but also make people look radiant.

People who don't know how to nourish their hearts are like people who don't know how to grow flowers by watering and fertilizing from the root.Due to the influence of many factors such as the accelerating social rhythm and fierce competition, people's psychological burden is increasing day by day, and the heart is being harmed more and more. Therefore, relieving heart pressure should be an important content of self-care for modern people.Here are some suggestions to help you "get in the way."

1. Combine work and rest at work

People should objectively understand and evaluate their own ability to bear, seize opportunities, give full play to their strengths, learn to improve their psychological endurance in a fast-paced environment, and basically maintain psychological balance in various events.It is necessary to scientifically arrange work, study and life, formulate practical work plans or goals, and leave room for them in due course.No matter how busy you are at work, you should set aside a certain amount of rest and "breathing" time every day, and try to give the mentally taut strings a chance to relax.

2. Balance the use of physical and mental functions
If you can use the functions of all aspects of your body and mind in a "balanced" way at work, you will benefit a lot. "Balance" is multi-faceted, such as the balance of brain power and physical power; the balance of left brain (abstract thinking) and right brain (image thinking); the balance of the nerve centers of the brain; ear balance etc.In this way, the functional potential of physiology and psychology can be fully exerted, which is beneficial to physical and mental health.Every mental worker should combine health care with work according to his own work characteristics.

3. Resolve bad emotions in time
When you are in a bad mood, try to find a way to "vent" or transfer it, such as talking to a close friend, talking quickly, or going out for a walk, watching movies, TV, etc.When encountering a big grievance or misfortune, you might as well cry bitterly.Psychologists point out that crying bitterly is also a self-psychological protection measure, which can vent and divert bad emotions, and the mood will naturally feel better after crying.

4. Meditation regimen

When you are in a bad mood, choose a quiet place, relax your whole body and take a sitting position, with your hands on your lap.Take a deep breath, close your eyes, and allow your mind to be completely still.Listen to the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves, the chirping of the birds, and the breeze blowing on the face, which makes you feel refreshed; imagine yourself in the deep mountains and walk freely; or you are on the top of the mountain, with white clouds flowing under your feet; Above the blue sea.If you can linger in the beautiful scenery, you will feel very happy.

If you encounter a psychological crisis and find it difficult to extricate yourself, you may wish to turn to a psychological counseling institution.Psychological counseling is known as "gentle spiritual massage". Through the persuasion, inspiration, comfort and education of psychologists, it can make positive changes in the cognition, emotion, will, attitude and behavior of the parties involved, enhance confidence, and maintain physical and mental health.

The liver stores blood, only when the liver is well nourished can the blood vessels prosper
【Qi-Blood Health Sutra】The liver is like a blood bank of the human body. If the liver is damaged, the blood in the blood bank will not be sufficient, and all organs in the body will be tired or go out of business due to hunger and thirst.

The liver stores blood, first seen in the "Nei Jing". "Suwen Tiaojing Lun" says: "The liver stores blood." The liver stores blood means that the liver has the functions of storing blood, regulating blood volume, and preventing bleeding.

The storage of blood in the liver is mainly manifested in three aspects:
1. to store blood

The liver is like a "blood bank", which can store a certain amount of blood for human activities, and play its role in nourishing visceral tissues and maintaining corresponding functions.Just as the "Lingshu·Ben Shen" said: "The liver stores blood, and the blood houses the soul." "Plain Questions: The Generation of the Five Viscera" also says: "The old man's blood returns to the liver, the liver receives blood and can see, and the foot receives blood and can see. step, the palm can be grasped by the blood, and the finger can be absorbed by the blood."

2. Regulate blood volume

In addition to the function of storing blood, the liver also has the ability to be flexible. It can adjust the circulating blood volume according to the needs of the body; when the body is in a state of quiet rest or sleep, the blood volume required by the body decreases, and part of the blood flows back into the liver. , stored; and when the human body is working or doing strenuous activities, the amount of blood required by the body increases, and the blood is transported from the liver to the meridians for the needs of various tissues and organs throughout the body.That is, as Wang Bing said in "Plain Questions": "The liver stores blood, and the heart moves it. When people move, the blood is transported to the meridians, and when people are still, the blood returns to the liver. Why? The liver governs the sea of ​​blood."

3. Absorb blood

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that blood must flow through the veins in order to exert its normal physiological functions, otherwise it is "blood from the meridian" - blood stasis. "Blood Syndrome" said: "All the blood that is separated from the menstrual flow is completely incompatible with the blood that nourishes the whole body... However, since it is the blood that is separated from the menstrual flow, even though it clears the blood and fresh blood, it is also stasis." In maintaining normal blood During circulation, the liver plays a vital role. The liver stores blood so that the blood can be collected in the meridians, so as not to spill out of the meridians and cause bleeding.

There are two types of abnormalities in the function of the blood stored in the liver: one is the deficiency of liver blood, and the meridian tendons and tissues of the liver are not nourished, which is called "insufficiency of liver blood".Deficiency of blood and loss of nourishment will cause dry eyes, dizziness, and even night blindness; if blood does not give up the soul, one will suffer from insomnia and dreaminess, or sleepwalking; , Uterine dystrophy, then see late menstruation, less quantity and pale color, or even amenorrhea and so on.The second is deficiency of liver qi, which cannot absorb blood, and blood does not follow the meridians and travels indiscriminately, that is, "the liver does not store blood".Clinically, hematemesis, epistaxis, menorrhagia, and even uterine bleeding embolisms can be seen.

Mr. Ouyang is the company's public relations manager. Relying on his youth and good foundation, he is strong and busy all day long, eating and drinking too much, and working hard.Recently, he suddenly discovered that his face has freckles like some women, and his fingernails have begun to deform and are very dry.He hurried to see a doctor, it turned out that there was a problem with the liver.

"Huangdi Neijing" said: "The liver stores blood, which is the root of the extreme... filling the tendons and claws, and opening the eyes." The blood stored in the liver is the source of nutrition for the skin, which can fill the nails of the human body, open up the eyes and improve eyesight.However, Mr. Ouyang neglected to nourish and protect the liver, so symptoms such as deformed nails first appeared.

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