Blood is the lifeblood

Chapter 19 Qi and Blood Fluency Rely on Warmth——Only when the Temperature is Right for the Body Can You Feel Like a Spring Breeze (2)
Unexpectedly, after eating it, the problem was not solved at all, but several blood bubbles formed at the corners of the mouth.Bingbing didn’t dare to delay any longer. Fortunately, there was a clinic of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine at the gate of the school. She went to inquire and found out that it was a big mistake for her to take Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets, because Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets are suitable for real fire, while what she took was for virtual fire .

The "Huangdi Neijing" said: "Today's fever patients are all typhoid fever... People who are injured by cold are fever." Here it is pointed out that cold is the cause of fever.If the cold evil is too strong, what is manifested in the body is heat syndrome and fever disease, that is to say, the deficiency fire is actually caused by cold.

Why does coldness cause "fire" instead?As we said before, the direct consequence of severe cold in the body is damage to the kidneys, resulting in insufficient kidney yang, deficiency of kidney qi, decreased function of various organs, and blood deficiency.Kidneys belong to water in the five elements of Chinese medicine. Water is used to irrigate and nourish the whole body. When the water in the human body is insufficient, it will be like the earth lacking water, and the body will be dry.The same is true for organs, each organ needs to work and exercise, if this kind of exercise lacks the moisture of water, it will easily generate heat.The most typical is the liver, which belongs to wood and needs watering the most. Once the water is lacking, the liver dryness and anger are very obvious.

In addition, the facial features of a person are also the most vulnerable parts to be attacked by fire.Because the kidney governs the bone marrow and the brain, when the kidney yang is deficient and the kidney qi is deficient, the marrow sea will be empty, and the distal head will first experience ischemia, that is, "water shortage", which naturally reflects dry symptoms, such as red eyes swelling, dry mouth, sore throat, etc.In addition, the mouth, throat, nasal cavity, and ears are organs exposed to the air, so they are more susceptible to bacterial infection. When the blood supply to the neck and head and face decreases, the immune function here will decline, and various discomforts will occur. , so the probability of suffering from rhinitis, pharyngitis, periodontitis, tonsillitis, otitis media will increase.And because there is no sufficient blood supply, various inflammations are difficult to cure, and will recur repeatedly, becoming various chronic diseases that do not heal for a long time, such as chronic rhinitis, chronic pharyngitis, chronic periodontitis, chronic otitis media, etc.

When modern people eat a lot of off-season fruits and vegetables regardless of seasons, when people use air conditioners without restraint in summer, when ladies want to look beautiful and don’t need temperature, a lot of cold and damp quietly enter the body, and the kidney yang becomes stronger. The more deficient, the more prosperous the false fire.However, those blind people who don't understand the pathogenesis use cold and cool medicines for venting fire, clearing fire, and reducing fire.

In fact, there is no matching treatment.If you want to get rid of cold and damp in the body and nourish the kidney, you need to use warm food or medicine.First drive away the cold, and then nourish the blood and kidney, so that the kidney qi is constantly enriched.With sufficient kidney qi and sufficient blood, the body will naturally become stronger, all kinds of asthenic fire will subside naturally, and various chronic inflammations will naturally be cured easily.

Heavy cold and dampness in the body can easily cause meridian blockage, difficulty in dissipating heat, and easy to feel hot and stuffy.Compared with the elderly, children have unobstructed meridians and dissipate heat quickly, so children are the least afraid of heat in summer, and they can still play in the sun on hot days.The meridians of the elderly are not smooth, sweating is not easy, and the heat is stuffy in the body if it cannot be dissipated. People feel uncomfortable and irritable. Only after eating cold food can they feel more comfortable in the body.Of course, the dryness and heat of the body caused by the blockage of the meridians has not only appeared in the elderly. Nowadays, people are generally greedy for cold and exercise less, which will naturally cause the speed of blood flow to slow down and slow down, which can easily lead to stagnation of the meridians. Blockage, meridian blockage brings people all kinds of pain in the body, as well as acne and spots on the skin.Look at the people around you. How many people can say that they are healthy and have never had back pain, leg pain or arm pain?Looking at the skin of the people around you, how many are bright, elastic, free from spots and acne?These are all related to long-term greed for coolness.

People who exercise regularly have this experience. As long as they start exercising and sweat, they will feel that the dryness and heat in the body will naturally disappear, and they will feel relaxed and happy. Speed ​​up, sweating can also take away the virtual fire and dredge the meridians while expelling cold and damp.Therefore, we rarely see athletes suffering from depression. Most of them are cheerful. We should learn from the lively and cheerful athletes.

Which parts of the body are most vulnerable to cold
[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] When cold air attacks the human body, it also has its own hobbies. They have a fixed route and like to attack specific human body parts.As long as we block the way of cold evil invasion in advance, we can effectively keep out the cold.

In winter, many elderly women often have cold hands and feet, especially when the temperature drops sharply after snowfall, and they feel more uncomfortable than usual, and headaches and colds follow one after another.Medical experts have found that the occurrence of some diseases has a lot to do with not paying attention to keeping warm. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the three parts of the head, chest and feet are most vulnerable to cold evils. Therefore, three "points" should be paid attention to in keeping warm in cold weather.If you have done a good job in other heat preservation measures, but as long as there is one point that you don't notice, you are still vulnerable to cold air.

In the early winter of last year, Ms. Liu was sent by the company to Nanjing for a business trip. Before going there, Ms. Liu paid special attention to the weather forecast in Nanjing for the past few days, and it all showed good weather, so Ms. Liu did not prepare thick clothes.Who knows that there will be an unexpected cold snap. The first night she just arrived in Nanjing, the temperature dropped sharply. The next morning, Ms. Liu hurried to the mall to buy a padded jacket, but she forgot to buy a hat, so although her body was very warm, her head Still feel cold.Although Ms. Liu worked hard to keep warm, she still caught a cold. Not only did the business negotiation fail, but she also spent several days in the hospital for nothing.Of course, Ms. Liu was puzzled, why did she catch a cold even though she was already warm?

The reason why Ms. Liu was knocked down by the cold air was because she didn't block the cold air attacking an important fortress of the human body - the head.This is one of the cold's favorite body parts.

The head is the "meeting of all yang", which is the most vigorous part of the human body.The cold evil easily invades the yang energy of the human body. Therefore, the head bears the brunt of the wind-cold evil.Some friends walk outdoors and suddenly encounter heavy rain, and their heads will feel cold and damp.In addition, the head is full of yang and heat, and the pores are often open, so it is easier for cold evil to invade.If most friends catch a cold because of the wind and cold, they will have headaches, dizziness, and a feeling of heaviness in the head, which is the reaction to the invasion of cold air.If the cold invades from the head for a long time, it will cause intractable headache and migraine.

From the perspective of health preservation, it is especially important to protect the head from the cold.When going out, especially in cold or rainy seasons, you must pay attention to carrying rain gear and protect your head in time when it rains.The climate in Northwest China is cold, and local farmers like to wear a white goat belly handkerchief on their heads to protect their heads from the invasion of cold air.

In addition to the head, which parts are most favored by the cold?
1. Mouth and nose
Mouth is the first gate of eating and drinking. Cold drinks and cold food can bring cold air into the stomach through the mouth.The nose is the channel for air to enter and exit, and cold air can invade the lungs with breathing.Nausea, vomiting, coughing, spitting, nasal congestion, sneezing, etc. are all symptoms of cold mouth and nose.And when infectious diseases such as influenza are prevalent, people wear masks to prevent the invasion of cold.

2. Back
The bladder meridian and governor vessel run along the back of the human body, which is also a place where yang is strong and cold is easy to feel.Cold on the back, accumulated over time, can cause cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar muscle strain, and chronic low back pain.These diseases can be cured by expelling cold evil from the back.This is the reason why Chinese medicine treatments such as cupping, scraping, acupuncture, and massage often choose the back as the treatment site.

3. Chest
The chest mentioned here refers to the chest and abdomen.When the wind and cold invade the human body in winter, the chest and abdomen are often the first to bear the brunt.An old saying often says that wearing a scarf in winter is like wearing more clothes. After the chest and abdomen get cold, it is easy to damage the yang energy in the body, which can cause a heart attack.In addition, it can also induce the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases, so keeping the chest and abdomen warm is also a link that cannot be ignored.

4. the belly button
The abdomen of children and the elderly, especially the navel, is also a channel where cold air can easily invade.Sleeping at night, accidentally kicking off the quilt, the abdomen is cold, and the cold air will enter from the navel, causing abdominal pain and diarrhea.Experienced elderly people will make a bellyband for the child and wear it on the abdomen to protect the navel and prevent diarrhea caused by cold.If you add appropriate Chinese medicinal materials to the apron, it can also treat many diseases.

5. soles
The cold starts from the feet, the feet are the farthest from the heart, the blood supply is slow and less, the subcutaneous fat layer is thinner, and the warmth retention is poor. Once caught cold, it will reflexively cause the contraction of the capillaries of the respiratory mucosa, which will reduce the disease resistance and lead to Upper respiratory tract infection, therefore, the warmth of feet should be strengthened especially in severe cold.

The Yongquan point on the soles of the feet is also a place that is prone to wind and cold.Walking in cold and humid places for a long time, not changing shoes and socks in time when they are wet, and sleeping with the soles of your feet facing the air conditioner can all lead to the invasion of cold air.Massage the soles of the feet frequently and bathe them with hot water to dissipate the cold from the soles of the feet.

6. Pores
When the pores of the human body are open, if you do not pay attention to protection, the cold evil will take advantage of it.People who sweat profusely after strenuous activities are most likely to get sick, or even seriously ill, if they encounter heavy rain or cold wind from the air conditioner.Drinking ginger and brown sugar water in time can discharge the cold air from the pores, which can prevent these diseases.

7. Front and back two yin
Urinating and defecating in the face of the cold wind, and turning on the air conditioner after sex, at this time, the cold evil can quietly invade from the front and rear Yin.This is the root of many andrological diseases, it is worthy of attention.

In short, the cold air is "pervasive". To prevent the cold air from invading, we must protect our key parts.In the cold weather, we remind everyone that first of all, they should appropriately increase or decrease their clothes according to the change of climate; secondly, people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, arthritis, and digestive system diseases should pay more attention to keeping warm and cold. Take the initiative to go to the hospital for examination, and prevent the occurrence of diseases through the conditioning of traditional Chinese medicine.Finally, wearing a hat, a scarf, and a pair of warm shoes is the best choice to keep out the cold.

Ginger is the "spring girl" who warms the human body

[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] Ginger has the effects of promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, dehumidification and sweating.So people have ginger, not afraid of wind and frost.

Speaking of dispelling cold and warming the body, we must get to know ginger well. Ginger is really good. It can make our body truly like spring all year round.

Ginger is the most widely used crude drug (the raw material of traditional Chinese medicine). Among the 100 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine preparations used in medical treatment, about 70 kinds contain ginger.This shows how extensive the medicinal effect of ginger is.The most basic effect of ginger is to eliminate the coldness of the body. At the same time, its high heat preservation and sweating effects can promote the body's metabolism.At the same time, ginger black tea can also eliminate excess water in the body. Usually, there is too much water in the human body living in a place with heavy humidity, which is called "water dampness" in traditional Chinese medicine.Water dampness and cold air reinforce each other, leading to a vicious circle, causing the blood circulation and metabolism of the whole body to decline, resulting in symptoms of shoulder pain, joint pain, constipation, diarrhea, and edema.

Xiaobai is a very experienced "donkey friend" who often travels around the world with a 60-liter bag on his back.But there is only one thing that I can't handle.What is this matter?Commonly speaking, it means "acclimatization", and professionally speaking, it is "traveler's diarrhea", which is the unpleasant experience of diarrhea during the journey.Xiaobai is very distressed, but he just doesn't want to listen to the doctor's advice and take the medicine. The medicine is three-point poisonous. Besides, taking medicine for a long time is definitely not the way out. He must find a green and safe way to stay away from diarrhea.In an accidental opportunity, he hit the right shot.

In Jiangxi last winter, in order to keep out the cold, he bought some pickled ginger slices from a pickle shop. After eating them, he surprisingly didn't become the toilet director that day.At first, Xiaobai thought it was a coincidence, but after a few days of verification, he finally confirmed his idea. Eating sliced ​​ginger cured his "traveler's diarrhea".

The benefits of eating ginger are not limited to curing diarrhea. Eating ginger regularly will remove the cold in the body, water dampness will also be removed, excess fat will also disappear, and you can lose weight.In the past two years, a drink recipe called ginger black tea has become very popular on the Internet. It is said that this drink can not only cure diseases, but also lose weight, refresh oneself, enhance resistance, etc. It is simply panacea.

After so much preparation, eating ginger has so many benefits, I can't help it!We pondered over many preparation methods introduced in books and online, and summed up the method of ginger black tea that we think is the most simple and easy to do:
1. Purchase ginger, about one catty at a time, and you can eat it for two to three weeks.As the saying goes, ginger is still hot when it is old. In fact, it is also more effective and cheaper.But ginger is fragrant and tastes better.

2. Wash and cut into pieces.Just wash it clean, remember not to remove the ginger skin.Ginger peel is still a traditional Chinese medicine.

3. Squeeze ginger juice with a juicer, and it will be done in 2 minutes.

4. Divide the ginger juice into the ice tray, cover it, and put it in the freezer of the refrigerator to freeze.

5. When drinking, pour ginger juice into the cup first, use half or one ginger juice ice cube for each cup, add a little brown sugar, rock sugar is also acceptable, just don’t need honey or granulated sugar, granulated sugar will get angry .

6. Use freshly boiled water to make black tea in a teapot. After soaking for a while, pour it into a cup, and the ginger juice will dissolve in it.

7. Stir it, and the fragrant ginger black tea is ready. Drink it while it is hot, and you will feel a warm current running through the internal organs, and your whole body will feel relaxed.

The amount of drinking ginger black tea varies from person to person, and it is no problem to drink 2 to 5 cups a day.The first cup is best to drink before breakfast, and the rest after breakfast, around lunch and in the afternoon.Insist on drinking during the daytime every day in spring, summer and winter.

Regarding the season and time to eat ginger, please remember an old saying: "Don't eat ginger at night, don't eat ginger in autumn", don't eat ginger at night and in autumn.Because night is the main thing to close, to close, the air of heaven and earth is closed, and ginger is the main part to disperse, which is exactly the opposite.If you eat ginger at night, it is against the laws of nature and will definitely cause harm to the human body.There is even a local saying that eating ginger at night is more poisonous than arsenic!And autumn is the main restraint, just like the night, it is also the main harvest and the main combination. Eating ginger in autumn does not conform to the law of health preservation.

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