Blood is the lifeblood

Chapter 20 Lifestyle to maintain health—nourishing qi and blood lies in the details of life (1)
Proper rest, overwork is the chief culprit of blood consumption

【Qi and Blood Health Sutra】Life is like an oil lamp, Qi and blood are the oil for the lamp of life to burn. When you are overtired and lack of Qi and blood to the point of being unsustainable, the lamp will go out.This is the truth about karoshi.

Usually we think that people will die of old age, accidents, diseases... But few people think that people will die of exhaustion.But in fact, karoshi does exist.

There was a young man who worked overtime overnight and rushed to participate in a football match the next day. After only playing for 15 minutes, he went into shock and died after rescue efforts failed.He has always been healthy, how could this be?
According to the interpretation of modern medicine, "death from overwork" is a phenomenon of premature aging and sudden death. The root cause of "death from overwork" is long-term high-intensity and overloaded physical and mental work.In addition, coupled with the lack of timely recovery and adequate nutritional supplements, the cells of the body are prematurely aging. Once this aging exceeds a certain limit, the "aging factor" in the body reaches a certain amount, which will easily cause the outbreak of acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. die.

However, studies have shown that the top five direct causes of sudden death are coronary heart disease, aortic aneurysm, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, and cerebral hemorrhage.We have every reason to say that death from overwork is closely related to the lack of heart and blood.We can find a further explanation from the damage of fatigue to Qi and blood.

Fatigue is very harmful to health.In particular, intellectuals have a strong motivation to achieve achievements. They are in a period of psychological excitement for a long time, and their brains are still functioning even when they sleep at night.Due to the loss of essence caused by heavy work pressure and family burden, you have to run around for work, and your life is not regular; The ability to adapt to the outside world is weakened, and various pathogenic factors accumulate slowly, which will inevitably lead to a further decline in physical fitness.

There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that men "five eight, kidney qi declines", which means that men begin to age naturally from around 40 years old. First, the function of the kidneys begins to decline, and other internal organs in the body will also be affected.When aging reaches a certain level, human organs begin to age. The specific manifestations are decreased physical fitness, sluggish movement, unresponsiveness, muscle relaxation, increased skin wrinkles, gray hair, age spots, etc., and diseases often begin to invade.

Excessive physical labor, mental emergency, sub-healthy body, hard to recover, lead to some organic diseases, such as aneurysm, if the aneurysm ruptures, and the aneurysm is just on the aorta or in the cerebrovascular area , causing sudden death; other states may cause sudden cardiac death although there is no organic disease, and more than 90% of sudden cardiac death is due to arrhythmia, arrhythmia has a lot to do with heart rhythm, low potassium Low sodium changes the composition of body fluids and is the leading cause of cardiac arrhythmias.

Based on the above facts, experts warn us that people should not be too tired. When people are overloaded with work or exercise, their bodies will be affected to varying degrees.Normal people should stay in bed for no less than eight hours a day, and it takes longer for patients. If it is less than eight hours, the body will definitely go downhill. There is no problem for a day, and it may be fine for a few days. There is no obvious problem even for a month or two. After a long time, there will be problems, and it is often too late to remedy the problems.It is often said that it is not advisable to trade youth for tomorrow, this kind of desperate way is not advisable, and ensuring that the body is not overdrawn is the foundation of working hard in the world.

In this society, each of us plays multiple roles, and at the same time bears various pressures from the outside world and other aspects. This pressure is a threat to our blood, so it is very important to learn to take a proper rest. Cultivating some good habits is very good for relieving stress.Only when the body is healthy can there be revolutionary capital, let's take a look!
1. Learn to stay in bed
It sounds like staying in bed is a bad habit, but in fact, staying in bed moderately is a good way to keep in good health.When you wake up in the morning, you should spend about 5 minutes in bed, lie on your side and take a deep breath, yawn, stretch, and move your limbs, and then slowly sit up, get dressed, and get out of bed.If you get up immediately after waking up, it is easy to cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and even cause accidental death.

2. Drink healthy water

There are several types of water that are best not to drink: boiling water that has been in a thermos for several days, boiling water that has been boiled repeatedly, "dead water" that has been left out of the tap overnight (may contain a large amount of Legionella), overnight tea, etc.

3. Don't take a bath after drinking

Taking a bath after drinking, the glucose stored in the body will be consumed by physical activity during the bath, so the sugar content will drop significantly. At the same time, alcohol inhibits the normal activity of the liver and hinders the recovery of the glucose stored in the body. Insufficient circulating blood volume leads to collapse.

4. Go to the bathroom frequently

Do not hold back urine: when a person holds back urine, the whole body is in a state of high tension, the gastrointestinal tract and sympathetic nerves will be temporarily disturbed, and blood pressure will increase significantly.

Don't hold back your stool: if you don't excrete your stool regularly and in time, the water in the stool will be absorbed.If things go on like this, the swelling of the rectum will stop arousing defecation, cause constipation, and damage Qi and blood.

Long-term vision hurts the blood, and the computer becomes a "vampire"

[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] Prolonged vision damages blood, blood refers to liver blood, eyes and liver are closely connected.

With the continuous acceleration of the pace of modern work and life, many urban white-collar workers have reached the point where they cannot do anything without a computer.Whether it is the office workers who are working day and night on the front line of computers, or the teenagers who are greedy for games, their bodies and minds seem to be integrated with the computer.

If you are also like this, please listen to the doctor's advice - long-term vision will hurt the liver and blood!

Copy editor Xiao Ge told the doctor: "Prescribe me some medicine. I have dry eyes and I have nasty freckles on my face."

The doctor asked her responsibly, "What do you do?"

"Editor." Xiao Ge truthfully stated his occupation.

"How many hours are you in front of the computer every day?"

"I have to work in front of the computer for more than 10 hours a day, and my eyes often feel dry."

"Okay, there's no need to prescribe medicine, just minimize the time you spend face-to-face with the computer." The doctor dismissed Xiao Ge with a single sentence.

At first, Xiao Ge was very dissatisfied, thinking that the doctor's attitude was not enthusiastic, and he was careless about human life.But following the doctor's advice, Xiaoge changed her opinion, because she didn't take the medicine, and the diseases on her eyes and face were cured.

In fact, dry eyes are just a kind of eye fatigue. If you often face the computer or books, excessive eye use will consume liver blood.

why would you said this? Among the "five injuries caused by labor" in "Huangdi Neijing", there is one injury: "long-term vision hurts blood".The "blood" here refers to liver blood.In fact, the eyes are closely related to the liver. "The liver stores blood", that is, the liver has the function of storing blood and regulating blood volume, and "the liver opens up to the eyes".The reason why the eyes have the visual function depends entirely on the nourishment of liver essence and liver blood and the dredging of liver qi.The liver meridian connects the eyes, and "Lingshu Meridians" says: "The liver-foot-jueyin vein... connects the eyes." The essence and blood of the liver flow along the liver meridian and focus on the eyes, so that it can play a visual role. "Lingshu · Pulse Degree" also said: "Liver qi flows through the eyes, and when the liver is harmonious, the eyes can distinguish five colors." The liver's essence and blood are sufficient, and the liver qi is harmonious, so that the eyes can perform the function of visually distinguishing colors.Excessive use of the eyes will cause liver blood deficiency, so that the eyes will not be supplied with nutrients, resulting in dry eyes, blurred vision, and night blindness.

In addition, long-term sedentary use of the eyes, in addition to insufficient blood supply to the eyes, will also cause strain on the cervical spine and lumbar spine, which will not be relieved, and will also cause damage to the liver.In this case, it is not surprising that symptoms of eye fatigue, vision loss, and even sallow complexion and dizziness appear.The culprit of this series of problems is "Jiushi".

Who in life will see for a long time?Everyone will bear the brunt of the computer family.These computer users sit in front of the computer for a long time, staring at the screen "looking through the autumn water", but the screen emits radiation to them. After a long time, they will experience dizziness and headaches, and the liver will also be impacted at this time.If the liver qi is not relaxed and the blood flow in the whole body is disordered, the symptoms mentioned above will appear.

However, under modern office conditions, the computer is an indispensable work tool. It is not advisable to waste food because of choking. It is important to learn self-care. For those who often use computers, how should they nourish their livers?Our suggestion is:

1. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "prolonged vision hurts the blood". Therefore, for those who often look at the computer, they must often eat some food, medicinal diet and medicine that can nourish the blood, such as jujube, angelica, wolfberry, spinach, carrots, milk, etc.

2. Pay attention to protect your eyes, because looking at the computer for a long time will cause the most damage to your eyes, you can often do eye massage, the method is as follows:

(1) Move the eyeballs: Sit upright and stare, first rotate the eyes 30 times clockwise, then stare forward for a while, rotate counterclockwise 10 times, stare forward for a while, finally close the eyes lightly, eat with both hands, and gently stroke the middle finger Apply to the eyelid on the same side for about 1 to 2 minutes.

(2) Press and knead the acupoints: first, press and rub the Yanming acupoint about 30 times with the thumbs of both hands; second, press and knead the Cuanzhu acupoint on the same side with the tips of the index fingers of both hands for 3 times; third, press firmly on the temple with the pads of the index fingers , press and knead 30 times after feeling sore and bloated; fourth, press the Sibai point with both index fingers, and press and knead 30 times when you feel sore and bloated.

(3) Scrape the eye sockets separately: make a fist with both hands, press the radial edge of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger tightly on the eye sockets, scrape from the inside to the outside, and scrape the upper and lower eye sockets 15 times each, so as to feel soreness.

(4) Wipe the eyelids separately: close the eyes slightly, put both hands and five fingers together, stick the middle finger and ring finger on the Jingming acupoint, spread outwards to the Tongzi acupoint, repeat 30-50 times.

The above method can be done once a day in the morning and evening, or once when the eyes are tired.

Stay away from "fashionable" behaviors that hurt your liver

【Qi and Blood Health Sutra】Many details of life that we take for granted will affect the material metabolism function of the liver, the "human chemical factory". When the liver metabolism function is impaired, many functions of the body will also be affected, and even life-threatening.Therefore, to protect the liver, start from the little things in life.

As a "human chemical factory", the liver is often disturbed by people's lifestyles.Almost no one will protect the liver deliberately, and no one knows how serious the damage to the liver is from excessive fatigue, heavy drinking, and high-fat diet. Moreover, since there are no obvious symptoms, even if you have liver disease, you don’t know. Check out anything before it's too late.

Mr. Xu has a relatively poor physique and often catches colds. Once symptoms such as headache, dry throat, and runny nose appear, he self-diagnoses "I have a cold", so he goes to the pharmacy to buy cold medicine. , until it is ready.

But the last time he took the medicine, the cold was cured, but he was tired all over and lost his appetite. At first he thought it was the sequelae of the cold for a long time, but then he felt tenderness in the liver area, so he went to the hospital for an examination. The doctor passed the examination. It was found that transaminases were elevated, blood lipids were elevated, and eosinophils in blood images were elevated, accompanied by liver cell damage.He was diagnosed with drug-induced hepatitis!
This result made Mr. Xu dumbfounded. He never thought that he would get hepatitis after taking cold medicine.

In fact, there are quite a wide range of drugs that can cause liver damage, at least more than 200, including many of which we are very familiar with, such as various cold medicines containing acetaminophen, erythromycin, hypoglycemic drugs, oral contraceptives, etc.A typical example is the repeated use of cold medicine.Many cold medicines contain acetaminophen, a chemical ingredient that has antipyretic and analgesic effects. If you take multiple cold medicines at the same time, the total dose will be greatly exceeded without knowing it.The liver and kidneys are two important metabolic organs of the human body. Drugs are almost always metabolized in the liver and excreted by the kidneys.If the drug is too toxic and cannot be digested by the liver, or if a certain type of drug is used for too long and the dose is too large, it may cause liver damage.Therefore, taking medicine indiscriminately is the most common bad behavior that damages the liver.

Precisely because of this, on the "National Liver Love Day" on March 2009, 3, many medical staff jointly issued an appeal: Citizens should stay away from liver-damaging behaviors such as excessive alcohol consumption, excessive drinking of herbal tea, and indiscriminate use of medicines. , because these daily bad habits are quietly "sentencing death" to the liver, hoping to awaken Chinese people's awareness of liver health protection and pay attention to their bodies anytime, anywhere.Have you taken to heart the appeal of the experts?If not, let's deepen your understanding through this "Liver Injury Behaviors" review.

1. Drink herbal tea

Many teenagers like to drink herbal tea. In fact, some herbs used to make herbal tea may damage the liver. If you drink too much, it is not appropriate. For example, the herbal medicine often used in herbal tea, it may cause damage to the liver.

2. Alcoholism
After alcohol enters the human body, it mainly depends on the liver to catabolize it. The main component of alcohol is ethanol, which can be converted into acetaldehyde in the liver. They all have a direct damage to the liver, causing liver cells to degenerate and necrosis.Hepatitis B patients have already had liver lesions, and drinking alcohol can make the situation worse, which can accelerate the evolution of the disease to liver cirrhosis or even liver cancer.

3. Spicy
Spicy food has a stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal mucosa, which will increase the secretion of gastric acid, especially for patients with severe hepatitis, it will aggravate the congestion, edema and erosion of the gastrointestinal mucosa, and even cause gastrointestinal bleeding.

4. Liver explosion
The term "explosive liver" refers to severe staying up late and working hard.For example, there is a lyrics in Mayday's song "It's okay to stay up late and chat with you until your liver explodes, and it's okay to go shopping with you until you have flat feet."Because according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, staying up late hurts the liver, and the behavior of staying up late will naturally seriously hurt the liver.

5. Moody

Nowadays, there are more and more individual youths, but emotional fragility, over-emotion, and moodiness are very harmful to the liver.

6. Love to eat meat

Excessive protein in meat will be converted into fat and stored in various parts of the human body, among which the liver is also the focus of storage, which will overburden the diseased liver and promote the deterioration of liver disease.

7. Drink tea immediately after eating meat
Some people have the habit of drinking tea in order to get rid of greasy food after eating meat, eggs, fish and other high-protein meat foods. In fact, this practice is unscientific. Tea contains a lot of tannic acid, which will form astringent when combined with protein. Sexual tannic acid protein slows down intestinal peristalsis, easily causes constipation, and increases the poisonous effect of toxic substances and carcinogens on the liver. Patients with liver disease will aggravate their condition, while healthy people will easily cause fatty liver.

8. A sweet tooth
Eating too much sugar can damage the liver and cause liver disease.Eating a lot of sweets will not only damage the liver due to excess sugar, but may also directly cause poisoning.Chocolate, sugar and various sweets, eating too much will hinder the secretion of enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract and affect appetite; sugar is easy to ferment, can aggravate flatulence, and easily turn into fat, accelerate the storage of fat in the liver, and promote Fatty liver occurs.

9. Gluttony on convenience foods
Synthetic convenience foods such as instant noodles, sausages, and canned foods have artificially synthesized pigments and preservatives, and regular consumption will increase the burden on liver metabolism and detoxification.

Seven emotions and six desires hurt qi and blood
[Qi and Blood Yangsheng Jing] There are various causes of diseases, but the scientific theory of traditional Chinese medicine believes that "all kinds of disasters should not exceed three" ("Golden Chamber Yaolue Fanglun"), that is, the six evils, the seven emotions, and the fatigue of eating and drinking. hurt.Among them, the seven emotions refer to the seven emotions of joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock.It can be seen that too much of the seven emotions can cause disease.

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