Blood is the lifeblood

Chapter 21 Lifestyle to maintain health—nourishing qi and blood lies in the details of life (2)
Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect?In the process of understanding the surrounding things or contacting others, people are not indifferent or ruthless to any person, thing or thing, but always show some corresponding emotion, such as happiness or sadness, love or disgust, joy Or sadness, excitement or fear, etc.The seven emotions or moods of joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock are within the normal range and have little or no impact on health, let alone cause any disease.Even the "Huangdi Neijing" said: "There are happiness and anger, sorrow and sorrow, lust and dryness, this phenomenon is common." It means that a person is sometimes happy, sometimes angry, sometimes sad, sometimes sad, as if Changes in the natural climate are sometimes rainy and sometimes dry, which is a normal phenomenon.However, too much of the seven emotions caused by internal and external stimuli can lead to many diseases.

Such examples are all around us.

Xiao Zhang, a female worker in a certain unit, is 32 years old and married.Since the unit began to implement the bonus system, Xiao Zhang was assigned to review the production volume of workers two months ago in order to decide the payment of wages and bonuses.Several workers were dissatisfied with Xiao Zhang's review, thought it was wrong, and accused her of unfairness in person.Although Xiao Zhang approached the leader, hoping to resolve the dispute, but there was no result, so he swallowed his anger.A few days later, she suddenly felt chest tightness, stomach bloating, back pain, and breathlessness. The breath was held in her heart like a ball stuck in her throat, and she was very anxious. After seeing traditional Chinese medicine, her chest tightness was slightly relieved .

Xiao Zhang returned to work after resting at home for a few days.But after going to work, seeing those workers who insulted her, she was irritated again. She experienced chest tightness, hiccups, etc., and felt as if her chest was blocked by a big ball. She was so upset that she couldn't go to work.

Unfortunately, at this time, a relative of Xiao Zhang died of esophageal cancer. Xiao Zhang thought that he had hiccups and bloated stomach, which was the same as the situation of this relative and friend before his death. He suspected that he also suffered from this disease. , lost his temper, and stayed up all night. After being checked by a physician, there was no abnormality, and he was referred to see a psychiatric consultant.

In the above case, the patient's problem was acute stress disorder. Due to being discussed by his colleagues, he had a strong psychomotor excitement, which in turn affected the movement and transformation of Qi and blood. This is the real cause.The treatment of this disease should start with qi and blood. When the internal organs are properly regulated, the sickness is often eliminated.

Regarding the influence of emotions on qi, blood and physiology, our ancestors had already seen "clearly" as early as 500 years ago. They even knew exactly which emotions were too much and which internal organs were the most harmful.

1. Happy and sad

The joyful emotion is originally refreshing and refreshing, and the qi and blood are comfortable, but if the euphoria is excessive, the qi and blood will be slackened, the mind will lose its nourishment, and symptoms such as confusion or frenzy will appear. Fan Jinzhongju is purely in this situation.

2. Anger hurts the liver

In the event of rebellious things, getting angry can sometimes relieve emotions and avoid emotional depression, but if the anger is overwhelming and the anger continues, the liver qi will be the most damaged, and the qi and blood will be disordered, resulting in red complexion, vomiting blood, or even fainting on the ground.

3. Thinking hurts the spleen

If the body is thin and bony, most of the spleen and stomach functions are not good, and a common cause of damage to the spleen and stomach function is excessive thinking.When dealing with people, working and studying, and solving problems, we all have to use our brains to think, but thinking hard hurts our temper the most. Once the temper is hurt, the function of transporting and transforming qi and blood is weakened. Diet, bloating, diarrhea, peptic ulcer and other symptoms.

4. Sad lungs
Lin Daiyu in "Dream of Red Mansions" is sentimental, and the flowers are withered, but also sad; Miss Lin finally died of lung disease, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is not unrelated to her sentimental personality.Excessive sorrow and sadness are the most likely to cause stagnation of lung qi, which in turn damages qi and yin, leading to illness.

5. Fear hurts the kidneys
Fear means being in a state of fear all day long, and being frightened means being taken aback suddenly, both of which can damage the kidney qi.The kidney is the innate foundation, in charge of a person's birth, aging, illness, and death process. Once the kidney qi is injured, a variety of diseases will arise. Common symptoms include fatigue, weakness of the waist and knees, frequent urination, dizziness, hair loss, impotence and so on.

The above, joy, anger, worry, and fear handed down from the ancestors, together with the "sorrow" and "shock" of the descendants, are collectively called the "seven emotions".Too much of the seven emotions will damage the five internal organs, and conversely, the weakness of the five internal organs will also make the seven emotions excessive.For example, people with liver qi stagnation are prone to rage, people with kidney deficiency are prone to panic, people with weak lungs are compassionate, and people with spleen deficiency have difficulty controlling their thoughts, etc.

In this world, joys and sorrows are unavoidable, adversity and catastrophe are common, joy, anger, worry, sorrow, and fear are all normal human emotions. However, "the tide of life rises because of happiness and falls because of pain."When we have bad emotions, how should we "love" ourselves?The most important thing is to "prescribe the right medicine". Everyone has the obligation and ability to find a "good medicine" for these negative emotions. Everyone has their own method.Here are some of the main ways of psychological catharsis, for your reference.

1. Ways to vent

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "depression will cause it", and the easiest way to resolve bad emotions is to make them "vent".For example, when a person is devastated or wronged, he will feel more comfortable if he cries loudly and let the tears flow freely.Don't keep bad emotions in your heart.

2. The way of catharsis

Emotional depression, sometimes it is not advisable to vent it all at once, you can take the form of venting, dispersing, and gradually venting.When a person encounters unsatisfactory things, setbacks, or even misfortunes, such as setbacks in love, death of relatives and friends, major accidents in life, unpleasant things at work, study or at home, etc., anger starts from the heart. , or when there are bursts of sadness in your heart, you can calm down first, control your emotions, and then find your sincere and optimistic bosom friends and relatives to confide your difficulties, or write letters to relatives and friends to express your depression and troubles.As the saying goes, "the onlooker is clear", get strength and support from the enlightenment, advice, sympathy and comfort of relatives and friends, and the negative depression, sorrow and trouble will dissipate accordingly.In addition, when you are in a bad mood, you can write poems, odes, and articles to express your emotions, which is also an effective way to vent bad emotions.

3. The way of sublimation

The most fundamental way to get rid of bad emotions is to establish a good and stable mental state, use tenacious will to overcome the interference of bad emotions, and maintain a good state of mind.When encountering troubles in life, explain yourself and persuade yourself, and use reason to overcome misfortune in life.Any rationality and emotion can be turned into the driving force of behavior. Whether it is a happy and satisfied emotion or a sad and unhappy emotion, it can motivate people to work and study.This is what people often call "turning grief into strength".

4. Ways of transfer

The production of various emotions is inseparable from the environment.Avoiding strong environmental stimuli is sometimes necessary, but it is best to learn to positively transfer emotions, that is, to change the meaning of stimuli subjectively through self-guidance, so as to change negative emotions into positive emotions.For example, when you encounter troubles and depression, if you like literature and art, you might as well listen to music and dance; if you like sports, you can play ball, swim, etc. to relax your tense nerves; or Watch a humorous cross talk, pantomime, burlesque film; if you are naturally quiet, read novels and publications that are light-hearted and witty.In short, according to your own interests and hobbies, carry out your favorite activities respectively.This kind of self-entertainment activity can relax the body and mind, relieve worries and sorrows, and refresh the mind, which is beneficial to people's physical and mental health.

5. The way of detachment

When you are unhappy and suffering, you can take a walk on the tree-lined boulevard or the seaside with a wide view.If you have the conditions, you can also take a short trip, put yourself in the colorful natural beauty, revel in the natural embrace of blue sky, white clouds, rippling blue waves, fragrant flowers and singing birds. The natural environment with beautiful mountains and clear waters will make you open-minded. All worries and troubles will then dissipate.Nature can make you feel comfortable, forget your worries, express your feelings and beautify your soul.

Getting angry is the most primitive way to hurt the blood
[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] Anger is one of the most primitive root causes of diseases. It not only wastes the energy of the body's Qi and blood, but is also a very important cause of various diseases in the human body.

All diseases arise from the heart, and to put it bluntly, they arise from the breath first.Of course, the qi here is not our physical qi, but the emotional qi, that is, the qi of anger.

Recently, American biologists conducted an experiment, inserting a glass test tube into a container with ice and water, and then collected the gas exhaled by people in different emotional states. It was found that when a person is calm, the gas exhaled After turning into an aqueous solution, it is clear and transparent, free of impurities and colorless, and white precipitates are formed in the aqueous solution during grief, and when scientists inject the solution of gas exhaled when people are angry into the rats, the rats die a few minutes later .

Scientists conducted in-depth research and analysis on the above situation, and thus came to a conclusion: 10 minutes of being angry will consume a lot of "human energy", which is no less than participating in a 3000-meter race, and the physiological reaction is very strong.

Tell everyone a story, and everyone will understand the relationship between anger and disease.

A female friend started a business and it was very successful.However, she had a migraine, which couldn't be cured no matter what.When I went to the hospital for an examination, some doctors said it was a vascular headache, some said it was a nervous headache, some said it might be because of a problem with the cervical spine, and some thought it might be caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart.In short, there are different opinions and different diagnosis methods.In the end, she was scheduled for an MRI, which showed nothing wrong with her head.

Later, this friend found out the cause of the migraine by herself. It turned out that she lived with her mother-in-law, but now she moved out with her husband to live alone.After moving out, her migraines went away.

She said: "I never knew that my mother-in-law was the cause of the disease. Every time I go home, as soon as I see my mother-in-law, I feel a little uncomfortable and my head starts to hurt. Because my mother-in-law is very strong, she can't understand the way I do things. , always nagging, it made my head swell. As a result, at night, I couldn’t sleep and had nightmares. Over time, I got old headaches.”

Interestingly, her mother-in-law used to suffer from chronic enteritis, which could not be cured for a long time. Since she moved away, she recovered quickly.It turned out that her mother-in-law got sick because she was always angry with her.Therefore, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a common and simple cause, that is, there is a sense of injustice.

This story reminds us of the TCM theory of "anger hurts the liver". "Lingshu·Ben Zang Chapter" said: "If the will is harmonious, the spirit will be straight, the soul will not disperse, and the five internal organs will not be free from regret and anger." Injury to yin, violent joy to injure yang, Jue qi upside down, pulse full and out of shape, joy and anger, excessive cold and heat, life is not solid." "Lingshu·The Beginning of All Diseases" said: "Emotions and anger are not temperate, It will hurt the viscera." The above discussion shows that anger and anger can easily damage the liver and other viscera and organs.

The liver stores a large amount of Qi and blood in the human body.And "anger brings qi up", anger will cause the qi and blood stored in the liver to come out of the liver rapidly, resulting in the loss of qi and blood stored in the liver.It is easy to lose, but it is very difficult to store again.If a person gets angry easily and often, over time, it will inevitably lead to damage to the function of the liver itself.Especially for patients with liver disease, its harmful effect is extremely terrible. If the liver patient has insufficient qi and blood, there will be a great chance of inducing liver cirrhosis. For liver patients, the degree of damage caused by anger is very serious.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, anger hurts not only the liver, but also at least the following eight major harms:

1. Nervous
Everyone may have had some experience. When a person is angry, the anger and blood rush upwards, which will lead to some bad consequences, and some will suffer from cerebral hemorrhage. "Three Qi Zhou Yu" is a story in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".Zhou Yu was a great general of the Wu Kingdom with great talent.And there is Zhuge Liang in Shu, who is even more resourceful.Zhou Yu was narrow-minded and often angry. He had a famous saying: "If you gave birth to Yu, why would you give birth to Liang?" It means that since Zhou Yu gave birth to me, why bother to give birth to Zhuge Liang?Over time, Zhou Yu became sick from overwork.The last time he was angry, blood welled up and he died.

2. sad
When angry, the mood is not calm and it is difficult to fall asleep, resulting in a trance and listlessness.

3. Skin injury
Frequent sulking will make your face gaunt, swollen eyes, and wrinkles.

4. Endocrine injury
Sulking can lead to hyperthyroidism.

5. Sad
When angry, the heart beats faster, and abnormal manifestations such as palpitation and chest tightness appear, and even angina pectoris or myocardial infarction are induced.

6. Hurt the lungs
When an angry person is short of breath, it can cause qi inversion, bloating, wheezing and coughing, and endanger the health of the lungs.

7. Kidney damage
People who are often angry can make kidney qi stagnant, which can easily lead to urinary incontinence or urinary incontinence.

8. hurt the stomach
When you are angry, you don't think about eating, which will lead to gastrointestinal disorders in the long run.

In fact, studies have also found that people who are prone to anger seem to have a higher probability of developing cancer than the average person, but medical personnel have not yet been able to clarify the process of association between anger and cancer.

From this we can see that the Bible says, "Be angry, but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger." This teaching about the way of getting angry is obviously very correct from a health point of view.

Have you been angry for a long time?Beware of the drooping corners of the mouth and resentment that make you a victim of heart disease, joint pain, and shortness of breath.So everyone must pay attention, it is very important to maintain a mentality of not being angry or angry when things happen.Here are two effective ways for you:
One is singing, singing "Song of No Qi".I don't want to be angry when someone is mad at me. I don't want him to be angry. If I get sick, there is no one to replace me when I get sick. I ask a doctor to treat the disease, but I say that it is not easy to cure the disease. The harm caused by Qi is terrible. I am really afraid that I will die due to illness; I have tasted the taste of the breath, and I am not angry, I am really not angry.

The second is massage, massage the Taichong point.It can let the rising liver qi go down to relieve the pain. At this time, the acupuncture point will be very painful. You must massage it repeatedly until the pain point is no longer painful.

Don't indulge in sexual desires, too much sexual intercourse will damage your energy and blood
[Qi and Blood Health Sutra] The significance of sexual health preservation lies in coordinating the balance of yin and yang in the human body.If the balance of yin and yang is well coordinated, aging will be delayed and life span will be prolonged.Practice has proved that people with happy families and loving couples tend to live longer; on the contrary, those with unhappy families and discord between husband and wife rarely live longer, which shows the importance of sexual health preservation.

Sex is one of the three instincts of human beings.The ancients said: food, sex, sex also.That is to say, eating and having sex are human physiological instincts and are indispensable.

Harmonious sex life brings people relaxed and happy feeling of comfort and joy.However, some men are unrestrained and indulgent for this reason. Not only do they have to have sex every night, but they even have to have repeated sexual intercourse at noon and early in the morning, that is indulgence.Married sex life should not be excessive.Excessive sex life tends to consume too much kidney essence, which leads to kidney deficiency. Kidney essence is the root of kidney qi and the foundation of life. Human birth, growth, strength, old age, and death are all closely related to kidneys .Since ancient times, sexual intercourse has been like water and fire, it can give birth and kill people.

A professional driver suddenly had a car accident one day. The car accident was caused by eye fatigue caused by excessive sexual intercourse.Most people who have experience in sexual life have this experience. After each intercourse, symptoms such as eye pain, blurred vision, and inflexible eyeball movement may appear to varying degrees.The duration varies from person to person, some recover after a short rest, while others last a day or two.Generally speaking, the more frequent the sex life, the more serious the degree of eye discomfort and the longer it lasts.

Therefore, temperance in sexual intercourse is the key to nourishing the kidneys, and it is also the first essence of sexual health.The harm of indulgence has the following aspects.

1. Indulgence accelerates aging

The "Huangdi Neijing" has long warned: "Use wine as a syrup, take falsehood as a habit, get drunk to enter the house, use desire to exhaust the essence, and dissipate the truth...so half a hundred will decline." That is to say, those who indulge in lust have a long life May be long.

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