In the book "Su Wen · Xuan Ming Wu Qi", it is mentioned that "Wu Lao is injured by prolonged vision, prolonged lying, prolonged sitting, prolonged standing, and prolonged walking." This means that excessive use of the eyes can harm blood, prolonged lying in bed can harm qi, prolonged sitting can harm meat, prolonged standing can harm bones, and prolonged walking can harm tendons. "Seven injuries" refer to the forms of sorrow and sorrow, anger damaging the liver, cold damaging the lungs, fullness damaging the spleen, lust damaging the kidneys, fear damaging the mind, and wind, rain, cold, and heat damaging the body. Overall, these are all symptoms of various deficiencies and losses.
Frozen feet are not a day's cold. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that many diseases do not occur overnight, but are caused by our long-term lack of attention. Although sitting, standing, watching, walking, and lying down are the most common human life activities in our lives, prolonged sitting, standing, and walking are not conducive to physical health. Over time, chronic diseases can emerge.
These are the ones we are most likely to fall for in our daily lives. Let's see how many you have won?
1、 Five pains and seven injuries
1. Long term vision injury blood
The essence and energy of the human body are all directed towards the eyes, but the relationship between the eyes and blood is the closest. The eyes need blood to nourish them in order to see and distinguish things, and excessive use of the eyes can also harm blood.
In daily life, if one reads books or newspapers for a long time, or becomes addicted to television and computers, it can cause vision fatigue, resulting in dry eyes, decreased vision, dizziness, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, and other blood deficiency symptoms. Therefore, in daily life, it is important to pay attention to eye hygiene and avoid prolonged or excessive use of the eyes.
2. Long term lying can cause qi damage
Appropriate rest and sleep can nourish qi, help eliminate fatigue in the body in a timely manner, and restore vigorous physical and mental strength.
However, long-term bed rest and excessive sleep can lead to poor qi and blood flow, weakened organ function, and symptoms of qi deficiency such as lethargy, fatigue, lack of appetite, dizziness, and shortness of breath. Therefore, maintaining moderate exercise is very necessary.
3. Prolonged sitting can cause meat damage
After physical activity, proper sitting and rest can nourish the muscles of the limbs and make them plump and healthy.
Sitting for a long time can directly cause stagnation in the circulation of qi, blood, and body fluids in the human body, leading to the loss of nourishment for limb muscles; On the other hand, it can affect the circulation of the spleen and stomach, causing people to lose appetite and lose energy in the biochemistry of qi, blood, and body fluids, leading to the loss of nourishment in limb muscles, resulting in symptoms such as muscle wasting, atrophy, and decreased muscle strength.
4. Long standing injuries to bones
Proper and timely standing can exercise bones and joints, promote their normal functional activities, especially in adolescents, who should pay more attention to this during their growth and development period.
Long term standing can lead to bone and joint fatigue, delayed circulation of qi and blood in the lower body, lower back pain, soft legs and numbness, and in severe cases, can also cause bone and joint lesions, functional disorders, and even deformities. Elderly people should not stand for too long due to kidney essence deficiency and physical weakness.
5. Long term exercise can cause muscle damage
Proper walking and running can make the body's meridians more flexible, strong, and agile in movement. Long term exercise can put muscles and muscles in a tense and fatigued state, making them fragile and prone to injury. If there is excessive or vigorous activity, it is more likely to cause muscle and joint sprains and contusions, leading to movement disorders.
In short, healthy life activities should be a combination of movement and stillness, with moderate work and rest. The behavior of these five laborers already includes "standing, sitting, lying, and observing". In fact, learning ancient classics requires drawing analogies. As long as these five activities are moderate, there is no harm at all. On the contrary, they can be transformed into the "five nourishments": suitable for nourishing blood, suitable for lying and nourishing qi, suitable for sitting and nourishing the mind, suitable for standing and nourishing bones, and suitable for walking and nourishing tendons.
2、 Thirteen Methods of "Closing Eyes for Health Preservation"
"Closing one's eyes to nourish the mind" is a simple and effective method of nourishing the mind and cultivating one's character.
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon states: "Those who gain the divine will prosper, while those who lose the divine will perish." It can be seen that the depletion of the divine is related to the strength and aging of human beings; The gains and losses of God are also related to the prosperity and decline of human beings, and the essence and energy of the five organs and six viscera of the human body are all focused on the eyes.
There are mainly 13 types of closed eye health preservation methods:
1. Close your eyes to nourish your heart
When dealing with daily troubles and feeling dizzy, find a quiet place, sit upright, close your eyes, lower your eyelids, regulate your breathing, and focus on guarding the elixir field.
After a long time, the mind is clear, the mind is calm, the mind is as calm as water, the troubles gradually disappear, and enter a peaceful and peaceful state. The body's yin and yang qi and blood flow are smooth, the mind is balanced, the emotions are happy, the mind is clear, and the whole body is relaxed.
2. Close your eyes and lower your qi
When encountering anger, injustice, or humiliation, one should rationally control their emotions and leave the area of right and wrong, closing their eyes and contemplating.
At the same time, gently press your index fingers on the eyelids with both hands, gently rub them, until the eyeballs are hot and swollen, and you feel your chest feeling stuffy and bloated, with a decrease in liver and stomach qi, calming down your irritability, and calming down your mood.
3. Close your eyes and enjoy yourself
In times of depression, sadness, disappointment, emptiness, and restlessness, retreat and retreat, sit alone with your eyes closed, try to remember silently, and imagine past successes and pleasures. This will help you feel mentally balanced, and the feelings of sadness and restlessness will gradually disappear.
4. Close your eyes and lie down in thought
There are three ways of thinking for humans: the first is the open eye thinking, the second is the dream thinking, and the third is the closed eye thinking.
Closed eye thinking is a critical thinking phenomenon, which involves lying awake and engaging in imagination with closed eyes. In this state of thinking, the brain eliminates external interference and is in a state of congestion and oxygenation. In this way, it can maximize the potential of brain cells and improve the depth and breadth of thinking.
5. Closed eye digestion
After finishing a meal, close your eyes and rest for 10-30 minutes before taking a nap, taking a walk, or doing other things. This is very necessary for the maintenance of the liver, especially for people with liver diseases.
After eating a meal (especially lunch, as people usually eat more), the blood in their bodies concentrates in the digestive tract to participate in food digestion. If they walk or exercise again, a part of the blood will flow to their hands and feet. At this time, the blood flow into the liver will be reduced to more than 50%. If the liver is in a state of insufficient blood supply, normal metabolism will be affected, leading to damage to the liver.
6. Close your eyes and enjoy music
You can often close your eyes and listen to some of your favorite music and opera. Beautiful melodies can enhance brain activity, regulate the function of the central nervous system, and make people feel relaxed and happy, which is very beneficial for physical health.
7. Close your eyes and relieve fatigue
The combination of work and rest is very important. When the body is tired and fatigued, it is advisable to close your eyes and rest for a moment, which is very beneficial for quickly restoring energy and maintaining health.
8. Close your eyes to relieve annoyance
As the saying goes, "Out of sight, out of mind." This statement is very reasonable. The meaning is that closing your eyes can not only nourish your eyes, but also calm your mind.
A calm mind leads to peace of mind, and peace of mind prevents disasters and illnesses, and good fortune endures forever. When encountering complex and noisy situations or scenes that one does not want to watch, and it is inconvenient to avoid them, it is advisable to close your eyes and rest. This can not only wash your eyes and clear your mind, calm down in the midst of trouble, eliminate worries, but also take time to maintain health. Why not do it.
9. Close your eyes to nourish yang
Elderly people should close their eyes and bask in the sun, which can nourish the sun. Klauser from the Free University of Berlin in Germany found that if it is not severe hypertension, frequent exposure to sunlight can lower blood pressure.
When a person's skin is exposed to sunlight, it produces vitamin D, which is involved in the body's blood circulation.
10. Moving with eyes closed
Find a clean place with your eyes slightly closed, relax your whole body, and practice a set of Tai Chi as slowly as possible. Fully experience the essentials of slow, flexible, smooth, and coherent movements, and you will definitely have unexpected gains.
11. Close your eyes and remember forcefully
Memory decline, often encountering the need to remember someone or recall something, unable to remember for a while, scratching one's ears and cheeks is very painful. At this moment, you may want to close your eyes and meditate for a few minutes. After your whole body relaxes and your mind calms down, you may have a sudden inspiration and become enlightened.
12. Closed eye wandering
Sitting quietly with your eyes closed, giving wings to your imagination, whispering to the sound of heaven, you cannot travel thousands of miles a day, but you can travel thousands of miles with your mind. This kind of "spiritual" travel is very beneficial for health.
13. Close your eyes and rest
Poor sleep is a common occurrence. When you can't fall asleep for a while, or when you wake up in the middle of the night and find it difficult to fall asleep, don't be upset. Even if you can't fall asleep, rest can still achieve health benefits.