A person who waits for old age to ensure their livelihood is like accumulating wealth after being poor, even if they work hard, they will not be able to make up for it. "- Liang Zhangju's" Essay on Returning from the Temple "in the Qing Dynasty
In 2003, I once took a delegation from Europe to study our acupuncture and moxibustion. I translated for them.
During this process, they observed the common people of our country. There was an elderly person over 80 years old. After we finished acupuncture and moxibustion, she got out of bed and tied her shoelaces.
The leader of the visiting delegation asked me, 'How old is this elderly person?'
I said, 'I'm 83 years old!'
He expressed surprise! He said, "In our country, 83 year old people push wheelchairs, did you know? But when we arrived here, we found that many Chinese women don't need wheelchairs, and they walk very steadily. Why
I told them that this is the advantage of our traditional Chinese culture.
Let's recall our grandparents who wore cotton pants in winter and tied their pant legs tightly, paying great attention to keeping their legs warm. There are six meridians on the human leg, and by preserving the yang energy of these six meridians, women are less likely to suffer from gynecological diseases.
And now there are more and more, and what I have encountered in clinical practice is simply too many. This may be related to the exposure of the legs in cold weather, which can cause the legs to become cold and the meridians to freeze.
The mini skirt originated in Europe and America. Since its appearance in the 20th century, women there have been very fond of wearing mini skirts and mini skirts, and many women wear this kind of skirt in winter. The mini skirt looks great above the knee, but the cold easily gets into the knee.
People have no feelings when they are young. But after the watershed of 40 years old, your qi and blood begin to weaken. All the things you have done to harm your body before this, the consequences begin to manifest. Your knees start to ache and feel weak, and you start trembling when you go downstairs. These are all descriptions I have heard in clinical practice.
We have all heard a saying called 'Old man gets old legs first'. As long as a person reaches the age of 60 and is not careful, their knees are prone to problems such as bending and lack of strength. But if you often wear short skirts in the winter, the age of leg pain may come earlier.
So, to what extent are our legs related to health? The most important meridians in our legs are the Foot San Yin Meridian, which includes the Foot Tai Yin Spleen Meridian, Foot Jue Yin Liver Meridian, and Foot Shao Yin Kidney Meridian. The liver, spleen, and kidney organs corresponding to these three meridians are closely related to female menstruation.
If the liver, spleen, and kidneys are not regulated, various gynecological diseases can be caused, such as dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, menstrual disorders, low menstrual flow, amenorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical erosion, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, infertility, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine treats menstrual diseases with the three major treatment methods of tonifying the kidney, regulating the liver, and benefiting the spleen, which shows the close relationship between leg meridians and gynecological diseases.
If the lower limbs are exposed in the cold winter, the knee joints and foot three yin are subjected to wind and cold, and the meridians are blocked by cold, it is easy to cause dysmenorrhea and knee arthritis. After the age of 45, conditions such as rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis may also occur.
Many of the traditional cultures left by the Chinese ancestors are precious essence. For example, the caution in wearing is still very scientific. If we follow it, our bodies will naturally become healthier.

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