【Health regimen】These 4 manifestations show that you are not enough Yang! Huyang Chinese medicine has a good recipe ~ learn it

Source: China Traditional Chinese Medicine News

Author: Lu Weimin, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

As the saying goes, "when the cold is two or three nine, the weather is cold and cold to shiver", which shows the degree of cold in the small cold season, and there is even a saying that "the small cold is better than the big cold" in the north. Recently, many people have such a feeling: no matter how thick they are worn, their hands and feet are still cold, and if they are not careful, they are prone to diarrhea or coughing, and people cannot lift their spirits. Why is that? Nine times out of ten there is a lack of Yang Qi.

The Su Qing Qi Tong Tian Theory says: "Those who are yang qi, the essence nourishes the spirit, and the soft nourishes the muscles." "Chinese medicine believes that Yang Qi has the functions of warming the tissues of the whole body, maintaining the function of the internal organs, resisting the invasion of external evils, presiding over the opening and closing of gasification, and maintaining the balance of yin and yang. Yang qi deficiency decreases the body's ability to resist diseases, resulting in a high incidence of chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and other diseases in winter.

Manifestations of insufficient yang

1

anorexia

People with insufficient yang qi will have a loss of appetite and weak digestion. This is because the lack of yang qi leads to a decline in the function of spleen and stomach transportation, and patients should develop good eating habits and maintain the qi of the spleen and stomach in order to gradually enough yang qi.

2

The body is afraid of the cold

People with sufficient yang qi usually have hot hands and feet, and if the yang qi is insufficient and cannot promote the qi and blood to warm the limbs, the hands and feet farther from the heart will feel cold, and they are more afraid of cold than others.

3

Poor mental health, easy fatigue

If the yang qi is insufficient, the ability to move life will be reduced, and it is easy to have symptoms such as mental atrophy, fatigue and fatigue, dizziness, and white face.

4

Decreased immunity

Yang qi and immunity complement each other, and when there is enough yang in the body, it will build a solid barrier for the body. On the contrary, if the yang qi is insufficient, the immunity will decline, and the body's ability to resist external evils will weaken, which will affect health.

8 Methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Entering the cold winter, nature is in a state of "yin and yang", and the human body is no exception. At this time, the focus of health care is "solid yang to cure cold", that is, by supporting the yang of the human body, to achieve the purpose of dispelling cold and driving away evil spirits, enhancing the body's resistance ability, so that some diseases, especially those that are prone to recurrence and aggravation after winter cold, can be restored. So how to warm up the yang qi? Try these Yang Protection Dafa.

Three nine stickers

Sanjiu patch is a kind of Chinese medicine acupuncture point patch, which refers to the guidance of Chinese medicine theory, in the three or nine seasons, in the human body on a certain acupuncture point for traditional Chinese medicine patch, after the drug transdermal absorption, stimulate the local meridian acupuncture points, stimulate the whole body Yang Qi, in order to prevent and treat diseases. Sanjiu patch is a continuation of the three-volt patch, which can prevent the recurrence and aggravation of chronic diseases in winter, and also has a positive effect on improving cold physique.

Herbal foot bath

During the foot bath, hot water can promote the better penetration of the drug into the human body, and the medicinal power penetrates through the foot meridian acupuncture points, which can play a role in regulating the yin and yang of qi and blood, and dispersing the cold and menstruation.

Acupressure massage

In cold weather, proper massage of relevant acupuncture points can dredge the meridians, activate blood and dissolve stasis, encourage yang qi, and promote metabolism.

For example, massaging foot three miles can improve blood circulation, warm hands and feet, and can improve the body's immune function and enhance disease resistance; massage Guanyuan acupoints can supplement yang qi, which has a good conditioning effect on neurasthenia, insomnia, cold hands and feet, etc.; you can also rub your hands and then repeatedly massage the abdomen, which can play a role in removing the cold in the body.

moxibustion

Moxibustion therapy has a long history, the medicinal power of wormwood through the acupuncture point meridians to reach the pain of the disease, coupled with warm stimulation, to achieve the effect of dredging qi and blood, helping to correct and dispel evil, reconciling yin and yang, warming the cold, and warming the yang. Moxibustion has a good nourishing effect on osteoarticular pain such as frozen shoulder, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, as well as symptoms caused by prolonged cold invasions such as dysmenorrhea, asthma, and chronic gastroenteritis.

Get more sun

Basking in the sun in winter helps the absorption and synthesis of calcium, and can also improve immunity, which is appropriate for about 20 minutes each time. In particular, it is necessary to sunbathe the back more, because the back is the place where the human body's pulse passes, and the yang of the main body of the pulse can be effectively enhanced by basking in the sun.

Avoid staying up late

In winter, the sun is strong, especially at night. Staying up late hurts the yang the most, so be sure to get enough sleep. Go to bed early to nourish the yang qi, and get up late to fix the yin essence.

Spiritual recuperation

People with insufficient yang qi are prone to sad emotions, and should learn to self-regulate their mentality and eliminate bad emotions. You can go outdoors to breathe fresh air and carry out appropriate physical exercise to invigorate the yang.

Appropriate food supplements

Traditional Chinese medicine health science believes that ginger, leeks, walnuts, lamb and other foods have a positive effect on enhancing the yang of the human body, dispelling cold and warming the body, and can be eaten appropriately according to their own physique.

Editor: Dong Juntong

Source || Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine