The way to longevity summarized by our ancestors is: if a person wants to live a hundred years, a reasonable diet accounts for 25%, others account for 25%, and psychological balance accounts for 50%! Let me introduce emotions to you below I hope this method of maintaining health will be useful to you!
How to maintain emotional health
"Huangdi Neijing" says: "Humans have five internal organs that transform into five qi to produce life." Joy, anger, sadness and fear. ?Everyone has emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and fear. The generation of emotions is the result of changes in the movement of the five internal organs, and there is a clear correspondence between the five internal organs of a person and the emotions of the human body. Adjusting your emotions can help you have a healthy body and a happy mood.
When the liver is in the will, it is anger, when the heart is in the will, it is happiness, when the spleen is in the will, it is thinking, when the lungs are in the will, it is worry, and when the kidney is in the will, it is fear.
The liver governs anger. For example, many women are particularly angry before menstruation. This is because women use blood as their function and the liver as their innate nature. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the function of the liver is to store blood and regulate menstruation. . Another important function of the liver is to regulate the body's emotions and relieve emotions. Before menstruation, an individual's qi and blood are very blocked and cannot be released. Because the human body is in a pathological state of "liver stagnation and qi stagnation" considered by traditional Chinese medicine, the liver's function of releasing qi, blood and emotions is impaired. The human body will show symptoms along the location of the liver meridian, so there will be premenstrual pain, breast swelling and pain, and some even flank pain and migraine. This is what we usually talk about: "Is it painful? Qi and blood are blocked". Body pain is caused by congestion and poor circulation of Qi and blood. At the same time, people will show "irritability and irritability" emotionally. "Huangdi Neijing" says: "Excessive liver qi will lead to anger, and excess blood will lead to anger." Patients have a material basis of "irritability and irritability" and have blocked Qi and blood, so they often cannot control their emotions on their own. But once menstruation comes, the excess qi and blood will be released and the qi and blood will become smoother. First, the breasts will no longer swell and hurt. Secondly, the mind will be stable and they will not lose their temper for no reason. No matter what, the material basis for them to lose their temper was gone. Without the stagnant and blocked Qi and blood, their emotions naturally returned to their natural control. So I get angry easily. When you feel particularly angry for no reason, you can ask a Chinese medicine practitioner to regulate your liver and take some medicine to soothe the liver and regulate qi, and you will be able to adjust.
The heart governs happiness, which means happiness. In addition to conveying happiness and positive energy to others, it creates a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, and can also allow our own body's blood to flow smoothly. We often say, "A smile can solve a thousand sorrows", "Give someone a rose, and the fragrance will linger in your hands." This is the truth. Smile, the body's energy and blood flow smoothly - "Rongwei Tongli". But when he is too happy, his energy is dissipated, so happiness is a good thing, but excessive happiness may not be a good thing. Traditional Chinese medicine says that excessive joy hurts the yang. This is why the new nobles go crazy with joy.
The spleen governs thinking, and thinking causes qi to become stagnant. When you worry, you can’t eat, your heart is blocked, you have hiccups, belching, and acid reflux. This is what causes worry. You think too much, and you always think about it. If you can't figure it out, it will block people's spleen and stomach qi, leading to digestive disorders.
Sorrow controls the lungs, and sadness causes Qi to disappear. Lin Daiyu in Dream of Red Mansions suffered from lung disease. She would cry endlessly, and her lung energy was very weak, so she was always panting. This was the result of excessive sadness that damaged her lung energy.
Fear of kidney damage, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Zhang Fei shouted on the Dangyang Bridge and frightened the man to death. The man must have kidney qi deficiency, and fear would make him depressed. There is a saying among common people that scares the shit out of someone. In fact, the person who is about to be shot will become incontinent because the kidneys control the bowels and bowels. When you are overly frightened, the fixation function of your kidneys will be poor. In this way, you will become incontinent, so Chinese medicine says that the changes in emotions such as joy, anger, worry, sadness, and fear are related to rest in the five internal organs of a person. We see that there are many people like this in historical novels. Look at Wang Xifeng, why did Wang Xifeng get sick? The agency was too clever in her calculations and mistook Qingqing's name. She plotted against everyone, and in the end God plotted against her. Lin Daiyu cried every day, and her tuberculosis came over as she cried. You see, Zhou Yu is so young because he is jealous of talents and because his mentality is too restless. He always thinks that Zhuge Liang is smarter than him, and he is always unconvinced. It is better to say that Zhuge Liang made him angry to death than that he himself made himself angry to death.
The impact of emotions on people is extremely important, so Chinese medicine says that if you are tempted, all five internal organs will be burned. In fact, the state of your internal organs will be unbalanced. If it is unbalanced, Disease will affect your life span. For each of us, joy, anger, worry, sadness and fear are the seven emotions of normal people. We must remember not to overdo it. Then in our daily life, when your emotions When the biggest change suddenly occurs, it actually gives you a signal, telling you that your internal organs may be out of tune, and you need to make adjustments to prevent them from happening before they happen.
Ways to maintain emotional health
Talk less. Talking less does not mean not talking, but it means not chattering, not shouting, and not often getting irritated and quarreling. If you talk loudly often and continuously, it will make people short of Qi, affect the function of respiratory organs, and be detrimental to health.
Eat less and don’t eat too much. If you eat too much at each meal, the blood will be concentrated in the intestines and stomach for a long time, and other organs will be ischemic and in a suppressed state, which will produce a sense of drowsiness. It can even induce gallbladder disease, diabetes, obesity, lead to premature aging and shorten life span.
Sleep less. The elderly like to sleep, but they need to be restrained. If you stay in bed for a long time, your Yang Qi will be damaged, your Yang Qi will be blocked, your gastrointestinal digestion will be weakened, your body's physical activities will be weakened, and you will easily get sick. Typhoid fever in winter and heatstroke in summer are both caused by lying down for a long time and damaging Qi.
Sit less? Sitting for long periods of time hurts your muscles. Some old people are obsessed with TV and mahjong, and use cars instead of going out. Sitting for a long time leads to stagnant veins and poor qi and blood, leading to atrophy and swelling of the lower limbs, vasospasm, bruises, and difficulty in walking. This is medically known as venous thrombosis of the lower extremities. Therefore, the elderly should try their best to move their limbs, walk more, and participate in appropriate recreational and sports activities, so as to prevent their legs from aging before they grow old.
Less Anger Anger is the strongest emotion among the seven emotions. ?If you are angry without restraint, your energy will not be strong. ?Anger leads to sluggish qi movement, resulting in qi inversion and qi stagnation, which can cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, those "old longevity stars" who are good at maintaining health are all afraid of anger. The main way to avoid anger is: self-control. People who are prone to anger must exercise self-restraint when things don't go their way. Or consciously shift the goal, balance and stabilize your mood, control your emotions with reason, or change the environment to calm down.
Have less desires. The most important thing to nourish your body is to nourish your heart, and the most important thing to nourish your heart is to nourish your spirit. People cannot live without material and spiritual needs and pursuits. However, this pursuit must be based on reality and must not be divorced from subjective and objective conditions, or even have wild fantasies. In the end, it will cause pain due to disappointment, and worry will cause illness and affect health. Therefore, people who know how to maintain good health will reduce their personal desires and downplay fame and fortune.
Less color means having fewer desires to nourish your essence. Nourishing essence is to protect the physiological functions of good organs. If you are lustful and indulgent, it will not only cause sexual function to decline and make people exhausted, but also cause endocrine disorders in the body, leading to the occurrence of various diseases.
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