The waist is the home of the kidneys
" The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic " says: "The waist is the home of the kidneys. If it cannot be rotated, the kidneys will be exhausted." The kidneys govern bones and produce marrow, and if the kidney essence is lacking, the waist and spine will become unsupported. , resulting in soreness and weakness, the pain is continuous, and is worse when exerted, and is relieved by relaxation. I like to massage and resist violence.
Chronic low back pain, also known as waist strain, is mostly caused by insufficient congenital endowment, acquired overexertion, chronic illness, physical weakness, old age and frailty, or irregularity of the chambers, resulting in a loss of kidney essence and inability to nourish the waist and spine. Pain occurs.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that medicine and food come from the same source, and there is no absolute dividing line between them. Many foods not only have curative functions, but can also be used as food. Doctors in the past dynasties have attached great importance to this point and achieved the effect of preventing and curing diseases by consuming properly mixed medicinal diets.
According to the different causes of lumbar muscle strain , Qu Chongzheng, director of the Acupuncture and Massage Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, hereby recommends the following dietary prescriptions for your reference.
Medicinal diet to protect waist
Kidney yin deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Waist pain, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, aggravated by exertion, relieved after rest, waist movement slightly limited and tender, dry mouth and throat. The tongue is tender and red, with little coating, and the pulse is and thready and count .
Rehmannia glutinosa Polygonatum odorifera and beef tendon soup
▲ Rehmannia glutinosa
[Efficacy] Nourishes yin, nourishes the liver and kidneys, strengthens muscles and bones, and helps relieve waist pain and discomfort caused by insufficient kidney yin.
[Ingredients] 20 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 20 grams of Polygonatum odorifera, and 100 grams of dried beef tendon.
[Method] First wash the dried beef tendon, soak it until soft, put it into a stew pot together with the washed medicinal materials Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonatum japonica, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat for about 3 hours, add salt and season with water. Eat beef tendon and drink soup once every other day.
Ligustrum lucidum Eucommia braised pork spine soup
▲ Eucommia ulmoides (the cross section is connected with fine, silver-white, elastic rubber threads)
[Efficacy] Nourishes the liver and kidneys, strengthens muscles and bones, and helps relieve symptoms caused by liver and kidney deficiency Soreness and weakness in the waist and knees.
[Materials] Ligustrum lucidum 15 grams, Eucommia ulmoides 20 grams, Dogwood 15 grams, pork spine 500 grams.
[Method] First wash and chop the pig spine into pieces, put it into a stew pot together with the washed medicinal materials Ligustrum lucidum, Eucommia ulmoides, and Cornus officinale, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat for about 3 hours, and season with salt. . Eat meat and drink soup once every other day.
Clinical manifestations of kidney yang deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Cold and soreness in the waist, which often recurs, aggravated by exertion and relieved by rest, with chills and a preference for warmth, and a weak mouth. The tongue is light and fat, with white coating, and the pulse is deep and thin.
Cinnamon Morinda Stewed Mutton Soup
▲Cinnamon
[Efficacy] warms and nourishes kidney yang, strengthens muscles and bones, and can relieve low back pain, soreness and weakness of waist and knees caused by insufficient kidney yang and other discomforts.
[Materials] 10 grams of cinnamon, Morinda 15 grams, 15 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 15 grams of wolfberry, and 300 grams of mutton.
[Method] First wash and cut the mutton into pieces, put it into a stew pot together with the washed medicinal materials cinnamon, Morinda officinalis, and wolfberry, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat for about 2 hours, and add oil and salt to taste. Eat meat and drink soup twice a week.
Deer Antler Stewed Chicken Soup
[Efficacy] Replenishing kidney yang and replenishing kidney essence can help relieve discomforts such as chills, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees caused by insufficient kidney yang.
[Materials] 410 grams of deer antler html, 300 grams of chicken.
[Method] First wash and cut the chicken into pieces, put it into a stew pot together with the washed medicinal antler, and add an appropriate amount of water. Simmer over low heat and water for about 2 hours. Eat meat and drink soup twice a week.
Clinical manifestations of wind-cold-wet type
: low back pain, which often recurs, worsens when tired and when the weather changes, and is afraid of cold. pale tongue , white coating, thin pulse.
Qianqianjian Eucommia Lean Meat Soup
▲Qianqianjian (fresh product, without removing the skin)
[Efficacy] Expelling wind and dampness, strengthening muscles and bones, helping to relieve waist pain, fear of cold, etc. caused by wind, cold and dampness invading the human body. Discomfort.
[Ingredients] 15 grams of Qianqianjian, 15 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 10 grams of tangerine peel, and 200 grams of lean meat.
[Method] First wash and cut the lean meat into pieces, put it into a stew pot together with the washed medicinal materials, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat and water for about 2 hours, and add salt to taste. Eat meat and drink soup twice a week.
Guizhi Morinda Spare Ribs Soup
▲Morinda officinalis
[Efficacy] Expelling wind and cold, dehumidifying and relieving pain, which can relieve low back pain, fear of cold and other discomforts caused by the invasion of wind, cold and dampness.
[Ingredients] 15 grams of cassia twig, 15 grams of Morinda officinalis, 3 grams of pepper, and 250 grams of pork ribs.
[Method] Wash and cut the pork ribs into pieces, put them into a stew pot together with the washed medicinal materials such as cinnamon twigs, Morinda officinalis, and pepper. Add an appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat for about 2 hours, and season with salt. Eat meat and drink soup twice a week.
In addition, there has been a theory of "five strains" in traditional Chinese medicine for a long time, that is, "looking for a long time damages the blood, lying for a long time damages the qi, sitting for a long time damages the flesh, standing for a long time damages the bones, and walking for a long time damages the tendons". For modern office workers, sitting for long periods of time is the most harmful thing to the body, which is the waist. Because people often forget to adjust their body posture in time when they are busy at work. Such long working hours will put the back muscles in a long-term stretch state, which is extremely easy to cause back muscle strain, lead to chronic low back pain, damage the stability of the lumbar spine, and increase The possible onset of lumbar disc herniation .
Many young white-collar workers are forced by the pressure of competition and are often in a state of high mental stress, which causes the body's autonomic nervous system disorder, affects the physiological function of the lumbar spine, and puts the lumbar intervertebral disc in a high-pressure state, which is prone to lumbar degeneration, tears, and Herniated disc.
acupoints for waist protection
waist eye points, the body's "waist protection points"
When sitting for a long time and causing pain in the waist, many people will unconsciously punch the waist with their fists, so that they will feel comfortable. This is because there is a Special acupuncture points - waist and eye points.
Key points for acupoint selection: lumbar eye point is located in a depression of about 3.5 inches next to the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra in the waist. When selecting acupoints, we first look for the horizontal line of the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra. When you put your hands on your hips, you can feel the iliac crest , a bone in your waist. The iliac crest is exactly level with the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra in the human body. Then, start from the midline and measure a palm and a little further away, which is where the waist and eye points are.
waist eye point is located in with pulse , which is the location of the kidneys. The waist is the home of the kidneys. Regular massage of the waist and eye points can warm the kidney yang and smoothen the qi and blood. Rubbing the waist eye and tail parts with your palms can not only dredge the veins and strengthen the waist and spine, but also strengthen the lean body. The role of the kidneys. As the saying goes, "If you hit a snake, hit it seven inches." This waist point is the seven inches of the waist. Massaging this point can have the effect of lifting a thousand pounds. The specific massage methods are as follows.
Massage method
The first step: Massage the waist and eyes. When massaging, sit upright, make fists with both hands and face your back naturally. Use your fists to press the waist and eye points tightly and rotate and massage hard enough to feel soreness and swelling. Knead for 5 minutes each time.
Step 2: Rub the waist. Press the palms of both hands tightly on the waist and rub it up and down with force, quickly and forcefully, until it becomes hot. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the waist is the home of the kidneys. If kidney essence is sufficient, the waist and spine will be strong. If kidney essence is insufficient, the waist and spine will not lift. Rubbing the waist can replenish kidney energy.
The third step: Pinch the waist muscles. Use the thumbs and index fingers of both hands to simultaneously pinch the erector spinae muscles on both sides of the spine. Knead and lift the waist muscles from top to bottom, all the way to the sacrum. Pinch like this from top to bottom 4 times.
Step 4: Shake the waist muscles.Use the heel of both hands to press the waist and shake it up and down quickly 15 to 20 times.
The fifth step: tap lumbosacral region . Hold empty fists with both hands, use your fists to tap hard on the lumbosacral area alternately and rhythmically, pay attention to exert force from the wrist, use a lighter intensity, and tap repeatedly from top to bottom 15 to 30 times.
It is worth noting that after the age of 20, the lumbar intervertebral discs have begun to undergo degenerative changes, so we must pay attention to our waist health care when we are young.
Expert Introduction
Qu Chongzheng
Director of the Acupuncture and Massage Department, Deputy Chief Chinese Physician, PhD
Specializes in
Using traditional massage and acupuncture to treat neck, waist and leg pain and other spine and related diseases, limb muscle injuries, neurological diseases; in use Integrated Western medicine methods to treat osteoporosis .
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Introduction to the Acupuncture and Massage Department
The Acupuncture and Massage Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, on the basis of inheriting the traditional acupuncture and massage of traditional Chinese medicine, combines it with modern diagnosis and treatment technology and physical therapy methods to provide patients with diversified medical services.
The diagnosis and treatment techniques currently carried out by the acupuncture and massage department are comprehensive and comprehensive. Among them, acupuncture includes: acupuncture, pricking, picking, bloodletting, acupoint application, moxibustion, thread embedding, balancing acupuncture, acupoint injection , Qihuang acupuncture, pulse-tangential acupuncture, etc.; massage includes: traditional Massage techniques, bone-setting massage , spinal rehabilitation massage, joint mobilization technology, nerve mobilization technology, etc.
Source: Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine
Responsible editor: Ye Meiqi
Proofreading editor: Li Longhao
Preliminary review: Qu Chongzheng
Review: Wang Jian
Review and release: Fan Linyan
