Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diet, emotions and some living habits will have an impact on the internal organs and body, and summarize the behaviors that damage the body as "five labors and seven injuries".
1. Five labors must pay attention to the degree of every matter. Even daily activities such as sitting, standing, watching, walking, and lying down will become sick after spending a long time. As stated in "Su Wen·Xuanming Five Qi": "When you are injured by five labors, long-term vision damages blood, long-term lying down and long-term qi damages flesh, long-term standing hurts bones, long-term movement damages tendons."
1. Injury to blood: excessive use of eyes Chen Luquan, deputy chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, published an article in Health Times in 2019, saying that long-term vision means excessive use of eyes. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the liver is responsible for storing blood and opens the orifices in both eyes. The liver gets blood and the eyes can see it. If you use your eyes too much and you will see objects for a long time (such as looking at computers, mobile phones, reading books, reading newspapers, etc.), it will damage the essence and blood of the liver, resulting in unclear vision, dizziness and other discomforts. Therefore, for people who often use their eyes, they can appropriately eat foods that nourish the essence and blood, such as longan, black beans, , lettuce, red dates, peanuts, walnuts, wolfberry, etc. After returning home, you can do a hot eye compress, which can promote blood circulation in the eye . ①
2. Injury: Accustomed to sitting for a long time Dr. Chen Luquan pointed out that when he goes out, he sits in front of the computer in the office, and sits on the sofa when he goes home... After a long time, our physical condition will inevitably have problems. This is why many white-collar workers feel sleepy after sitting for a long time. Therefore, if you often work overtime and sit in the office for a long time, it is best to eat more foods such as lotus seeds, yam , coix seed , and other foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach; it is better to sit for 30 or 40 minutes and then get up and walk around. ①
3. Risk tendons: excessive walking Dr. Chen Luquan said that walking for a long time will damage tendons, that is, if you walk for a long time, you will damage tendons attached to the bones. You can add an appropriate amount of Angelica (replenish blood), Polygonum multiflorum (unlocking the meridians and dispelling wind), Weilingxian (repelling wind and dampness, unblocking the meridians and relieve pain), Abalone hygiene (relieving qi and relieving pain, warming the kidneys and dispelling cold) and other Chinese medicine packages. Soak your feet for about 20 to 40 minutes, and it is best to sweat slightly, which can nourish your muscles and bones and relieve fatigue. ①
4. Injury to Qi: Habiting to lying for a long time, Dong Feng, deputy chief physician of the Acupuncture Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, published an article in the Health Times in 2019, saying that we have such a feeling that we are not sleeping enough and not energetic, but after lying in bed for a day, why do we still feel very tired? This is the most typical manifestation of "Lying on a long time will hurt your energy". If you lie in bed for a long time, the circulation of qi will slow down, and the speed at which nutrients reach various parts of the body will slow down accordingly. Therefore, we must develop the habit of going to bed early and getting up early and sleeping regularly. People who are bedridden for a long time can eat more foods that replenish qi and promote qi, such as ginseng. ①
5. Injury to bones: often standing for a long time Dr. Dong Feng pointed out that standing requires straight waist and strong bones, while the kidneys control the bones, and the waist is the home of the kidneys. Standing for a long time will cause bone injuries. In addition, standing for too long will also affect the circulation of qi and blood, resulting in qi stagnation and , which will cause poor blood circulation and lead to diseases. Due to physiological loss of essence and qi and blood circulation, the elderly should not stand for too long. From a daily life perspective, standing for too long will cause pain in the back, weak legs and numb feet or swollen back. Long-term standing can also cause lumbar muscle strain, bone deformation, varicose veins in the lower limbs and other serious consequences. When standing, people need support from the strength of the waist and lower limbs. The skeletal muscles, ligaments, etc. in these parts are subject to continuous stress and tension, which can easily cause strain. Over time, it can cause lesions in bones, muscles, and fascia . If you are engaged in a long-term job, try not to wear high heels. You can also walk on tiptoe in the workshop. There are three meridians passing through the inner side of the foot, namely foot Shaoyin kidney meridian , foot Jueyin liver meridian , and foot Taiyin spleen meridian . Therefore, walking on tiptoe can massage the three yin of the foot, control the qi and move upward, and warm and nourish the kidney yang through the foot Shaoyin kidney meridian. ①
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2. Huang Suiping, Director of the Department of Spleen and Gastrics of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chi Xiaoling, Chief Physician of the Department of Liver Diseases of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Peng Yuqing, Director of the Sub-Health Department of Oriental Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, published an article in the Health Times in November 2022 to introduce the symptomatic treatment methods for the "Seven Injuries".②
1. Fullness damages the spleen: Traditional Chinese medicine tea drinks say "suffering is harmful to the spleen". Overeating and other habits of eating can easily damage the spleen and stomach. For discomfort symptoms caused by spleen and stomach weakness, you can drink some Chinese medicine tea appropriately. For example, if you like to eat starchy food , it can be used to cause indigestion, it can be used to choose malt , Shenqu tea; if you eat too much meat or dairy products, it can be used to choose hawthorn tea; if you are full of bloating, it can be used to choose laiscara tea; if you are poor in appetite, it can be used to choose tangerine peel tea. When there are multiple discomforts at the same time, you can use several ingredients (10 grams each) as appropriate, brew with boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes, and then drink it.
2. Anger hurts the liver: Rose Buddha Hand Tea Chinese medicine believes that "great anger hurts the liver." Women are based on the liver. If liver qi is uncomfortable, they will have problems such as irregular menstruation and breast swelling and pain. Many women's breast nodules are caused by qi. You can drink some rose Buddha hand tea in daily life, take rose , 3 to 5 each of Buddha hand flowers, and jasmine flowers, brew it in hot water and drink it instead of tea.
3. Cold damages the lungs: Sweet almond porridge Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs are delicate organs and are easily attacked by cold evil. Once the body catches cold or eats cold food, the lungs are easily injured, and there will be problems such as coughing , coughing phlegm, runny nose, and nasal congestion. You can try diet therapy to nourish the lungs, drink some sweet almond porridge for breakfast and dinner. This porridge has the effect of relieving cough and relieving asthma.
4. Sadness: Sour jujube seed porridge women are delicate in their minds and are prone to overthinking, which leads to anxiety, panic, insomnia, etc. You can soak 30 grams of jujube kernel for 30 minutes, decoct in water to get the juice, add 100 grams of rice to cook porridge, and add appropriate amount of sugar to season when the porridge is cooked. This porridge has the effects of nourishing the mind and calming the mind, promoting fluid and accumulating sweating.
5. Wetness damages the waist: Eucommia ulmoides pork waist soup Sometimes women wear thin clothes to highlight their figure and do not pay attention to keeping warm. Exposing their waists and navels can easily lead to cold and dampness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness hurts the waist. In life, cold and damp back pain often occurs or worsens due to cold and humid climates. For kidney deficiency and low back pain, the ancient recipe "Pig Loin Recipe" is recommended, which is available to most people. Take 1 pair of pork loin, 18 grams of salt, 6 grams of Eucommia ulmoides (grind into powder), raw ginseng (grind into powder), and appropriate amount of beer and ginger slices. Cut the pork waist in half, tear off the outer translucent white film, cut off the white part and purple-red circle inside with a knife, and marinate it with beer and ginger slices for 15 minutes to remove the flavor; after marinating, take out the pork waist, spread the powdered Eucommia ulmoides, ginseng powder and salt in half, cover the other half, fix it with a toothpick, steam it in a pot, remove the salt and medicine powder in the pork waist, and slice it and eat it.
6. Afraid of harming the kidneys: Chestnut and sesame porridge, we sometimes use "scared" to describe a person's fear, which is the situation where fear affects kidney function. If the kidney qi of is not solid, the waist and knees are sore and involuntary, etc., you can grind an appropriate amount of water kelp into powder, mix it into a paste with warm water, and then rinse it with boiling water to drink. When enuresis, frequent urination and other diseases occur, you can take 30 grams of golden cherry seeds and decoct them to get the juice, add 15 grams of water chestnuts and 50 grams of japonica rice, and cook them together to eat. You can drink chestnut and sesame porridge for daily kidney care. Take 50 grams of chestnuts and rice, a little salt, add water and boil it into porridge. This porridge has a good therapeutic effect on soft waist and knees caused by insufficient kidney qi.
7. Evil harms the body: Ginger purple tea wind, rain, cold and heat in traditional Chinese medicine refers to the "four evils" that cause diseases, mainly referring to the harm caused by the external environment to the human body, such as rain, cold, heat stroke, etc., which will lead to physical diseases. Cold can aggravate the accumulation of cold and dampness in the human body. At this time, you can take 1 to 3 slices of ginger, 35 grams of perilla html, 3 to 5 grams of green tea or black tea, simmer with boiling water, mix in an appropriate amount of honey, make jade ginger and purple tea, and drink it while it is hot. You can drink it once a week for daily health care, and those with obvious symptoms of cold and dampness can drink it 1 to 2 times a week.
Source: Health Times
