Human beings have been born on the earth for hundreds of years. It is precisely because of endless curiosity and continuous exploration that they can occupy a higher status in biological status on this blue planet. In the process of exploration and development, although the evolutionary rules of survival of the fittest are followed, the predecessors do not forget the development of future generations, thus leaving behind a lot of valuable wealth and experience.
The reason why we can see the wisdom of the ancients today is because they put their thoughts into classics. But ancient knowledge is mastered in the hands of the upper class, and ordinary people also have their own experience and wisdom. In order to better guide future generations, they also summarize their knowledge of all aspects of life, such as building, planting trees in front of and behind houses, and eating and sleeping problems in life, which are all summarized into common sayings passed down from word to mouth. "Don't look west when sleeping" is a typical summary of experience. What is the truth contained in it?
conforms to the laws of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine
The four major activities of human beings are "food, clothing, housing and transportation", each of which is indispensable. The living among them seems to be a human being who can live well even if he is separated, but in fact it is not. In addition to being reflected in the house, living must also be reflected in an important metabolic activity, that is, sleep.
No matter how society says that who is an expert in staying up late is, you still have to return to rest, that is, you have to sleep. It is impossible for people to stay there all the time. If you keep going, although you won’t die in a few strokes like you are not as good as you are in oxygen, you will also want to die slowly like drinking water. Therefore, sleeping has been a very important activity since the birth of human beings.
For millions of years, human culture has been in full swing, covering all aspects of life, and even the basic aspects of how to eat and how to dress, have been summarized in cultural aspects, and many common sayings about guiding people's lives later have been derived. Therefore, sleeping, an activity closely related to people, naturally has many favorable summary of common sayings. Among them, the ancients paid great attention to "don't look west when sleeping."
So, why not look west? What is the statement? People think the most common thing is not to look west because it sounds unlucky. Although after our local Taoist , Taoist died, it was called "Flowering, Immortal Death, etc., we did not say where we went. In the end, we were only in the Heavenly Palace, but Buddhism clearly said it.
Buddhism emphasizes the pursuit of the Western Pure Land after death. In other words, in the eyes of the ancients, the West was the place where the dead went. Although surrendering to the Pure Land was a good way, it was aimed at the dead, not the living. No matter ancient and modern times, Chinese people are very taboo to talk about death, so although people yearn for the Western Paradise after death, they still need to seek good luck when they are alive and not look to the West.
Of course, this is just to convince people in religion or Feng Shui metaphysics, and it belongs to a very stream of consciousness. Those who believe in it naturally believe very much and follow this rule. But for those who do not believe, this is dispensable theology and cannot convince them from an objective theory point of view. To this end, there are two scientific theories.
The first type was born on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine. Tang Dynasty "Medical King" Sun Simiao In "Qianjin Yaofang", said: "A mortal lying on the east, spring and summer are facing east, autumn and winter are facing west." This means that when people sleep, it is best to face the east in spring and summer, and autumn and winter are best to face the west. The reason why people are trying to move towards the West is mainly explained by the yin and yang of the four seasons.
In traditional Chinese medicine, is yang in spring and summer, and yang energy should be nourished in spring and summer, so it should be facing the east, while autumn and winter are yin, so sleep should be facing the west, which will help our body hide yin energy. The health principle in traditional Chinese medicine is "raising yang in spring and summer, and nourish yin in autumn and winter". Therefore, in this case, different seasons are facing different directions, just like the health principle of "eat radish in winter and eat ginger in summer", which is most beneficial to the harmony of yin and yang in the body.
conforms to the law of earth rotation
The second statement is viewed from the law of earth rotation and the north-south magnetic field.Although the ancients did not have a deep understanding of the autobiography and revolution of the earth, the saying "the sky is round and the place" appeared, but their scientific and technological level at that time was limited, so they could not fully utilize the instrument test, so it is naturally impossible to look down on the human planet from the perspective of God outside the earth. But having this statement does not mean that they are dull.
In fact, the ancients were very good at observing cosmic celestial bodies such as the starry sky. For example, in ancient times, without the astronomical telescope , many scientists discovered celestial phenomena such as sunspot , and also saw crater on the moon. Even during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was " Ganshixing Jing ". Therefore, they can also perceive the autobiography rules of the earth, but they just cannot be explained correctly.
When sleeping, the head faces the west, which is consistent with the north-south direction of the earth's magnetic field, which can make the human body reach a state of equilibrium. Because the iron content in our human blood is very high. If it is contrary to the West and consistent with the north and south direction, we are affected by natural magnetism and can balance the biological current of the human body.
, facing the west or east, is to keep it perpendicular to the magnetic force, and the magnetic force of the human body will not be eliminated, thereby causing heat to accumulate inside the body and causing body temperature to rise. In this case, the circulation of qi and blood in our human body will be abnormal, and we will be upset and unable to sleep. However, insomnia will lead to various physiological diseases such as dizziness.
And physiological diseases will in turn act on the body, causing the body to get worse and worse, forming a vicious cycle. After doing this, the body's function was malfunctioning and gradually showed pathological characteristics. If you sleep in the north and south direction, you can deepen your sleep and increase your sleep quality, so that you can feel refreshed and your appetite will increase greatly. In this way, your body's functions and other aspects can maintain balance and health.
Conclusion
"Don't look west when sleeping", this kind of discourse actually seems to many of us today as a kind of superstition in Feng Shui and has no scientific basis. But we must know that the ancient Feng Shui books such as " Yijing " actually have scientific basis, but at that time, they were unable to convince people with tangible theories and experiments due to various restrictions, so they had a metaphysics theory.
And "don't look west when sleeping" is actually a scientific summary reaction. From the perspective of the harmony of yin and yang in the four seasons, the west and north are places with heavy yin energy. If you are heading in this direction, it is easy for evil energy to enter the body from the beginning, which is very unfavorable to the yin and yang accumulation of our body. Furthermore, although the ancients did not recognize the law of the earth from west to east, they had a clear understanding of the flow of blood in the human body. Therefore, if they do not face west, the blood flows smoothly, which makes people feel comfortable in body and mind after waking up. From this we can see that our ancestors are still very wise.
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