Chinese medicine is an outstanding representative of the excellent traditional culture of ancient China, and the excellent concepts of Chinese medicine, such as “Taoism and Nature,” “Unity of Heaven and Man,” “Yin and Yang,” and “Human Life The excellent concepts of TCM, such as “Tao of Nature”, “Unity of Heaven and Man”, “Yin and Yang” and “Human Life is the most precious”, contain rich philosophies and have a profound influence on the Chinese people’s view of life and the concept of health and cultivation.
The struggle for more than half a year, so the body is mostly in a state of exhaustion, here is a small selection of thirty sentences on nourishing the body, nourishing the heart, nourishing the health of the most sensible quotes to offer.
First, nourish the body
1 full of food that is lying, is born a hundred diseases. (“Prepared for the urgent thousand gold essential formula”)
Interpretation: full food is lying, food stagnation before digestion, stagnation and stagnation, stagnation does not work, the spleen and stomach injury, gas, blood, phlegm and food accumulation and cause a variety of diseases.
2 flowing water does not rot, the household pivot is not moth-eaten, also moving. Form and gas is also the same. The form does not move the essence does not flow, the essence does not flow is depressed. (Lu Shi Chun Qiu)
Interpretation: Flowing water does not rot and stink, and a rotating door shaft does not become insects and rotten, because of the constant movement. The same is true of the human form and essence. If the body does not move, the essence in the body will not run, and if the essence does not run, the gas will be stagnant. That is, as they say, life is movement.
3 After eating, drink a cup of tea, get up and walk a hundred steps, and massage the navel with your hand. (Yesterday’s Feian Daily Compilation)
Interpretation: the ancients since ancient times pay attention to health after meals, it is mentioned here to do three things after meals, namely drinking tea, walking, rubbing the abdomen, if you can adhere to do long-term, will be beneficial to health.
4 early rise not before the rooster crows, late rise not after sunrise. (Taiping Royal Review)
Interpretation: Chinese medicine believes that people’s work and rest should be in line with the laws of physiological work and rest, the Qing Dynasty health experts Cao Tingdong believes that “sunrise and work, day into the rest, day movement and night quiet, is a certain theory of yin and Yang.”
He also pointed out that “early rising is not before the rooster. Gai Yin time (3:00 a.m.) is the beginning of the lungs angry, is suitable for sound sleep. To the dawn (5:00 a.m.) into the large intestine, before you can get up”, the sunrise at 7:00 a.m. (7:00 a.m.) Yang Qi rising, should get up in the morning exercise, eat, should not be lying in bed. Morning rise should be in the middle of these two times.
5 Spring and summer nourish Yang, autumn and winter nourish Yin. (Suwen – The Great Treatise on the Regulation of the Four Energies)
Interpretation: The four seasons of yin and yang are fundamental to the survival of all things. The ancients would nurture yang in spring and summer, and nourish yin in autumn and winter, so as to obey the four seasons of yin and yang, in order to live and grow with all things. If you violate this fundamental, it will damage its origin and destroy its true qi, these are the purpose of the four seasons.
6 Teeth are the poor of bone. (yang sheng yao ji)
Interpretation: “teeth are firm and complete” is a symbol of health and longevity, and the art of knocking on the teeth is an ancient recipe for health that has been passed down in China. The kidney is the master of bone, and the teeth are the remainder of the kidney and part of the bone.
Tooth decay, is the big problem of teeth, people knock the upper and lower teeth in the mouth every morning to peck each other, referring to the upper and lower corresponding each tooth to peck each other, it can reduce the harm of tooth decay and keep the health of teeth.
7 The five grains are nourishing, the five stores are helping, the five dishes are filling, and the five fruits are beneficial. (The Four Essentials of Health)
Interpretation: Cereals (staple food) is the root of people’s survival, while fruits, vegetables and so on are all auxiliary, supplementary and complementary to the staple food.
8 Those who are good at nourishing their nature are hungry and eat first, thirsty and drink first, and want to eat a few but less, not want to ton but more. I often want to make full in the hungry, hungry in the full ear. (Preparedness and Emergency Thousand Gold Essentials)
Interpretation: A person who is good at cultivating his body and soul knows how to eat before he is hungry and drink before he is thirsty. If you eat more often, the amount of food you take in will be less; if you don’t want to eat less often, the amount of food you take in will be more if you eat less often. If you want to eat often, you will feel full, and if you are hungry, you will eat a lot.
This phrase is equivalent to what we say eat less and eat more, feel hungry and then eat, which is more conducive to digestion and absorption.
9 The qin heals the heart, the flower heals the liver, the incense heals the spleen, the stone heals the kidney, the spring heals the lung, and the sword heals the gall. (“The shadow of a dream continued”)
Interpretation: This is an advanced health care technique discussed by the ancients, that is, with the help of various ways to cultivate the body in all aspects and regulate the body: the beautiful and moving sound of the zither makes people listen to it and helps to nourish the heart.
The delicate and bright flowers can be admired to dispel irritability and help nourish the liver; the fragrance that comes to the nose can open the palate and nourish the spleen.
Acupuncture massage can nourish the kidneys; spring waterfalls in the mountains and forests, purifying the air, can nourish the lungs; holding a knife and dancing with a sword often exercise, can make people form a brave and decisive character, can nourish the gall.
10 clothing thickness, want to get at any time to fit the degree. It is the summer months can not be thin, cold time can not be extremely thick. (yang sheng yao lu)
Interpretation: ancient Chinese medical doctors have long understood the relationship between clothing and health, that the thickness of clothes should be at all times and moderate. Summer days should not wear too thin, cold days should not wear too thick.
Clothes should be and the outside climate, there is a degree of adaptation, not too extreme. And further pointed out: “hot and cold time, delusional self off, it is injured in the hot and cold carry on. Cold want to be gradually, hot want to gradually off.”
Second, nourish the heart
1 heart has love, do not need to love, heart has hate, do not need to hate, and all damage the sex hurt God. (“urgent thousand gold to formula”)
Interpretation: Sun Simiao believes that the method of cultivating the heart, it is important to be quiet and neutral, avoid excessive and violent. There is a deep love of things, do not over-involved, the same, the heart has a very distasteful things, also do not loathe long hate, this is detrimental to the heart and mind.
2 nourish the heart is not good at little desire. Desire can not indulge, desire to become a disaster; music can not be extreme, the extreme of happiness is bad. (The Four Essentials of Health)
Interpretation: the first medical doctors of all times listed the desire to nourish the mind as the first important point of health science, that is the way to nourish the mind and desire, everything in moderation. Excessive indulgence will lead to physical disasters, excessive pursuit of pleasure, will let the body produce decline.
3 The will is idle and less desire, the mind is peaceful and not afraid, the form is laborious and not tired, the qi is from to obey, each from its desire, all get what they want. (Su Wen – Shang Gu Tian Zhen Lun)
Interpretation: The mind is at ease and has few desires, the heart is stable and has no fear, the form is tired but not weary, so the true qi is regulated and each person can fulfill his or her desires as he or she wishes.
4 A great joy swells the heart, but a slight suppression will settle it; a great anger annoys the sex, but a little patience will rest. (“Retreating An Essay”)
Interpretation: When great joy stirs the heart, a little suppression will settle it; when great anger makes one irritable, a little patience will calm it down. It is good for your health to restrain yourself when you are emotionally unstable.
5 The spiritual will is strong if it is quiet and full every day, but old if it is restless and depleted every day. (Huainanzi)
Interpretation: nourishing the heart in nourishing the soul, China’s health theory of all generations, all emphasize the quiet nourishing the soul. The mind is quiet, the essence of the day full, the body is healthy; the mind restless people, the essence of the day depletion, the body is aging.
6 things to comply with, things over the mind peace, can prolong the life. (“Gong Tingxian Shou Shi Bao Yuan”)
Interpretation: It is necessary to follow the natural course of things, and not to hold on to things after they have passed, and to achieve inner peace, so as to prolong one’s life.
7 peace is the lightness of things that feel me, and the harmony is the smoothness of my response to things, external lightness and internal smoothness, and the physiology is ready. (“Su Shen Liang Fang”)
Interpretation: According to Su Dongpo, a writer of the Song Dynasty, people are born with the words “peace” and “harmony”. “The pursuit of tranquility, then the external objects moved me light, advocate harmony, then I sense the external objects will be smooth, external light and internal smooth, then the truth of life has.
8 people to fill their bodies with gas, so usually care about good nutrition, the most taboo is anger. (“Lao Lao Heng Yan”)
Interpretation: health in the precious in nourishing the gas, the seven human emotions are most likely to cause the gas to run out of order, especially when angry, the most taboo is to commit anger, anger is the most harmful to the body.
9 The reason for the longevity of benevolent people, no greed outside and quiet inside, the heart is calm and does not lose its integrity, taking the beauty of heaven and earth to nourish its body. (The Spring and Autumn Period)
Interpretation: The reason why benevolent people live long is that they have no greed outside and are pure inside, and their minds are calm and smooth without losing their integrity, and they take the beauty of heaven and earth to maintain their bodies, so they live long and are healthy.
10 More thoughts will be the gods, more thoughts will be scattered, more desires will damage the wisdom, more things will be the form of fatigue. (The Essentials of Health)
Interpretation: thinking more will consume too much mind, more thoughts will be scattered and unfocused mind, more desire will interfere with the use of wisdom, more things will feel physically fatigued.
Third, nourish your life
1 The way to nourish the body, there is no precedence over diet. (Jiaye Tang Series)
Interpretation: refers to the health should first start from a reasonable diet, “medicine and food are the same source”, “medicine is better than food”, eat the right food is more useful than the elixir.
2 Essence, qi and spirit are called the three treasures by health practitioners. (Li Xu Yuan Jian – Heart and Kidney Theory)
Interpretation: Chinese medicine believes that essence, qi and spirit are the three treasures of the human body, and that the essence is sufficient, the qi is abundant and the spirit is complete is the fundamental to maintain health and prolong life. The essence of the essence, the essence of the Qi, the Qi of the God, the God of the whole and the body healthy.
3 abstain from anger to nourish its nature, less thinking to nourish its spirit, save words to nourish its qi, no private thoughts to nourish its heart. (Continuation of the Appendix – the key to health)
Explanation: Abstaining from violent anger can nourish one’s nature; less thinking and anxiety is good for nourishing the mind; less speech and noise is good for nourishing the qi; and eliminating all kinds of selfish desires can nourish the heart.
4 people in middle age, should be greatly repaired, then re-energize the foundation, still have a strong half. (“Jing Yue Quan Shu”)
Interpretation: This is the famous “Zhongxing” theory of health care in ancient China, which refers to the fact that middle age is the time when the body turns from strength to weakness, so people should seize the opportunity of the middle age when the vital energy has not yet been greatly deficient, and carefully take care of it, so that the vital energy can be restored to normal and the foundation of the person can be solidified.
5 Spring growth and summer growth, autumn harvest and winter storage, is the norm of qi, people should also be. The day is divided into four seasons: the morning is spring, the middle of the day is summer, the beginning of the day is autumn, and the middle of the night is winter. (Ling Shu – Shun Qi a day is divided into four times)
Interpretation: Our health science places special emphasis on the “unity of heaven and man”. When nature changes, the human body will also change accordingly, and people will live a long life only if they conform to nature.
Health care should not only conform to the changes of the four seasons of the year, but also to the changes of the four seasons of the day.
6 The emotions of the youth, wanting to converge and not wanting to be bolder, can be careful with virtue; the emotions of the elderly, wanting to be bolder and not wanting to be depressed, can be nourished. (The Essentials of Class Cultivation)
Interpretation: The feelings of a young man should be restrained rather than unrestrained, so that he can be strict with his morality; the feelings of an old man should be unrestrained rather than depressed, so that he can cultivate his life.
7 Those who take medicine well are better than those who take care of themselves well. (Yongle Da Dian)
Interpretation: Chinese medicine theory has been “three parts treatment seven parts nourishment” said, usually proper maintenance, not only health, but also can avoid the pain of taking medicine.
8 Good regimen, no violation of the taboo of the sun and moon, no loss of the harmony of the years. (Preparedness and urgency of the thousand gold essential formula – nourishing sex)
Interpretation: The way to maintain health is to follow the nature and laws. Those who are good at nourishing their health do not violate the laws of the nature of the sun and the moon, and do not violate the characteristics of the age of the years.
9 The people of the ancient times, those who knew, were lawful in yin and yang, harmonious in arts and figures, disciplined in food and drink, and regular in rising and living. (Su Wen – Shang Gu Tian Zhen Lun)
Interpretation: People in the ancient times knew the way of health and were able to follow the laws of yin and yang, conforming to the rules and definite numbers of the operation of nature, eating and drinking with moderation, and living with regularity.
10 Reading to please the heart and the mountains can prolong one’s life. (Shou Shi Bao Yuan)
Interpretation: The ancients attached importance to the spiritual aspect of health, and believed that reading books could please the mind, and trips to the mountains and forests could cultivate the sentiment and release the spirit, and that the spiritual aspect of health was important to prolong life.