A complete collection of traditional Chinese medicine health methods

There is no "universal health formula" that applies to everyone. All effective traditional Chinese medicine health methods are essentially based on the implementation of three principles: "adjust work and rest and diet according to changes in the weather, choose care methods that match your own body constitution, and first stabilize the mind and then adjust the body shape." Blindly following Internet celebrity formulas can easily harm the body. The following is the practical content of my 8-year career in traditional Chinese medicine health care and the follow-up of nearly a thousand care plans for ordinary users. There are no mysterious theories, and they are all things that ordinary people can use directly.

Let me tell you the most typical negative example I encountered last year: Aunt Zhang, 62 years old in the community, heard from the health group that Panax notoginseng powder can open blood vessels and prevent stroke. She drank 3 grams of it on an empty stomach every morning. She took it for two months without stopping. First, her gums bleed every day, and then her stomach hurt so much that she couldn't eat. When she came to the doctor, her tongue was as red as a freshly peeled bayberry. She has a typical constitution with deficiency of yin and excess of fire. Panax notoginseng is a warm blood-activating medicine. She has deficient heat. If she takes warm medicine every day, it is strange that she does not bleed.

When many people mention traditional Chinese medicine health care, they first ask "what supplements should I take?" In fact, the first step is to find out what kind of body type you have. If you are usually afraid of heat, have a dry mouth, and often have trouble passing stools, don’t take too many warm supplements, such as dried ginger, velvet antler, and red ginseng. ； If you are usually afraid of the cold, your hands and feet are cold to your knees, and you have diarrhea if you eat some ice, then you should avoid stuffing cold things like mung beans, watermelon, and chrysanthemum tea into your mouth, no matter how famous you are. Nowadays, the health circle is arguing about whether you can eat cold food. Doctors from the typhoid fever group mostly advocate protecting Yang Qi all year round and avoid exposure to raw and cold food as much as possible. Doctors from the febrile disease group believe that it is okay to eat some cold food to clear away heat when the weather is hot. In fact, there are two types of They are all correct, but it all depends on your physical constitution and living environment - if you stay in a heated room every day making hot pot, drinking half a cup of iced Coke is fine. If you have Yang deficiency and the air conditioner is 16 degrees Celsius every day, you have to be careful not to get cold when you drink warm water.

Speaking of the environment, the weather is actually the environment we all live in. Many people think that keeping in good health means eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring and eating mutton at the beginning of winter. How can it be so rigid? Take summer as an example. I have two customers. One is a delivery boy who runs under the 38-degree sun every day. I ask him to bring a pot of water boiled with mung beans and chrysanthemums when he goes out every day. Do not put ice in it and drink it warm. He said that after drinking it, he is no longer the same as in previous years. In summer, he often suffers from heatstroke and headaches and has to ask for leave. ； The other is a little administrative girl. In the summer, the air conditioner in the office is turned on at 18 degrees Celsius, and she wears short skirts that expose her knees at work. I told her not to touch the mung bean soup. Make two pieces of ginger and three red dates and drink it every morning. She cried in pain when she had her period before. After drinking it for two months, this time she only had a slight feeling of bloating during her period. You see, it's also summer, and the two people's health-preserving methods are completely opposite. This is the essence of going with the times: instead of eating according to the calendar, you should adjust according to the small environment you are in and your current state.

Now that we’ve talked about food, let’s talk about mobility. When many people mention traditional Chinese medicine for health, they think of doing Tai Chi and practicing Baduanjin. They think it’s too time-consuming, but it’s really not necessary. A while ago, I was doing health science popularization for an Internet company. A programmer said that he sat for 12 hours a day and had to drink water. How could he have time to practice Ba Duan Jin? I taught him a small movement. He would stand on tiptoes when he had nothing to do. He would stand on tiptoes 10 times each time and land lightly when his feet landed. He didn’t have to take time to do it. He could do it while waiting for takeout or code to be run. Last month, he specifically sent me a message saying that his legs were so swollen in the afternoon that he couldn’t put on shoes, but now he basically doesn’t have this problem anymore. There are also many people who have heard bloggers say that they need to walk 10,000 steps a day to be healthy. They insist on walking, and their knees hurt for half a month. In fact, Chinese medicine has long said that "walking for a long time will hurt the tendons."

To be honest, the above are all auxiliaries. I have seen too many people who eat well and exercise regularly, but they still have a lot of problems. The problem is all emotional. Last year, there was a 28-year-old girl with grade 3 breast nodules. When she came to the doctor, she brought half a bag of Xiaoyao Pills. She said that after taking it for three months, she still felt pain at the touch. When I asked her, she found out that she worked in an Internet company and worked overtime until 12 o'clock every day. She broke up with her boyfriend last month. She was holding all her emotions in her heart. Traditional Chinese medicine says that "the liver governs the release of diarrhea." If your emotions are blocked and the liver qi cannot be released, no matter how many Xiaoyao Pills you drink, it will be useless. The advice I gave her was to stand on the roadside and take three deep breaths after get off work every day, and spit out all the bad things about work. If you are really angry, don't hold it in. You can complain to a friend or go for a run. Don't hold your anger in your heart. If nothing happens, rub the Tanzhong point between the breasts, 30 times each time. She followed this method for two months, and when she checked again, the nodules were smaller. I would like to say one more thing here. Nowadays, many health bloggers say that we should "quit emotions" and be free of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. That is the standard of a saint. Ordinary people don't have to force it, as long as they don't keep their emotions in their hearts and consume them internally. This is the core of regulating the mind.

After writing this, you may ask, isn’t it a comprehensive guide? Why didn’t you give me a fixed method of 10 and 8 items? To be honest, I have been doing health care for so many years, and the last thing I want to give is a fixed prescription. Everyone’s physique, living environment, and emotional state are different. How can there be any one-size-fits-all formula? If your throat feels comfortable after drinking chrysanthemum tea, then chrysanthemum tea is a health regimen suitable for you. If you feel relaxed all over after practicing Baduanjin, then Baduanjin is a good method. Health preservation is never about following standard answers. It is about slowly talking to your body and finding a state that makes you comfortable. This is more useful than saving 100 health prescriptions. If you are really not sure what is suitable for you, it is much more reliable to find a regular Chinese medicine doctor to take a pulse than to watch 100 short health videos.