The spleen has the role of transporting nutrients in food and distributing water and fluids as well as regulating blood, while the stomach is the largest digestive organ in our body. Once the spleen and stomach do not function well, the body will suffer from malnutrition and disharmony of qi and blood, which will lead to poor face, poor body and poor skin.
1, to strengthen the spleen and stomach, the first mood
The spleen and stomach are "feelings", "emotional health" is also the spleen and stomach. In daily life, we often have this experience: depression, low mood, will not think, and relaxation of the environment and a pleasant mood will make you appetite.
Research has found that about 70% of patients with gastric problems are related to their emotions, and those with gastric dysfunction have a 3.1 to 4.4 times higher chance of suffering from depression and other types of mood disorders than the general population. Because of the "mood" changes can often trigger changes in gastrointestinal function, so the stomach is known as the body's mood changes "barometer".
Chinese medicine has long recognized that "emotions hurt the stomach", and the ancient sages for the treatment of gastric disease multiple "regulation of emotions". To some extent, this shows that emotions have an important impact on the spleen and stomach, so to raise the spleen and stomach, the first to raise the mood.
2, the diet is appropriate, the spleen and stomach safe
Spleen and stomach, the official of the granary, diet and health from the beginning of the spleen and stomach.
People with water and grain-based, the stomach main acceptance of water and grain, so the best to support the spleen and stomach than the five grains. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says: "Five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, five animals for benefit, five dishes for filling." The meaning is that grains (staple food) is the root of people's survival, while fruits, vegetables and meat are as auxiliary, play a complementary role.
Nurturing the spleen and stomach should not only eat more grains and brown rice, but also pay attention to dietary moderation and diversification, in line with the four seasons, a variety of delicious food, such as: round-grained rice, glutinous rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, Coix lacryma, rice cowpeas, white lentils, beef, tripe, crucian carp, perch, jujubes, lotus meat, peanuts, chestnuts, lotus root, shiitake mushrooms, sorghum, maize, cowpeas, potatoes, taro, gluten, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots and chestnuts, etc.
3, appropriate exercise, benefit the spleen and stomach
The best choice of gentle, low intensity, a small amount of continuous adherence to the way of exercise, exercise after the body slightly sweating, stretching, in order not to feel overly tired as appropriate. It is not appropriate to sweat profusely after exercise, because this kind of exercise consumes qi and injures qin, but will aggravate the symptoms of shortness of breath and weakness, and reduce our body immune function.
The preferred exercise program for people who are prone to shortness of breath is tai chi, because tai chi moves slowly and smoothly, and there is a requirement to regulate breathing during exercise, such as the most common 'qi sinking into the dantian', which requires the practitioner to use the mind to draw the qi to the abdomen, so that it can't float upwards. In fact, these exercises are very beneficial to people who are short of breath when they move.
You can always do some similar Taiji, eight brocade, five bird play, fan dance, and a variety of health Gong and other sports with Chinese medicine qi function, in addition, such as jogging, radio gymnastics, shuttlecock, playing pool, square dance, social dance and other projects is also a good choice.
4. Acupuncture point health, strong spleen and stomach
(1) chiropractic
Chiropractic therapy is usually used for children, but it is as effective for adults, and it is suitable for patients with indigestion, bad breath, bloating of the stomach, gastric pain, diarrhea, depression, and lethargy. Squeeze 1-2 times a day and insist for 1 week to see the effect.
Operating method: first in the back gently massage a few times, so that muscle relaxation, and then with the thumb, forefinger, middle finger, ring finger at the same time to take the skin in the middle of the back, along the spine from the bottom to the top, alternating hands forward twisting.
Every three pinches of the skin will be lifted a little, which is called "pinch three to lift a method". Pinch up the skin how much and take the size of the force to be appropriate, not twisted; and to straight line forward, not crooked.
(2) kneading umbilical
Palm or palm of one hand against the umbilicus, the other hand by the back of the hand, clockwise rotation kneading, each time about 5 minutes, 1-2 times a day. This method can warm the Yang dispersing cold, tonifying qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach, eliminating food stagnation, mostly used for indigestion, stomach cold, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation patients.
You can also put your hands on both sides of the navel, up and down, back and forth, until the heat. Stomach distension, abdominal pain patients can choose, 2-5 times a day. 2 inches on both sides of the navel for the Tianshu point, this method can stimulate this point, the treatment of acute and chronic gastroenteritis and digestive disorders caused by food accumulation, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation and so on.
(3) Pressing and kneading the foot Sanli
The foot Sanli is a key point of health care for the human body and is located below the outside of the knee eye. Pressing and kneading it 50-100 times a day can strengthen the spleen and stomach, regulate qi, and guide stagnation and collaterals, and is suitable for all types of spleen and stomach pathologies.
(4) Moxibustion tonifies qi, strengthens the spleen and nourishes the kidneys
People who love to wheeze are mostly due to the deficiency of kidney yang, and they cannot hold qi, so they are prone to shortness of breath, and the symptom of exhaling more than inhaling less. To improve the condition of shortness of breath when moving, you can be helped by moxibustion and dietary therapy to enhance the ability to move.
Moxibustion is a common health care method used by many people, you can use moxa sticks to moxibustion large vertebrae, fixed wheezing, foot Sanli, Lung Yu, Spleen Yu, Kidney Yu and other points. These points are either the key points of asthma, or the strong points of the spleen, lungs and kidneys, and moxibustion can invigorate Yang Qi and improve the symptoms of asthma.
The good moxibustion sticker is made of moxa leaf moxibustion material produced by the heat of moxa to stimulate the surface of the body acupuncture points or specific parts of the body through the stimulation of meridian qi activity to adjust the human body disorders of physiological and biochemical functions, so as to achieve the purpose of prevention and treatment of a therapeutic method. Now research has confirmed that the reason for the miraculous effect of moxibustion is the combined effect of heat and moxa will produce a therapeutic effect of chemical substances, antioxidant and scavenging the effect of free radicals, through the role of heat, not only did not break down the effective medicinal ingredients in the moxa, but also to make the enhancement of the attachment in the acupuncture points, through the moxibustion of heat penetration into the body and play a role in infrared rays produced by moxibustion can be for the body's cellular metabolic activity, immune function to provide the necessary information for the body to prevent diseases. The infrared rays produced by moxibustion can provide necessary energy for the metabolism of the body cells, immune function, and can also provide activation energy to the pathological cells, and infrared rays have a strong penetrating power, can be through the meridian system, better energy to the lesions and play a role.