Chinese medicine pays attention to "cherishing eyes". First, it is emphasized that the eye use time should not be too long; Second, the ambient light should be suitable. After 40 minutes of continuous work and study, take 10 minutes to see the distance. In dry winter, it is advisable to turn on a humidifier or put a basin of water indoors to keep the air moist. There is also a saying in Chinese medicine that "you get up every day, sit down and meditate, close the curtains, turn your eyes 14 times, close them for a while and suddenly stare". In fact, this is called "moving eyes": closing your eyes and turning them can relax eye muscles, refresh your mind and improve your eyesight. In order to protect the liquid in the eyes, you can also use some dietotherapy remedies: the person with dry eyes may be liver blood deficiency, with insufficient lung yin, 5 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, chrysanthemum and cassia seed each, so you can soak in water instead of drinking tea.
Joint lubricant: joint synovial fluid
People's joints have to experience hundreds of millions of frictions in their lives. The synovial layer in the joint capsule is rich in blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, which can produce synovial fluid and play an important role in lubricating joints and reducing friction. After middle age, metabolism slows down, joint synovial fluid decreases, cartilage surface dries up and elasticity becomes smaller. The cartilage layer is getting thinner and thinner, and the synovium slowly undergoes inflammatory reactions such as congestion and edema. Many middle-aged and elderly people will have problems such as joint pain, knee weakness, stiff joints in morning exercises, and difficulty in squatting. Studies have shown that at the age of 75, synovial fluid in joints is reduced by nearly half compared with young people.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that synovitis causes joint effusion and other diseases, which are often caused by dampness-heat blocking collaterals and water-dampness stagnation. Daily conditioning is based on clearing heat and promoting diuresis, and you can eat more foods such as mung beans, coix seed, red beans, bitter gourd, melon and celery, supplemented by drugs that tonify qi and blood, promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals. During exercise, middle-aged and elderly people can use squatting to promote the secretion of joint synovial fluid. The specific method is: hold the table, squat down slowly, and then get up slowly, 20 times a day. If you have some difficulties at first, you can take it step by step. It is not advisable to do it in the morning. You should practice after the joint activity begins. Swimming can also promote blood circulation and accelerate the secretion of lubricating fluid in joint cavity. In addition, it is best for the elderly with poor knee joints not to climb mountains, so as not to increase the joint burden.
Plaque of stomach: gastric mucus
Gastric juice is a mixture secreted by various cells in the stomach, which mainly contains hydrochloric acid (also known as gastric acid), pepsinogen, mucus, endogenous factors and so on. As we all know, hyperacidity can cause diseases such as gastric ulcer, and gastric mucus can reduce the damage of gastric mucosa. Usually love to eat raw, cold, hard, sour, spicy and other irritating foods, and the irregular pace of life will affect the secretion of gastric mucus, leading to the loss of protection of the stomach, acid reflux, epigastric discomfort and other symptoms, leading to a great increase in the incidence of superficial gastritis, erosive gastritis and gastric ulcer.
To protect the secretion of gastric mucus, we must first chew slowly. Reduce the digestive burden of the stomach. Secondly, eat more warm and juicy food such as stew and steaming to avoid mechanical damage to the stomach wall caused by too dry food. Thirdly, three meals are regularly quantified, among which breakfast is particularly important, including grain, animal food, milk, vegetables and fruits. Finally, keep a good mood. If you have symptoms of gastric mucosal reduction, you can take sucralfate, aluminum magnesium carbonate, bismuth potassium citrate and other gastric mucosal protective agents according to your doctor's advice, which can promote mucus secretion.
Intestinal engineering: intestinal juice
Intestinal fluid is like an engineer in the intestine, helping the intestine digest and absorb nutrients in obscurity: duodenal fluid decomposes fat and starch; Small intestinal juice is rich in digestive enzymes such as sucrase, lactase, maltase, nucleic acid decomposing enzyme and lecithin enzyme to complete the absorption of nutrients; Intestinal fluid contains digestive enzymes such as aminopeptidase, dipeptidase and amylase, which play a key role in nutrient transport and fecal formation. Among them, the loss of duodenal fluid and small intestinal fluid will cause indigestion, while the decrease of large intestinal fluid will lead to intestinal flora imbalance, constipation, dryness and bad breath. In order to maintain the normal secretion of intestinal juice, we must first insist on drinking a cup of warm water on an empty stomach in the morning. Secondly, you can put your hand on Shenque point (in the middle of navel) and rub your abdomen clockwise for 30 times to promote defecation and stimulate the production of intestinal juice. Finally, eat more coarse grains, fruits and vegetables rich in cellulose to stimulate the intestinal secretion of intestinal juice. Therefore, the lubricating oil in human body is the healthiest.