Five labors and seven injuries generally refer to various diseases and pathogenic factors. The five strains refer to the five internal organs of the heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, and the seven injuries refer to the seven emotions of joy, anger, sadness, worry, fear, shock, and thinking.
In Chinese medicine, “five fatigue” refers to the five factors of overuse disease: prolonged vision, prolonged lying, prolonged sitting, prolonged standing, and prolonged walking. “The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, Su Wen, Xuanming Five Qi Chapter”: “Long time viewing hurts blood, prolonged lying hurts qi, prolonged sitting hurts flesh, prolonged standing hurts bones, and prolonged walking hurts tendons. It refers to sorrow, thought and sadness, great anger and injuring the liver, cold and cold in shape injuring the lungs, fullness injuring the spleen, heavy lifting and prolonged sitting in the wetlands injuring the kidneys, uncontrolled fear injuring the mind, and wind, rain, cold and heat injuring the body.
In general, these are all symptoms of emptiness. There are many reasons for the “five labors and seven injuries”, some of which are closely related to the “five flavors” of food, the “four seasons” of the seasons and even the direction of the wind. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine believes that when maintaining health, we should pay attention to the appropriate intake of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, and must not be partial eclipse; Go with nature. These are all necessary measures to keep fit and prevent “five labors and seven injuries”. Ouyang Xiu once said: “Nurture a natural body with the way of nature.” This is what he said. Legend has it that Su Dongpo set a rule for his diet: each meal should be no more than one drink and no more than one plate of meat. Even entertaining VIPs, there are no more than 3 meat dishes. Dongpo said: “Keep your points to support your well-being, wide your stomach to support your qi, and save money to support your wealth.” If you can stick to Su Dongpo’s way of health preservation for a long time, why should you be afraid of “five labors and seven injuries”?
People often use “five labors and seven injuries” to describe people who are weak and sickly. In fact, “five labors and seven injuries” contains rich content, and its forming factors also contain many aspects. In people’s daily life, “five labors and seven injuries” are actually often overlooked, so they “get sick from overwork”.
Five labors and seven injuries are all related to the habits in life. If you want to better protect your body, you must develop good habits. If you can do more exercise properly at ordinary times, it can bring good effects to the body, improve blood circulation and body metabolism, and also improve the body’s immunity. It will also have a protective effect on bones and joints, and can effectively control weight. (Yu Jingying)
[Editor in charge: Shen Tian]