[Source: Guangdong Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine_Health Care]
《 The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, Su Wen, Jin Kui Zhen’s Remarks records: “The east wind is born in spring, the disease is in the liver, and Yu is in the neck; the south wind is born in summer, and the disease is in the heart, and Yu is in the chest and flank; the west wind is born in autumn, and the disease is in the lungs. , Yu is on the shoulders and back; the north wind is born in winter, the disease is in the kidneys, Yu is in the waist and thigh; the center is soil, the disease is in the spleen, and Yu is in the spine.”
According to the “Nei Jing”, according to one year, The four seasons of yin and yang change, and it is inferred that in different seasons, the parts of the human body that are affected by evil are also different.
About the issue of “Xia Yangxin”, I will talk to you in detail today.
Heart Qi is open in summer, pay attention to heart-related diseases
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I believe everyone is familiar with the concept of nourishing the heart in summer, but why should the heart be nourished in summer instead of other organs?
There is an answer in “Su Wen·Liu Section Zangxiang Lun”, “The heart is the root of life, and the transformation of the spirit. Its beauty is in the face, it is filled in the blood, and it is in the yang. The sun is open to the summer air.” In summer, the yang energy is the most prosperous among the four seasons, and the heart is also the “sun within the yang” of the human body. Therefore, the heart is open to the summer air.
Since the heart is connected with the summer, the heart may be nourished or disturbed by the summer , which fluctuates.
The focus of summer health is to nourish the heart. For the question of nourishing the heart, please refer to the following conditioning methods.
Be wary of sweating too easily “sad”
“The fluid in the heart is sweat”, and “the addition of yang to the yin is called sweat.” The yang energy of the human body evaporates and the body fluid comes out from the sweat pores, which is called sweat. The main function of sweating is actually to dissipate heat and regulate body temperature, not the detoxification that modern people often say, and it is not that the more you sweat, the better.
The weather is hot in summer, coupled with the release of yang energy in the human body, the blood and body fluids run on the body surface, and sweating will be more difficult. many. But it should be noted that sweat is evaporated and discharged from the heart yang, “sweat and blood are of the same source”. Excessive sweating will easily damage the heart yang and blood, which may cause heart lesions, induce chronic diseases of the heart, or cause diseases related to it. aggravated.
For example, why does a marathon have to do relevant cardiac tests before participating in the race, because this sport is prone to sudden death, that is, sudden cardiac arrest. In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, it is also the principle of “sweat in the heart”. Originally, a marathon is a high-intensity and long-term strenuous exercise. If you sweat profusely and sweat too much for a long time, people are prone to panic and palpitations. Going a step further, “Qi with fluid release” at the same time depletes the heart yin and the heart yang, and sudden cardiac death may occur, which is called sudden cardiac death in traditional Chinese medicine.
This example is not to tell everyone not to exercise or sweat in summer, but to remind everyone to pay attention to what they can do.
▲Comic creator: Zheng Ruiduan
Moderate exercise is good for cardiovascular health, young people People can choose to run, swim, play ball, dance, yoga, etc., while the elderly or the infirm can choose mild exercise, such as walking, Baduanjin, Qigong, Taijiquan, Yijinjing, Wuqinxi, etc.
▲Comic creator: Zheng Ruiduan
Exercise time, avoid the noon time when the sun is shining , choose early morning or evening. It is also necessary to pay attention to the body feeling after exercising. After sweating, you will feel refreshed instead of tired. Even if it is moderately appropriate, the “Huangdi Neijing” calls it “tired and tireless.”
Inflammation of the heart, it is necessary to distinguish between the virtual and the real< /span>
From the perspective of yin and yang sympathy, the zang-fu organs are located in the upper part, and their functions must be lowered so that they can sympathize with the lower zang-fu organs. The heart has the most yang qi, and the heart qi is connected to the summer qi. In summer, the heat is hot and the temperature is high. When the heart fire is strong, it is easy to show the symptoms of heart fire, such as upset, insomnia, dreaming, sores on the tongue, red and crimson on the tip of the tongue. , dry mouth, etc. You can eat some bitter gourd, mung bean soup, and watermelon appropriately to cool off the heat and clear the fire.
But we can’t take it for granted that the summer temperature is high, so we need to eat more flavors Cold food or drinking herbal tea can “fire” yourself, especially for infants, young children, menstruating women, and those who are weak and yang-deficiency. For those with sudden onset, most of them belong to the real heat syndrome, and the method of clearing away heat and reducing fire is also more suitable; and for those with mild symptoms and repeated episodes, most of them are deficiency syndromes or a mixture of deficiency and excess, especially in the south, where a large proportion of upper fever is seen. For the cold syndrome, if you only use cold medicine and herbal tea, the effect will not be very good, and even aggravate the disease.
Summer easily disturbing the mind
Wait until June, July, and August of the summer months, the hot summer season, when the heat is in season, be careful that “the heat can easily disturb the mind”. The heart belongs to fire in the five elements, and it is The sun in the yang, the yang qi is the most prosperous, it is particularly sensitive to the heat-heat evil, which is also easy to disturb the mind. Therefore, when the weather is hot and people are sweating profusely, they will be easily upset.
After feeling the summer heat, people will manifest as severe heat or heatstroke.
The difference between “injury” and “zhong”, we can simply understand that “injury” is a type of traumatic abrasion, where “zhong” is a verb, that is, such as a middle arrow, part of More in-depth.
Heatstroke, the onset is slow and the disease is mild, which can be understood as general heatstroke; heatstroke, the onset is acute and the disease is relatively mild Heavy, straight-minded, visible dizziness, cold limbs, convulsions, Also called Shujue. Since today’s focus is on prevention, the treatment of heat stroke will be pressed here first, and will be described in detail when the weather is hotter.
Those who are injured by the summer heat are very hot, and should be given medicinal ingredients to clear the heat: you can choose lotus leaves, winter melon, watermelon, watermelon green clothes, mung beans, bamboo leaves, etc., and you can arrange corresponding diet therapy on hot days as daily health care.
In addition to being alert to the above diseases, you can also do this in summer:
1. Napping can nourish the heart
Chinese medicine refers to naps related to noon, and noon refers to 11:00~13:00 When the heart is in command. Noon is the transition point of the qi mechanism of heaven and earth, “Yin is born at noon”, and the human body must also conform to the qi mechanism of heaven and earth from yang to yin. When a person is in a state of rest, it is the primordial spirit that is in charge, and uses the self-regulating function of the primordial spirit to conform to the transformation of the weather. Taking a nap for 30 minutes to 1 hour can nourish the mind. If you can’t fall asleep, it is also beneficial to close your eyes and relax your mind and body.
2. Keeping health in good time, nourishing the heart at the right time
If you have problems with heart qi deficiency, heart yang deficiency, and heart blood deficiency, you can use the “Heart Qi Tong Yu Xia” Qi” is a good time to make reasonable adjustments.
Deficiency of heart qi, There are many problems such as fatigue, lack of energy, lazy speech, pale face, pale tongue, palpitations, lack of energy, drowsiness, chest tightness and other problems, you can use ginseng;
Heart-yang deficiency,is on the basis of heart-qi deficiency, there will be aversion to cold, cold limbs, or aggravated symptoms of cold. The most commonly used ones to warm Xinyang are Guizhi and Fuzi; p>
Deficiency of heart and blood, is about 90% coincident with the anemia described in Western medicine, which is manifested as pale complexion, chlorosis, pale tongue, thin pulse, palpitations and palpitation. Applicable food and medicinal materials include astragalus, wolfberry, longan, donkey-hide gelatin, angelica and so on.
The common tonic and medicinal herbs here are for your reference only. In clinical practice, many people often have both syndromes. ■
[Source: TCM teacher Pan Yi, author: Pan Yi]
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