Traditional Chinese Medicine Guide

early as 2000 years ago, our ancestors recognized the close relationship between man and nature, man and nature proposed is a unified whole, and that Heaven’s point of view. Functional activities of human body organs, blood running closely linked with the seasons. Therefore, throughout history, climate – phenology – disease signs, a study of TCM are an important part of home.
development law of nature, winter to spring, summer and winter turnover, seasonal wind and rain, often lead lives of many people’s troubles and diseases. Such as spring-prone colds, flu, made in summer heat stroke, a good hair fall encephalitis, cough, common in winter such as stroke and frostbite.

from medical point of view, “Man,” is the health of the overall concept of the four seasons, and many diseases have a significant seasonal.

Four Seasons is now increasing emphasis on the role of health.

in Spring

“Canon of Medicine” said: “Spring in March, we called Fat Chan.” means that the spring months, is introduce new seasonal germination of life. The natural world, are full of angry, things seemed prosperous. According to the theory of Heaven, people should keep early hours of this season, loose clothing, suitable for walking, so that the spirit of relaxed and happy, to keep the body’s vitality. Do not Guofenlaolei or temper. Spring kind of a poppy, Akinari 10 000 seeds. So the spring of the year’s most crucial moment.

spring Liver: an old saying, the spring should be in the liver. The body’s metabolism and liver spring great relationship. Hepatic intrinsic wind wood, Chinese medicine, spring with all ascending qi, human spirits, but if too much qi ascending or liver qi stagnation, are easy to damage the liver, the cold lesion occurs in summer.

in Spring should remain quiet thinking, as far as possible to avoid the emotional impact of thinking too excited and quiet, emotional stimuli to the five organs of the gas balance of people coordinate the relationship between damage to the liver the main shock, panic disorder is gas. Second, appropriate activities such as walking, jogging, gymnastics, tai chi.

Chinese medicine, health effects are not limited to this season, but also lay the foundation for the next season. Chinese medicine, spring is in the nature Mu Zhu Feng main Orient, in human primary liver, and liver natural Wang in the spring, spring, good health, so liver injury, liver injury can not students Firelight, to the lack of summer on the fire, the fire less than The Kansui it to humiliates, then place in cold lesion.

Spring, all things grow, spring March, thriving, in this golden season, naturally people feel happy and should get up early and go outside to exercise, exercise my body, fresh air, exhale the body carbon dioxide, which increase fitness, longevity, is beneficial.

health care in summer

“Canon of Medicine” said: “Summer in March, we called Fan Show.” summer months, is the prosperity of all things beautiful season. Fall weather, to air on Teng, heaven and earth, air and down intercourse, plants bearing fruit.

because summer is a fire, the corresponding five organs are heart, lung Firelight grams of gold, so in the summer, people can eat more acrid appropriate things, eat bitter things, help to benefit lung.

summer outside the body floating yang, internal yin An Fu, people do not eat too cold and cool in the summer for the food and drink, or easy to damage the spleen and stomach, causing diarrhea.

(1) Avoid eating cold food in summer: Summer is the hottest season of the year, is the most luxuriant growth of all things seasonal. As the hot weather, sweating, dry lips Shezao, heart vexed hot, if eat a watermelon, or drink a cup of cold drink cold, they quench their thirst, they Qu Shu, really comfortable. Therefore, some people tend to seek momentary gratification, eat cold food. As everyone knows, all things are moderately suitable, while the body is too unhealthy. Because the summer’s digestive function is weak, in diet, eating too much cold food, stomach cramps almost immediately induced, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, fall ill far is “retaliation.” Excessive gastrointestinal stimulation by cold, but also to biliary spasm, leading to cholecystitis, gallstones and other diseases and to cardiovascular contraction, heart burden of cardiovascular disease were also negative. Therefore, healthy people, but also avoid eating cold food.

(2) avoid eating cold and cool summer weather, hot food, restaurants also will conditioning with climate change, health care to achieve the best results in summer. Chinese medicine has always emphasized the benefits of diet, to be elected in the summer of dehumidification heat of some food to eat to strengthen the resistance. Kudzu can promote the body such as the microvascular circulation, prevent high blood pressure and cholesterol increased, also dehumidification and reduced bone fire for stroke are edible; Chixiaodou has been scientifically proven that the diuretic effect; winter melon, lotus can be refreshing dehumidification; lentils are to spleen to temperature. In addition to “eat by the time”, but also “for human consumption.” Do not blindly believe that eating more cool summer fever food, good for you. If the Human Body Deficiency of mustard, watermelon and other cold and cool food, should avoid eating. Dry and hot summer weather to cool the heat were, dry clear of those principles, Qingzao fever is a summer of arteries.
summer, hot weather, sweating, the most easy to lose body fluids required to properly eat sour food. While many food such as tomatoes, lemon, strawberry, plum, grape, hawthorn, mango like fruit, their acidity can Qushi sweating diarrhea, both to prevent excessive sweating gas consumption due to damage to Yin, but also Sheng Jin thirst, Jianweixiaoshi. On the other hand the dishes add some vinegar, acetic acid can also be sterilization, to prevent gastrointestinal diseases.

summer dishes should slightly salty food: the hot summer months, the body sweat more, so in terms of diet, should consume slightly salty flavor dishes. Firstly, to replenish body salts lost due to sweating, and secondly to avoid excessive sweating occurs due to collapse.