What effect does regular "mind wandering" have on our bodies?
When doing one thing, the mind is thinking of another thing, which is called "wandering".
For example, when we eat, we should enjoy the food wholeheartedly, but we are thinking about things in our hearts, resulting in food not knowing the taste;
For example, students in class should have listened intently to the lecture, but their minds were full of thoughts...
The "wandering" person can see from the look in his eyes that he is in a sluggish and godless state.
People who often lose their minds will have memory inattention, fatigue, lethargy, and memory loss. There is a word in the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" called "spiritual inner guard", which refers to the usual concentration of attention, when there is nothing to do, the mind is empty, rest well, so that the divine qi can be kept inside, not to dissipate the energy of our body, and to maintain the health of the body.
Children's thoughts are simple, so the eyes are bright and energetic, as they grow older, they begin to think about many things, and their thoughts are chaotic, resulting in inability to concentrate, even drowsiness, and memory loss.
In view of this phenomenon, on the one hand, it is necessary to reduce the number of wanderings through conscious exercise and improve brain concentration;
In addition, there are several herbs in Chinese medicine that can also play a role in dissolving phlegm and awakening the mind, which helps to improve intelligence and attention.
1. Stone calamus.
The Shennong Materia Medica lists the stone calamus as a superior product, which can "make happy holes, supplement the five internal organs, pass through the nine tricks, be clear to the eyes and ears, and make sounds." Serve lightly for a long time, and do not forget not to be lost or prolonged." Stone calamus has the effect of enlightening the mind, which can make the mind clear and refreshed.
2. Yuanzhi.
Yuanzhi is a tranquilizer, tonic and aphrodisiac. Li Shizhen, a great physician of the Ming Dynasty, said: "Yuanzhi is strong in ambition and refined, so it is difficult to cure forgetfulness." The origin of Yuanzhi's drug name is related to its "Yuanzhi". Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a talented woman who married a daughter who knew a lot of pharmacology. One summer, Xiucai had to take part in the provincial urban and rural examination. Before leaving, his wife handed him a brown log, saying that this wood could lift the spirit and help her husband to win the championship in one fell swoop. Later, Xiu Cai did indeed pass the first place.
After Xiucai was lifted, he deeply felt the effect of this wooden god, and it was called "Yuanzhi". The effects of Yuanzhi are to calm the mind and nootropics, communicate with the heart and kidneys, expectorant and open the trick, cure the restlessness of the mind, and also cure phlegm and cough.
It should be noted that patients with gastric ulcers and gastritis should use Yuanzhi with caution.
3. Nootropic benevolence.
Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a member of the family who was rich, and he grew old and had a son, and the whole family celebrated, and named his son "Laifu". Since childhood, Kelaifu has been weak and sickly, drooling, unresponsive, and wetting the bed every day.
In order to treat his son's illness, he invited all the famous doctors around him, and the results were ineffective. One day, an old Daoyun swam here, picked up a crutch and pointed to the south, saying to the outside, "Eight thousand miles away from here, there is a kind of fairy fruit that can cure the child's illness." "The staff waded all the way through the mountains and waters, and picked a bag full of fairy fruits to come back.
After LaiFu ate the immortal fruit, his body became stronger and stronger day by day, and he was clear at one point, never forgetting, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, compared with before, judging the two of them, his wisdom and wisdom were immediately spread in the local area.
At the age of 18, he took the imperial examination and won the high school entrance examination. In order to commemorate the immortal fruit that changed his fate, people named the immortal fruit "Zhuangyuan Fruit", and because it is beneficial and intelligent, it can make people smart, so it is also called "nootropic benevolence".
Nootropic kernel, a ripe fruit of the perennial herb nootropic of the ginger family, is mainly produced in Liangguang, Yunnan, Fujian and other places, and has the function of warming the kidneys to fix sperm and shrink urine, and the spleen to stop salivation.
Summer climate is hot, children often eat cold drink sorbet, causing spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea, or wet chest, saliva overflowing, can be used to cook porridge to take.
If it is easy to lose concentration, scattered thoughts, dizziness, and lack of concentration, you can take the above medicines 10 to 20 grams of boiling water for about two weeks, and can be used together with spleen and sputum medicine.
Note: Although these drugs are historically recorded as high-quality medicines and have miraculous effects, the quality of today's medicinal materials cannot be compared with the natural wild medicinal materials in ancient times, and if there are no related symptoms, do not overdose for a long time.