When people reach middle and old age, on the one hand, their physiological functions are normal and their vitality is not good, on the other hand, they hope to prolong their life and enjoy a few more years. The contradiction of reality has prompted many health concepts, including many insights, including diet, disease prevention, mentality, exercise and many other aspects, and the more widely circulated is "do not spit in the morning, do not discharge semen at noon, and do not sweat at night".
"Don't spit in the morning, don't leak semen at noon, don't sweat in the evening" comes from folk sayings, or is summarized from Chinese medicine classics, clarifying the health taboos in the morning, noon and evening. Saliva, semen, and sweat are all human body fluids, what do they mean? What is the guiding significance of modern times?
1. Do not spit in the morning.
Saliva is called Yuquan and Tianhe water in ancient times, the scientific name is jin liquid, saliva, and the one that flows out of the mouth is called "saliva water". Traditional Chinese medicine has the saying of "one point of liquid, one point of vitality", which shows that saliva is an aspect that cannot be ignored in health preservation.
Saliva is secreted in the oral salivary glands and comes from two important organs of the human body. Thin saliva is born of the spleen, which is the foundation of the day after tomorrow; Thick saliva is born of the kidney, which is innate. But saliva is not sputum, saliva can be reused, sputum is human waste, and there is an essential difference between the two.
After a night of rest, the human body is replenished and perfected, the yang in the morning is full and sufficient, and the main support of the yang is the spleen and kidney qi. Traditional Chinese medicine has the saying that "kidney fluid is saliva", indicating that saliva and kidney qi are closely related. When the saliva is spit out, it is to drain the kidney qi, and swallowing it is conducive to nourishing the kidney and benefiting the spleen.
Modern research shows that 99% of saliva is water, and the remaining 1% contains electrolytes, lysozyme, inorganic salts, immunoglobulins, amylase and other beneficial components.
By extension, there are two meanings:
First, some middle-aged and elderly people often salivate during sleep, and these phenomena occur repeatedly, so we should pay attention to find out three problems: whether it is oral inflammation, whether there is Parkinson's disease, and whether it is a brain thrombosis warning.
Second, saliva also has the meaning of "spat", the plan of the day lies in the morning, early morning quarrel, affect good mood, destroy luck and health, should be avoided as much as possible.
2. Do not discharge semen at noon.
Essence water, there are innate essence and acquired essence, they are closely related to the kidney, the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Sutra" believes that the essence water is hidden in the five internal organs, flows to the kidney, and is transformed into reproductive essence, which can reproduce. Whether it is innate essence or acquired essence, lack of essence causes the disease of deficiency, and then evil worship gradually arises and causes disease.
Semen water generally refers to the essence of reproduction, can reproduce offspring, promote development, myeloid and blood, the most common is the problem of "wounded sperm", Chinese medicine calls the disease "kidney deficiency, kidney deficiency", symptoms include dizziness, tinnitus, hair loss and loose teeth, fatigue and forgetfulness, sore back and soft legs, cold limbs, infertility, etc., is also closely related to yang breath.
Noon is the peak period of the human body's yang, at this time should be maintained and fixed, it is better to take a short rest, rather than do things to vent the yang, the most common is husband and wife life, let the yang wear out. Do this often, and the yang deficiency problem comes out.
By extension, there are two meanings:
First, a large amount of blood is supplied to the stomach and stomach after lunch, at this time should pay attention to rest, rather than let the reproductive system and digestive system compete for blood, otherwise it will interfere with and disrupt the operation of the digestive system, and digestive problems will occur over time.
Second, the husband and wife life at noon, the afternoon work and labor are affected, not only hurting the body, but also affecting work efficiency.
3. Don't sweat at night.
Sweating is a normal physiological phenomenon of the human body, and Chinese medicine believes that "sweat and blood are the same source" and "sweat is the liquid of the heart". Sweat is transformed by jin liquid, and the more sweating, the more it will dissipate a large amount of jin liquid, hurting blood, sad qi and heart yang.
The normal excretion of sweat is conducive to accelerating circulatory metabolism, controlling blood pressure, promoting digestion and excretion, and improving immunity, but the timing of exercise is particular, otherwise it will hurt yang.
Some people like to exercise at night, especially after 21 o'clock, at this time, according to the law of human body operation, it belongs to the time when qi and blood converge and prepare for sleep. Choosing to exercise at this time can easily cause insufficient qi and blood.
Modern research shows that night hormones are secreted in large quantities with exercise, and the nerves are highly excited, which will affect sleep. And if you sweat a lot during outdoor exercise, it is easy to get cold when the temperature is low, but it will damage the body.
By extension, there are two meanings:
First, it is necessary to follow the time of the day, rest to nourish the yin and yang, and do not stay up late and sleep late, because they will steam the yang.
The second is to pay attention to sleep, if night sweats, cold sweats and other situations occur during sleep, it is necessary to analyze whether it is menopausal syndrome, hyperthyroidism, tumor signs and other situations.
"Don't spit in the morning, don't leak semen at noon, don't sweat at night", the 3 opportunities are related to yang, middle-aged and elderly people should live longer, protect yang qi more, replenish yang qi, rather than venting yang and damaging yang.
Middle-aged and elderly people with insufficient yang qi generally have 6 manifestations:
Puffy or thin weight, not up to standard.
The voice is short of breath, soft and weak, and I can't breathe after speaking for a long time.
Sleep badly, sleep is easy to wake up, wake up in the middle of the night and can't sleep.
Loose teeth and falling out, food cannot be bitten and cannot be eaten.
The waist and legs are inconvenient, and I am breathless when I walk a little and climb the stairs.
Constipation or diarrhea slowly increases, sometimes waking up frequently at night.
Nourish yang, start from improving living habits, pay attention to diet and mentality balance, change bad habits and habits, pay attention to avoid health misunderstandings and prejudices, such as: nothing to eat tonics, listen to health rumors, indiscriminately supplement calcium and zinc and iron, excessive exercise, clear blood vessels and so on. If it is not handled well, it will become a health trap.