Spring is the beginning of spring, and it has experienced several solar terms such as rain, sting, spring equinox, Qingming, and valley rain. Spring from cold to warm, human body function, metabolism has also entered an active period, but the climate is still warm and cold, the temperature difference between day and night is large, a little carelessness, easy to produce a variety of hidden diseases.
Therefore, the human body should also conform to the spring and smooth and healthy qi, and practice health preservation according to different solar terms. Valley rain has the meaning of "rain gives birth to a hundred grains", is the last solar term in spring, and living this solar term well can lay a good foundation for spending the middle of summer.
Three days of rain
Gu Yusheng Baigu
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In the first wait, Ping was born
Ping, water and grass, and water are also level, so they drift with the wind, so they drift again. The valley rains abundantly, and duckweed begins to grow.
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In the second wait, the song dove flicked its feathers
Dove, that is, the eagle transformed into Cuckoo. Whisk, overshoot also. At this time, the cuckoo flapped its wings and flew around and chirped, as if to remind people to start sowing seeds.
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Three times, the hoopoe descended to mulberry
The hoopoe bird began to be seen on the mulberry tree, and there is a note in the "Erya": "There is a victory hair on the head, and at this time it is always in the mulberry, and the silkworm will be born." "The hoopoe is a yellow-and-white spotted bird with a crown on its head that inhabits mulberry and hemp trees grown by farmers.
Valley rain customs
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Guyu tea
Guyu tea is a spring tea harvested during the valley rain season, also known as Erchun tea. (So who is the first?) It is Ming Qian tea, the new tea picked before Qingming is called "Ming Qian Tea", which is the first tea of the new spring) After the baptism of spring, this wave of tea leaves is often emerald green in color, pleasant aroma, that wisp of fragrance, flowing through the deep alley, drink a light, spiritual taste ancient tradition.
Since ancient times, literati and inkers have a soft spot for Gu Yu tea, and Su Shi, a great literary magnate of the Song Dynasty, wrote in the "Liuzhi Xiansheng Temple": "The pumice stone has dried up and frosted after water, and the scorched pit idly tries the tea before the rain." Wen Zhengming of the Ming Dynasty also poemed in "Idle Xing": "Mo Daoke came without offering, a cup of tea before the yang envy rain." Zheng Banqiao of the Qing Dynasty also has the verse "Just in the Qingming valley rain, a cup of fragrant tea sits in the middle" in his "Seven Words Poem".
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Forbidden Scorpion Charm
Farmers rely on the sky for food, so there is the folk custom of "forbidden scorpions" in the valley rain, which is a mood of the common people who want to drive away pests and yearn for a good harvest. This folk custom is common in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong, usually through the way of "drawing talismans" to "ban scorpions".
The "Xiajin County Record" in the sixth year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty recorded: "Gu Yu, the cinnabar book forbidden scorpion." ”
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Kill five poisons
In order to reduce the damage caused by pests to crops and people, farmers put up valley rain stickers and pray to repel Najib while going into the fields to eliminate insects. This custom is very popular in Shandong, Shanxi and Shaanxi.
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Fisherman sacrifice to the sea
During the rainy season, when the sea is warm in spring, it is a good day for fish to go fishing in the shallow sea. There is a folk saying that "riding the valley rain on the Internet".
In order to be able to go out to sea safely and return with a full load, the fishermen held a sea festival on this day to pray for the blessing of the sea god, and the scene was very grand. The mountain evening tree fishing room loops back the breath of the valley rain that cannot be stopped.
Gu Yu nourishes the heart
After the valley rain, we will enter the beginning of summer.
Half of Lixia has already fallen to the stage of the fire. The fire and the fire of C, as well as the noon fire behind it, all represent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular related problems, so we should do a good job in the prevention and conditioning of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the solar term of Guyu.
First of all, the heart belongs to fire in the five elements, is the yang in the yang, the main bloodline, the hidden consciousness, the great lord of the five internal organs, and the master of life. There is no doubt about that.
Li Feng said in "Introduction to Medicine": "The shape is like an unbloomed lotus flower, and it is also on the liver under the lungs. There is a heart of a god... Dominating all things, the spirit is not ignorant."
The ancients believed that our heart is not only a physical mind, but it is also closely related to our state of mental consciousness, which means that the mind is a god.
We can now feel the power of the word heart in our everyday language. For example, when we say that we should focus on the center, do the most core things, and center, in fact, this reflects the most critical role of the word heart in the five internal organs.
It is the hub common to all bloodlines. Whether it is the spleen, lungs, kidneys, liver and gallbladder, all the qi and blood must gather here in the heart, distribute it here, and all the qi and blood must start from here and go to all the internal organs, and at the same time, the heart will also collect the information sent by each internal organ and then adjust it.
The mind is closely related to the human spirit. When we say that a person's spiritual temperament is good, we say that he has a bright heart, a high spirit, and a large heart. In fact, this shows that this person has a good mental state, high spirits, and does things very clearly. We all use words with a heart to describe him here.
The main blood vein of the heart, including the main blood and the main vein. Blood is blood. The vein, that is, the blood vessel, also known as the meridian, is the house of blood and is the channel through which blood runs.
"Lingshu. In this God, it is said that "the mind lord is conscious", that is, the heart lord god, also known as the heart hidden god. "The essence of birth is called the essence, and the two essences fight against the god." God develops and dies with the development, growth, and demise of the individual, it is the incarnation of innate essence, and when the embryo is formed, the God of Life is also born.
"The one who has the heart, the great lord of the five internal organs, and the place of the spirit." The meaning of staying here is the meaning of dwelling. The heart contains not only the physical mind, but also the spiritual temperament and the psychological invisible mind.
Four key points of Gu Yu health
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Prevent "wet evil" from hurting the body
Wet and rainy is the characteristic of the climate at this time, and Chinese medicine believes that dampness is yin and evil, easy to damage yang, easy to hurt the spleen and stomach.
If people's living and eating are a little careless, they are easy to feel dampness, poor appetite, loose stools and diarrhea, heavy body sleepiness, joint muscle aches and discomfort and other symptoms of spleen deficiency and dampness.
Therefore, strengthening the spleen and dehumidifying and helping the spleen to transport are the focus of health conditioning during the valley rain period.
▶ The easiest way:
Press Yin Ling Spring to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness.
During the rainy season, the humidity is high, and pressing the Yinling Spring Acupoint located on the inner side of the calf and the inner depression of the tibia under the knee can strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.
Massage method: take the most comfortable position (sitting position, supine position), press the two thumbs on both sides of the Yin Ling Spring, press and knead, so that the stimulation fully reaches the deep layer of muscle tissue, and produce acid, numbness, swelling, pain, heat and wandering sensations, maintain a certain strength, use the thumb to flick the local muscles left and right.
Knead for 5-10 minutes at a time, 15-20 times per minute. 2-3 times a day.
Also pay attention to open the window ventilation, strengthen warmth, do not get cold, bask in the sun more, and exercise appropriately.
If there is already a "wet evil" invasion, in the daily diet, you can add some water-seeping foods, such as red adzuki beans, poria, winter melon, barley and so on.
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Strengthens the spleen and neutrals
The "Yellow Emperor's Internal Sutra" said that "moisture flows through the spleen", and the organs related to the body's transportation and excretion of water and moisture are mainly the spleen and kidneys, the spleen main transport water humidity, the kidney main excretion of water wet, the human body's spleen and kidney function is normal, wet evil can not stay in the human body, natural physical and mental comfort.
Therefore, during this period, it is necessary to strengthen the maintenance of the spleen and stomach and strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness.
▶ The easiest way:
Raise your arms alone and adjust your spleen and stomach.
The simplest and most effective way to regulate the spleen and stomach is the third section of the eight dan jin, "regulating the spleen and stomach needs to be lifted alone".
This action, not limited to home or in the park, raise your hand in your free time, drive the body to move, regulate the spleen and stomach, and naturally have a good look.
Action:
1. Preparation movements: feet shoulder-width apart, hands naturally drooping, adjust breathing;
2. Turn the palm of the left hand, the palm is held up, and at the same time turn the palm of the right hand, and press the palm down next to the right crotch; Stretch the entire body and maintain this posture for about 2 seconds;
3. Then the hand is withdrawn, and the hands are flat;
4. Conversely, turn the palm of the right hand up, the left hand down, and stretch again for 2 seconds;
5. Do one set of actions on the left and right, and repeat this set of actions 30 times.
Note: Both hands should coordinate movement when lifting up and down, and pay attention to stretching fingers.
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Soft liver thinning
From the perspective of TCM health preservation, spring belongs to wood, corresponding to the liver. After the beginning of spring, the liver qi in the body becomes stronger and stronger as the spring day deepens, reaching its peak during the Qingming and valley rainy seasons.
At this time, if the seven emotions are not smooth, it will affect the release of the liver and the growth of yang, resulting in organ dysfunction.
Therefore, softening the liver and thinning the liver and adjusting emotions are also the focus of maintenance of this solar term.
▶ The easiest way:
Press and knead too much, loosen the liver and regulate qi.
Tai Chong pushes the ankle of the big toe and the second toe at the junction of the instep to the ankle direction, and pushes to the end where the two bones are connected is the Tai Chong Point, which can be called the largest point in the human body.
It is the fire point of the liver meridian, which can dissipate the liver qi and liver fire. By kneading the "Tai Chong Point", the depressed qi of the human body can be rushed out to the maximum.
Kneading method: carefully find the most painful point, and then push and knead from "Tai Chong Point" to "Interline Point", which helps to vent the liver fire.
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Ephemeral fire vents heat
After the valley rain, the temperature gradually rose, and more people became on fire.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the rise of yang qi in spring is easy to disturb the internal heat accumulated in the human liver, gallbladder, and gastrointestinal tract; In addition, the spring is dry and windy, it is difficult for the human body to maintain metabolic balance, which is easy to cause physiological dysfunction and cause fire.
▶ The easiest way:
Tap the inner courtyard to clear the stomach and pour out the fire.
Tap the inner court point, preferably after breakfast at 7-9 a.m., when the stomach meridians and blood are most vigorous.
You can use thumb pressure or treatment stick point pressure, 100 times is appropriate, massage 1-2 times a day, has the effect of clearing the stomach, ephemeral fire and detoxification.
Guyu health precautions
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Diet should be "clear"
In the diet, we should control the mouth, mainly light, and highlight the "three less" in the cooking of food, that is, less oil, less salt, less sugar, if you have to add seasonings, try to be less.
At the same time, it is also necessary to control the amount of food, to "less" as well, do not eat too much, too full, especially to control the amount of dinner. In the variety of diet, it is necessary to be "vegetarian" and "fresh", mainly all kinds of seasonal vegetables, and do not eat too much "hair" such as large fish and meat and animal offal, so as not to cause gastrointestinal diseases.
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Living should be "leisurely"
In terms of lifestyle, we should pay attention to "leisure". "Spring sleep does not dawn", before and after the valley rain, people are easy to get sleepy, especially for office workers is a more painful thing. At this time, we must learn to self-regulate and slow down the pace of life appropriately.
However, "leisure" does not make people lazy and sit still, but advocates that living should be "modest", and it is necessary to go out for walks, outings, and kites, so that the body and mind are in a peaceful state, so that the body and mind are synchronized with the festival at the same frequency, and the effect of health preservation is achieved.
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Exercise is "slow"
No matter which sport you are engaged in, do not push too hard, "soothing" is appropriate, not urgent or delayed.
In the "Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor", there is an exposition of "walking widely in the court, being slowed down", which means that people can loosen their hair in this season, loosen their clothes, and not let their bodies be restrained, and walk in the wide courtyard without being bound by their actions.
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The mentality should be "clean"
Everything grows before and after the valley rain, and people's hearts are also in an erection period, if they are not well controlled, they are prone to anger and anger. Therefore, at this season, it is necessary to let go of unnecessary "desires" and "distractions" in the heart, and carry out a thorough cleaning of the heart, so that the mentality is in a "clean" state.
At the same time, it is necessary to maintain a peaceful mental state, maintain a "calm" mentality, maintain a reverence for all things with a friendly and tolerant heart, form a deep sense of life, deepen the feelings for the family, and enhance the cherishing of health.
Gu Yu paid attention to these three places
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Nourish joints
Although the temperature rises after the valley rain, it will still be cool and hot in the morning and evening and on rainy days, and the humidity in the air will also increase.
Therefore, the valley rain season is the season when many rheumatic joint diseases have serious attacks, and in this season, if you do not pay attention to maintenance, it is easy to lead to moisture invasion.
▶ Conservation methods:
(1) Friends who have suffered joint pain or joint trauma or sprain should pay attention to careful care of the affected area, pay attention to keeping warm, and avoid colds to prevent aggravation or recurrence of the disease.
(2) Joint maintenance exercise: raise the body and straighten the chest, tighten the lower abdomen, slowly lift one leg so that it is 90 degrees with the body, stop for 5 to 10 seconds after lifting and replace the other leg.
Remember not to raise both legs at the same time, as this may be detrimental to joint health.
(3) Acupuncture point kneading: The acupuncture points of our human body, such as Yangling Spring, Yinling Spring, Weizhong, and Chengshan, all have certain joint maintenance effects, and you can often press and knead when you are okay in daily life.
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Nourish the spleen and stomach
Guyu is the season when the liver is strong and the spleen is weak, and it is easy to produce internal heat, spleen and stomach discord, headaches, mouth ulcers, sores at the corners of the mouth, facial acne sores and other problems. And the spleen and stomach are weak, the human body is easily trapped by wet evil, and the abdomen is full, loss of appetite, loose stools, and even edema.
▶ Conservation methods:
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is the main movement, likes dryness and bad dampness, wet evil invasion, the most easy to hurt the spleen, the spleen injury to transport water moisture decreases, and then aggravates the dampness in the body, resulting in a vicious circle.
Therefore, the diet during the rainy season should be based on the basic principle of strengthening the spleen and dissolving dampness;
You can eat yam, huaishan, qiangshi, coix kernels, white lentils, adzuki beans and other foods to strengthen the spleen and dampness;
Or eat tangerine peel, green peel, grass and fruit and other ingredients to rationalize gas and moisture;
Or drink tea such as lotus and perrin to aromatize turbidity.
Note: Avoid eating raw and cold fatty things to avoid further damage to the spleen and stomach and aggravate the moisture retention in the body.
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Nourish qi and blood
Spring is the beginning of the year and the time when the body's yang energy grows. Therefore, spring is the best time to nourish yang qi and regulate qi and blood.
The valley rain is a harbinger of the end of spring, and everyone should grasp the tail of spring, regulate qi and blood, strengthen health, and prevent diseases.
▶ Conservation methods:
There are many famous recipes to replenish qi and blood, such as Sijunzi soup, Siwu soup, and ejiao, jujube, angelica, astragalus, codonopsis, etc., which are commonly used medicinal materials to replenish qi and blood, and have a very high health care and blood nourishing effect.
In addition, you should also pay attention to maintaining a peaceful mind and a good mood. Good mood state, can promote blood flow and biochemistry. Proper exercise, such as tai chi, eight dan jin, etc., can also promote the harmony of internal organs and qi and blood.
Valley rain meridian health
Clouds rising and raining are normal weather changes, and the body is also synchronized with this natural weather change process.
At this time, if the meridians are blocked, it is easy to have symptoms of allergies, which is the cause of frequent allergies in spring.
Allergies are usually cold outside and hot inside, moxibustion large vertebral points have a good effect, at the same time can press the hand acupuncture Lao Gong, three shang, and push the middle finger 300 times each to remove evil.
After the twilight of spring will enter the summer, as the saying goes, "the poor are afraid of the New Year, the sick are afraid of the festival", whenever the solar term changes, the body's blood circulation needs to be greatly adjusted to adapt to the changes in the solar terms at the turn of spring and summer.
For people with poor physique, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, they are more susceptible to solar terms, and people with high blood pressure are prone to blood pressure fluctuations.
As a daily health care, people with high blood pressure can press 100 acupuncture points on each hand every day according to the position shown in the figure below, and monitor blood pressure, and pay attention to maintaining a peaceful mood on weekdays.
Lao Gong Cave: Lao Gong Cave is also called Wuli, Palm, and Ghost Road. Lao Gong Acupoint belongs to the Yin Pericardial Meridian, which mainly treats heartache, chest upset, palm heat and other heart-related diseases.
Location: The middle and ring fingers extend downwards into the depression where they meet. (That is: in the palm of the hand, when between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpals, offset from the 3rd metacarpal, when the fist is flexed, the middle finger points at the palm position.) In the palm of the hand, two relatively large palm prints intersect into a "human" shape, extending along the middle line of the middle finger towards the palm, passing through the area below the intersection point of the "human" character, and this overlapping place is the Lao Gong Cave.
Stimulating the Lao Gong acupoint can protect the heart, such as regulating heart rate, blood pressure, etc., and also has an effect on the heart caused by hyperfiery, heart yin deficiency and other diseases, such as adjusting heart rate, blood pressure, etc. insomnia, sweating, etc.
This acupuncture point is powerful and is the original acupoint of the heart meridian, and any discomfort in the heart can be relieved by massaging the Lao Gong acupoint.
Shenmen Point: belongs to the hand less Yin Heart Sutra, helps sleep, regulates autonomic nerves, replenishes heart qi, stabilizes the mind and other functions.
Location: Wrist striae, extending from the little finger to the depression at the end of the base of the palm.
Stimulating this acupoint can replenish the heart, calm and calm the mind, and treat high blood pressure and its heart palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia and other symptoms.
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