Chen Tongyun, a national top master of traditional Chinese medicine, still insists on working at the age of 103, and is known as "fairy grandma" and "Chinese living immortal".
Chen Tongyun was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, has practiced medicine for nearly 70 years, and after the age of 100, he still has fair skin, steady steps, and strong spirits.
Many TV stations have interviewed her about the secret of longevity, 98-year-old Chen Tongyun said when participating in "Yangshengtang": "I found that family genetics is not the most important factor in longevity, my parents and grandparents are not over 60 years old, only I am 100 years old." ”
She also said that her health regimen is very simple, "three don't eat, four don't do, good mentality", everyone can learn, let's take a look.
1. Diet of health secrets: "3 don't eat"
As the saying goes, the people live on food.
Chen Tongyun attaches great importance to food, and she has the famous "three don'ts": don't eat cold things, don't eat greasy things, and don't eat spicy things.
What is surprising is that Chen Tongyun rarely eats expensive supplements, and in her recipes, "light" is the main theme.
She once said a very interesting sentence: "Others buy expensive skin care products to rub on their faces, but I eat "skin care products" in my stomach."
Because she insisted on a light diet, she rarely attended large banquets, and when she was invited, she also declined, "Those abalone shark fins have nothing to do with me."
So what does Chen Tongyun eat?
She said: "I usually like to drink multigrain porridge with green vegetables, and my blood sugar, blood lipids and cholesterol have always been normal for so many years, and my body is quite healthy. ”
Chen Tongyun's diet is very regular:
>> eat at 6:30 in the morning, bread + milk + eggs + cereal.
>> lunch should be "colorful", and traditional Chinese medicine says that five colors are in the five organs, so there must be colorful vegetables on the table in Chen's hometown, such as green vegetables, white tofu, apples and oranges, red tomatoes and carrots...... Rich in color and balanced in nutrition.
>> dinner, simple and simple, multigrain porridge with green vegetables, aged multigrain porridge is their own matching, there are millet, mung beans, soybeans, red beans, black rice, brown rice, sometimes put some raisins, jujubes, dried lilies in it.
It is worth noting that Chen Tongyun also pays attention to the intake of meat, eggs and milk, and her first choice for meat is fish, which is light and nutritious. She also said that in addition to being rich in longevity diet, it is also necessary to eat slowly, Chen Lao should eat a meal for about 30 minutes, chew slowly and swallow slowly to fully absorb the spleen and stomach.
2. The exercise of health secrets: "4 don'ts"
When Chen Tongyun was 98 years old, he accidentally fell in the bathroom, but fortunately it was only a soft tissue contusion, and he went to work after two weeks of rest.
As you know, the most feared thing for the elderly is to fall, so why didn't Chen Lao have a common fracture for the elderly?
That's because Chen Tongyun has been insisting on exercising, her body is very flexible, she can still participate in the sports meeting to throw discus at the age of 60, and she insists on walking 2,000 steps a day in her 90s.
The reporter asked Chen Tongyun about her health taboos, and she said that she had "four don'ts": don't stay up late, don't take cold showers, don't be lazy, and don't exercise vigorously.
Chen Tongyun admits that as she ages, her body functions will gradually decline, which is an irreversible natural phenomenon, and she is no exception. And the above points are the protection of yourself.
Regarding exercise, Chen Tongyun advocates moderation, she will avoid strenuous exercise, generally do a set of Tai Chi after getting up in the morning, walk 2,000 steps briskly after dinner, and pat the meridians, rub her fingers, and move her arms in her spare time.
Since the fall, Chen Lao has one more action - golden rooster independence, exercise their leg strength and balance, she said that health is a lifelong thing, and healthy living habits run through all aspects of life, which is more effective and easier to adhere to.
The old man of the golden rooster independence
2. The secret of health care is to nourish the heart: "4 less"
Chen Tongyun believes that the heart is the master of the body, and the secret of longevity is inseparable from the heart.
The heart in Chinese medicine is different from Western medicine, it refers to the two organs of the brain and the heart, the brain is the main thought, the heart is the main blood, and it is closely related to our physical health.
In daily life, the mind is most susceptible to emotions. If you want to nourish your heart, you need to be in yin and yang, and in the number of techniques, that is, to control emotions, live regularly, eat modestly, do not work in vain, and think more about happy things in life.
Chen Tongyun suggested that the "4 less" principle should be achieved:
1. Less things in your heart: don't worry about big and small things in your heart, you can be healthy by being open-minded;
2. Speak less: don't complain, don't gossip, self-cultivation;
3. Less food in the abdomen: pay attention to seven or eight points of fullness when eating, especially at night, eating too much affects digestion and sleep.
4. Sleep less naturally: pay attention to the rules of daily life, go to bed early and get up early.
The road is simple, and many of the famous doctors we seem to have are not as complicated as they imagined, and the most important thing is to persevere.
Living in moderation, eating modestly, and exercising appropriately may be the easiest way for ordinary people to learn to maintain their health.