Source: CCTV Life Circle
Are you often sedentary and sore?
Busy with life but don't have time to exercise?
Want to save money and be healthy?
The small circle sorted out 6 health care actions
Do it once a day
Defend yourself from head to toe against disease
Energizing every day
Li Guojing, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University
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Get up and rub your face
【Benefits】
Dry washing your face in the morning can promote facial blood circulation, delay aging, regulate qi and blood, and refresh the mind.
[Specific actions]
1. After rubbing the palms of both hands, place them in the eyes;
2. Separate the hands to the sides, then downward, in the middle, upward;
3. When you reach the middle, press the Yingxiang acupoints on both sides of the nose with your middle finger, and slowly find the eye acupoints and bamboo acupoints upwards;
4. Continue to massage the Shenting acupoints upwards, and massage the Touwei acupoints on both sides with both hands apart;
5. Walk down with your palm, put your thumb behind your ear, place your middle finger and index finger in front of your ear, and rub your entire palm downward;
6. Finally, return to the Yingxiang acupoint.
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Wake up in the morning and rub your ears
【Benefits】
When you get up in the morning, rubbing your ears can help wake up your brain, enhance your memory, and also have the effect of dilating blood vessels and lowering blood pressure for patients with high blood pressure.
[Specific actions]
1. Press the two ear holes tightly with the palms of both hands, and tap the middle three fingers of both hands - index finger, middle finger, and ring finger - on the back occipital bone more than a dozen times;
2. Then press the ear hole with the palm and the fingers on the occipital bone for a few seconds, and then lift it away suddenly, and after a while, press the ear and hit the occipital bone as before, and when you hit it, you can hear the sound of drums.
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Brush your teeth and levator ani
【Benefits】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that regular levator anus can raise yang qi, and yang qi can warm all internal organs.
The levator ani has a certain health care effect on the intestines, urinary and reproductive systems, especially for the prevention and treatment of hemorrhoids.
[Specific actions]
In addition to brushing teeth, the levator anus can also be sitting, lying, and standing, and the whole body is relaxed and naturally guarding the anus, lifting and shrinking, and doing it for 2~3 minutes.
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Knock your teeth and swallow after eating
【Benefits】
The action of percussion and swallowing helps to replenish kidney qi, improve the function of internal organs, and is also beneficial for promoting facial blood circulation and lightening dark circles.
[Specific actions]
1. Percussion the teeth up and down;
2. In the process of percussion of the teeth, the mouth will naturally secrete saliva, do not spit it out, just swallow it naturally. If you have little saliva, you can also use the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth to help with saliva production.
【Precautions】
If the tooth has been loosened, you must pay attention to the strength and frequency of percussion.
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久坐踮踮足
【Benefits】
This action can replenish kidney qi.
[Specific actions]
Lift your heels up and then slowly drop them down.
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Stretch often
【Benefits】
This action can accelerate blood circulation in the body, relieve fatigue, and at the same time stretch the nerves and muscles of the whole body, eliminate excessive tension in the psoas muscles, and promote gas exchange and metabolism.
[Specific actions]
1. Spread your legs shoulder-width apart and slowly extend your arms above your head.
2.双手交叉，伸个懒腰，双手缓慢从身体两侧放下。
The whole set of movements includes: straightening the neck, raising the arms, breathing and expanding the chest, stretching the waist, etc.