Rain in the valley today.
The folk proverb "spring rain is as expensive as oil", which refers to the valley rain - the last solar term of spring.
"Gu rain, Gu is born from rain. It is also the meaning of sowing grain and rainfall, and rain giving birth to a hundred grains.
Guyu solar terms, strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness is the key
In "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", it is said that "no spring is no summer". As the last solar term of spring, Guyu does not pay attention to health, which will affect the health of summer.
Therefore, in the rainy season, it is most necessary to do a good job of these "two preventions":
1. Prevent "dampness" from hurting the body
After the valley rain, the temperature gradually rises, the amount of rain begins to increase, and many people wear clothes like summer, but in fact, the season has not yet arrived, and moisture can easily enter the body from the bare parts.
Flexibility and well-being in the joints of the body, especially in the legs, are the basis for normal movement.
The joints are most afraid of dampness and cold, before and after the rain season, the rainfall in the air increases significantly, and the humidity in the air gradually increases, if you do not pay attention to maintenance, it is easy to lead to moisture invasion.
At the same time, the rainy season is also the season when many patients with rheumatic joint diseases have serious attacks, and in this season, the most needed thing is joint maintenance.
2. Prevent dampness and cold and nourish the spleen and stomach
As the saying goes: "Gu Yu is cold and kills mice", which means that the weather is hot and cold during the Gu rain season, and it is easy to catch a cold, so pay attention to keeping warm.
In early spring, the liver qi is vigorous, the spleen and stomach are weak, and before and after the valley rain, the spleen and stomach will gradually become vigorous, which is a critical period for recuperating the spleen and stomach.
Good spleen and stomach maintenance can not only improve our body's nutrient absorption ability and enhance human immunity, but also help us discharge turbidity and waste from the body, prevent diseases, and eliminate diseases, which is of great benefit to health.
So what are the signs that our body is damp?
Externally sensitive to dampness, it is often easy to trap the spleen
The humidity in the air is heavier, and people are prone to uncomfortable symptoms such as loss of appetite, drowsiness and fatigue, especially in patients with spleen deficiency, and digestive symptoms will be aggravated, such as anorexia, qi deficiency, and heavy limbs. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the pathogenesis of dampness is characterized by heavy turbidity, viscosity, and downward tendency.
The spleen mainly transports water liquid, likes dryness and hates dampness, and the external sense of dampness is evil, which is often easy to trap the spleen, resulting in spleen yang sluggishness, and no power to transport, so that the water and dampness are endogenous and stop accumulating, resulting in digestion and absorption disorders, diarrhea, abdominal distention, and loss of appetite.
Moisture will also greatly affect a person's appearance, manifested in the skin will appear spots and acne, dull yellow and dull, manifested in the body shape is edema, obesity, big belly poop, manifested in the mental complexion will appear listless, sleepy and weak.
If you want to get rid of dampness, you must first strengthen your spleen and stomach, and do a good job of "combining inside and outside"
Traditional Chinese medicine says: Dampness is the source of all diseases and the evil of all evils!
When the spleen is deficient and damp, it is necessary to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, excrete excess water from the body (diuretic) or reduce and remove substances that cause the body's immune response, and warming the spleen and stomach is the best way to relieve dampness.
- Liying
First of all, in terms of diet, we eat more foods to remove dampness and strengthen the spleen. For example, white lentils, yams, corn whiskers, barley, etc., are some good foods to dispel dampness.
Foods that can be eaten to strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as: crucian carp, carrots, apples, Huaishan, lotus seeds, seeds, pork belly, duck, etc.;
Dampness dissipation foods include red adzuki beans, barley, lettuce, lentils, winter melon, etc., or usually insist on drinking therapeutic dampness drinks.
Dampness often comes with "cold", so you should pay attention to keeping warm, don't get cold, and don't eat too cold food.
- Gaigo
If you feel that the dampness in the body is heavier, using cupping can help us get rid of the dampness and cold in the body and dredge the meridians. For our meridian blockage, external dampness has a good effect. Moxibustion is also a good way to get rid of dampness and cold (but dampness and heat are forbidden).
Nan Huaijin, a master of Chinese culture, recommends a small recipe
Mugwort + Sichuan pepper + longan sticks to the navel, dispelling dampness and dispelling cold and curing stomach diseases
▲ Nan Huaijin (1918-2012) is a famous Chinese scholar, poet, Buddhist, educator, martial artist, and master of Chinese culture.
This is Master Nan Huaijin in the lecture, recommended to the students, later recorded in his book "I said to participate in the same deed" lecture 54, readers who have doubts can go to the Internet to check this book, the following is the original words in the book:
Use a longan meat (fresh is called longan, dried is called longan), six or seven peppercorns, and the mugwort is broken together, pick a little bit when you sleep at night, the little nail surface is so big, just put it in the navel.
Let's take a look at these materials:
Sichuan pepper: warm and dirty to remove cold, pungent heat and pure yang everywhere, the treatment can go up into the lungs to sweat, into the spleen to warm the stomach and dry and damp to eliminate food, and to enter the door of life. ("Materia Medica" Wen San)
Mugwort: hard and warm, its qi is fragrant and pure yang, in addition to the cold and cold, through the scriptures to cure all kinds of diseases ("Materia Medica" Wen San);
Longan: The smell is sweet and warm, and it has the power to nourish blood in the qi ("Materia Medica" Wen Zhong).
The navel is our "health acupoint", when we are still in the mother's belly, all the nutrients are absorbed by the navel. It communicates with the meridians of the whole body, connects the five internal organs and six internal organs, and connects the limbs and hundreds of remains, and the absorption effect is very good.
Moreover, this recipe can be used all over the body. In addition to the navel, it can also target multiple acupuncture points on the body and soles of the feet, and it can be used for health care throughout the body where it is uncomfortable.
Especially for people with cold stomach, it is easy to cause poor bowel movements, diarrhea is actually expelling cold air, keep sticking every day, heat enters and cold retreats, changes over time, and the body is healthy.
Put a sticker on it every day when you sleep to remove the cold and moisture in the body and solve various problems in the body. The humidity is gone, the belly is smaller, and the sleep is better.