Source: CCTV Life Circle
Spring-Summer Alternation
The human body feels dry easily
For example, dry mouth, dry skin, dry nose
For each question
The small circle recommends two actions for you
Help you improve dry symptoms
Let's try it together~
Ge Peng is a lecturer at the School of Sports Science and Health, Capital University of Physical Education
What should I do if my mouth is dry at the turn of spring and summer?
Spring and summer alternate, if the spleen is deficient at this time, it is easy to have symptoms of dry mouth. These two actions help you mobilize the yang energy of the spleen meridian and stomach meridian, replenish the spleen and stomach, improve spleen deficiency, and relieve the symptoms of dry mouth.
Action 1: Strengthen the spleen and stomach
【Action Steps】
1. Stand with your body relaxed and your feet shoulder-width apart;
2. Gently touch the ground with your left foot and caress your lower abdomen with both hands;
3. Shift your weight to your left foot and feel your big toe hit the ground hard;
4. Hook your feet vigorously, lift them up to the center of your calves, and slowly move your hands up to the middle navel point and knead;
5. In the opposite direction, practice this movement 9 times a day.
Action 2: The red dragon enters the sea
1. Cover the Kidney Yu acupoint with both hands and rub it slowly;
2. Stir the tongue in the mouth from side to side until the mouth is filled with fluid;
3. Put your hands on your chest, aim your thumbs at your body, and slowly swallow the fluid;
4. Swallow the jin liquid in three mouths, the first mouth of the jin liquid is swallowed to the Jizhong acupoint, the second mouth of the jin liquid is swallowed to the middle navel acupoint, and the third mouth of the jin liquid is swallowed to the Guanyuan acupoint;
5. Practice this movement 9 times a day.
Hole Position
Kidney Yu acupoint:
Draw a horizontal line from the navel to the back, and the place where it intersects with the spine is the Mingmen acupoint, and the position of 1.5 inches on the left and right of the Mingmen acupoint is the Kidney Yu acupoint.
Hole in the pancrea:
The position in the middle of the two breasts.
Middle elbow hole:
Located four inches above the umbilicus, find the location of the belly button and rib bifurcation, and take their midpoint.
Guan Yuanxue:
It is located three inches below the umbilicus, and the width of the four fingers together is three inches.
What should I do if my skin is dry at the turn of spring and summer?
At the turn of spring and summer, if the spleen is deficient at this time, the human body will be ischemic and the skin will feel dry. In addition, the lungs are dominated by fur, and qi and blood cannot nourish the skin, which also reflects the problem of lung qi. These two actions help you regulate the spleen and stomach, replenish lung qi, and improve the symptoms of dry skin.
Action 1: Run the sea of blood
【Action Steps】
1. Stand naturally, take half a step outward with your left foot, squat down in a horse step, and naturally turn your hands downward;
2. Press the thumb to rub the blood sea acupoint, pay attention to the body not to lean forward, the tail vertebrae droop, take the tail vertebra as the center of the circle, and drive the entire waist and the entire knee to draw a circle clockwise;
3. Maintain natural breathing during the process, straighten your body after 9 breaths, and put your hands together in front of your lower abdomen.
Blood Sea Hole:
It is located in the anterior femoral area, 2 inches above the medial end of the patellar base, and the vastus medialis muscle is raised.
Action 2: Circulating the lung meridians
1. Inhale, slowly raise your left hand in front of your lower abdomen;
2. When your elbows are at shoulder level, hold your breath, clench your fists, your thumbs, and press hard to the left;
3. Exhale, retract your big finger, press and knead Zhongfu acupoint and Yunmen acupoint, and press and knead 9 times clockwise each.
Zhongfu acupoint, Yunmen acupoint:
Located about two fingers below the outside of the collarbone.
What should I do if my nose is dry at the turn of spring and summer?
When the seasons change and the temperature changes greatly, the lung qi is easily disturbed by external evils, and the symptoms of dry nose appear. In addition, when the spleen and stomach qi are relatively weak, it is also easy to have dry nose and nasal congestion. These two actions will help you replenish your lungs, strengthen your spleen and stomach, and improve the symptoms of dry nose.
Movement 1: Gassho the lungs
【Action Steps】
1. Hands together in front of the chest, fingertips upward;
2. Push both hands to the left and right, first to the left, and then to the right, when pushing, you should feel the shoulder blade being pushed at the same time, for example, when the left hand pushes to the right, at the same time feel the right shoulder blade move to the left;
3. When doing it, you should cooperate with your breathing, and breathe slowly and naturally;
4. Do this action 9 times, or do multiples of 9 times, such as 18 times or 36 times.
【Exercise Tips】
When doing this exercise, keep your waist and neck still, and don't just dangle your hands in front of your chest, but also feel the force of pushing your back and shoulder blades.
Action 2: Breathe and welcome incense
【Action Steps】
1. Clasp the thumb with the little finger and ring finger, extend the index finger and middle finger, and form a sword finger with both hands;
2. Slowly raise your hands from both sides, turn your head to the right side, and draw a circle clockwise with your left index finger at the same time, in 9 degrees, and feel the meridians between the large vertebra and the index finger being stretched;
3. The opposite direction is the same, and then the two hands are naturally recycled;
4. Use the end of the nail root of the index finger, that is, the Shangyang acupoint, to rub the center of the nasal wing and nasolabial fold, that is, the Yingxiang acupoint, and press and knead 9 times as a degree, or press and knead 9 times in multiples.