Modern women play an important role both inside and outside, whether at home or at work. Therefore, women should love themselves well and pay attention to their own health.
So how much do you know about women's health? Did you know that these details in your life that you don't pay attention to are hurting your body......
Cold evil, the first external evil that harms women's health
Nine times out of ten, women nowadays have a cold and damp constitution, especially in the south. When women know that they have a cold and damp constitution, they are desperate to find a way to exorcise the cold evil in the body.
However, it is not enough to cure the evil of cold with medicine that repels cold. So what should women do?
Understanding the source of the cold evil is the fundamental way to solve the problem.
Many women know the cold and damp constitution, but they are unconsciously cold and evil into the body. In fact, women understand these channels of cold evil, and they can completely avoid the harm of cold evil:
1. Eat: Prefer cold, damp and cold food
Women belong to yin and are born with a cold and evil constitution, so it is more suitable to eat foods that replenish yang qi, at least not eat foods that damage yang qi. But many women prefer to eat fruit and drink milk.
Fruits are mostly cold and damp, and eating more will damage the spleen and yang. Many women eat some fruit and have stomach pain, phlegm and dampness. In fact, fruits have many benefits in modern medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is also a saying that five fruits are helpful, but everything should be moderate, and eating more fruits can be imagined to damage the spleen and stomach.
Suggestion: Women should not eat fruit as rice and drink milk as water, because women are born with a cold constitution and cannot control cold food, which will be invaded by cold and dampness.
2. Wear: greedy demeanor, exposing important parts of the body
Bare shoulders can get frozen shoulder; Basking your waist will hurt the fire of the door, and the knees are the weakest point, and they are also the dead corners of the body, and they are the favorite places for cold and wet to hide.
Clothes that show off the waist and navel can exude sensuality and personal charm, but they are very bad for health.
There is a very important acupuncture point in our lower back: the gate of life.
The kidney is the innate foundation of human beings, and there is a true fire hidden in the door of life, and the kidney qi has the effect of warming the yang energy of the whole body. In addition, the navel is also an important acupuncture point called Shenque.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the navel is the acupuncture point that connects the five internal organs, "the umbilicus is the foundation of the five internal organs and the root of the vitality". The health of the internal organs or diseases can be reflected through the navel, which is a barometer of people's health, so we need to focus on taking care of the navel.
If you often wear low-waisted pants and crop tops, then it is easy for the kidneys and navel to be affected by cold, which will lead to the loss of kidney qi, the lack of yang qi in the body, and the person will have poor blood flow, and even the lower body often feels numb, painful, and cold.
The abdomen is most afraid of cold, and the pulse is also afraid of cold; Zu Tai Yin and Spleen Meridian, Zu Yang Ming Stomach Meridian, Zu Shao Yin and Kidney Meridian, Zu Shao Yin and Liver Meridian, and Ren Pulse are all in the waist and abdomen, so in daily life, we should pay great attention to the warmth of these parts.
3. Blowing: The weather is hot and greedy and cold and is invaded by wind evil
In ancient times, most of the cold and evil were produced in the natural environment, such as the weather suddenly became cold, and everyone did not have time to wear more clothes. This has been the case for a long time since the emergence of humans. In other words, the human body has basically evolved to the point where it adapts to the changes of the seasons in nature. The summer is hot, the winter is cold, and the human body is basically adaptable.
But in the modern era, in the last hundred years, this situation has changed completely. The first is the advent of air conditioning, which has created a microclimate pattern that has not been seen in the past hundreds of thousands of years.
What kind of pattern? Even if the sun is scorching outdoors for the first 30 minutes, and when you enter the room for the next 30 minutes, it is an air-conditioned environment that is shivering cold. Then go out and sweat and come back shivering.
In this way, human beings have evolved bodies for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of years, and in recent decades, they have suddenly encountered new situations, and the challenge is actually very great. In the summer, the air conditioning in various shopping malls, subways, and offices is fully turned on. People's bodies are tested back and forth in this alternation of hot and cold.
The Yellow Emperor's Neijing said that the summer sun is a very good medicine for nourishing yang qi. Modern women like to drink cold drinks in air-conditioned rooms in crop tops, and the cold is basically a sure thing.
The wind of the air conditioner is a false and evil thief wind, which will block the pores, so that the moisture of the body cannot be vented, forming various urticaria and eczema. At this time, the woman thought that she was on fire and went to take cold medicine, and the result became worse and worse. Therefore, when blowing the air conditioner in summer, you should pay attention to the temperature of the air conditioner, the wind direction, and wear a little more clothes, etc., and try to expose your skin to the air conditioner under the external mirror.
There are also women who are not well maintained because of confinement, so that the cold evil takes advantage of the weakness. The postpartum period is the weakest time for the body, so it should be cool before giving birth and warm after giving birth. Many women don't go to confinement, they still toss around, don't pay attention to eating, don't pay attention to dressing, and swimming, and finally end up with a confinement disease.
Suggestion: Women can do a good job of sun protection, so that the rest of the body is fully exposed to the sun and expel the cold in the body. Many cold women have solved the problem of cold and dampness for many years by drying their backs on dog days, and all kinds of body aches have been relieved.
Blood stasis, qi and blood coagulation stagnation, lack of glory and impairing physical health
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women's bodies are very afraid of qi and blood coagulation. Because women's uterus and other physiological systems depend on the warmth of blood, once they encounter the attack of cold and evil, the qi and blood of those who are deficient in righteousness will coagulate, which will pose a threat to women.
Especially during the menstrual period, after the stagnation of qi and blood, it will be difficult to discharge, which will have adverse consequences.
Women are more prone to blood stasis than men because women are naturally deficient in yang energy and don't like to exercise. Bruising will make a woman's face patchy and complex.
Therefore, when a woman reaches the age of 30, she must learn to invigorate blood and eliminate blood stasis, and she can't just spend money on cosmetics to treat the symptoms but not the root cause!
There are two main kinds of qi and blood disorders, one is not honorable, and the other is not passable, and blood stasis is not passed. There are five reasons for the formation of congestion:
As mentioned above, cold is the primary cause of bruising in women;
Qi deficiency, because Qi cannot promote the movement of blood, blood will stagnate;
Air stagnation, air stagnation is like a traffic jam on the highway. If the qi is blocked, the natural blood will also be blocked;
Blood deficiency is like a river with a small amount of water that cannot wash away the sand and gravel in the river;
Heat, extreme heat, can damage the fluid, just like a river is dried up, and the fish in the water can't swim.
How can we get rid of the blood without harming the righteousness?
1. The most cost-effective way to invigorate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis is exercise
If there is a medicine in your own hands, that is proper exercise. Exercise itself promotes the circulation of qi and blood in the body, which can slowly dissolve and take away excess energy in the blood, and promote the decomposition and utilization of energy.
Just like the old faucets in the past, the water pipes rust after a long time, and when the water is boiled large, it will bring out yellow rust water, and the water will not be small. Exercise is like opening up the blood flow in the blood vessels at regular intervals, washing away the accumulated blood fat and other garbage in the blood vessels.
This way of removing blood congestion is not easy to produce adverse reactions through the body's own regulatory mechanism, but it is necessary to grasp the degree and do not exercise excessively. Whether it is jogging, tai chi, Baduanjin, etc., it can have this effect, and the key is that exercise lies in persistence.
2. Through moxibustion (selected by people with cold coagulation and blood stasis)
Artemisia leaves are warm, pungent and bitter in nature. Warmth can dispel cold, hard can be sharpened, and bitterness can be dredged. For people with cold coagulation and blood stasis, who are usually more afraid of cold and the affected area is cold, the function of moxibustion can be used to promote the interactive circulation of qi and blood.
Moxibustion is to dispel cold evils, so that the blood flow slowly returns to normal from the cold state, and the coagulated blood congestion is dissolved by heat to achieve the function of blood circulation and blood stasis.
Moxibustion is a product that rejuvenates yang, and it is not easy to hurt the body's righteousness.
3. Eat food that invigorates blood circulation and dispels blood stasis
Through the absorption of the stomach and intestines, slowly adding some ingredients that invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis can also safely and effectively produce the effect of blood circulation and blood stasis, and it is not easy to produce side effects. However, it is not easy to overeat at one time, so you can add a small amount of blood-invigorating ingredients to each meal, such as black fungus, hawthorn, onion and green onion.
Liver qi is uncomfortable, and many diseases in women are related to it
Many of women's diseases are related to liver qi discomfort.
Not only traditional Chinese medicine, but modern medicine has also proven that the correlation between emotions and diseases is very high. If the first two factors can be avoided and resolved by understanding some health principles, then only "emotion", even if a woman knows that it has a great impact, she is "powerless".
1. Qi stagnation, easy liver depression
Nine out of ten women are depressed, why are women more prone to liver depression? In fact, this is inseparable from the fact that women are naturally more emotional, easy to worry about small things, and get angry.
The liver is mainly drained, which can dredge the qi of the whole body, so that it can be passed without stagnation, dispersed but not depressed. If the liver is not well controlled, and the liver is angry, the liver is dysfunctional, and the qi is stagnant, and the liver is depressed.
Liver stagnation causes qi and blood to lose luck, phlegm and dampness, and accumulates for a long time.
2. Liver qi is uncomfortable and prone to discomfort
If you often wake up at 1-3 o'clock in the morning after falling asleep, accompanied by bitter mouth, dry mouth, dizziness, poor appetite, chest tightness, palpitations, rib pain, upset and irritation, nausea and vomiting, insomnia and dreams, these symptoms are mostly insomnia caused by liver qi discomfort, and long-term insomnia will also affect the "appearance", and there will be many dark spots and freckles on the cheeks.
If the liver qi is uncomfortable for a long time, it is easy to become depressed and turn into fire, showing symptoms such as dizziness, red face, red eyes, bitter mouth, constipation, and incomplete menstruation. It can be said that liver qi discomfort is the main cause of very gynecological diseases, and more attention needs to be paid to it.
3. Drain the liver and regulate qi, try moxibustion
First of all, we must regulate our emotions, don't turn around in everything, calm our minds, rationally judge the rationality of things, think about solutions to problems from multiple angles, and don't be rash!
Secondly, you can try the method of moxibustion:
Acupoints: Liver Yu Acupoint, Taichong Acupoint, Taixi Acupoint, Sanyin Jiao Acupoint, Zusanli Acupoint.
Methods: Moxibustion for 15-30 minutes at each acupuncture point using moxa sticks; Moxibustion for 30-40 minutes.
Liver Yu acupoint: It is a "water pool" formed by the vitality of the liver in the back of the body, and it is an indispensable acupuncture point for nourishing the liver.
Taichong acupoint: It is equivalent to the warehouse that stores the vitality of the liver meridian, stimulates the Taichong, can well mobilize the vitality of the liver meridian, and make the liver function normal.
The combination of Liver Yu acupoint and Taichong acupoint belongs to the "Yu Yuan Acupoint" method in traditional Chinese medicine, which can replenish liver yin and nourish the liver and soften the liver.
Taixi Acupoint: The original acupoint of the kidney, the liver belongs to the wood, the kidney belongs to the water, and the trees need water to grow healthily, so the liver must nourish the yin. Using Taixi to mobilize the function of the kidneys can better "nourish the water and culvert trees".
Zusanli acupoint
Three yin sex
Zusanli acupoint, Sanyin Jiao acupoint: It is the key point to replenish the spleen and stomach, the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow, and the qi and blood rely on them to transport, so to nourish the liver, the spleen and stomach, the "machine" that transports qi and blood, must be well maintained.