The Tang Dynasty physician Sun Simiao was born in the seventh year of the Great Unification of the Western Wei Dynasty (541), and claimed that he "suffered from the wind and cold at a young age, repeatedly built medical doors, and exhausted his family property with the resources of decoction and medicine". In his early years, he was eager to learn and knowledgeable, but later he suffered from illness and often needed to seek medical advice, so he decided to become a doctor and vowed to save the suffering of the soul. Later, he practiced medicine for more than 70 years and was respected as the "King of Medicine".
Every year on the second day of the second lunar month, there will be a lively grand temple fair in Yaowang Mountain in Shaanxi, and visitors come from all over the world to pray for peace and health. As a 100-year-old doctor, Sun Simiao has a complete set of self-health care methods.
Sun Simiao attaches great importance to dietary therapy, emphasizing: "The foundation of life must be based on food." "To be a doctor, you must first understand the source of the disease, know what it is committing, cure it with food, and then order medicine." Because although medicine cures diseases, "the medicine is strong, like a royal soldier, and the violence of the soldier is not allowed to happen in vain?" Therefore, medication should not be taken lightly unless it is absolutely necessary. The diet is peaceful and smooth, impartial, "can expel evil and calm the internal organs, please the mind and refresh the will to enrich the blood." If a doctor "can use food to calm the disease, relieve feelings, and relieve the sick, it can be described as a miracle method for good workers to bait the old for many years, and it is also a great way to maintain health." It can be seen that Sun Simiao not only regarded diet before medicine but also regarded it as a means of maintaining longevity, and expounded the principle that good doctors "treat diseases and save people, and emphasize prevention and treatment".
Sun Simiao attaches great importance to food therapy, and deliberately introduces the proposition of "suitable food", and exclaims: "Those who do not know suitable food are not enough to survive!" "The so-called food is to eat in moderation. He agreed with the saying that "there are many diseases in the old age, and there are few diseases in the hungry years", and the people in the Guanzhong area are frugal and have a simple diet, so they are less sick and live longer; The people of Jiangnan live a rich life, delicacies from the mountains and seas, and are prepared for everything, and many diseases and early deaths are examples to prove this view. He opposes eating too much, insisting that the staple food is not too full, and that he does not drink too much; If you are greedy for a while, you will invite endless calamities. Therefore, normal people should eat small and frequent meals: "The appetite is small and the appetite is more, and the more is difficult to eliminate." It is wonderful to strive to achieve the situation of "always wanting to be hungry and hungry." The principle of eating appropriately is also reflected in the fact that the diet should be light but not greasy, the feeling of sweetness, sourness and spiciness, and the cold, heat, cold and warmth are moderate.
Sun Simiao believed that the diet should not be too rich, and that we should eat less meat, less sauerkraut, no raw, cold, and stale things, and no turbid wine. He also made a point of exhorting people to eat less salt. It is pointed out that excessive diet is harmful to people.
According to Sun Simiao's views and theories, several dietary therapies are introduced: common foods can be used to treat a variety of diseases. For example, use quince seeds to kill insects and remove poison, chicken head rice to treat dampness and waist and knee pain, use green onions and white sweat to relieve the surface, use leek seeds to treat dream leakage and enuresis, use flax seeds to benefit the kidneys and fill the marrow, and use coix seeds to treat wind, cold and dampness. Human milk can replenish the five internal organs, making people fat and white; Horse milk quenches polydipsia, cow's milk nourishes the heart and blood, long muscles and deficiency, goat milk dispels cold and replenishes syrup, donkey milk treats hot jaundice, and pig milk treats children with epilepsy. It can be used to treat goiter with iodine-rich animal thyroid, treat night blindness with animal liver, and treat beriberi with red adzuki beans, black beans and soybeans. In the dietary remedies for people who are old and weak, in order to prolong life, honey, crisp, sugar, sesame oil, liver and kidney of cattle and sheep can be used. The "Thousand Golden Prescriptions" records a large number of longevity, anti-aging and anti-aging foods, such as dates, lotus root, pine resin, flax, grapes, etc.
Health is nourishment. That is, what you learn and do should be in accordance with your nature. "The saint is the one who takes the bait, and the one who walks is also; Therefore, the fool reports the year of illness, but does not repair a line. Entangled toothless, no regrets. ”
People who are good at health preservation should not rely on the medicinal bait Jindan, but should seek kindness and virtue the most, otherwise they can only sacrifice their roots and seek the end. It is also necessary to maintain a balanced mentality in order to nourish the sentiments, so that "where there is love in the heart, there is no need to love; If you hate something, you don't need to hate it deeply, and it hurts your spirit. There is no need to praise deeply, nor do you need to destroy deeply, you must always move your heart and be equal in things", all to restore their nature!
Diet therapy does not heal, and then the medicine. "If the husband is a healer, he must first understand the source of the disease, know what he has committed, and cure it with food. Diet therapy does not heal, and then the medicine. Sun Simiao also pointed out that we should be cautious in speaking, eat lightly and modestly, do not be too full, do not be hungry, "Be cautious in your words, but still eat sparingly." It is a person who is good at cultivating his nature, he eats first when he is hungry, he drinks when he is thirsty, and he has a small appetite, and he does not care about the meal, and it is difficult to get rid of it. Always want to make it like being hungry, hungry and hungry. If you are full, it hurts your lungs, if you are hungry, if you are hungry, if you are salty, if you are hungry ”
The way of health preservation is often a little labor. In "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions", Sun Simiao gave the principle of "don't want to drink too much, it's better to vomit quickly, don't get drunk" for drinking. In terms of exercise and daily life, he pointed out that "the way of health preservation, often want to work a little, but not too tired and strong to be unbearable", focusing on traditional health methods such as massage, guidance, qi regulation, and room; In addition, we will remind you of your accommodation, travel preparation, bathing, oral hygiene, etc., and go deep into the subtleties of daily life.