Text | Chen Xuezhong
The owner of man, the ear of flesh and gas. - "Su Qing And The Theory of The Scriptures"
It is recorded in the Suqin Sutra Commentary: "The owner of man, the ear of blood and qi." "It shows that qi and blood occupy an important position in human life activities." Among them, qi is yang, invisible active, and the main is warm; blood is yin, the tangible lord is quiet, and the lord is nourished. This is the difference between qi and blood in terms of properties and physiological functions. However, both are mainly derived from the subtle water valley of spleen and stomach metaplasia, which are physiologically complementary, interdependent, mutually breeding, and jointly maintain and promote life activities. Therefore, the "True Meaning of the Difficult Scriptures" says: "There is blood in the qi, there is qi in the blood, and the qi and the blood must not be separated, but the yin and yang are mutually rooted, and the principle of nature is also." This relationship between qi and blood can be summarized as "qi is the handsome of blood, and blood is the mother of qi."
The effect of qi on the blood
1. Qi can generate blood: it means that in the process of blood generation, the gasification effect is very important. Both camp qi and jin fluid are the main components of the blood. From the intake of diet to the essence of the valley of water, from the essence of the valley to the essence of the camp qi and jin liquid; and then from the camp qi and jin liquid to the blood, are inseparable from the movement of the qi changes. Therefore, qi can produce blood. Qi is strong, and the blood function is also strong; if the qi is weak, the blood function is weak. When clinically treating blood deficiency, it is often combined with drugs to replenish qi, which is the truth. 2. Qi can perform blood: The operation of blood depends on the promotion of qi. It mainly relies on the promotion of heart qi, the declaration and suppression of lung qi, and the release and adjustment of liver qi. Qi is bloody, and stagnation is blood stasis. In pathology, qi deficiency or stagnation can lead to blood stasis, called "qi deficiency blood stasis" and "qi stagnation blood stasis". If the qi machine is reversed, the blood is also abnormal with the reversal of the rise and fall of the qi, and the blood rises with the qi, which can meet red, red eyes, headaches, and even bleeding; if the blood sinks with the qi, the abdomen will fall and bloat, or the blood will collapse and leak. 3. Qi can take blood: blood runs in the vein without overflowing outside the vein, mainly relying on the solid effect of qi on the blood. If the qi does not take blood, it can cause various bleeding disorders.
The effect of blood on qi
1. Blood is the mother of qi: including blood energy and blood energy carrier gas. 2. Blood can perform qi: blood provides nutrition for the functional activities of qi. 3. Blood energy carrier gas: blood is the carrier of qi, qi is stored in the blood, and it reaches the whole body by blood transport. Because Qi is very energetic and easy to escape, it must be attached to the blood and fluid and exist in the body. If the blood is deficient, or when the blood is bleeding heavily, the qi is lost, and the qi is lost without roots. Therefore, when treating heavy bleeding, it is necessary to use the method of yiqi solidification, and the reason lies in this.
Health is the nourishment of blood and qi
Health maintenance, in fact, is to nourish "blood" and "qi". The energy produced by the "raw matter of life" is "qi." This is a very important concept in TCM, because it is regarded as the basic driving energy source for the growth and development of the human body, the operation of internal organs, the transportation, transmission and excretion of substances in the body. When these movements change or go awry, that is, when "qi" does not work well, our bodies will get sick. Unlike the names of diseases in Western medicine (such as cancer), they can be summarized in Chinese medicine terms as: "stagnation", "depression", "reversal" and "depression", which refers to the four conditions of movement disorders of "qi". The most important role of blood on the human body is to nourish, and the nutrients and oxygen it carries are the material basis for the life activities of various tissues and organs of the human body. Blood is more important for women, blood is sufficient, then the face is rosy, the skin is full and plump, the hair is lubricated and shiny, and the essence is refined
God feels full and sensitive and flexible. Because blood is the best carrier to transmit the efficacy of qi to all organs of the body, it is also called "blood as the mother of qi" in Chinese medicine, also known as "blood energy carrying qi". The spleen and stomach are important organs for our body to digest and absorb the diet, and are also the source of materials produced by blood, so in Chinese medicine, there is a saying that "spleen produces blood", that is to say, supplementing the spleen is the key to nourishing blood. Qi can carry the efficiency to the organs, so sufficient qi is a prerequisite for the normal work of the human hematopoietic organs. In Chinese medicine, it is said that "qi can produce blood", that is to say, if the blood is deficient, it should first replenish qi. If the blood loss or dysfunction will lead to a variety of discomfort, such as insomnia, forgetfulness, irritability, palpitations, coma, etc., in the long run will inevitably lead to more serious diseases.
Qi and blood are insufficient, often eat it
How to regulate the deficiency of qi and blood? It is recommended that you always eat one thing, longan, which has a stronger blood tonic effect than the dates we eat more often. Longan medicinal use was first published in the "Shennong Materia Medica", it is sweet and warm, has the effect of tonifying the heart and spleen, improving qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and nourishing muscles, and has a good nourishing and tonic effect. It can be used for insomnia, forgetfulness, palpitations, dizziness and other symptoms caused by heart and spleen deficiency, lack of qi and blood.
To introduce you to a few longan dietary remedies, the method is simple and delicious, which is beneficial to replenishing qi and nourishing blood and conditioning the body.
Delicious longan soup tonifies qi and blood
Ingredients: 3-4 longan, 10-20 goji berries, 1 white fungus, 3-5 pieces of rock sugar. Directions: White fungus foam hair, longan peeled and put into the pot with the core and other ingredients, add an appropriate amount of cold water to boil, boil for 20 minutes after boiling, filter out the soup to take, drink once a day. Solution: Longan tonifies qi and blood, and the core also has the effect of qi; goji berries are flat, tonifying the liver and kidneys; white fungus is cool, clearing the lungs and nourishing the yin; rock sugar is cool, which can neutralize the temperature of the longan. In this way, it can not only replenish qi and blood, but also not be tepid and dry.
Longan sour jujube kernel soup calms the spirit and helps sleep
Ingredients: Sour date kernels, dried longan meat, goji berries 10 g each. Directions: Add an appropriate amount of water to a boil and drink. Sour jujube kernel is known as "Oriental Sleeping Fruit", Chinese medicine believes that it tastes sweet and flat, into the heart, liver meridians, has the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, nourishing the heart and liver, sweating and so on, can help sleep and calm the spirit, insomnia and dreams have a certain alleviating effect. Longan nourishes the heart and calms the mind, replenishes the heart and spleen, and has a stronger effect with sour jujube kernels.
Longan millet porridge nourishes the heart and stomach
Ingredients: 20 g dried longan meat, 50 g millet, wash and set aside. Directions: Put the millet into a pot of hot water, add the longan meat after the water is boiled, and cook for 30 minutes on low heat. Millet is not only beneficial to spleen and stomach health, but also known as "Chinese sleeping milk", it contains calming tryptophan, can help sleep, at the same time, it is cool and flat, can restrict the warmth of the longan, to prevent fire. This bowl of porridge is very suitable for dinner, and people with insufficient qi and blood and difficulty falling asleep can often drink it.
Precautions 1. Longan is warm, a large amount of food is easy to catch fire, eat a few pieces a day, people who are easy to get on fire should eat less. 2. It has a relatively high sugar content, and it is not recommended for diabetic patients if the blood sugar fluctuations are more obvious. The role of longan tonifying qi and blood is stronger than red, but also healthy spleen and stomach, peace of mind, lack of qi and blood, poor sleep friends can often eat, but longan eat how easy to fire, delicious and do not greedy Oh!