Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Conditioning

The core logic of TCM health conditioning is never to follow the trend of supplements, nor is it a health investment that only middle-aged and elderly people need. It is essentially a set of life adjustment plans that adapt to individual physiques and follow natural rhythms. It is useful, but only if you find the right method that suits you, rather than copying the online health list.

I met a 22-year-old girl when I was working as a free clinic in the community. She had just been working for half a year. Every day she saw bloggers saying "nine out of ten people are wet". Following the trend, she bought a package of ingredients for Sishen Soup and cooked it every day. After drinking it for half a month, not only did she not have the legendary effect of reducing edema, but she broke out in acne on her face and she was constipated for three days. After taking the pulse and checking the tongue, I found that she had a typical constitution of hot upper body and cold lower body, and the middle burner was severely blocked. The yam and poria cocos in the Sishen Decoction were warm in nature. Sishen Soup is a good thing, it depends on the person who drinks it.

When it comes to this, I have to mention two topics that have been debated in the health circle for many years. In fact, there is no absolute right or wrong, but the focus of the schools is different. For example, "Should we drink more hot water?" People with febrile disease believe that nowadays people usually eat a lot of high-fat and high-sugar foods and generally have high internal heat. There is no need to deliberately drink hot water at 40 or 50 degrees. As long as the water at room temperature is not iced, drinking it will not hurt the spleen and stomach. ； However, the typhoid fever school insists that the spleen and stomach like warmth and hate cold. Especially for people who are usually afraid of cold and have diarrhea when eating something cold, drinking warm water all year round is the basis for protecting the spleen. Both views are correct, but they are suitable for different people. There is no need to compete for superiority. There is also "whether vegetarianism is good for health". Taoist medicine does emphasize that light vegetarian food can reduce the burden on the body, and is especially friendly to people who usually socialize a lot, have high blood fat, and have a big belly. However, folk inheritance also emphasizes that "medicinal supplements are not as good as food supplements." For people who have suffered from postpartum and postoperative qi and blood loss, drinking Angelica, Ginger and Mutton Soup for three days will have a much faster effect than taking a bunch of vegetarian supplements. It still depends on your situation.

To be honest, I have been practicing clinical practice for almost 10 years, and the most useless health regimen I have ever seen is just copying the list one by one on the Internet. Many people don't even know what their constitution is, so they dare to stock up on donkey-hide gelatin, ginseng, and cordyceps and stuff them into their mouths. In fact, 90% of people's problems today are not deficiency, but "blockage": eating too much, moving too little, and having emotions piled up in their hearts with nowhere to express them. It's not deficiency. Nutrients are piles of nutrients that cannot be transported and transformed. If you supplement them at this time, it is like pouring water into a clogged sewer. It will only overflow. Instead, it is better to "unblock" it first: eat two less meals, stay up two less nights, and walk two more stops after get off work. It is worse than any tonic.

Ordinary people don’t need to memorize the nine complicated physical classifications. If they want to figure out what kind of health regimen is suitable for them, they can just look at three small details: first, whether they are more afraid of heat or cold, second, whether their stools are dry or watery all year round, and third, whether their mouth is bitter and sticky or tasteless when they wake up in the morning. If you know these three points accurately, you will be on the right track. For example, if you are usually afraid of heat, have dry stools, and have a bitter taste in your mouth when you wake up in the morning, don't follow the trend of drinking ginger water or eating longan. Eat more green leafy vegetables and boil some pear water, which will be more comfortable. ； If you are usually afraid of the cold, have loose stools, and have no taste in your mouth, drink less iced milk tea and eat less salad. Make some millet porridge and add two slices of ginger. After drinking it for two days, your stomach will warm up.

Let me tell you about my own experience. I worked on a scientific research project for more than a month last year. During that time, I always felt flustered and my eyelids were swollen in the morning. I didn’t prescribe any medicine. I just walked slowly around the community for 20 minutes after get off work every day. When I walked, I loosely clenched my fists and swung my arms to follow the steps. I went home at night and soaked my feet in 40-degree water for 10 minutes. I recovered in less than a week. Do you think this is some lofty method? No, it just follows the rhythm of the body, helps the spleen and stomach move and transform when moving, and draws down the floating fire in the feet when soaking the feet, and it works. As the old saying goes, "Medicinal supplements are not as good as food supplements, and food supplements are not as good as sleep supplements." The essence is this. Just don't go against your body.

Don’t think that keeping in good health is a troublesome thing. You don’t need to cook health soup every day or clock in Baduanjin. You can cross your legs for half an hour, stand up and stretch after sitting for a long time, and don’t be greedy for ice cream. In fact, it is all about conditioning. There is no health formula that can cure all diseases. To put it bluntly, it is to be friends with your body. When it is comfortable, you will naturally feel comfortable, right?