Old Chinese medicine teaches you how to keep in good health and live a long life. The 73 year old professor of acupuncture and moxibustion, who has been a doctor for 50 years, has clear eyes, delicate and glossy skin, quick movements and no old state. Moreover, from Monday to Friday, the professor is not in the outpatient department of acupuncture and moxibustion, but in the ward every day. This makes people wonder what kind of health preserving Scripture he has?
Drink a cup of Hawthorn soup every day, the professor used to use 19 pieces of Hawthorn to boil water every day, about a large glass of water, when drinking tea, preferably after dinner.
Hawthorn can lower blood pressure and soften blood vessels. I have been adhering to this habit since a few years ago. 'said the expert.
Eat a sweet potato every day, it contains crude fiber can defecate, it is best to eat after dinner, get up in the morning will defecate unobstructed.
He has been climbing the mountain once a week, taking a deep breath and stretching his body freely for three years.
Write a book every year. When you are old, you should use your brain frequently. If you use your brain more, you can prevent Alzheimer's disease and brain atrophy.
Pay attention to moderate weight loss. Walking for more than half an hour or doing calisthenics every day can consume body fat. You can go to bed three hours after eating. When you sleep, you can strengthen the body's heat consumption by wearing thin underwear.
To prevent stroke and exercise hands and feet, we should prevent stroke from the age of 50. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stroke is related to old age and body failure, liver and kidney loss, and that centenary begins with a single step. As the saying goes, trees wither, roots wither, people wither and feet wither first.
"It's better to soak your feet in warm water before going to bed than to take tonics at ordinary times," says Liu Bingquan. You can usually press your feet and acupoints Yongquan, Taixi, Hegu and Quchi of the kidney meridian. Pressing each acupoint once a day for one to two minutes at a time can nourish Yin and kidney, calm liver and extinguish fire.
Regular movement of fingers and toes helps to strengthen peripheral nerve circulation and increase blood flow of heart, brain and kidney. The specific method is to push and pinch five toes with thumb, pinch the fingers of left hand with right index finger and middle finger, or pinch the right finger with left index finger and middle finger.
Professor, there is also a stroke prevention hand washing. First wash your hands with a basin of cold water, then with a basin of hot water. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the hand is the place where the three yang and three yin meridians pass. One cold and one hot is an opportunity, which has a reflex effect on the cerebral blood vessels and can prevent stroke.
"Yangmu Jing" is to button the eyeball
The 73 year old man's eyes look very bright without any turbidity.
Liu Bingquan's "eye care classic" is that every two hours (especially during the working period), he uses his index finger, middle finger and ring finger to gently buckle (cover and gently press) his eyeballs. After a few seconds each time, he must look far and relax his eyes. Usually eat more iron rich food, such as laver, spinach, black fungus, pay attention to zinc, eat more calcium rich food, supplement vitamin A, e, especially vitamin D rich food, such as fish liver, egg yolk. High blood pressure in the elderly can cause vascular atherosclerosis, and then involve cochlear vascular sclerosis. Vitamin D intake can reduce blood pressure. 'said Liu Bingquan.
Body building and moxibustion
Suppurative moxibustion is a kind of therapy in ancient China, which can improve the body's resistance.
"Acupuncture Zi Sheng Jing" says: "if you get moxibustion sores with moxibustion, you will suffer from scrofula. If you don't get it, you will not be cured. According to experts, this kind of moxibustion is to place the moxa cone directly on the acupoints, ignite it, burn the skin, make it blister and purulent, and finally leave scars, so as to prevent and treat various diseases. At present, suppurative moxibustion is often used to regulate asthma, chronic gastrointestinal diseases and body deficiency, especially to improve the resistance of the elderly.