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How does TCM nourish vitality?

Chinese medicine believes that the human body has "three treasures", namely essence, qi and spirit. Vitality is the foundation of life and the three elements to maintain human life activities. Only by nourishing the spirit can the human body develop healthily and have fewer diseases. So, how can Chinese medicine maintain its mental state? Is there any good way? What is the essence? Refers to all nutrients in the human body, which can be divided into congenital and acquired. The innate essence comes from parents, and the acquired essence comes from diet. Sperm is mainly managed by the kidney, which is often called "kidney essence". "When people are born, they become refined first". Essence is not only the basic element of human body, but also dominates the whole process of human growth, development, reproduction and aging. Qi is a delicate substance necessary to maintain human life activities and a driving force to promote the functional activities of human viscera. It is not only the representation of matter, but also the expression of function. Qi has important functions in the human body, such as bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, warming the viscera, resisting external evils, preserving essence and blood, transforming nutrition, etc. "People's life depends on this gas." Qi can be endless, and if it is endless, the human body will be healthy and disease-free. Exquisite stuffing, full of gas and full of spirit are the guarantee of health; Deficiency of essence, qi deficiency and mental fatigue are the causes of aging. Although essence, qi and spirit have their own characteristics, they are an inseparable whole. If they exist, they only exist, and if they die, they all die. Zhang Jingyue said: "People who are good at keeping in good health must cherish their own essence, which is full of vitality, vitality, good health, and less illness." Chen Ming Jiru pointed out in The Language of Keeping Skin Healthy: "Essence can make you angry, and qi can make you angry, so essence can also make you angry. Keeping the essence and storing the gas, storing the gas and nourishing the spirit is the key to longevity. " Some doctors think that essence, qi and spirit are the "inner three treasures" and ears, eyes and mouth are the "outer three treasures". In order to preserve health and prolong life, it is necessary to "always make the inner three treasures not for logistics, and the outer three treasures not for temptation but for disturbance". Therefore, the key to maintaining essence, qi and spirit lies in self-cultivation. The heart is pure and has no desire, the heart is not chaotic, the feelings are not moving, and the gas is not consumed. The rest method in qigong is to control the body and mind through self-regulation, which is a good means to nourish the vitality of the human body. It requires high concentration of thoughts, meditation, getting rid of distractions and relaxing all over the body, so as to achieve the goal that all thoughts are empty and make the cerebral cortex in a protective and inhibitory state. If you do it for a long time, you can get the effect of maintaining your spirit. Exquisite feet, vigorous spirit and complete spirit will make you refreshed and positive. Old people will be able to grow old and live longer, while young people will stay young and delay aging. In short, it is very important to preserve health and prolong life, especially to pay attention to the maintenance of "God". In daily life, we should always be cheerful, open-minded and emotionally stable to avoid the invasion of mental illness.