What is the ancient Chinese view of living and health?

Chinese ancient people believe that "living and rising often", "to end their days, the degree of 100 years is to go", "living and rising often, so half a hundred and decline," the living and rising often as one of the reasons for people's The reason for the long life of a person is that he or she has to live regularly.

For example, the ancients woke up early and combed their hair as a matter of health, hair needs to be combed often, because often combing the hair can comb away the dust and dandruff, to keep the hair clean and the hair root of the air, but also to improve and enhance blood circulation, to prevent hair loss and slow down the process of gray hair. Ming Dynasty people Shen Shi "regimen to record" that combing hair once a day, can dredge the blood, scattered wind and dampness. Xie Zhao "five miscellaneous chopping block" Volume XII also put forward on the words of the health care home, combing the number of times a day a thousand, ancient health care home called the comb for the "wooden teeth Dan", said that the daily morning comb a thousand, it is a solid hair to the wind, the face of the happy Ze. Here it is worth recalling that the health practitioners called the comb "wooden teeth Dan", visible although a wooden comb, but really has the effect of a panacea. Because of the magical effect of combing hair, there are people call it "fairy hair washing method". Qing Dynasty people Yuyue "tea incense room notes" quoted Song Dynasty, said: "Zhou Tian swore that the winter solstice night, combing the head of one thousand two hundred, in order to praise the sun out of the stagnation, so that the five organs of the gas flow in the final years, called the immortal head washing method."

Head and feet is the body's top two extremes of the top and bottom, before going to bed both combing the head and wash the feet, can promote health, night sleep peacefully. During the Song Dynasty, some people even referred to these two things as the main points of health care. Song Dynasty people Zhang Duanyi "Gui ear set" recorded: "Guo Shangxian delayed book down, from Yang Zhai Lieutenant to the matter, tasted the cloud service bait guide the rest, there are two things is the key to health, combing bath feet is also. Shangxian Yun: 'combing the head and feet bath long life things, when going to sleep small peace.'" From the poem, we can see that combing the feet is not only beneficial to longevity, but also a real enjoyment of life when you go to sleep!

The ancients often put "wash" and "gargle" together. "Gargle" is gargling, the purpose is to clean the mouth, to prevent mouth and teeth disease. A Thousand Gold Formula" says: "When you gargle several times after eating, your teeth will not be defeated, and your mouth will be fragrant." The old constant saying also says: "After eating, the slight residue left in the tooth gap, the most tired teeth." "If you eat sweet and sweet things, you should gargle even more. Whenever I see a person who has not yet reached old age, his teeth will fall off, and it is the sweetness that remains in his teeth, which will gradually lead to the birth of worms and evil thoughts." Gargling after eating, especially pay more attention to gargling after eating sweet food. Then again, the ancient art of health also believes that, early rise and before going to sleep should gargle, of which the role of gargling before going to sleep, more far better than early rinse. "Night gargle but better than the morning gargle", is the "trivial record" said. As for gargling with water, not warm or cold is ideal, but if you can get used to gargling with cold water, the effect is better, "you can always get rid of the teeth, that is, when you want to fall, but also to avoid pain."

The matter of urination and defecation is mentioned on paper, although it is hurtful, but it is unavoidable in life. Under normal circumstances, people's urine about every 1 to 4 hours, into the night is due to the metabolism slows down and reduce. It is best to have a bowel movement once a day to form a habit. In order not to violate the normal physiological function, in addition to special circumstances, usually do not force to hold back the urine and stool. Ming Dynasty people Shen Shi "regimen" caution: "bear urine inconvenience into five showers, cold knees into paralysis; bear stool into five hemorrhoids, Nu (force) urination foot and knee cold; exhale, Nu stool, waist pain and eye astigmatism." Visible "endure" and "Nu" consequences, are very serious. Ancient people believe that if you can bite your teeth hard during urination and defecation, perseverance, can be exempted from the worry of tooth pain shaking.