Who is in command of the twelve hours?

The ancients divided a day and night into twelve periods, each called an hour. Twelve hours can refer to both the day, but also can refer to any hour. Twelve hours is the ancients according to the natural law of the sun during the day, changes in the color of the sky, as well as their daily production activities, living habits and summarized, original in the world. (A), first look at the Zi Shi, Zi Shi is 23:00 at night to 1:00 at night, this time is the gallbladder when the order, (this part of the previous article has been discussed, in order to get the overall effect, and then briefly repeat) that is to say, this period, the gallbladder in the human body on duty. In ancient Chinese culture, great importance was attached to this hour. It is precisely at the darkest time of the day that yang energy begins to develop. In the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, there is a saying that "All eleven Tibetans depend on the gallbladder. In other words, the lungs, large intestine, stomach, spleen, heart, small intestine, bladder, kidneys, pericardium, triple burner, and liver all depend on the development of the gallbladder. We often have this experience in our daily life, to eight or nine o'clock in the evening, we are very easy to sleepy, but at one o'clock in the night, we happen to be awake. This is because yang qi begins to develop at this time. (b) When the Liver meridian is in command, it is between 1:00 and 3:00 at night, and this time is called the Ugly Hour, what does the Ugly Hour look like? The character for "ugly" is like a hand being strangled, as if the yang qi is being generated at this time, but you must be restrained, you can't let it be generated all at once, so it must be controlled, that is to say, there should be a descending in the ascending. The so-called ascending in the descending, with an analogy: we have seen the nine dragon wall, look at the dragon map will find that the head of the ascending dragon are descending, descending dragon's head is ascending, is the so-called ascending things you must have descending to be able to, the birth of something must have convergence, and convergence must have birth, this is the Chinese learning, very flexible, can not only have birth without convergence, only collection without growth, are not allowed. This is Chinese learning, very flexible, can not only birth without astringency, only collection without growth, are not allowed. When lying down, blood returns to the liver. When lying down to sleep will close the eyes, the liver is like an official orifice, close the eyes is equal to close the valve, the whole body's qi and blood is returned to the liver, the liver to hide the blood, to do the blood filtering. So at this time must be in a state of sleep, so that the liver to hide blood. So in order to nourish the liver and blood, 1:00 am to 3:00 am to sleep well. Must have a good sleep, otherwise your liver can not be nourished. If you play cards night after night, you can't nourish your liver. The liver is the main store of blood, and the liver is the officer of the general, and it is where the planning and thinking come from. As a general is not only able to lead soldiers to fight, but also to strategize and have far-reaching strategies. Therefore, whether a person's intelligence to play depends entirely on his liver qi and liver blood is sufficient, if the liver qi and liver blood is sufficient, then do things steadily, down-to-earth. On the contrary, if liver qi is weak, you will be very irritable, irritable, and will have liver fire, because there is no more strategy. Liver main sparing, liver sparing function determines the person's vitality of the machine, if a person is often sulking or depressed, will be depressed and blood flow is not smooth, resulting in weakness, cold limbs, that is, the liver's vitality function for a long time by depression, will affect the growth of the other organs and the operation of the function, which viscera is weak, waste can not be eliminated in a timely manner, through the accumulation of cancer will be born. Liver main tendon tendon refers to connect the limbs and bones of the elastic fascia, if the liver blood moisturizes to the fascia, the person's activities are flexible, otherwise it will be stiff, often occurring leg cramps is likely to be due to the lack of liver blood and cause. (c) Cinnabar time, refers to the period from 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. This period is when the lung meridian is in command. In the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, the function of the lung meridian is compared to that of the "official of the minister". The so-called Xiang Fu was the emperor's prime minister or teacher. In ancient societies, this was the equivalent of Jiang Ziya, Liu Bowen, and so on. In terms of the human body itself, it is the lungs that are higher than the heart. The heart is the official of the monarch, and the lungs are the official of the Xiang Fu, often the teacher of the monarch, and therefore above the monarch. In Chinese medicine theory, the first function of the lungs is to "weigh and govern, the main body of the qi". The lungs are in charge of all the qi in a person's body. In the middle of the night from three to five o'clock, the lung meridian is in charge, it begins to redistribute the whole body's qi and blood, so the night sleep from three to five o'clock, is necessary to ensure. The body's qi and blood begin to redistribute how much the heart, needs and how much the kidneys need, and this distribution of qi and blood is accomplished by the lung meridian. So between 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., one is the time when one sleeps the most, why do I say this, because the transformation of our body from static to dynamic must be accomplished through deep sleep. This process of redistribution must be accomplished during deep sleep. If one wakes up at this time, it means that the amount of qi and blood is insufficient, which is very bad. If people do not sleep at this time, it interferes with the transmission and distribution of Lung Qi to the whole body, because in the state of distribution, it is desirable for all sectors to be in a relatively calm situation. If at this time, a department is suddenly in an active state, then it will need more qi, which will interfere with the centralized distribution function. The lungs are in charge of "governing the segments out of the body". The most critical manifestation of the normal qi of a person is in the "seasons". There are seasons in the human body, and there are also seasons between heaven and earth, that is, the twenty-four seasons of qi. If the qi of heaven and earth is normal, the 24 solar terms can be normal, and whether the lung qi of a person is normal or not is also manifested through the solar terms. For example, some people experience pain in their joints when they come to a certain festival, what is the reason for this? This is caused by the action of abnormal qi. If it is abnormal qi, it will lead to problems at the key points of the festival, causing painful elephants. In daily life, people pay a lot of attention to festivals, and there are various festivals in China, such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and so on. In ancient China, the emphasis on festivals was actually a way of telling people that every festival would bring about a shift and a turnaround in people's lives, and that the word "festival" actually means a turnaround. Why do we need to rest during festivals? It is actually telling people that they need to stay in a state of rest and leisure to get through the transition point of qi energy safely. However, people now have a misunderstanding of the festivals, as if the festivals mean that the days of eating and drinking and overeating are here, which in turn will result in a lot of festive illnesses, which is exactly the opposite of the ancient concept. Ancient people believed that it was necessary to rest at such times in order to escape the festive season. For example, people used to think that the Chinese New Year was a big ghost, so how to avoid it? Traditional culture and folklore have many ways to do so. First, people would set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, and setting off firecrackers actually drives away the ghosts. Secondly, during the festival, people have to get together, because there is more power in the crowd, so they can fight against the evil spirits. Again, people have to observe the New Year's Eve, because the "New Year" is a big monster, people do not sleep all night, we sit together, so that the key point of the ghost can pass, the New Year's Eve, everywhere lights, because the ghosts are afraid of lights, afraid of fire. In this way, we can understand the meaning of "festival" very well. (d) Dao Shi refers to the period from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., which is the time when the large intestine meridian is in season. Some people say that in the morning to develop the habit of defecation, in fact, this habit does not need to be developed, which is a natural trend of the body's qi. 5:00 to 7:00, defecation is a very normal phenomenon in the human body. Ancient language in the morning is called the door of heaven open, then relatively speaking, the ground to open, the ground in Chinese medicine is the door of the prana, prana is the anus. (E) the hour refers to the morning 7-9 o'clock, the hour is also known as food time, for the stomach when the order of the time. Ancient "food" time is to eat breakfast time, eons of the Chinese zodiac corresponds to the dragon, according to legend, this is the "group of dragons row rain" time. Yang energy begins to take the initiative, while Yin energy begins to be at a disadvantage. Yin and yang are rooted in each other, and in order to nourish the yang energy, food is needed to supplement it. So the best way to nourish your body is to eat breakfast. Qi and blood flow into the stomach meridian, and its ability to grind and transform is strongest at this time. Medicine believes that not eating breakfast is very harmful; First, breakfast is the source of energy for brain activity, if you do not eat breakfast, the body can not supply enough blood sugar for consumption, you will feel tired, fatigue, brain power can not be concentrated, mental sluggishness, slow reaction. Especially office workers, do not eat breakfast will affect the quality of the day's work. Secondly, if you don't eat breakfast, the stomach is not filled with food, and the stomach is in a starvation state for a long time, which will cause excessive secretion of gastric acid and erosion of the surrounding tissues, which will easily lead to gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases. Again, in the case of three regular meals, the human body will naturally produce gastrointestinal reflex phenomenon, that is to say, can promote defecation; if the habit becomes natural, time may cause gastrointestinal reflex dysfunction, and produce constipation. Finally, do not eat breakfast, hungry to start the day's work, the body in order to obtain power, will use the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary and other glands, to burn tissue, in addition to causing glandular hyperactivity in addition to the more will make the body weakened, suffering from chronic diseases. So be sure to eat breakfast. Here would also like to mention the ancient health care methods; the ancients placed great emphasis on knee protection, sitting on the ground, always put both hands on the knees, because the stomach meridian passes through the knees, there is a Laogong point in the hand, belonging to the fire point, which can prevent the knees from getting cold. Stomach meridian has an important point called foot Sanli, is a longevity point, often massage foot Sanli, in fact, is also a good way to maintain our stomach. (F) Si time refers to the morning 9-11 o'clock, this is the spleen meridian when the time period. Spleen is the main transportation, spleen and lungs in traditional Chinese medicine belongs to Tai Yin. The so-called Tai Yin is that they both have the function of distribution. The lungs distribute the qi and blood of the whole body, while the spleen mainly transports the qi and blood of the food that has been cooked in the stomach to the muscles and tissues, so the spleen is a preliminary, preliminary job compared to the lungs. Another function of the spleen is to be the master of the muscles of the body. If the spleen functions well, the muscles will be well developed. Whether or not the Spleen's transportation function is normal will often be shown through the lips. If the spleen functions well, the lips will be moist and plump; conversely, the lips will be shriveled and dry. The problem we usually call myasthenia gravis is actually due to spleen disease. There are also some elderly people whom we may find that their eyelids are drooping. In fact, the eyelids are also dominated by the Spleen, and the drooping eyelids indicate that there is a problem with the Spleen's function of dominating the muscles. (To be continued) Zi time is also known as the "half of the night", Tang poetry, "Gusu city outside the Cold Mountain Temple, the sound of bells to the guest boat at midnight! The "ugly hour" is also known as "rooster's crow", as in "Poetry": "The wind and rain are as dark as the sky, and the rooster's crow never stops"; the "c" hour is also known as "pingdan", as in "The Records of the Grand Historian": "On pingdan, Li Guang was returning to his home, where he was the only one who had ever lived. Pingdan, Li Guang is returned to his army"; d, also known as "sunrise", the old saying: "sunrise, sunrise and rest"; e, also known as "eclipse", such as "up to the eclipse". As "to the eclipse, Mr. will eat"; Si time is also known as the "corner", the ancient book said: "sun out of Yanggu, to Hengyang, is called the corner". 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