What to eat to replenish yang energy?
Health Ascetic, let’s start the lecture!
Yang Qi is difficult to explain. We can simply think of it as the driving force of human body metabolism. All physiological activities of the human body depend on it. Yang Qi can warm and nourish the body, making people less energetic. If you feel sluggish, your limbs will not be cold for a long time, and many problems will naturally arise if your Yang Qi is insufficient.
Insufficient heart yang will cause chest tightness and shortness of breath; insufficient liver yang will cause a bad temper; insufficient lung yang will cause asthma and fatigue; insufficient kidney yang will cause a dull complexion, waist and knee aches; and insufficient spleen yang will cause phlegm-damp obesity. , but most yang deficiency constitutions are caused by insufficient kidney yang, and the kidney is the innate foundation.
So how to improve the constitution of Yang deficiency in life?
1: Eat more cold-repelling foods
It is naturally difficult to adapt to climate changes if you have insufficient yang energy. Even in the summer, you need to wear long clothes. You can eat more ginger tea, Sichuan pepper, Pepper, hot pepper and other cold-repellent foods should not be tried by those with excessive liver fire
2: Eat more hot foods
People with yang deficiency can eat more Eat some warm or kidney-tonifying foods, such as: leeks, dog meat, pork, beef and mutton, pig meat, chicken liver, wolfberry, leek, black beans, black rice, walnuts, purple rice and other foods
Three: People with yang deficiency constitution need to stay away from these foods
It is not advisable to eat too much raw and cold food, eat less ice cream in summer, and stay away from kelp, seaweed, crabs, snails, water spinach, lettuce, okra, enoki mushrooms, etc. Food
Supplement to the above content
1: The sun is the purest yang energy. It is very beneficial to spend more time in the sun, which can help relieve symptoms
2: Do not stay in an air-conditioned environment for a long time in summer, otherwise it will easily damage Yang Qi
3: If you have obvious Yang deficiency, you can consult a local Chinese medicine practitioner and use astragalus, velvet antler, and Yizhiren. Cuscuta, cinnamon, rehmannia, etc. are used to help health care
Yang Qi is a type of Qi throughout the body. Qi can be divided into Yin Qi and Yang Qi according to the attributes of Yin and Yang. The two qi of yin and yang coordinate with each other to maintain the balance of the body.
The attributes of Yang Qi are external, rising, moving and positive. Yang Qi can restrict Yin Qi and prevent cold symptoms caused by hypothermia and slow movement of Qi and blood.
Yang Qi will also assist Yin Qi. Under certain special conditions, Yang Qi will be converted into Yin Qi to maintain the balance of Yin and Yang.
For example, the spleen is an earth organ, and its transportation and transformation functions as well as its functions of promoting qing and clearing require the support of Yang Qi; the heart belongs to fire and governs the blood vessels, and the movement of blood in the veins mainly relies on the driving effect of Yang Qi, and the Heart Yang Qi At the same time, it restricts Yin Qi and prevents the heartbeat from slowing down or blood flow from slowing down.
When yang qi is insufficient, yin qi is relatively abundant, resulting in symptoms of deficiency and coldness, manifested as aversion to cold, cold limbs, preference for warmth and massage, slow and slow pulse, etc. Mainly focus on tonifying yang, and use sweet and warming drugs. Make treatments like ginseng, cinnamon, dried ginger, etc.
Ginseng has the effects of replenishing vitality, rejuvenating the pulse and strengthening the pulse, nourishing the spleen and lungs, promoting fluid and blood, calming the nerves and improving intelligence. Ginseng can be used to treat physical weakness, cold limbs and weak pulse, lung deficiency, wheezing and coughing, spleen deficiency and lack of food, internal heat to quench thirst, fluid and wound thirst, chronic illness and weakness, qi and blood deficiency, palpitation and insomnia, impotence and cold palace, etc.
Cinnamon has the functions of replenishing fire and supporting yang, returning fire to its origin, dispersing cold and relieving pain, and warming and unblocking meridians.
Dried ginger has the effects of restoring yang and unblocking the meridians, warming the body and dispersing cold, and warming the lungs and transforming fluids into fluids. Dried ginger can be used to treat cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, cold limbs and weak pulse, cough due to cold drinks, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.
There are many foods in life that can also play a role in replenishing yang, but they are not as fast as medicines. The most common ones include leeks, mutton, yam, coriander, sea cucumber, etc. The fruit durian can also nourish yang.
Recommend a soup to replenish yang energy: Lily Tremella Nourishing Yin and Yang Soup Ingredients:
Three small pieces of wild white fungus, 15 red dates, 15 grams of snow lotus seeds, 20 lilies grams and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Method:
1 Prepare the materials, wild white fungus, lily, snow lotus seeds and red dates.
2. Soak the lily. It took about 2 hours to soak the lily.
3. Soak the snow lotus seeds. It took 40 minutes to soak the snow lotus seeds.
4. Soak the white fungus. The soaking speed is also very fast. It will be very full after soaking for ten minutes.
5. Pour the soaked white fungus into the pot and add enough water. Because the white fungus will swell, add more water. You may need to add double the amount of water after the white fungus is submerged. After the white fungus is boiled, turn down the heat and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
6. Wash and core the red dates in the gaps between the white fungus.
7Add lily and snow lotus seeds.
8 Add red dates and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
9 Add rock sugar, cook for another 5 minutes, and the pot is ready! Tips
In the last step, if you have high blood sugar or have diabetes, you don’t need rock sugar, and the taste will still be fresh! Efficacy:
Buyang Decoction nourishes yang and nourishes yin
People with yang deficiency all have one thing in common: they are afraid of cold and cold. The main reason for yang deficiency is that deficiency of spleen and stomach is harmful to The required nutrients are poorly absorbed, resulting in a lack of healthy qi in the body. Therefore, by regulating the health of the gastrointestinal tract? If the yang qi and spleen and stomach functions are weak, no supplements you take will have any effect, and it is easy to get angry. Try not to eat cold, greasy, and difficult-to-digest foods. Stay up late, bask in the sun more, and keep your mood comfortable, and your yang energy will gradually become more and more abundant. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the strength of the spleen and stomach function is directly related to the prosperity and decline of human life. If the spleen and stomach function is good, the human body will have adequate nutrition, strong qi and blood, and a strong body; if the spleen and stomach are weak, the human body will lack the nutrients it needs, and the body will be weak and diseases will arise, affecting health and longevity. I hope it will be useful to you and avoid detours. Chinese patent medicine to replenish Yang Qi: Guifu Dihuang Pills, combined with Shenling Baizhu Powder,
It doesn’t matter what you eat, what matters is how to retain Yang Qi! How to reduce the consumption of Yang Qi!
I want to say something! It just has to be simple.
Be a simple person and do things, don’t think too much, otherwise your energy will be wasted internally, and you will think about random things, such as regretting what you have done or said, or what worries or harms you may have in the future. Things like these are important reasons for depleting Yang Qi.
In fact, normal life and work do not require much energy. Just meditate for ten minutes at night and you will regain all your energy.
However, if a person has a heavy Yin energy and a heavy mind, he will have constant thoughts. He will have a lot of inner drama and thoughts, which will consume the Yang energy.
Be a simple and straightforward person, be purer, life will be very different, and health will follow. This is a very stupid way to maintain health, and it is also the most fundamental way to maintain health!
The human body is like a bank, and Yang Qi is the currency we use. A little overdraft today, a little overdraft tomorrow, over time, the bank will stop working. When your health is constantly being overdrawn, your body will tell you that you are not feeling well. Pain in the waist, back pain, stiff neck, cold, etc. are all the body's reminders: Yang Qi is insufficient and money is overdrawn. Replenishing yang energy is like managing money, which requires increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.
--I love you [sending my heart]
To need (replenish) Yang Qi, you must first have insufficient Yang Qi. Isn’t it as simple as cold hands and feet and being afraid of the cold? ? Of course it's not that simple. It is necessary to combine the four diagnostic methods to diagnose whether Yang Qi is insufficient. If the hands and feet are cold but the pulse is strong and strong, it means that the Yang Qi is blocked in the body and cannot come out. Instead of using drugs to replenish Yang Qi, you need to use drugs to clear away heat. This is why the four diagnoses are indispensable. Inspection
The patient's complexion is white and dull, his body is curled up, he wears more clothes and a thicker quilt than others, and he is lazy and does not want to move. The tongue is white and tender, with tooth marks, and the coating is white and slippery, as if there is a layer of water on it. Sniffing
The patient feels that the smell of urine and feces is not strong. There is no obvious sweat odor on the patient's body, and there is no obvious odor in the mouth. The female friend's (leucorrhea) odor is also relatively mild. Diagnosis
The patient's pulse is weak and insufficient, the skin is cold but not dry, and the patient does not feel hot even when pressed.
With the Four Diagnosis and Combination of Ginseng, we can understand the symptoms of insufficient Yang Qi, and we can better determine whether we are in a state of Yang deficiency. There are powerful medicines for replenishing yang energy, such as aconite and dried ginger, which have the power to restore yang and relieve adverse events. The patient is in cold shock, with vomiting and diarrhea, cold hands and feet, the whole body is cold, and the pulse is weak and cannot even be felt. This is a sign that the Yang Qi is about to fall off, and two kinds of medicines, such as aconite and dried ginger, are needed to quickly restore the condition. If the Yang rescue is reversed, if it is too late, danger may arise. Among them, the more important medicine is aconite, which plays an irreplaceable role in the syndrome of yang deficiency. These two herbs are the first echelon of yang nourishing medicine. General Yang-warming drugs
If the Yang Qi is not lost, but the general Yang Qi is insufficient, there are more Yang-warming drugs to choose from. Curculigo, Epimedium, Eucommia, Dipsacus Dipsacus, Cuscuta, Deer Antler, etc. Of course, you can also use Aconite and Dried Ginger. Although they have the effect of rejuvenating Yang and relieving adverse events, it does not prevent their application in general Yang Qi deficiency.
In clinical application, yang-warming drugs are also divided into the five internal organs. Dried ginger enters the spleen and lungs and can treat insufficient spleen and lung yang; Sichuan pepper enters the spleen meridian and treats insufficient spleen yang; cloves enter the stomach , kidney, to treat deficiency of kidney yang and stomach yang; Guizhi can enter the five internal organs and treat deficiency of yang qi in the five internal organs, but its effect is not as good as that of aconite.
Insufficient yang energy generally manifests as deficiency-cold syndrome or tendency to collapse, such as aversion to cold and preference for warmth, pale complexion, abdominal pain and cold ejaculation, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, frequent urination, shortness of breath and laziness, enuresis, impotence and premature ejaculation, and kidney deficiency. Breathing, etc. Yang deficiency is mostly due to insufficient spleen, kidney and liver. The syndrome of insufficient spleen and kidney Yang deficiency will disappear on its own. Most yang-tonifying medicines also have the effect of replenishing qi and can treat debilitating diseases. Therefore, the fastest way to replenish yang qi is to take yang-replenishing medicines. Some foods can also play a role in replenishing yang qi.
Warming medicines belong to the yang category, and medicines that nourish yang energy are generally warming medicines: aconite, cinnamon, cassia twig, sage bark, etc. that support heart yang. Warm the liver and cold such as fennel, lychee core, Sichuan pepper, Cistanche deserticola, cinnamon, etc. Warm spleen yang such as dried ginger, atractylodes, evodia, cardamom, pinellia, amomum villosum, etc. Tonify lung qi such as dangshen, astragalus, ginseng, licorice, etc. Warm kidney yang such as velvet antler, dog's spine, Dipsacus bark, psoralen, Morinda officinalis, aconite, agarwood, epimedium, etc. Chinese patent medicines Shenqi Pills and Yougui Pills can warm and nourish kidney yang, and Fuzi Lizhong Pills can warm the middle and strengthen the spleen. They are all commonly used drugs for nourishing yang qi.
Foods that replenish yang energy are generally warm, such as mutton, yams, sea cucumbers, leeks, coriander, garlic sprouts, spinach, black beans, fish, etc. However, dietary supplements often take effect slightly slower than medicinal supplements.
I often hear many people talk about how to replenish yang, which shows that everyone has realized the importance of yang energy to the human body. However, blindly replenishing yang will have no effect at best, and may be harmful to the body at worst. Before replenishing yang, we need to figure out who is suitable for replenishing yang and who is not suitable for replenishing yang? When is the best time to replenish Yang? What can you eat to replenish yang? Today, I will discuss these issues with you.
1. Who is suitable for yang supplementation?
Human constitution is divided into nine basic types: peaceful constitution, qi-deficiency constitution, yang-deficiency constitution, yin-deficiency constitution, phlegm-dampness constitution, damp-heat constitution, blood stasis constitution, qi-stagnation constitution, and special constitution.
Among these nine types of constitution, people with yang deficiency constitution and qi deficiency constitution are more likely than ordinary people to be afraid of the cold, dare not turn on the air conditioner in summer, are prone to diarrhea when eating cold food, and have tremors in their limbs. Cool and so on. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that these symptoms are caused by insufficient yang energy in the human body, that is, the body's own heat is not enough to warm the whole body, and cold arises from within, just like moss grows in places where the sun does not shine for a long time.
Therefore, people with these two physiques need to seize the opportunity to replenish Yang Qi.
2. Who is not suitable for Yang supplementation?
For those who have strong yang energy, it is not suitable to replenish yang. For example, they often suffer from dry mouth, bad breath, constipation, prone to acne on the face, or those who like cold and are afraid of heat, or have a bad temper. people.
3. When to replenish yang?
The ancients said: "Spring and summer nourish yang, autumn and winter nourish yin." Summer is the season when yang energy is strongest. After being sealed in winter, the yang energy in the human body will all rise to the body surface in summer. Therefore, in summer, the body is cold and the surface of the body is hot. This is consistent with nature, that is, the air is hot in summer and the underground is very cool.
For a healthy person who can adapt to the changes of the seasons, Yang Qi will rise when it rises, so there is no need to replenish Yang Qi. However, for people with Yang Qi that does not rise and who have deep cold in the body, It is most suitable for nourishing the sun in summer.
Especially in the dog days of summer, the temperature is the highest, and the yang energy in nature is also the strongest. At the same time, the yang energy in the human body is also the most abundant. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, diseases are caused by evil spirits such as wind, cold, dampness, heat, dryness, and fire. In the dog days of summer, when the yang is replenished, the pores of human skin relax and the qi and blood flow are strong. At this time, replenishing yang can achieve dual effects that cannot be achieved in other seasons. Once the evil spirits such as wind, cold, dampness, heat, dryness, and fire are driven out of the body, not only the disease can be better cured, but also Yang Qi is injected into the body. After the cold and damp evils are expelled, people will not be stuffy in a hot environment. , irritable.
The hot summer sunburn that is popular in society now is to take advantage of the good "timing time" of the hot summer day to warm and replenish yang energy and dispel cold evil.
4. What to eat to replenish yang
Foods that are yang-warming should be used to replenish yang. As the saying goes, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer." Ginger has a warming and tonic effect. It is the most convenient yang-tonifying ingredient in life. Boiling ginger, red dates and brown sugar in water and drinking it once a day in the morning is also an effective way to replenish yang and dispel wind and cold.
People with weak and cold constitutions can eat more warm fruits in summer, such as lychees, peaches, longans, apricots, etc., but should not eat more watermelons. At the same time, they should drink less cold drinks and avoid ice cream in summer.
To replenish Yang Qi, you need to eat warm foods and warm tonic drugs, and you can also moxibustion on specific acupoints. Warm Chinese herbal medicines include dried ginger, ginger, cinnamon, Evodia, aconite, fennel, galangal, Sichuan peppercorns, pepper, cloves, ginger, mugwort leaves, Zaoxintu, pinellia, white mustard seed, Baiqian, honey locust, araceae, Inula, cat's claw, gecko, walnut kernel, leek seed, actinolite, Eucommia ulmoides, epimedium, Pleurotus chinensis, dodder seed, Cynomorium cynomorium, Cistanche deserticola, etc.
Warm foods include lentils, glutinous rice, green vegetables, sprouts, pumpkin, garlic, leeks, carrots, peppers, goose eggs, pork liver, mutton, lamb kidneys, river shrimp, sea shrimp, coriander, eel, lychee, longan meat, honey, jujube, cherry, durian, etc. "
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that all diseases will occur if yang energy is insufficient! The Huangdi Nei Jing also believes that only when yin and yang are balanced, people will be healthy. Once yin and yang are imbalanced, it is easy to get sick.
Then, What is yang qi? Why do people have insufficient yang qi? The body, and yang refers to the energy possessed by the human body. A person's life is a process of decay of yang energy.
Yang Qi can also be said to be true energy and vitality. We have all heard the saying that "vital energy is seriously injured", which actually means that Yang Qi is injured.
"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic Su Wen" says, "Yang protects the outside and becomes solid." Yang Qi gives the human body the ability to resist external evils.
"Huangdi Neijing" says, "Yang Qi, if it loses its place in the sky and the sun, will shorten life and not flourish." Maintaining Yang Qi is the foundation of health care and treatment, and is also the key to health and longevity. Base.
There are two sources of Yang Qi: one is congenital, coming from parents, and the other is acquired, which is mainly transformed from the water and grain essence absorbed from food.
All normal activities of the human body require the consumption of Yang Qi, and as age increases, the human body’s Yang Qi will gradually deplete. In addition, irregular daily life, chronic illness, physical weakness, insufficient endowment and other reasons will lead to insufficient Yang Qi.
Once Yang Qi is deficient, physiological activities will weaken and decline, the body's ability to resist external evils will be weakened, and people will easily get sick, with a series of symptoms of Yang Qi deficiency. Symptoms of insufficient Yang Qi
In traditional Chinese medicine, insufficient Yang Qi is called Yang deficiency. Clinically, there are three common conditions: heart Yang deficiency, spleen Yang deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Yang Qi has a warming effect, so when Yang is deficient, symptoms of deficiency and cold will occur.
Different syndrome types will have different symptoms of Yang Qi deficiency. However, Yang Qi deficiency mainly manifests as kidney Yang deficiency and spleen Yang deficiency, accompanied by symptoms of Qi deficiency, which requires dialectics of traditional Chinese medicine. Treat, differentiate and then adjust accordingly.
But in general, Yang Qi is insufficient, and the main clinical manifestations include: chills, cold limbs, pale mouth, lack of thirst or preference for hot drinks, spontaneous sweating, long and clear urine, oliguria, and thin stools. Pale complexion and white slippery coating may be accompanied by clinical symptoms such as fatigue, fatigue, shortness of breath, and qi deficiency. What to eat to replenish yang energy?
If Yang Qi is insufficient, it is recommended to adjust your diet in conjunction with medication and use symptomatic medication.
1. Spleen Yang deficiency
Treatment principle: Mainly warming the middle and dispersing cold
Commonly used drugs: Fuzi Lizhong Pills, Xiaojianzhong Granules, Lizhong Soup etc.
Conditioning methods:
Dou Cai, a medical scientist in the Song Dynasty, mentioned in the medical book "Bian Que Xin Shu" that there are three ways to support Yang: the first is moxa moxa, and the second is elixirs. , the third is Aconite. It is advocated to use moxibustion to replenish the human body's yang energy, but it is recommended that everyone should be guided by traditional Chinese medicine.
Note: The above conditioning methods are also applicable to cases of yang deficiency such as heart yang deficiency and kidney yang deficiency.
2. Heart yang deficiency
Treatment principle: Warm and nourish heart yang
Commonly used drugs: Guizhi plus fuzi decoction, Shenfu decoction, Guizhi licorice decoction , Gualou Banxia Baijiu Decoction, etc.;
Conditioning method:
3. Kidney yang deficiency
Treatment principle: Warming and nourishing kidney yang
Commonly used drugs: Guifu Dihuang Pills, Jingui Shenqi Pills, Yougui Pills, Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Zhibai Dihuang Pills, etc.
Conditioning methods:
Conclusion:
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if Yang Qi is insufficient, a person’s body will be unhealthy. With enough yang energy, people will be full of energy.
When Yang Qi is insufficient, the body will be afraid of cold, and the hands and feet will not be warm. Therefore, when Yang Qi is deficient, it is necessary to properly supplement Yang Qi to maintain the balance of Yin and Yang in the human body.
For Yang Qi deficiency, it is necessary to choose a tonic method according to the clinical manifestations, syndromes, and locations. You can take traditional Chinese medicine decoctions or take dietary supplements.
Eat less raw and cold food and spend more time in the sun. Of course, traditional Chinese medicine baths, moxibustion, massage, cupping and other physical therapies can also be used in conjunction with the treatment.
It is recommended to choose specific drugs under the guidance of a doctor.
When it comes to replenishing yang energy, moxibustion is the only way to understand the feeling and meaning of moxa after it has passed.