Nourishing the heart is protecting the heart. People who always maintain psychological balance can live a long and healthy life only if their five internal organs are honest, their qi and blood are even, and their yin and yang are hidden.
People who always maintain psychological balance can live a long and healthy life only if their five internal organs are honest, their qi and blood are even, and their yin and yang are hidden.
"Psychological balance" is the cornerstone of health and longevity. For modern urbanites, whoever is psychologically balanced will live a long and healthy life. "Nourishing the heart" is an important way to have psychological balance.
What is "nourishing the heart"? Huangdi Neijing thinks that it is "nothing", that is, a state of mind that is dull and quiet, optimistic and open-minded, and devoted to self-entertainment.