Spring health: enhance the “spring” of the gas often press four points

Spring is the season when everything is alive and thriving. As the saying goes, spring is the time of the year, and as the beginning of the year, spring is also an important season for health. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, the human body should follow the changes of the four seasons in order to live a long and healthy life. Comply with the changes of the four seasons is to comply with the law of “spring birth, summer growth, long summer, fall harvest, winter storage”. “Spring” means that spring is the season of growth and development, just like the trees, after a whole winter of silence, gradually sprouting in the spring, full of vitality. Spring health care should be in line with the spring of this growth and development of the gas, to promote the rise of the body’s yang qi. For spring health, the classic work of traditional Chinese medicine “Huangdi Neijing” has a more detailed and systematic discussion. It is said: spring in March, this is called hair Chen, heaven and earth to birth, all things to glory, night sleep and get up early, wide walk in the court, Phi hair slow shape, to make Zhisheng, birth and do not kill, give and do not take away, reward and do not punish, this spring should be, the way of life. That is to say, in the spring to go to bed early and get up early, do some soothing exercise, such as walking, picnicking, etc., while trying to relax the body and mind, keep a happy mood. In addition, some of the body acupuncture points can also help us comply with the “spring” gas, play a multiplier effect. Acupuncture points are like keys to the body, can open the lock of health. From the theory of Chinese medicine, spring corresponds to the five organs in the liver, spring health first liver. The liver is the main excretion, the main organization of the qi, liver function is normal, the human body qi smooth, yang qi easy to rise. To nourish the liver in spring, you can press and knead the four major acupoints: Xiangmen, Liver Yu, Taichong and Taixi. The Ximen point is the collection point of the liver, Liver Yu is the back of the liver Yu points, respectively, is the infusion of liver qi in the chest and the back of the important points, the two with the Chinese medicine Yu Yu matching method, can play a role in dredging liver qi, nourish the liver and soften the role of the liver. Taichong is the original point of the Liver meridian, where the original Qi of the Liver is infused, and can be pressed to cultivate and replenish the original Qi of the Liver. Taixi is the original point of the kidney meridian and can be pressed to nourish the original qi of the kidney. According to Chinese medicine, the liver and kidney have the same origin, the liver belongs to wood, the kidney belongs to water, and water can contain wood. Pressing and kneading Taichong and Taixi points can nourish water and contain wood, and nourish the kidney and the liver. The Phase Gate point is located directly under the nipple, the sixth intercostal space, counting two intercostal spaces down from the nipple. Massage with the palm of the hand on the point, along the rib gap to do back and forth rubbing, to the degree of local redness and heat, massage for 3 to 5 minutes. Liver point is located in the ninth thoracic vertebra under the spinous process, 1.5 inches away from the rear center line. Both hands make a fist, arm flexion, the back of the fist on both sides of the back, when the forearm is horizontal, the position of the back of the hand is the liver point. Use the back of the fist to do up and down rubbing on the point, to the degree of local redness and heat, massage for 3 to 5 minutes. Taichong acupoint is located on the back of the foot between the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones, the metatarsal base of the combination of the anterior depression. When massaging, take a sitting position, use the thumb to push along the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones from front to back, when there is a bony obstruction and there is a depression is Taichong point, use the thumb to knead for 2~3 minutes. Taixi point is located in the depression between the tip of the inner ankle and the Achilles tendon, massage in a seated position, use the thumb to knead for 2~3 minutes.