Why do you like to floss when you get older? When you eat with older relatives and friends, you must have toothpicks on the table because they always floss their teeth after eating. I once met a friend in his forties who was looking for toothpicks all over the table and lamented, “I never used to floss before, but since this year, I have to floss after eating. Hey! Old.” Does flossing after meals have anything to do with getting old? This is a good point. In Chinese medicine, “teeth are the rest of the bone”, the whole body’s bones are good, bone marrow is sufficient, teeth can be healthy. The health of the bones depends on the kidneys, because “the kidneys are the main bone”. The reason why you need to floss your teeth after meals is because the gap between your teeth has increased; the gap between your teeth has increased because your teeth have started to wither, which also means that your bones have started to wither; the withering of your bones means that your kidneys have started to weaken. Kidney is the root of life: in essence, people grow old first kidney; in terms of phenomenon, people grow old first teeth. The protection of teeth is not only to make people smile beautifully and eat well, but also to benefit the kidney and strengthen the root of life. From the superficial to the deep, there are three ways to protect teeth in Chinese medicine: knocking, nourishing the stomach and strengthening the kidneys. The three methods of Chinese medicine are holistic, not only for dental care, but also for health. 1, knocking teeth, to put it bluntly, is the upper teeth knocking the lower teeth, the strength to a comfortable degree. The specific modus operandi of percussion has been recorded in the health literature for many generations, we can not be bound, as long as every morning after waking up, before going to bed at night, percussion for three or five minutes, you can, and it is important to adhere to. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, advocated “knocking on his teeth 300 times in the morning” and lived to be more than 100 years old; Tao Hongjing, a famous physician in the North and South Dynasties, was in his eighties and still had good teeth and a strong body, and his main fitness method was also knocking on his teeth. The main way to keep fit is to knock on the teeth, not only to make the teeth good and strong, but also as an important way to maintain health, which can make people feel refreshed and strong. Because the teeth are the rest of the bone, knocking on the teeth will also have a certain stimulating effect on the bones, stimulating the bones, which in turn will affect the kidneys. The kidney energy is sufficient, and sufficient kidney energy is the root of a person’s health. After knocking on the teeth, there will be some fluid in the mouth to be swallowed. 2, nourish the stomach mouth and stomach is connected, the stomach is not and the mouth is not and the mouth is not and the teeth are upset. Teeth are very delicate things, need a good living environment. Many people have a bad taste in their mouth, or acid, or bitter, or smelly, and this environment is very bad for the teeth. Stomach to clear stomach heat as the first priority. The stomach for more gas and blood of the internal organs, which more heat, so Chinese medicine often say “stomach for dry earth, cool is safe”. Plus modern people eat all day, greasy, spicy food to eat more, stomach fire will naturally be heavier. Fire on the inflammation, stomach fire, the mouth to bear the brunt of the teeth in the stomach fire under the steam, which can not be old fast? It is also because the stomach fire is heavier, modern people more like cold drinks and cold food to enjoy that moment of cool. Especially in the summer, cold food and cold drinks especially more. In fact, eat anything, the impact on the teeth will not be great, diet affects the teeth, the more important way is the stomach, can and stomach food, naturally good for the teeth, otherwise, there is no benefit. For example, over-eating sweets, resulting in damp heat in the spleen and stomach, is not good for the teeth. Damp heat of the spleen and stomach will lead to damp heat in the mouth, and damp heat will produce worms, so there are worm teeth. As for cold drinks and cold food, it is not that you can not eat at all, if you really want to eat, you can eat a little after the meal, which is the least harmful. Of course, also to avoid eating hot things immediately after eating cold things, or eat cold things after eating hot things, hot and cold changes are too drastic, first of all, the teeth themselves can not stand, followed by the spleen and stomach can not stand, the spleen and stomach is damaged, and ultimately will still affect the teeth. 3, solid kidney Solid kidney is the fundamental maintenance of teeth. Some people are very old, but the teeth are still strong and intact, thanks to the kidney vitality, is also a symbol of longevity. As for how to fix the kidneys, it is also a clichéd topic. The kidneys store sperm. Essence, not just semen, it is the most essence of the human body, the semen in sex is only one of its manifestations. To consolidate the kidney means to fix the essence, to minimize the consumption of kidney essence. Therefore, in sexual life to try to have moderation, which is a direct consumption of kidney essence; consumption of kidney essence and an important way, is to stay up late. At night, the son of the hour (23:00-1:00) do not sleep, kidney essence will be a serious loss of consumption. This is often overlooked. Young people with strong kidney energy, stay up late at night simply do not feel, in fact, the kidney essence is also unknowingly loss of consumption; and so the loss of consumption to a certain extent, or a little older, and then stay up late will feel very tired, it is also at this time, you will feel the gap between the teeth become larger, and even some slightly loose teeth. At this point, you then remember what the six flavored Dihuang pill and so on, is the proverbial gun.