How to effectively regulate the function of the spleen and stomach

  Chinese medicine summarizes the most important material and functional activities of the human body as essence, qi and spirit, which are considered to be the fundamentals of life and the three elements that sustain the entire life activities of the human body. Therefore, the maintenance of essence, qi and spirit is the most important element, which is the fundamental of human health.  Since the function of the spleen and stomach has such an important role in the human body, we should protect the essence of the latter, to achieve the purpose of health and disease prevention, from the diet, diet is necessary for human survival and maintain health, but diet will affect the physiological functions of the human body, causing disorders of the qi or damage to the right qi, resulting in disease. As the ancients say, “Do not take hot and cold things from the spleen and stomach, do not take soft and hard things from the spleen and stomach, and do not take cooked creatures from the spleen and stomach. Cold things, hard things, creatures can affect the smooth transfer of the spleen and stomach, not smooth or more than diarrhea can stagnate and become sick. The first thing you need to do is to eat in moderation, and eating in moderation means eating in moderation, regularly and quantitatively. Excessive fat, sweet and thick, or too hungry and too full, food is not fixed, will hurt the spleen and stomach, the spleen and stomach a wound, it is a series of diseases. In Chinese medicine, it is said that the spleen and stomach are the essence of the latter, so we must pay attention to eating in moderation to protect the spleen and stomach. Even if you have a disease, it is advisable to treat it with food. If the food treatment does not cure, then use medicine, always with the internal organs as valuable. Therefore, “good treatment of disease is better than good cautious disease, good treatment of medicine is better than good treatment of food.” Should be a combination of meat and vegetables, a reasonable diet: if meals are only eaten large fish and meat. It will increase the burden on the stomach, should eat with some light food. As the saying goes, “thick sorghum, easy to hurt the spleen and stomach; meat and vegetables with, live a long life”. Many senior citizens’ dietary habits also prove that a light diet, the right amount at the right time is an important factor.  Diet has “six appropriate”, “four should not”: six appropriate: diet should be light, should be slow, should be less, should be soft, should be warm, should be fine; four should not: should not fat, sweet, thick taste spicy products, should not eat hard, too cold and too hot food, should not eat rough or coarse fiber food, should not Drink strong alcohol, strong tea, coffee and other stimulating beverages.  Emotional and mental aspects: Many people have inexplicable spleen and stomach problems while eating a reasonable diet, and no problems are found in the examination, so consider whether it is caused by excessive mental tension. Clinically, bad emotions are a major factor in triggering functional gastrointestinal disease. Therefore, in terms of mental conditioning, we should keep our spirits optimistic, not to be distracted by trivial matters, not to suffer from loss and gain, and strive to be “calm and unmoving” under the busy, impetuous and tempting worldly disturbances, so as to maintain the harmony of the liver and stomach and thus ensure normal spleen and stomach functions.  Exercise: Life lies in exercise, appropriate sports can enhance the gastrointestinal function, improve the circulation of blood and Qi in the spleen and stomach, to achieve the purpose of strengthening physical fitness, fitness and longevity. We’d better make sure to keep about half an hour to an hour of slow exercise every day, such as walking, jogging, boxing, swimming, hiking, etc. In addition, we recommend taijiquan, which is a combination of static and dynamic movement, rigid and flexible, and undulating, which is in line with the idea of balance of yin and yang and the unity of heaven and man, as promoted by Chinese medicine.  It is an important aspect of spleen and stomach health that we can adjust the function of spleen and stomach from diet, emotion and exercise, so that the body can improve its self-protection ability and prevent the invasion of foreign diseases and evil.