There is a folk saying, “One sigh is poor for three years.” The elderly in the family resent who sighs all day long. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, frequent sighing is indeed a reflection of physical problems, either liver depression or qi deficiency, the body’s qi stagnation is unfavorable, and have to sigh for a long time. Therefore, sighing is actually an instinctive reaction to seek the relief of qi. Guangzhou Nansha Central Hospital Chinese Medicine Department attending physician Tang Liang said, if only a few occasional sighs, as long as the relaxed mood, the body will self-regulate over. But often sighing is different, often sighing, the body may appear liver depression, qi deficiency or lung qi is not declared three conditions. Liver depression is due to emotional injury, unfulfilled wishes, or strong mental stimulation, liver qi stagnation, chest qi is not conducive, every time you want to sigh, then the chest can be comfortable. Simply put, if you can’t get what you want, or if you suffer from strong mental stimulation and are uncomfortable with psychological suppression, you will naturally let out a sigh, which will help to smooth the liver qi and regulate the qi flow to reduce the discomfort of chest distension. 1, physiotherapy side Massage Taichong, Tanzhong, Neiguan and other points can broaden the chest and Qi. The palm of your hand on the abdomen, around the navel knead 50 clockwise, then 50 counterclockwise knead, has the effect of draining the liver and strengthening the spleen. The practice of eight-danjin is also a good way to nourish the liver and Qi, the national medical master Deng Tietao from about 50 years old began to play eight-danjin. Deng Lao is extremely respected for the eight-danjin. For example, “five strains and seven injuries look back”, which helps to regulate the qi, move the qi and blood and relieve the liver and depression. “Five labors and seven injuries to look back”, this action emphasizes the twisting of the crest, so as to relax the nerves on both sides of the crest, these nerves in the view of Chinese medicine belongs to the “liver” category. 2, food therapy recipe Lohana antidepressant tea: composition: Su Xinhua 10g, Acacia 10g, loofah 10g, brew water as tea. Efficacy: Su Xin Hua is bitter and calm. It has the effect of soothing the liver and relieving depression, moving Qi and relieving pain. (1) Acacia: sweet and calm, nourishes Yin and Yang, calms the mind and relieves depression, activates blood circulation and reduces swelling. Used for restlessness of the mind, depression and insomnia. (2) Loofah: sweet and calm, used for chest and dysmenorrhea due to stagnation of Qi and blood. Drinking water with these three substances can relieve depression and make sighs go away, suitable for those with liver depression and qi stagnation and chest distension and discomfort. Qi deficiency due to excessive strain, or long term illness and loss of nourishment, resulting in qi deficiency of zongqi does not show, want to get a sigh and then fast. Such people often want to sigh, and short of breath sweating, tiredness and weakness, poor appetite. 1, physiotherapy formula massage Baihui, Qihai, Guan Yuan, foot San Li, etc. to replenish and enhance the qi. 2, the food therapy side ginseng and astragalus benefit qi soup: 250g pork belly, ginseng 10g, astragalus 20g, allium 5g. pork belly washed and cut into strips, into the above herbs stew soup to take. Pork belly is considered by Chinese medicine to be able to nourish Qi. Ginseng, sweet, flat, has the effect of nourishing the spleen and lung, nourishing blood and generating fluid. Astragalus, sweet and warm, is good for the spleen and stomach, and is an important medicine to nourish the middle and benefit the qi. Allium sativum, pungent, bitter and warm, has the effect of promoting Yang, dispersing knots, moving Qi and inducing stagnation. The soup has the function of tonifying qi, smooth qi and broaden the chest, regulate the qi of spleen and stomach, suitable for qi deficiency, short qi is not enough to absorb. When the body is depressed in liver qi, lung qi is not pronounced also often sigh more than. Commonly used foods include: lotus root, radish, spinach, celery, hawthorn, etc. Commonly used Chinese herbs include: sand kernel, heliotrope shell, Chen Pi, Buddha’s hand, rose hips, green calyx plum, rose hips, acacia, etc. Clinically, the doctor also needs to combine the patient’s other symptoms, physical examination and clinical auxiliary examinations to finally come to a diagnosis. She Shifeng pointed out that if there are emotional and moral manifestations such as depression, sullenness, sadness and desire to cry, as well as painful distention and fullness in the chest and abdomen; or foreign body sensation in the throat, vomiting and swallowing. Or symptoms of the digestive system such as abdominal pain and bloating, loose and unpleasant stools; symptoms of women such as breast pain, dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation. This often indicates that there is something wrong with the body and further examination is needed to confirm the diagnosis of the disease at the hospital.