“Yang Qi is the best cure for disease in people” “health care and treatment of disease primary support Yang” “80% of modern people are Yang Qi deficiency” “Yang Qi if sufficient thousand years Life” …… can often be seen in the popular health books on the market. Indeed, Yang Qi is vital to the human body. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, “Suwen – angry through the day on” mentioned, “Yang Qi, if the sky and the sun, lost its place is broken life and not manifest.” “Yang is the one who guards the outside and is solid.” If there is no sun in the sky, there will be no life on earth; if there is no yang in the human body, life will stop. The longevity of a person depends on Yang Qi. People who live a long life often have enough yang energy, on the contrary, if the yang loses its place, there is a risk of losing life and short life. Whether our body is strong or not, and whether it can resist the invasion of external evil, depends on the role of Yang in protecting the outside. According to Chinese medicine, Yang Qi has three main functions: first, biochemical, the body relies on Yang Qi to biochemically produce Qi and blood, essence, blood and fluids; second, cathartic, the body’s Qi and blood, fluids and major essence rely on Yang Qi to transport and disperse; third, external defense, Yang Qi has a defensive and external defense role, that is, to defend against diseases. How is Yang Qi depleted: Since Yang Qi is so important, you must be curious to know what kind of temperament it has in the body? And how is it depleted? According to experts, Yang Qi has the law of rising and falling, it starts to develop in spring, reaches its limit in summer, starts to converge in autumn, and is hidden in winter. If we take a day, the day is equivalent to spring and summer, and the night is equivalent to autumn and winter. In other words, every morning when we wake up and open our eyes, Yang Qi starts to develop in our body. At noon, Yang energy reaches its limit and then gradually declines. In the evening, yang energy enters yin, and at night, it is hidden. When yang energy enters yin, people are ready to sleep. The human biological clock actually works according to the law of Yang Qi. Example 1] Disorder in work and rest hurts Yang Qi: A patient with a disorder in her biological clock caused Yang Qi deficiency, she is a trainee nurse, 23 years old. After careful questioning, the doctor found the cause of the female nurse’s illness: she worked night shifts twice a day and was always busy until 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. every day before going to bed. The work and rest time is contrary to the law of Yang Qi rising and falling, the body’s Yang Qi is consumed quickly, and Yang Qi is not enough, people do not have energy, so the female nurse will feel tired and sleepy even if she sleeps until almost noon every day to get up. The second example is that overexertion consumes Yang Qi: Strenuous exercise and overexertion will also accelerate the depletion of Yang Qi. Yang Qi in the body is in a dynamic state, but when a person exercises vigorously, Yang Qi will be dispersed to the outside. She once saw a patient who had a fever whenever she exerted herself. Zhang Jing believed that the patient was suffering from internal fever. In the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, it is said that “Yang qi, when disturbed by exertion, will spread”, which means to leap. Traditional Chinese medicine advocates the use of quiet to maintain health, especially in the evening, night or autumn and winter when Yang Qi is hidden, to avoid strenuous exercise. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who have the habit of drinking cold drinks and eating cold food. Ms. Qin ate frozen food, it is easy to diarrhea. The doctor said that this is actually a manifestation of Yang Qi deficiency. Zhang Jing explained that Yang Qi starts to develop in the spring and gradually goes to the surface of the human body. In the summer, Yang Qi is the most vigorous, the Yang Qi in the human body are basically emitted to the body surface, the Yang Qi left in the body is less, the ability to resist disease is then weakened, at this time over-eating cold food, it is easy to cause discomfort. What happens when the internal organs are not enough Yang Qi: Experts point out that the role of Yang Qi on the human body is mainly reflected in the functional aspects. Yang Qi is like heat, the normal functioning of the organs and bowels, all rely on it to promote. Once the Yang Qi in the body is depleted too much, then the function of the five organs and six bowels will have problems. Lung Yang deficiency makes people susceptible to external sensations: Main symptoms: The most important characteristic of people with Lung Yang deficiency is that they easily catch colds and coughs, and they stay sick for a longer period of time. Children with deficiency of lung yang often have a white face and are prone to external sensations. Therefore, the most important thing for people with deficiency of lung yang is, according to Zhang Jing, “to eat and drink in accordance with their own condition, and not to eat too much of the five flavors, and to add and subtract clothes according to the climate change. It means that the diet should not over-eat the five flavors according to one’s condition, and one should add and remove clothes according to the climate change. Insufficient kidney yang, urinary system disorders: Main symptoms: Zhang Jing once saw a patient, a male in his 60s, who came to the clinic with bone pain. After a detailed consultation, Zhang Jing learned that the patient had a winter swimming habit when he was young, which was the cause of his illness, because in winter, Yang Qi is closed, and excessive or strenuous exercise at this time will cause Yang Qi to be released to the outside. There are two main types of manifestations of kidney yang deficiency, one is the malfunction of kidney gasification and water filtration, which is manifested by frequent urination or inability to urinate; the other is the manifestation of abnormal reproductive function, such as impotence in men and menstrual disorders in women. Key points of conditioning: it is advisable to eat more warm food such as mutton, avoid strenuous exercise in the evening and in autumn and winter, and try to go to bed early and get up late in winter when Yang Qi is closed, so that Yang Qi can be well stored. Insufficient heart yang, the body’s blood flow is poor: Main symptoms: The blood flow is mainly driven by the heart yang, once the heart yang is insufficient, the body’s blood circulation will become poor, the heart blood is easily blocked, people will have symptoms such as back cold, chest tightness, heart pain, chest pain. Clinically, many patients with coronary heart disease suffer from a deficiency of heart yang. Key points of conditioning: To nourish the heart yang, Zhang Jing suggests using Gui Zhi Gan Cao Tang. The specific dosage depends on the actual condition. Clinically, for patients with general conditions, Zhang Jing will use a formula of 10 grams of Gui Zhi and 6 grams of Licorice to regulate; for more serious conditions, Licorice is increased to 30 grams and Gui Zhi is used 10-15 grams. Spleen Yang deficiency poor digestive function: Main symptom: Spleen is the master of transportation and transformation. If Spleen Yang is deficient, the function of transportation and transformation of water and grain will be abnormal, and people will have dullness (poor appetite), undigested food, bloating and fullness in the stomach and abdomen, undigested stool (i.e. whatever is eaten is pooped, food is not digested at all), and looseness. Key points of management: Avoid eating cold, fatty, sweet and greasy food, and eat light, soft food; eat more grains and cereals such as eight-pot porridge, lotus seeds, lentils, Huai Shan and other foods that strengthen the spleen. It is worth reminding that people with a deficient spleen and Yang should not drink too much water, because it will increase the burden of the spleen’s transport; Chinese medicine believes that fruits are cold foods, and people with a deficient spleen and Yang should not eat more.