Why is the kidney and spleen the basis of a long and healthy life?

       To live a long and healthy life, apart from mood, it is most important to improve the kidneys and spleen.  Chinese medicine is generally based on the kidney theory, which establishes the rule of anti-aging by tonifying the kidney and nourishing the innate nature, followed by the spleen and stomach theory. Both are the pillars of anti-aging theory in TCM. According to the theory of TCM, kidney is the innate essence, that is, the state of essence that people are born with, and spleen is the innate essence, which is the source of essence that people produce by transporting water and grain in their bodies after birth. The kidney is full of energy, ears and eyes; kidney is not enough, it is listless, even sex life will be greatly reduced, affecting the harmony of society.  So men are most afraid that people say he has kidney deficiency, even jokingly can not stand. Nowadays, we often see advertisements for male kidney supplements on TV, calling for “men to cheer”, as if eating kidney supplements can be an aphrodisiac.  In fact, the kidney is equally important to men and women, kidney deficiency is not the patent of men, women’s “kidney deficiency” problem may be more serious than men. All women with kidney deficiency are prone to gynecological diseases, just as men with kidney deficiency are prone to male diseases.  Chinese medicine believes that the essence of the deficiency is aging, long labor injury kidney.  But in order to kidney sufficient, in addition to strengthening the kidney, must also strengthen the spleen, in order to transport and nourish the body essence of energy. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: “Those who know, the law in the yin and Yang, and in the arts and figures, food and drink in moderation, living in a regular manner, not delusional labor, so that the form and the spirit, and the end of its natural life, the degree of a hundred years is gone”.  ”Eat and drink in moderation”, that is, pay attention to diet to protect the spleen and stomach transport function. Zhang Zhongjing put internal regulation of diet in the first place, that is, internal regulation of diet, guide the exhalation, do not make the room labor, in order to nourish the vital energy, external avoidance of cold and heat, in line with the four seasons, in order to be careful of wind and evil.  The innate essence must rely on the continuous nourishment of the acquired essence to be enriched; and the generation of the acquired essence cannot be separated from the warming of the innate essence, and the two are interdependent to maintain life activities.  The kidney, commonly known as the “waist”. Western medicine believes that it is an organ of the human urinary system, shaped like a fava bean, and its physiological function is in charge of urine secretion and excretion and regulation of human water metabolism.  Therefore, the clinical diagnosis of Western medicine has the names of glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, kidney stones and other diseases. However, in the eyes of Chinese medicine, kidney is not only a tangible organ, but also a general term for the kidney and its related series of functional activities, such as human spirit, bones, hair, teeth and other pathological changes are closely related to the kidney, because Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is the root of the innate nature, the root of human reproduction and development, and the driving force of the internal organs’ functional activities.  Therefore, in addition to the metabolism of water and fluid in the body, the kidney also has physiological functions such as the main reservoir of sperm, the main bone, the main division of the two stools, the main growth and development, reproduction and reproduction.  Therefore, the kidney in TCM not only has the functions of the urinary and reproductive system, endocrine and nervous system, but also relates to the energy metabolism and respiratory system. Therefore, the physiopathological understanding of the kidney in TCM is much broader than that in Western medicine.  The term “kidney deficiency” is a common term in Chinese medicine pathology. The term “deficiency” means deficiency, which refers to the decay of function. It includes a wide range, and a correct understanding of the meaning and content of “kidney deficiency” is of great significance for health care and disease prevention.  From the point of view of symptoms, kidney deficiency includes a series of changes in the whole body, manifested in the following aspects: 1, sexual function is reduced.  It is manifested as impotence or Yang lifting but not firm, seminal emission and slippage, premature ejaculation and infertility in men; in women, it is manifested as uterine dysplasia, irregular menstruation, loss of libido, infertility, constipation, etc.; 2. premature aging of the human body.  Manifestation for osteoporosis, forgetfulness, vision and hearing attenuation, hair loss or early graying of the beard, loose teeth and easy to fall. Because the kidney collects essence, and the essence of the marrow, the bone depends on the marrow, and the marrow is gathered in the brain.  Therefore, “Nei Jing” has “kidney produces bone marrow”, “kidney does not produce the marrow can not be full” said. If the kidney is sufficient, the bones are firm and the brain is sensitive. On the contrary, the bones are osteoporotic, sluggish and forgetful. Therefore, the clinical often to supplement the kidney method of treatment of orthopedics and internal medicine neurasthenia and other conditions.  3. Excretory function disorder.       Expressed as frequent urination, edema, constipation. Constipated people often present anal fissures, hemorrhoids and other conditions because of the difficulty of defecation. Although constipation belongs to the large intestine conduction malfunction, but its origin is also kidney deficiency, because the kidney main two yin, main two stools.  4.Unexplained lumbar soreness, lumbar pain, lumbar stiffness, weakness and irritability, some people feel obvious in the morning after waking up.  5.Fear of cold and heat.       The kidney in Chinese medicine has a yin and yang, kidney yang is the root of the body’s yang, kidney yin is the root of the body’s yin fluid. Kidney yang deficiency then people are afraid of cold and have cold extremities; kidney yin deficiency then people are afraid of heat and have symptoms such as heat in the hands and feet, low fever and night sweats.  Some people think that the stomach is in charge of digestion, but in fact the stomach and the spleen work together to digest. The stomach and the spleen are each other, the stomach is the internal organs, the spleen is the organs, the spleen is the organs, the spleen and stomach is not good digestion, sleep will not be good. In order to have a strong kidney and spleen function, it is best to take care of it on a regular basis, rather than waiting for a disease to heal.  Although the kidneys are innate, they can improve their function by practicing later in life; although the spleen and stomach are innate, they are mainly maintained and improved by nurturing.