What are the 12 best ways to maintain health?

The hair should always be combed, the eyes should always be transported, the ears should always be rubbed, and the joints should always be swallowed. Shoulders should always be shrugged, arms should always be stretched, the abdomen should always be moistened, the waist should always be covered. The anus should always be closed, the legs should always be curved, the heel should always be raised, the foot should always be pressed. Healthy combing method is to use comb teeth sparse, smooth wooden comb (or horn, ivory comb, but it is best not to use plastic comb), from the forehead to the back of the head, the entire scalp part are combed to, the strength to a gentle degree. One, the human scalp is rich in capillaries, large and small acupuncture points, meridians, but due to the hair cover, sweat is often not dispersed, over time will affect blood circulation and the passage of meridians. Combing your hair regularly can improve blood circulation, unblock the meridians and disperse sweat. It is very beneficial to health. Here it is important to mention the washing of hair. Traditional Chinese medicine is very cautious about washing hair, that wet hair is easy to cause various diseases, especially not wet head to sleep. The ancients preached that hair should be combed and washed less often. This is justified. Second, the eyes should always be transported, is the way to maintain the eyes. The eye, refers to the movement of the eye. Chinese medicine believes that the liver is open to the eyes, modern people use the eyes than in the past is a very large increase, and cell phones, computers, TV screens on the eyes is a certain damage, the eyes can be transported to maintain the eyes, eight duanjin in the “save fist angry eyes to increase the strength” means that it is not only exercise eyes. You can turn your eyes left and right, look up and down and let your eyeballs move back and forth, or go around clockwise and counterclockwise. At first it will be very tired, less than a minute on the activity is tired, you need to close the eyes to nourish the muscles around the eyes. You can also use a hot towel (the towel and water must be clean) and massage acupuncture points (eye exercises can be) to enhance blood circulation. Over time, the muscles around the eyes firm up and you can move around for a long time. This activity will make the eyes tired, so it is necessary to have enough sleep to let the eyes get rest. Third, the ears should always rub, referring to the frequent use of fingers to rub the ears, using fingers to warm and massage the ears. Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys are open to the ears, so massage of the ears is one of the ways to maintain kidney energy. There is an old saying: “Ironing the ears with both hands replenishes the kidney energy”. Ear massage includes various techniques such as rubbing, kneading, pulling, popping, pressing, shaking, pushing, digging, turning, ironing, and buckling. When massaging the ears, you should press both the inner and outer sides of the ears, pinch and rub them together, so that the ears can feel the temperature and strength of the fingers, and finally to redden and heat as well. Four, Jin should always swallow, here first of all, a basic concept, Jin refers to clean saliva, Jin in Chinese medicine is very valuable, is the body’s important body fluids. In Western medicine, the role of saliva is just as important, can clean the mouth and teeth, help digest food, lubricate the digestive tract and so on. In Taoist Qigong, Jin is regarded as an important substance for practicing essence and transforming Qi. There are two ways to swallow Jin: First, sit in meditation, tongue on the palate, close your mouth without saying anything, after a few minutes, the mouth will accumulate about half a mouthful of Jin, then rinse your mouth and swallow it in two or three times. The second is to use the tongue “brush teeth”, that is, with the tongue clockwise and counterclockwise massage teeth and gums each 9 circles, after which the mouth will produce a lot of fluid, and then rinse 100 times, and then divided into 3 mouth swallowed. The sub method is good for the cleaning of the mouth and the whole digestive system. People with bad breath and excessive stomach acid can use this method to improve their health. This is what Chinese medicine calls the red dragon stirring the sea and serving Yuquan in the morning. Saliva is the essence of the human body and is closely related to a long and healthy life. The ancient people called saliva as sacred water, spiritual liquid, jelly, jade sweet, etc., which was valued by medical doctors and health scientists. They all believed that the gong method of “churning the sea with the red dragon” could moisten the five organs, please the skin, make people clear-headed and energetic, and make people live long and not old. The Ming dynasty “red stove point snow” pointed out: “Jin both swallowed, in the heart to transform blood, in the liver to brighten the eyes, in the spleen to nourish the spirit, in the lungs to help gas, in the kidneys to produce essence.” Five, shoulders should always shrug, can exercise to the neck muscles, the neck has a large artery and nerve plexus through, often exercise the neck muscles can exercise the muscles and blood vessels, to prevent various cervical spondylosis. Modern people often sit in front of a computer or desk for a long time, so the incidence of cervical spondylosis is high, and it is not uncommon among young people. When you shrug your shoulders, don’t simply shrug up and down, a better way is to draw circles with your shoulders from the inside out, so that you can exercise more muscles. But the head should be placed correctly, do not follow the shoulders together, otherwise it is easy to sprain the cervical spine. Sixth, the arm should always stretch, means that you should often straighten the arm, do up, expand the chest and other exercises, can be active shoulder joints, and elbow joints. Nowadays, many white-collar workers lack exercise, and because of work, often to the computer for a long time to maintain a posture sitting, which makes the cervical spine, shoulder joints are not enough activity, prone to disease. Adhere to the process of work, busy shrugging, stretching arms, is very good for health. Here to teach you a simple way to stretch your arms, sitting, waist, back straight, eyes front, will be raised hands, palms up, five fingers out, while taking a deep breath, until fully sucked, hold your breath for a few seconds, feel the body has a trace of heat, put your hands down, while slowly exhale, so repeatedly do 5-8 times, for the shoulders and upper limbs are very good exercise. Seven, the abdomen should always mo, is a self-massage. The abdomen has many acupuncture points and meridians, but also the seat of many organs, often massage this part can be very good to strengthen the gastrointestinal function, to help digestion, detoxification and fat loss effect. In many martial arts and internal gong, often massage the abdomen as a basic gong, such as the Taoist small circumference of the gong, Shaolin Temple’s iron cow gong, etc.. When massaging the abdomen, use the entire palm of your hand to massage. Can be used in this way: lying down, the whole body relaxed, one hand on the chest, one hand around the navel drawing a circle, the strength of the abdomen to feel the pressure and temperature of the hand can be. This method can improve bowel function and speed up bowel movements. Than stimulate defecation with drugs, this method is more beneficial to the body. Eight, the waist should always cover, is an important part of health, but is often neglected. Covering the waist refers to covering the back waist, which is the part of the kidneys. The human body, the kidneys are the most important part to maintain, because the kidneys are not enough blood supply caused by the most diseases. People with kidney deficiency and kidney disease tend to have a cold back waist, which is a sign of insufficient blood supply to the kidneys. Regularly warming the kidneys with the palms of your hands can enhance blood circulation to the kidneys and improve their function. For people with healthy kidneys, this method can also strengthen the function of the kidneys to play the role of detoxification and skin care. The method of covering the back of the waist is very simple, is to use the palms of the hands to warm the kidney area, but the best way is this: sitting position, the upper body is straight, chest out, hands backward covering the back of the waist, the tips of the fingers of both hands relative. Then close your eyes, breathe deeply, feel the temperature of the palms of your hands, often do so can strengthen the kidneys and fix the essence, while women can nourish the yin and fix the essence, which is good for both men and women. Nine, the anus should always receive, refers to the contraction of the anus, exercise sphincter muscle. The sphincter is a very important muscle in the body, the blood supply of the sphincter not only affects the blood around the anus, but also affects the health of the urinary system and reproductive system. The aging of the sphincter can cause constipation, urinary incontinence, prostatitis and a host of other diseases. However, because the sphincter is in a hidden place, it does not get much attention and many people neglect to exercise this part of the muscle. It is very easy to exercise the sphincter, you can do it anytime and anywhere, you can contract the exercise one by one, you can also contract it continuously for several seconds tens of seconds. For middle-aged men, often contracting the anus can play the role of disease prevention and health, to maintain youth. Ten, the legs should always bend, referring to the movement to do squatting often. Many doctors oppose the movement of squatting for men above middle age, and even against squatting too low when playing taijiquan, which is not right. The leg muscles account for 60% of the weight of the whole body and need to be exercised regularly. Some data show that people who do not exercise their leg muscles, at the age of 70, the leg muscles will be reduced to half of what they were at the age of 40, which means the equivalent of carrying a person. People who often do squats, leg muscles to the age of 70 are basically not much receding. This shows the importance of exercising the leg muscles. When exercising your legs, you should increase the amplitude of the squat, but should not speed up the frequency, otherwise it is easy to strain and damage the knee joint. For women who want to lose weight, do not worry about squatting will grow muscles, if squatting with a very slow speed, can strengthen the legs, but also reduce leg fat, so that the legs look good. The method of squatting is to squat slowly with the body straight and legs slightly wider than shoulder width. For people with high blood pressure, heart disease, not suitable for squatting too low, you should start practicing from half squat, and so on after the body gets better, slowly transition to full squat. Eleven, the heel should always lift, is that you should always lift the heel, that is, pad the toes, contract the calf muscles. This action can strengthen the strength of the calf, but also to reduce calf fat, so that the shape of the calf becomes good. The calf muscle is a very important muscle group in the body. Compared to the role of the thigh muscles to support the weight of the whole body, the calf is to maintain the balance of the whole body. People can’t run and jump without the calf muscles. Therefore, the exercise of calf muscles can allow people to strengthen their balance, for the elderly, to reduce the risk of falls and bruises because of the decline in balance. For young people, if you feel that the ordinary lifting heel can not exercise effect, you can carry heavy objects, one foot to do lifting heel movement. Twelve, the foot should always press, refers to the acupuncture points on the bottom of the foot should often massage. The bottom of the foot is one of the most dense parts of the body acupuncture points, massage the acupuncture points on the bottom of the foot can promote blood circulation. Usually many people like to go to the foot massage city, this has benefits, but should not go after a meal. After a meal should be a little rest after doing some exercise, if you go directly to the foot massage city lying will slow down the peristalsis of the intestines. Here by the foot, you can do, first of all, soak your feet with hot water, as long as possible, 15-30 minutes, and then massage with your knuckles, if you do not understand the acupuncture points, the entire sole of the foot are pressed to, until the whole sole of the foot are feeling hot and comfortable. In addition, foot soak water should not be too hot, hot feet does not mean that you have to use boiling water to really burn your feet, hot water can be, you can soak while adding boiling water to the inside to maintain the water temperature.