Quick Reference Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Beauty and Beauty

Chapter 28 Anti-aging——Nourishing Yin and Tonifying Kidney, the Magic Weapon for Eternal Youth (2)
Large intestine meridian.

【Efficacy】Invigorate the spleen and dampness, nourish the blood and kidney, detoxify.

[Records of Traditional Chinese Medicine] Chinese medicine believes that beans have a good effect of moisturizing the skin, removing black and whitening.Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that it has the functions of "red and white face, never haggard" and "as a bath bean, making people's face shiny". "Supplements to Materia Medica" believes that soybean powder.

[Modern Research] The nutritional value of soybeans is very high. It is rich in plant-based protein and essential amino acids for the human body. The unsaturated fatty acids contained in it can help the body excrete the cholesterol deposited on the blood vessel wall; the lecithin contained in it can prevent the hardening of the arteries and has a good curative effect on cardiovascular diseases.

Do it yourself

Peanut Soybean Juice

[Materials] 90 grams each of peanut kernels and soybeans, 15 grams of sugar.

[Production] Wash the yellow SL and peanut kernels, soak them in cold boiled water for 4-5 hours, then put them into a household soybean milk machine, mash them with appropriate amount of water, and filter the residue to get the juice.Put the filtered juice into the pot, white sugar, sugar.

Drink it in the morning and evening every day.

efficacy
Replenishing qi and anti-aging, beauty and skin care.Suitable for premature aging, dark and rough skin, etc.

Detoxification, beauty and kidney protection

Mung bean is the seed of the leguminous plant mung bean, also known as green bean.

Stomach meridian
[meridian distribution of nature and flavor] sweet in taste, cool in nature, homecoming.

[Efficacy] Clearing away heat and detoxification, diuresis and protecting kidney.

[Records of Traditional Chinese Medicine] It is recorded in "Diet Discrimination":

"Cool in nature but not harmful to the stomach, can relieve all kinds of heat, relieve all kinds of poisons, all kinds of heat swelling, hot dysentery, heat thirst, carbuncle, pox poison, macule, gold and stone medicine hair, mistakenly ingesting Xinji, taking hot medicine by mistake, everything Toxins from plants, mushrooms, dead animals, etc. are not unsuitable. However, to reduce fever and relieve small poisons, it is best to drink it in decoction, and to relieve major poisons, it is best to grind it into powder. The poison will be released immediately.” [Modern Research] Mung beans are rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements, carrots, vitamin Bi, vitamin B2, niacin, phospholipids, etc.The protein and phospholipids contained in it have the functions of exciting nerves and increasing appetite, which are necessary for increasing nutrition of many important organs of the body; mung beans have inhibitory effects on staphylococcus and certain viruses, and can clear away heat and detoxify; trypsin contained in mung beans Inhibitors can reduce protein breakdown and effectively protect.

Do it yourself

Honey Tremella Mung Bean Soup
[Materials] V3 cups of mung beans, tremella, 2-3 spoons of honey.

[Production] Mung beans and white fungus are washed in cold water and soaked in advance.Add about 3/4 of water into the casserole, and add the raw materials, turn off the heat after the high heat is boiled, and simmer for about 30 minutes.Turn on the fire again, after the high heat is boiled, turn to low heat and slow down the candle for about 1 minute.Turn off the heat and wait for the soup to cool.

efficacy
Many people are prone to skin itching, acne, and prickly heat after eating fatty, fried, and hot foods. Mung beans have a strong detoxifying effect and can remove a variety of toxins. Mung beans also have liver protection and anti-allergic effects. In mung beans Add honey to the soup for better detoxification and beautifying effect.

(Section [-]) Exercise and nourish the kidney, do a set of aerobics for nourishing the kidney and correcting deficiency
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the waist is the home of the kidneys, so protecting the kidneys must first protect the waist.Therefore, frequent waist activities, such as yoga, chest expansion exercises, jogging, etc., can exercise the waist, so that the blood circulation in the waist is smooth, and the kidney qi is continuously nourished, so that the kidney qi can be consolidated.

Strong Kidney Exercise

Stand with feet parallel, shoulder-width apart, 'looking forward' with arms hanging down naturally, palms attached to trouser seam, fingers open naturally.Then, lift your heels and breathe continuously for several times without landing.Inhale again, slowly bend your knees and squat down, turn the backs of your hands forward gradually, with the tiger’s mouth facing your ankles, when your hands are close to the ground, grasp them into fists with a little force (as if you are holding something), inhale enough; hold your breath, gradually stand up with your hands Sagging, gradually clenched; then exhale, the body stands upright, the arms are twisted outward, the center of the fist is forward, the elbows squeeze the soft ribs from both sides, and at the same time, the body and heels are lifted up vigorously, and the anus is lifted, breathing.

Do the above steps several times in a row, and if you stick to it, you can strengthen your teeth, strengthen your essence, invigorate your kidneys and strengthen your waist.

Kidney exercises

Stand like a pine.Stand up straight with your feet together and, depending on how you feel, put a small amount of your weight on your heels.Put most of your weight on your toes.Hold your head high and stand tall for about 20 minutes, preferably without feeling tired.

Sit like a bell.Put your heels together, sit on your buttocks on your heels, and straighten your back.Keep the upper body upright for about 20 minutes, preferably without feeling tired or painful.If your feet feel numb in the middle, you can slowly relax your body and rest for a while before continuing this action.

Bend your chest and twist your back.Kneel and sit on the bed, put your left hand on your right knee, and put your right hand on your left arm.Zhu took a deep breath and turned his head from left to right. When he felt that the cervical spine was fully twisted, he kept this position for about 1 minute.Return slowly, change the opposite direction, and do this action again.This action can fully stretch the chest, abdomen, waist, and neck muscles, and can also relieve the symptoms of soreness and weakness in the waist and knees.

Abdominal exercises.Sit on the ground or a hard wooden bed, inhale slowly, exhale slowly, while exhaling, lean your upper body back, and slowly place your elbows on the ground.Put your hands on your abdomen and continue to stretch your elbows to the sides until your entire upper body lies flat on the ground.After maintaining this movement for 2 minutes, the legs are slowly brought together and straightened, and the whole body is relaxed.

Kidney exercises

Stand with feet side by side, facing east, straight body, arms hanging naturally on both sides of the body, eyes looking straight ahead.Slowly lift your left foot and take a step, paying attention to the toe landing lightly first.Raise your arms horizontally with the palms down, but when you feel the coolness of Laogong acupoint, turn your palms upwards, and use your consciousness to feel the hot air pouring into Laogong acupoint.Take a deep breath, wrap your arms around your chest, and form a horse step squatting position.Slowly close your eyes, stretch your arms, and take a deep breath.Return to the original position and repeat the above actions.

Raise your hands from your sides, in line with your shoulders, palms up.When Laogong acupoint feels hot, slowly lift it up over your head so that the palms of your hands face each other.When the palms feel numb, do reverse breathing slowly twice, forming a horse-step squatting crotch pose, and at the same time, the two fists face each other with the eyes of the fists facing inward.Stand up slowly, transform your fists into palms, with your left palm on the top and your right palm on the bottom, clasping the dantian with both hands.After a few minutes, relax your hands and stand up.

Slowly lift your left foot, and draw your arms outward in a circle around your chest at the same time, in a golden rooster independent posture.Slowly bend your right foot, and lift your left foot to the ground gently.Stretch your left foot forward in a forward lunge, and draw your arms out to your chest in a circle on both sides of your body.Make a fist, stand upright with your left foot, lift your right foot in a golden rooster independent posture, and spread your arms in a climbing motion.

Raise your left foot and embrace your arms in front of your chest, in a golden rooster stand-alone posture.The left foot lands slowly, the right leg slowly bends and squats, and at the same time the left leg becomes a forward lunge, and the palms are pushed forward accordingly.Use the wrist joints as the axis to draw circles outwards on the chest with both palms.Inhale deeply, and slowly lean your body back, forming a posture of looking up at the sky.Exhale, straighten your body slowly, retract your left foot, and return to stand.

(Section [-]) The meridian nourishes the kidney, strengthens the kidney qi in ears, feet, waist and legs

The full name of the Kidney Meridian is the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin. It starts from under the little toe of the foot and goes obliquely to Yongquan Point near the center of the foot; the main meridian goes straight from the kidney upwards, passes through the liver and diaphragm, enters the lungs, and runs along the throat , at the base of the tongue.The easiest way to use the kidney meridian to nourish and protect the kidney is to use palms or massage hammers to pat and tap along the general route of the kidney meridian to stimulate the kidney meridian.Of course, you can also make full use of the acupoints on the kidney meridian, and select important acupoints on the kidney meridian for massage and moxibustion.

Ming Tian Drum

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys open to the ears, and only when the essence in the kidneys is sufficient can a person's hearing be better.If the kidney essence is deficient and the kidney qi is deficient, the patient will experience dizziness and tinnitus.Regular practice of Mingtiangu has the effect of regulating and nourishing the kidney, strengthening the root and strengthening the kidney.

Ming Tiangu is a long-standing health care method in my country.The method is to cover the ears with the palms of the hands, and then gently tap the occipital bone at the back of the head with the index finger, middle finger and ring finger of both hands. The sound is like drumming, so the ancients called it "Ming Tian Drum".Friends with kidney deficiency can insist on doing it 100 times before going to bed every day, or 50 times in the morning and [-] times in the evening, which can effectively improve symptoms such as mental fatigue, lack of sleep, tinnitus, and deafness.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the waist is the home of the kidneys", regular massage of the waist and eyes can dredge the tendons and enhance kidney function.Regular practice of this kind of movement can not only warm the waist and kidneys, enhance kidney function, strengthen the vitality of the body, but also dredge the veins and strengthen the waist and spine.

Rubbing the waist and eyes is to rub the lower back with both hands, once a day in the morning and evening, make a fist with both hands, the small circle formed by the thumb and index finger is called the fist eye, use the fist eye to align with the positions of the kidneys on both sides of the lower back spine, and then rub back and forth horizontally , while squeezing the kidneys toward the middle.This method is very effective. If you have low back pain and sore legs during menstruation, you can use this method to relieve it.

In the process of rubbing, it can remove heat from the kidneys and increase the kidney yang. The process of squeezing to the middle can increase the energy of the two kidneys. Therefore, you should keep rubbing until the kidneys on both sides feel heat.

Massage Guanyuan Point

Guanyuan point is a star in the acupuncture points of the human body.There is a basic substance and driving force in our body to maintain life activities, called vitality.Vitality is born with, inherited from parents, and depends on the nourishment of the day after tomorrow.As time goes on, it will gradually decrease, and people will show an aging trend.How can we better protect our vitality?Stimulating the Guanyuan point is a good way.The Guanyuan point is like a valve in the human body, which locks the vitality of the human body and prevents it from leaking out. It is the place where men store essence and women store blood. .

For posture, put the four fingers together except the thumb, measure downward from the navel, and the point is at the lower edge of the little finger (the midline of the body, 3 inches below the navel).

[Massage method] Daily use of Guanyuan point at home can be massaged for 3-5 minutes each time; the effect of moxibustion is better, and moxibustion is about 15 minutes each time.

[Efficacy] Stimulating the Guanyuan point can activate the kidney qi and replenish the kidney qi.

Press and rub Shenshu points

Shenshu point is one of Beishu points.Back-shu point is the part where the vital energy of the internal organs and six internal organs is infused on the body surface, and it is an important point for regulating the functions of the internal organs and invigorating the human body's righteousness.The location of the Shenshu point also corresponds to the location of the kidney, which is where the qi of the kidney enters and exits.Therefore, the Shenshu point has a very important health care effect on the function of the kidneys.

[Acupoint selection location] The position where the back of the human body is facing the navel is the 2st) lumbar vertebrae. Measure 1.5 inches to the left or right under the spinous process of the [-]nd lumbar vertebrae (the width of the middle finger and index finger together)
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[Massage method] It is a good way to press and knead the Shenshu point by yourself. Don't worry about the massage technique, just press it for 3-5 minutes each time.

【Efficacy】Because the Shenshu point belongs to the bladder meridian, and the bladder meridian and the kidney meridian are on the outside and inside, stimulating the Shenshu point on the bladder meridian can regulate the kidney meridian.

Massage Zusanli

Zusanli acupoint is an important acupoint for health preservation and health care highly praised by physicians of all ages. It belongs to the Stomach Meridian and is a major acupoint for regulating the spleen and stomach.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of acquired constitution, the source of Qi and blood biochemistry, and have a nourishing effect on the internal organs.The kidney is the "innate foundation" and the spleen and stomach are the "acquired foundation". The essence of the kidney depends on the cultivation and nourishment of the essence of water and grain.Therefore, if you want your kidneys to be healthy, you must coordinate your spleen and stomach.Stimulating the Zusanli acupoint, which has the function of regulating and tonifying the spleen and stomach, can nourish qi and blood, strengthen the body and cultivate the vitality, so as to achieve the purpose of health care, disease prevention and physical fitness.

[Acupoint selection location] Zusanli point is located on the anterolateral side of the calf, 3 inches below the eyes of the outer knee, and 1 transverse finger away from the front edge of the tibia.When selecting the acupoints, the other four fingers point downwards, and the point of the middle finger is the Zusanli acupoint.

[Massage method] In addition to massaging and kneading the Zusanli acupoint with hands, you can also tap with a small massage hammer. The strength should be to produce soreness, 5-10 minutes each time .

[Efficacy] Promote the circulation of qi and blood, warm the middle and dispel cold, remove stasis and reduce swelling.

Massage Sanyinjiao
Sanyinjiao is located at the intersection of the three Yin meridians of the Spleen, Kidney, and Liver. It is a well-known health point in the body.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen governs blood, the liver stores blood and moves qi, and the kidney stores essence. Although Sanyinjiao acupoint belongs to the spleen meridian, it has a special relationship with the other two meridians, so regular rubbing of Sanyinjiao acupoint can strengthen the spleen and blood, and regulate blood flow. Liver and kidney.

[Acupoint selection location] Sanyinjiao point is on the inner side of the calf, 3 inches above the tip of the medial malleolus, behind the medial border of the tibia.When selecting the acupoints, rub the food with the two first fingers of the intersecting edge, press the fingertips on the abdomen, tree the ankle Erneicai.

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