Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Zhang, and I'm here to talk to you about the old principles of health preservation today. There is an old saying, "Forty is not much desire, fifty is not much love, sixty is not much food", this is hidden in the wisdom of our old Chinese medicine. Let's figure it out.
First of all, let's talk about this "forty is not much desire". The ancients often said that if you have too much desire, you will easily invite trouble. At the age of forty, the yang energy in our body has decayed to almost half of its original level. Just like what is said in "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", when a person is over forty, his yin qi is half. At this time, we have to take it easy, don't consume our essence too hard, otherwise the yang energy will decline faster, and the body will collapse. Therefore, when people reach middle age, they have to learn to restrain their desires, guard their kidney essence, and then properly replenish their yang energy.
Let's talk about this "fifty is not affectionate". Well, people have feelings, and that's normal. But ah, the feelings are too much, and it's not good for the body. Fifty-year-olds don't function as well as they did when they were younger. If you are often overly emotional, such as angry, sad, etc., it is all depleting the essence of your internal organs. Anger hurts the liver, overjoyed and sad, too sad and exhaustive, afraid of hurting the kidneys too much. If we want to be in good health, we must learn to regulate our emotions and make ourselves feel calmer.
Finally, let's talk about this "sixty is not enough food". Sixty-year-olds, their digestive function is not as good as before, and their spleen and stomach are also poor in their ability to transport water grains. At this time, we can no longer eat and drink as much as we did when we were young, and satisfy our appetites. You have to eat small and frequent meals, eat something that is easy to digest, and eat less greasy, spicy, cold, fatty and sweet things, so as to reduce the burden on the spleen and stomach.
Everyone understands it, right? This health care is to follow the nature of the body, don't get along with yourself. At a certain age, there must be a method for raising the age. In this way, we can live a healthy and healthy life!