The cold snap came in waves, the northern hemisphere freeze seems to enter the little ice age, the cold weather, do not want to health with the temperature as the same as the rapid decline in the slide, may wish to listen to the advice of Chinese medicine doctor Sheng-Pu Lee, from more exercise, enough sleep to start, because it helps to nourish the liver, strengthen the resistance to disease.
The concept of treating colds in Chinese medicine is very different from that of Western medicine. According to the clinical symptoms, the common cold is called cold, while the more serious flu is called warm disease or epidemic because of its wide contagious power. Chinese medicine emphasizes the differentiation of symptoms and prescribes treatment according to each individual’s unique symptoms, but regardless of the type of cold, the prevention method must start with nourishing the liver.
In the concept of Chinese medicine, the liver has liver yin and liver yang, Chinese medicine doctor Sheng-Pu Lee pointed out that liver yang is the heat, combustion, the master of the body’s nutritional transformation of the heavy responsibility, any imported food, must first fermentation, absorption to the liver inside, in order to decompose and burn into energy.
Therefore, if the liver and yang are sufficient, the human body will naturally have enough nutrients; the human body is like a tree, absorbing nutrients from the roots and sending them all the way to the surface of the leaves to provide the energy for flowering and growing. The liver is the body’s energy engine. If there is enough liver yang, the nutrients can be burned smoothly and turned into heat, which will be dispersed to the surface of the skin to regulate the body temperature from the inside out.
This is why liver yang, which can adjust to external temperature, is the key to the body’s resistance to external temperature changes; sufficient liver yang can also produce better immunoglobulins, improve immunity, and increase the ability to fight viruses and increase muscle tone.
In Chinese medicine, the liver is the soul, and Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee emphasized that it is the energy of the human body’s mental state. According to the theory of the five elements, the liver, which is wood, can produce heart fire. If the liver has enough energy, the heart and soul will flourish, and people will be happy. On the contrary, if a person’s liver energy is low, it is like living in a shallow pond inside the fish, or in a low-oxygen environment, due to the lack of sources of nutrition, naturally prone to sickness and disgust.
So how to increase liver health? Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee said the first is regular exercise, because exercise helps the body to absorb nutrients to produce heat, the second is good air quality, and finally, sufficient sleep, any one of which has a significant impact on liver health.
Chinese medicine pays great attention to the health of the liver, the liver’s health or not directly affects the body’s resistance to viruses, disease resistance and physical strength, and even affects the mood, so do not want to move in the fall and winter to find the door to the cold, usually diligent exercise, heavy sleep steps to nourish the liver, one should not be missing.
A healthy liver gives you the energy you need to live life to the fullest!
Originally from: Health.chinatimes.com
Health Chinatimes/ Reporter Xue-Hua Wang reports 2010.02.11
http://health.chinatimes.com/blog/herbs/index_at3149.html
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