January 20th is a severe cold, and with the arrival of this day, the cold winter is approaching its end. According to the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine on timely health preservation, what health preservation techniques can we do during the severe cold season? What issues should we pay attention to in daily life? Experts recommend that severe cold should strengthen the kidneys, benefit the kidneys, and tonify the kidneys.
Yishen Pai Kidney Meridian
Liu Yuanlin, a doctor from the Massage and Massage Department of the Ren'ai Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that regular activities in the waist can smooth the flow of qi and blood in the waist and replenish kidney qi; Tapping the kidney meridian every day can also have a beneficial effect on the kidneys.
Liu Yuanlin introduced that tapping the kidney meridian can be done during rest or when feeling tired, starting from the root of the inner thigh, tapping or pressing in the middle of the inner side, and slowly descending from top to bottom until reaching the center of the foot. Alternatively, alternately tap the lower back. The method is to stand on both legs, shoulder width apart, naturally relax your arms, turn your waist left and right, and at the same time, your arms will naturally break with the rotation of your waist, and alternately pat your back and waist, which can be done continuously for about 5 minutes.
Tang Zhimin, director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department at Guangxi People's Hospital, introduced that tapping the kidney shu and Mingmen acupoints on the back can tonify and benefit the kidneys.
Percussion can solidify the kidney
Why are people prone to losing their teeth when they get old? It's really because the kidney qi is insufficient, "Tang Zhimin said." Teeth are the end of the bone, "which is also created by the kidneys. In old age, losing teeth indicates that kidney function has declined.
And the maintenance of teeth can actually affect the function of the kidneys, so strengthening the kidneys can also be done through the health preserving technique of tapping teeth. The method is to sit or stand upright, relax your mindset, and then regularly tap your upper and lower teeth up and down, with a frequency of 1 second and a duration of about 10 minutes. Long term persistence is very beneficial for kidney strengthening.