How to Balance the Five Elements to Stay Healthy

Wood → Liver (the best way to nourish the liver in spring)

Wood corresponds to the liver, the liver opens the eyes to the eyes, and the eyes are bright when the wood is full. If there are symptoms such as emotional irritability, irritability, dull pain in the chest and flank, and sharp decline in vision, you need to nourish the liver.

The time of the strongest liver: 1:00～3:00

The time of the weakest liver: 13:00～17:00

The liver is afraid of being overworked, and you must pay attention to rest during the period when your liver qi is at its weakest. If you have to work, rest your eyes for 5 minutes at least every hour.

Liver method

1. Take an appropriate amount of Ganoderma lucidum, Ligustrum lucidum, Astragalus, Licorice, and Acanthopanax senticosus, make tea bags, and brew with boiling water. It has the effect of protecting liver and anti-aging.

2. Massage "Ashi Point": "Ashi Point" means "where there is pain, there is acupuncture point".

According to Chinese medicine, pain is impossible. Quickly and rhythmically rubbing the painful area with your fingers can relieve liver spasm, pain and discomfort.

Fire → Heart (the most suitable for raising the heart in summer)

Fire corresponds to the heart, and the heart controls the blood vessels. If you have symptoms such as palpitations, chest tightness, insomnia, forgetfulness, irritability, or even pain in the precordial area, you need to nourish the heart.

Strongest heart time: 11:00～13:00 

Heart weakest time: 21:00～1:00

If you need work that consumes your mind, you can use it at noon, when the heart is the strongest; those with weak hearts should go to bed early, and drink a glass of carrot juice or tomato juice before going to bed to nourish the heart.

The method of nourishing the heart

1. Take 30 grams of wolfberry fruit, 40 grams of fried sour jujube seeds, and 10 grams of schisandra, brewed in boiling water, and drink it instead of tea. In the prescription, jujube seed and wolfberry fruit have the effect of nourishing heart and blood; Schisandra chinensis has the effect of astringing heart qi.

2. Treading beans massage: Take 500 grams of mung beans, stir-fry them in an iron pot over low heat and pour them into a basin. When the temperature is suitable, wash and dry your feet and step on the mung beans. You can tread on the mung beans for 30 minutes 1 hour before going to bed every night. Left and right, it has the effect of strengthening the heart and soothing the mind.

3. Press the belly button: the belly button is the Shenque point. Press it with your index finger for 5 to 7 minutes before going to bed every night, so that you can calm your mind and sleep peacefully. 

Soil → spleen

Earth corresponds to the spleen, and overeating hurts the spleen. If there are symptoms such as abdominal distention, diarrhea, fatigue, shortness of breath, ligament and muscle relaxation, and body edema, it is necessary to nourish the spleen.

The strongest spleen time: 9:00～11:00

The weakest spleen time: 19:00～23:00

Those with weak spleen can advance the lunch time to 11:00, when the temper is the most vigorous, digesting food and absorbing nutrients most effectively; eating a sweet fruit 1 hour after dinner can strengthen the spleen.

Methods of nourishing the spleen

1. Chixiaodou and crucian carp soup has the effects of invigorating the spleen, removing dampness, diuresis and reducing swelling. It is a more suitable soup nowadays. It is also suitable for damp-heat syndrome, indigestion, and poor urination.

About 90 grams of red bean, wash and soak for about half an hour, wash the crucian carp, remove the internal organs, or place it in a pot and add raw oil to fry for a while. Then put them together in a clay pot and add water to fry.

2. Abdominal scraping: abdominal scraping can help the stomach and intestines with hyperperistalsis to return to normal, so that the yin and yang of the viscera can be balanced.

3. Ginger-separated moxibustion: Use ginger slices to separate the moxa cone and acupoints for moxibustion, which can regulate the spleen and stomach, warm the stomach and stop vomiting, regulate qi and relieve pain.

Gold → Lungs (the most suitable for raising lungs in autumn)

Gold corresponds to the lungs and is related to respiratory diseases. If you have symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing, wheezing, and low voice, you need to nourish the lungs.

The strongest lung time: 7:00～9:00 

The weakest lung time: 21:00～23:00

Strong lung keywords: moisturizing

White food can strengthen the lungs. Such as lily, it can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and has the best effect on recuperating the respiratory tract. In addition, white radish, white fungus, and white sesame also have the effect of invigorating the lungs.

Ways to nourish the lungs

1. Breathing and breathing: cypress can clear the lungs and soothe the nerves. Every day from 8 to 10 am or 3 to 5 pm, inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth under the cypress tree for a total of 12 times. effect.

2. Two diets

1 mangosteen, chop it, brew it with boiling water for 10 minutes, drink less frequently, which is good for the body to absorb.

Water → kidney (the most suitable for nourishing the kidney in winter)

Water corresponds to the kidney. If there are symptoms such as soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, edema, frequent urination, memory loss, susceptibility to cold, and a lot of hair loss for no reason, it is necessary to nourish the kidney.

The strongest kidney time: 5:00～7:00

Weakest kidney time: 23:00～1:00

Strong kidney keyword: Tibetan

Regulate negative emotions, control your mental activities, try your best to contain it without revealing it, and let go as soon as possible when you encounter something unsatisfactory. In addition, during the time when the kidneys are the weakest, don't stay up late in order to preserve the spirit. Black food is good for kidney tonifying effect!

Ways to nourish the kidneys

1. Eating fish is the most beneficial to the kidneys, because fish can not only strengthen the kidneys, but also stabilize emotions, enhance memory and judgment. Black beans soaked in vinegar to replenish water and treat deficiency is the "golden recipe" of traditional Chinese medicine for treating kidney yin deficiency;

2. Saliva nourishment: Extend the tongue to the outside of the upper teeth, stir up and down, left and right, so that the saliva gradually fills the mouth, and then swallow it in 3 times, once a day in the morning and once in the evening.