A year is divided into twelve months, and a day is also divided into twelve hours. Health preservation must not only conform to the changes in the four seasons of the year, but also conform to the laws of the twelve hours of the day. Now I will introduce to you the twelve-hour health regimen of Huangdi Neijing. I hope it will be useful to you!

The twelve-hour regimen of health

1. Zishi (23 :00-1:00) The gallbladder meridian is strong

Go to bed before midnight and wake up in the morning with a clear mind and a rosy complexion; liver detoxification needs to be carried out in a deep sleep.

2. Liver meridian is strong during the ugly time (1:00-3:00)

Those who do not sleep during the ugly time will have a gray complexion, feel tired and irritable, and are prone to liver disease; gallbladder disease The same goes for detoxification.

3. Yin Shi (3:00-5:00) Lung Meridian is strong

Patients with heart disease are most susceptible to disease at this time. When Yin Min wakes up and cannot sleep, it is mostly due to lack of Qi and blood; detoxification of the lungs. This is why people with coughs cough most violently during this period, because the detoxification process has reached the lungs; medicine should not be used to avoid inhibiting the elimination of toxins.

4. Mao hour (5:00-7:00) The large intestine meridian is strong

Defecation at Mao hour is the best care for the large intestine. Drinking water on an empty stomach is helpful for morning defecation; to detoxify the large intestine, you should defecate in the toilet.

5. Chen hour (7:00-9:00) The stomach meridian is strong

The absorption capacity of the stomach increases during Chen hour. Breakfast should be eaten at this time to absorb well and prevent obesity; Those who are treating illness should eat early, before 6:30, those who want to maintain health before 7:30. Those who skip breakfast should change their habits. Even if they delay eating until 9 or 10 o'clock, it is better than not eating at all.

6. Sishi (9:00-11:00) The spleen meridian is strong

Sishi is the best time for the elderly to do outdoor activities. You should drink an appropriate amount of water and exercise moderately

7. The heart meridian is strong at noon (11:00-13:00)

The human body's qi and blood are strongest at noon. It is not suitable to do strenuous exercise and you should take a nap. Suitable for nourishing the heart

8. The small intestine meridian is strong during the afternoon (13:00-15:00)

Exercising the small intestine meridian during the afternoon is beneficial to absorbing nutrients

9. Shen Shi (15:00-17:00) has a strong bladder meridian

Shen Shi has high learning efficiency. Drink more water and eat more fruits, which is beneficial to excretion, purges fire and detoxifies

10. The kidney meridian is strong during Youshi (17:00-19:00)

Low fever during Youshi is due to strong kidney qi Injury, kidney yang deficiency is most effective at this time to replenish kidney yang

11. Xushi (19:00-21:00) pericardial meridian is strong

Meals at Xushi should not be too greasy or too full. Patients with heart disease should rub the pericardial meridian to protect the heart

12. The triple burner meridian is strong during Haishi (21:00-23:00)

Sleeping at Haishi is the best tonic. At this time, During sleep, Baimai can recuperate; it is time for the immune system (lymphatic) to detoxify. During this time, you should be quiet or listen to music.

Midnight to 4 a.m. is the period of hematopoiesis in the spine. You must sleep deeply and it is not advisable to stay up late.

The Qi and blood flowing in the meridians waxes and wanes. Every day is divided into twelve hours, and one hour is allocated to one meridian. In addition to tapping the corresponding meridians at the corresponding hours, the hours at night are changed to correspond during the day. When the time comes, you should also pay attention to the following things to maintain your meridians. Follow this schedule to maintain your meridians and get twice the result with half the effort.

Twelve-hour health rules

Zishi: The gallbladder meridian is in order

Zishi refers to 11 o'clock in the night to 1 o'clock in the morning the next day. This time is The gallbladder meridian is in order. ?Dangling? means on duty.

The gallbladder meridian starts from the outer corner of the person's eyes, runs along both sides of the person's head, down the side of the human body, and ends at the four toes of the foot.

There is a particularly strange phenomenon in life. After eating at night, we fall asleep at 8 or 9 o'clock, but wake up as soon as 11 o'clock. Therefore, many people are now used to starting work after 11 o'clock. Some people always want to eat something at 11 o'clock at night and look for something to eat in the house. Why is this? This is because this is when Yang Qi begins to grow, so a very important principle is that it is best to eat at 11 o'clock. Go to bed before midnight, so that you can slowly nourish this vitality. People's sleep has a great relationship with their life span, so sleeping is nourishing Yang Qi.

Zishi is the darkest time of the day when Yang energy begins to grow. There is a saying in the "Huangdi Neijing" that "all eleven treasures are obtained from the gallbladder". It depends on the growth of gallbladder. When gallbladder qi grows, the qi and blood of the whole body will follow. In spring, if you nourish the chance of hair growth, it will be good all year round; if you nourish the vitality in youth, it is vital to your life; if you nourish sleep in childhood, it will be vital to the day.

Chou hour: Liver meridian is in season

Chou hour refers to 1 am to 3 am, which is when the Liver meridian is in season. If you want to nourish your liver, you must have good sleep at this time, otherwise your liver will not be nourished. If you play cards all night long, you won't be able to nourish your liver.

Although Yang Qi is growing at this time, what does it look like when it is called Chou? The word Chou is like a hand being strangled, just like although Yang Qi is growing at this time, but You have to restrain it, you can't let it rise all at once, so you must control it, that is to say, there must be a fall during the rise.

The so-called ascending and descending can be used as an example: Everyone has seen the Nine Dragon Wall. If you look at the dragon picture, you will find that the head of the ascending dragon comes down, while the head of the descending dragon ascends. , is the so-called rising thing, you must have descending, and the growing thing must have convergence, and there must also be growth in the convergence. This is Chinese culture, it is very flexible. It cannot only grow without convergence, only collect but not Growth is impossible. Therefore, if you want to nourish your liver and blood well, you should sleep well from 1 to 3 o'clock.

Yin Shi: The Lung Meridian is in season

Yin Shi refers to 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. This is when the Lung Meridian is in season. The meridians of traditional Chinese medicine also start from the lung meridian, and now the so-called first month also starts from the Yin hour, which tells us that the real beginning of the day starts from the Yin hour.

The human body’s qi movement is all about letting nature take its course, which starts from the lung meridian. This time is the beginning of Yang Qi, so this time is the beginning of people changing from stillness to movement, which is the process of transformation, which requires a deep sleep. The time when people sleep the most is from 3 to 5 o'clock. This time is exactly the process of the human body's Qi and blood turning from static to static, which is completed through deep sleep. Why do the elderly tend to wake up early at this time? In fact, it is because there is insufficient blood and energy.

I would like to remind everyone that it is not recommended to exercise early in the morning if the heart function of the elderly is not very good. Patients with heart disease must get up later and slowly, and it is not recommended to exercise in the morning. It's a gloomy night, so you can be active. In the morning, when yang energy is generated, you just let it happen.

Mao hour: The large intestine meridian is in season

Mao hour refers to 5 a.m. to 7 o'clock in the morning. This is the time when the large intestine meridian is in season. At this time, the sky is basically bright, the sky gate is open, and it is normal to wake up at five o'clock. At this time, we should defecate normally to expel garbage and toxins. This time represents the opening of the ground, which means the anus is opening, so you should develop the habit of defecation in the morning. If you have difficulty defecating, you should hold your breath instead of clenching your fists.

There is a particularly interesting saying in traditional Chinese medicine, that is, the lungs and large intestine are related to each other, and only when the lung qi is sufficient can you have bowel movements. The lungs are dominated by yin, and the large intestine is dominated by yang. Traditional Chinese medicine doctors will always ask about bowel movements (urinate and defecate) whenever there is something wrong. Don’t be careless about this. In fact, this is a very important situation in traditional Chinese medicine. Asking about stool is to know how your heart and lung function is. For example, if the blood is strong, the stool will be shaped and very thick, so the stool of a child is different from the stool of the elderly. Children's stools are thick, big, and long, but when they get older, they become extremely thin.

When the stool is very thin, it means that the heart and lungs are particularly poor. This is called the lungs and the large intestine. If your cardiopulmonary function is good, your bowel function will be good. Taking laxatives to treat constipation is wrong. It consumes a lot of energy from the human body.

Chenshi: The stomach meridian is in season

Chenshi refers to 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at this time, the stomach meridian is in season. The stomach meridian is a very long meridian on the front of the human body. Stomach pain is a problem caused by the stomach meridian. In fact, knee pain is also a stomach disease, and foot pain is also a stomach meridian disease. These places are the routes of the stomach meridian. Nowadays, many girls have acne, and if they want to treat it, they actually have to treat it from the stomach meridian. Usually young people with acne like to eat cold drinks, which damages their stomach.

From midnight to Mao hour, it is actually a redistribution of the human body. Eating breakfast at this time is to supplement nutrition. This is the time when the yang energy of heaven and earth is at its strongest, so eating breakfast is the easiest time to digest. If you don't eat breakfast, it will cause great damage to the human body in the long run.

Remember to eat less for dinner, and eating too much for breakfast will not make you fat. Because the spleen meridian and stomach meridian are transporting and transforming, you must eat a large and good breakfast. If you eat and sleep according to the natural laws of heaven and earth, you will not get sick easily. Many people regard dinner as a main meal and ignore lunch and breakfast. This is incorrect. Breakfast must be eaten. Breakfast is as precious as spring rain is as expensive as oil.

Sishi: The spleen meridian is in season

Sishi refers to 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. This is the time when the spleen meridian is in season. The spleen is responsible for transportation and transformation, and the meal eaten in the morning begins to be transported and transformed at this time. Our stomach is like a pot. How do we digest food? Then we rely on fire to digest the contents of the spleen and stomach bit by bit.

So what is the spleen? On the right side of the spleen is a despicable one, just like a girl in ancient times lighting a fire, adding some firewood to the side, fanning the wind or something. Among the internal organs, the spleen is like a busy little maid, but if it gets sick, our internal organs will feel uncomfortable, and we will get the so-called diseases of wealth, such as diabetes.

There is also the problem of muscle weakness, don’t underestimate it. In old age, everyone has some of these symptoms, some muscle weakness. Some people have big triangular eyes when they are young and small triangular eyes when they are old. This is the phenomenon of spleen weakness. When the lips are moist and plump, the spleen's transportation and transformation functions will be better. If the spleen function is good, the person's muscles will be very developed. If there are problems such as weight loss, drooling, wetness and swelling in the human body, it is a spleen disease.

Noon hour: The Heart Sutra is in season

Noon hour refers to 11:00 to 13:00 noon. This is the time when the Heart Sutra is in season. Chinese culture attaches great importance to Zi hour and Noon hour. The characteristic of Noon hour is that one yin occurs at noon hour.

The transportation and transformation in the morning is all yang energy, and at this time, there is a yin energy. Zi hour and noon hour are the transition points of heaven and earth qi, and the human body should also pay attention to this transition point of heaven and earth qi.

For ordinary people, taking a nap is the most important. Going to bed at 11 o'clock at night, going to bed after eating at noon, and closing your eyes for a while if you can't sleep are both beneficial. Because the Qi of heaven and earth changes during this time period, we should not disturb it during the transformation. You do not have that much energy to interfere with the Qi of heaven and earth, so what should you do? Rest and keep unchanged in response to all changes. The world is changing, but I will not change, and I will rest. So you must lie down for a while at this time. Taking a break is good for your body.

The zodiac sign at noon is Horse. Horse’s temperament is very fierce and Horse belongs to fire. Our heart is like a fierce horse, always working hard, so we must treat it well. Therefore, during this time of alternation of yin and yang, it is best for people to rest.

Wei Shi: The small intestine meridian is in season.

Wei Shi refers to 13:00 to 15:00 in the afternoon. This is the time when the small intestine meridian is in season. The small intestine is responsible for absorption. Its function is to absorb the essence of food that has been decomposed by the spleen and stomach, and then distribute it to various organs. To eat a good lunch means that the nutritional value of the food must be high. It does not necessarily have to be a lot, but it must be good. The nutritional value of the lunch should be richer. If it is not absorbed well, it will form garbage in the human body.

For example, some women have butterfly spots, which is a typical disease of the small intestine. Cosmetology is useless. According to Western medicine, it is an endocrine problem.

The heart and small intestine are related to each other. The outside is Yang and the inside is Yin. If there is a problem with Yang, there will be a problem with Yin, and vice versa. Heart disease is likely to manifest initially in the small intestine. Some patients experience chest tightness and palpitations at around two o'clock every afternoon, but no heart problems can be found when they go to the hospital. Because the small intestine belongs to Yang and is the outside. If there is a problem with the sensitive areas outside, there will definitely be a problem with the heart inside. If such a problem occurs at 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it actually means that your heart problem is beginning to appear, because blushing is a phenomenon of heart fire spreading out. Therefore, having a red face at this time is not a good thing.

Shenshi: The bladder meridian is in season

Shenshi refers to 15:00 to 17:00 in the afternoon, which is the time when the bladder meridian is in season. The bladder meridian is a very important meridian and is known as the sun in Chinese medicine. It is a large meridian that runs from the heel along the sides of the back calf and the middle of the back spine, all the way up to the brain.

For example, pain in the calf is a problem with the bladder meridian, and it is a yang deficiency, which is a symptom of a deficiency of the tang meridian. Pain in the back of the head is also a problem of the bladder meridian, and memory loss is also related to the bladder meridian. The main reason is that Yang Qi cannot come up and there is not enough Qi and blood in it, so memory loss will occur.

Don’t understand the bladder meridian as a urine reservoir. Shen Shi is a monkey among the 12 zodiac signs. Monkeys jump up and down, and they have meridians that can jump up and down. Therefore, in ancient times, it was said that "you will receive your karma in the morning, and you will learn and review it in the evening". This period is a good stage for learning. If you are a normal person, your judgment during this period should be very good.

Some people may say: I just feel uncomfortable at this time. This shows that there is something wrong with the body. If you feel particularly sleepy at this time, it is a problem of Yang deficiency.

Youshi: The kidney meridian is in season

Youshi refers to 17:00 to 19:00, and the kidney meridian is in season at this time. We Chinese are most concerned about kidneys. The kidneys store essence. What is essence? Wherever there is a problem in human cell tissue, essence will change it or help it. Jing is the most creative primitive force in the human body, and it is the most basic substance that supports human life activities. When you need something, just tune it out and you'll get it. For example, if you are short of red blood cells, your sperm will produce red blood cells.

From another perspective, vitality is stored in the kidneys, and vitality is what we are born with, which is the so-called "people live in one breath". Where is this vitality hidden? It is hidden in the kidneys. Therefore, everyone pays attention to tonifying the kidneys at a certain age, and the body has its own system. If the meridians are not smooth, it will not matter how much supplements you take. You cannot just take supplements if you want. You must look at your own digestion and absorption ability.

One manifestation of sufficient kidney essence is ambition. For example: if an old man is not energetic enough, his ambitions will be low, but if a child is energetic, his ambitions will be lofty. Therefore, if people want to do great things, they must first preserve their kidney essence.

Xu Shi: The Pericardium Meridian is in season.

Xu Shi refers to 19:00 to 21:00 in the evening. This is the time when the Pericardium Meridian is in season. What is the pericardium? The pericardium is the epicardial tissue of the heart, which mainly protects the normal work of the myocardium. People should prepare to fall asleep or enter a light sleep state at this time.

The heart is immune to evil, so who will accept evil? The pericardium will accept evil. Many people's heart problems can be attributed to pericardial meridian diseases. If your heart beats very hard, it means that the pericardium is affected by the disease. First, the heart beats violently, and then the problem continues along the pericardium meridian. The principle of traditional Chinese medicine is to treat diseases from the internal organs to the internal organs, so if you understand the meridians, you can treat such diseases.

The periphery of the heart is specifically responsible for a function of the heart called "joy, where does joy come from", and the pericardium meridian also governs joy. So to be honest, the human body should have some entertainment at this time.

If you feel numbness in your middle finger, it means there is a problem with the pericardium, because the pericardium passes through the middle finger; if you feel numbness in the little finger, it means there is a problem with the heart. In addition, the thumb is governed by the lung meridian, so a blue thenar eminence means lung cold.

On the one hand, the elderly should observe their fingers more and move their fingers more, which will be good for the body.

Hai Shi: The Triple Burner Meridian is in season

Hai Shi refers to 21:00 to 23:00 in the evening. This is the time when the Triple Burner Meridian is in season. In Chinese medicine, the triple burner meridian is a very special concept.

What is "triple burner"? Triple burner refers to the reticular area connected with the internal organs. Generally speaking, the heart and lungs of the human body belong to the upper burner, the spleen and stomach belong to the middle burner, and the liver and kidneys belong to the lower burner. The nature of "triple burner" is warm, like a small fire, which means that our human body should maintain a temperature that is neither lukewarm nor fire, which is "triple burner". Moreover, the triple burner must be unblocked, otherwise it will lead to illness.

The zodiac sign of Haishi is the pig. What is the image of a pig? After eating, it groans and goes to sleep. In other words, people have to enjoy themselves during Haishi. Only under this premise can people give birth to new children. Only with life can the yang energy of Zishi flourish. Therefore, we have to rest during Haishi, letting our body and soul be immersed in the warm darkness, so that life and body can reincarnate during rest.