How many emperors, generals, heroes and heroes in ancient and modern times have dreamed of immortality, seeking divine medicines, looking for elixirs, and alchemy elixirs, but as a result, most people cannot escape the calamity of death.
Despite this, people have also accumulated rich experience in health care, so that the average life expectancy continues to increase. The daily health regimen of the ancient Taoists to prevent and treat diseases and prolong life is introduced as follows, as long as you practice it, it will be of great benefit to your health.These health care remedies are very simple and easy to do, and they can be summarized in a rough way: holding firmly, rubbing hands, washing face, moving eyes, combing hair, shaking head, rubbing ears, ringing drums, rubbing noses, tapping teeth, pharynging, shaking arms, patting armpits, rubbing abdomenWaist rubbing, grain pricking, stomping and rubbing feet, etc.1. Firm grip

“Holding firm” is a common hand style of Taoist health preservation, and Ge Hong, a famous scholar of the Jin Dynasty, advocated “holding on to one” in “Baopuzi”. The specific method is to clasp the thumb in the palm of the hand, the fingertips are at the base of the ring finger, and then bend the remaining four fingers, with a little force, and hold the thumb firmly as if holding a baby. The ancients believed that holding firm helps to calm the soul and collect essence, which can disperse qi and blood, ward off evil spirits and prevent diseases.

2. Dry hand

rubbing often to regulate the internal organs

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are many important acupuncture points on people’s hands, such as Hegu acupoint, Shaoshang acupoint, Yujie acupoint, etc., different acupuncture points correspond to different body organs, and frequent rubbing of these acupuncture points can regulate the function of the organs.

Dry hand rubbing is a very simple and easy way to maintain health, as long as your hands are free, you can do it anytime and anywhere.

Method: Use the palms of both hands or the back of the hands to rub each other until they are red and hot, which can stimulate the hand points and strengthen the body.

3. Wash your face

and rub your hands dry until your hands are warm, and then dry clean your cheeks up and down with the palms of both hands, up and down 1 time, and dry clean 36 times. This action is done regularly to make the face rosy and shiny without wrinkles.

4. Close your eyes

, then open your eyes hard, circle your eyes, and look left, up, right, and down; Close your eyes again, open your eyes hard, circle your eyes, and look to the right, up, left, and down. Repeat 9 times. Helps in eye health care and corrects myopia.


5. Comb your hair

Rub your palms together to warm your palms, then comb your hair from the forehead to the back of your head to your neck. Do 36 times back and forth. There are many important acupuncture points on the head, and frequent “combing” can prevent headaches, tinnitus, gray hair and hair loss.

6. Shake your head

with your hands on your hips, close your eyes, lower your head, and slowly twist to the right until you return to your original position 1 time, a total of 9 times. Repeat in the opposite direction. This action can make your mind flexible, so be careful to do it slowly, otherwise you will feel dizzy7. Rub your ears

Rub your ears often, and your hearing is good

The ear acupuncture points are densely packed, reaching all parts of the human body, and are usually displayed on the ears when the human body is sick. Traditional Chinese medicine says that the kidneys open to the ears, and rubbing the auricles regularly can nourish the kidneys, strengthen the waist, and nourish the body and prolong life.

Rubbing the ears should rub the outer auricle (the cartilage part of the outermost part of the ear that rolls inward), which can promote the filling of capillaries and the improvement of peripheral circulation. In addition, rubbing the ear chakra is also a general cure for anger without any side effects.

Method: Rub your ears from top to bottom, bottom to top, back and forth 36 times with both hands, until they are red and hot.

8. Drumming

“Ming Tian Gu” can sharpen the ears and eyes, nourish the kidneys and strengthen the kidneys.

The specific method is: rub your hands behind your ears, press the external auditory canals of both ears tightly, put the index fingers of both hands on the middle fingers, and gently tap the occipital bone at the back of the head 36 times to make a sound like beating a drum. Covering the ears and tapping can stimulate the ears, achieve the effect of tonifying the kidneys and protecting hearing, and have a certain preventive and rehabilitative effect on kidney deficiency symptoms such as dizziness, forgetfulness, and tinnitus.9. Rub your nose

Often rub your nose to clear your nostrils

There are many people suffering from rhinitis, and here I recommend a simple, easy, practical and effective massage method to you. Without any medication, you can cure chronic rhinitis by simply rubbing your nose.

Method: Rubbing your nose with cold water every morning or before going out can improve blood circulation in the nasal mucosa and help relieve allergic rhinitis symptoms such as nasal congestion and sneezing.

For people without rhinitis, rubbing the nose regularly can speed up blood circulation in the nose, stimulate acupuncture points, and prevent colds.

Method: Use the index fingers of both hands to start from the middle of the eyebrows, push down along the bridge of the nose and then rub it up, do not be too strong, can be operated more than 36 times, and the nose is slightly red.

10. Knock on the teeth

“Knocking teeth”, commonly known as “knocking on the heavenly bell”, refers to the opposite incisors and gently making rhythmic taps up and down. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that in addition to teeth as bones, the kidneys are also the main bones and marrow, so tapping teeth can stimulate and consolidate kidney qi, improve the body’s immunity, and strengthen life functions.

Method: Tap the teeth up and down on the left, middle, right and back parts, and tap each part 36 times.11. Pharyngeal fluid

“Swallowing fluids” refers to repeatedly stirring the mouth with the tongue until the body fluids are full, and then rinsing it repeatedly in the mouth.

12. Rubbing the abdomen

is a health care method that rubs back and forth “between the chest and pelvis, including the abdominal wall, abdominal cavity and its internal organs”. Motherland medicine believes that the abdomen is the human body’s “official city of internal organs and the source of yin and yang”.

Method: After dry rubbing your hands or after connecting the above health exercises, stack your hands on your abdomen and rub them clockwise around your navel. Knead the range from small to large, do 36 times, and then knead counterclockwise, from large to small, kneading 24 times.By rubbing the abdomen, it can not only regulate the spleen and stomach. It can harmonize qi and blood, cultivate and replenish the divine essence, and can “communicate up and down, divide yin and yang; remove the old and give birth to the new, clear the spleen and dissolve phlegm; nourishes the kidney essence and enriches the five organs; Drive away all kinds of external sensations and clear all kinds of internal injuries. ”Modern medicine has confirmed that abdominal rubbing not only strengthens the spleen and stomach, gastrointestinal tract and abdominal wall muscles, promotes the blood of large and small weeks, including lymphatic circulation and accelerated gastrointestinal peristalsis, but also treats middle-aged and elderly constipation, gastrointestinal ulcers, periodic insomnia, prostatitis, nephritis, hernia, nocturnal sperm, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and pulmonary heart disease.What is particularly rare is that rubbing the abdomen can also promote the self-contraction and reduction of abdominal wall fat, which is an effective “weight loss magic weapon”.Due to the five internal organs stored in the abdomen and many meridians, it is best not to rub the abdomen if the abdomen suffers from inflammation, appendicitis, intestinal obstruction, acute abdominal pain, and malignant tumors of internal organs.

13.Rub your waist

Method: After rubbing the abdomen or rubbing the palms of the hands until the palms are hot, put them on the waist, palms towards the skin, and massage the waist up and down, at least 36 times each time, until there is a feeling of heat.
Benefits: Warm the waist and kidneys, enhance kidney function, strengthen the vitality in the body, and also strengthen the waist and spine. Regularly adhering to such actions can prevent and treat kidney deficiency symptoms such as waist and leg pain, frequent urination, nocturia, nocturnal discharge, and impotence.14. Valley canal (i.e., levator anus)

method: When inhaling, tighten the muscles of the anus. Hold your breath for a few seconds until you can’t take it anymore, then exhale to relax. Practice at any time. It is best to do it 20~30 times a day in the morning and evening. According to legend, this action was the proudest health exercise of the Qianlong Emperor.

Benefits: Promote perianal blood circulation, prevent venous congestion and the resulting internal hemorrhoids, external hemorrhoids, anal fissures, anal prolapse, anal eczema, constipation, chronic enteritis, etc., and at the same time have a significant effect on the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, varicose veins of the lower extremities, perianal inflammation, and perianal skin lesions. The specific practice of picking up the valley is summarized by the ancients as the four-character formula of “sucking, licking, pinching, and closing”.

That is, “relax the whole body, clamp the buttocks and thighs hard, cooperate with the breath intake, lick the palate with the tongue, retract the anus upwards, hold the breath slightly, and then exhale slowly, and the whole body relaxes.” ”
15. Twist your knees

and feet side by side, knees close together, squat slightly, press your knees with both hands, twist left and right, left-right-left-right 9 times each, a total of 36 times. It can strengthen the knee joints, the so-called “old legs are old first, kidneys are weak and knees are soft first”, to prolong life, you should start with your legs.

16. Stomping your feet

Method: Stand upright, hands hang down naturally, feet shoulder-width apart, inhale slowly, raise heels, raise your hands forward at the same time, inhale and heel, exhale at the same time, hem your hands, 3-7 times.

Benefits: Stomping can guide turbid qi downward, promote blood circulation, reduce stuffiness, correct hunchback, relieve stress, cold hands and feet and poor urination, prevent varicose veins and stroke, and for people with a higher pulse, insomnia, bile reflux gastritis, sore throat, acne and other diseases have a certain effect.

17. Rub your feet

Method: There is an acupoint of the kidney meridian on the sole of the foot called Yongquan point, and the hand is the Laogong point. You can sit on the bed, cross your left and right hands, rub the soles of your feet with your palms, or pat the soles of your feet with your palms, more than 36 times, until you have a fever.

Benefits: It helps the kidneys to play the function of collection, draw qi down, and drag down the fire above, so that the qi will not be blocked on it, and the disease will naturally be cured.