What is the truth of cool head and warm feet ?

Song Ren Pu Chuhou has an incisive summary in "Baosheng Yaolu: On the Door of Clothes": "The cold desire is gradual, and the heat desire is gradually getting off. Lower waist and abdomen to the shins, want to get room temperature.

From the chest to the head, I want to be a little cold. It is not cold to freeze, and the temperature is not to dry ......The husband is cold and hot, the body is comfortable, the rash is not born, and the life span is eternal. "To put it bluntly, when the weather turns cold, the clothes should be gradually increased, and the warmth should gradually decrease, but the belly must be warm and the feet warm; The head is cold, the heart is cold.

Of course, whether it is cool or warm, there must be a degree, and it should not be too cold to bring a feeling of freezing, and it should not be too warm to make the body hot and ......uncomfortableOnly when the heat and cooling are moderate, the body and spirit will be happy, quiet, less sick, and naturally live longer. Before the Song Dynasty, the "Pulse Law" of the silk book of the Han tomb of Mawangdui in Changsha contained: "The sage has a cold head and warm feet, and the healer takes more than he can benefit from."

The ancients referred to the above-mentioned health preservation principle as "cool head and warm feet". In connection with the current time series changes, "cool head" means that the head should be adapted to the change of natural temperature as much as possible, not a little cool, more cool immediately wear a hat, surrounded by a scarf, and "warm feet" to let the feet often be in a warm state, now go out should gradually abandon sandals, slippers and socks to "dispel the cold and warm", do not easily let the feet be cold.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, "the head is the meeting of all yangs", the six yin meridians of the twelve meridians of the human body all reach the neck or chest, and only the six yang meridians all rise to the head, and the yang energy from the chest to the head is the most sufficient, and it is also more cold-resistant. And "the yin veins are gathered under the feet and gathered in the center of the feet", so "the cold is easy to start from the feet", and "the feet are cold and cold all over the body", if you do not pay attention to keeping warm when dressing, the cold evil is easy to invade from the feet, and then affect other parts of the body.

There is a basic principle of winter health, which is called "cold head and warm feet". "Warm the head and warm the feet" is not only a basic principle that must be followed in the field of health care in China in the past dynasties, but also an important principle of Chinese medicine treatment in China. The medical proposition of "cold head and warm feet" was first published in the silk book "Pulse Law" of the No. 3 Han Tomb of Mawangdui in Changsha, the original text is:

The saint warms his head and his feet, and the healer takes more than he can benefit from. The head is the meeting of the suns of the human body, and it should not be exposed to high temperatures. The early Chinese medical classic "Neijing" says that the 12 meridians and 365 meridians of the human body show that the spiritual qi and blood, especially the yang qi, all go up to the head and face, so the head and face Yang Qi is the most sufficient, the most functional, and the most cold-tolerant.

If the head temperature is too high, it is not only bad for health, but also becomes a *** element. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, pointed out: "Don't set a stove next to your head, it will cause fire for a long time, and your head will be heavy and your eyes will be red."

Traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment follow the principle that the head should be cold and not hot, and many hot methods are only used for limbs and joints, and the head and face are contraindicated. In other words, no matter how cold the winter is, no matter how low the temperature in the bedroom is, the head should be kept cold, otherwise it is easy to cause headaches, dizziness or upper respiratory diseases.