人体使用手册 User Manual for Body

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Sleeping during daytime and the definition of Xie and Chi

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Sleeping during daytime and the definition of Xie and Chi

In Chinese medicine, body energy is defined as “Xie Chi”.

Xie meaning blood, and Chi meaning energy. Chinese medicine has a specific definition for blood as blood is tangible, but the definition for “Chi” or energy is rather abstract since Chi is not visible. When a person wakes up in the morning, he is feeling refreshed and full of energy. As the day progresses, the person loses the energy, or chi, and he becomes tired as the day approaches night time.Xie, or blood, is the most important element of the body.

Xie is the carrier of Chi. The more Xie that the body has, the more capacity that the body has to carry Chi. Human body generates Xie through quality sleeping. Sleep can also generate Chi, however the amount of Chi that sleep generates varies according to the sleep quality and the amount of Xie that the person has. The higher the quality of sleep, the higher amount of Xie that is present in the body, and the higher of Chi that can be stored.If a person had quality sleep the previous night, majority of the time that the person will feel refreshed or in Chinese medicine terms, full of Chi the next morning.

As the day progresses, after 4-6 hours of work, the person will feel fatigued as his body’s Chi diminishes. After lunch time, if the person takes a short nap, he will feel energized in the afternoon. Short nap is a good way to replenish Chi.

I have a friend who suffers from severe anemia. He also suffers from insomnia and as a result, he goes through the day feeling fatigued and drowsy. Many people have the idea that if they sleep too much during the day, they will not be able to fall sleep during the night. Yet often times this idea will make it harder for these people to sleep during proper hours. A good number of these people cannot fall asleep until way past midnight.In order to explain the above situation, let me explain the concept of body energy usage from the Chinese medicine point of view. The main energy source that the body uses is the Chi. The amount of Chi that the body has is defined as above.

When the body is low on Chi, it will generate backup energy, called “Gan Huo”. When a person feels fatigue, it means that the person’s Chi is low. If the person chooses not to rest at this point, his body will generate Gan Huo to fill the energy void of the body. In the above example, the people that felt fatigue during the time chooses to stay wake instead of resting. Their body will generate Gan Huo throughout the day. By night time, when the proper sleeping time arrives, their body is still filled with Gan Huo from earlier, thus making it difficult for these people to fall asleep, causing insomnia. Perhaps many people have had the experience of feeling tired early evening, but as the night progresses, the tiredness will fade away.The advice that I gave for my friend who suffers from anemia is that whenever his body feels fatigued, he should rest immediately. This eliminates the body from generating Gan Huo and it makes it easier for him to sleep at night. As a result, my friend took multiple naps during the day and his insomnia was cured as he fell asleep around 10pm and he slept until 6am the next day. Sometimes it is not necessary to use medicine to heal an illness. Understanding your body and having a healthy sleeping pattern are the first steps toward a healthy life style.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

人体使用手册 - 吴清忠

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自從『人体使用手册』在網上流傳之後，似乎有許多人看過這本書，這個地方blog

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Author Name: 吳清忠 Location: 台北市, Taiwan 多年以前，由於工作過於忙碌導致健康發生了問題，雖然沒有被醫生判定得了什麼絕症，但是，睡眠愈來愈不好，臉色愈來愈蒼白，體型愈來愈臃腫，體力愈來愈差，經常擔心自己得了什麼病，健康成為我最沒有信心的一環．一個偶然的機緣，我被中醫的神妙深深吸引，讓我放下手邊工作，全心鑽研這門極為有趣的科學．　感謝上蒼賜給我一連串很特別的機緣，讓我有機會學習到一套書本上學不來的知識和經驗，建構了一套比較合乎現代科學，現代人更容易理解的中醫體系，我也重拾了健康，健康的自信成為我最重要的資產。我很珍惜這份上蒼的賜予，更明白這不是我的私人資產，是上蒼賜給所有人共有的．願天下所有人都能和我一樣，充份擁有健康的自信．

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横膈膜按摩法

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在最近的一次健康讲座上,吴清忠应忠实粉丝之邀示范“横膈膜按摩法” 住在香港沙田的好朋友曾冬沛先生，是一位很好的按摩师。他从西医解剖学中体悟出一套“横膈膜按摩法”：在一两分钟里改善许多肩颈的酸痛和呼吸不顺的症状。多做几次还能使这种酸痛消失，可以说是一种标本兼治的按摩方法。这个方法简单易学，我学会了之后帮助许多朋友迅速改善了长期困扰的问题。
　　中医的三焦包括上焦、中焦、下焦，指的是胸腔和腹腔。三焦经从两手无名指开始，沿着手背通过肩颈直到头部。肩颈的酸痛经常和三焦经有密切的关系，横膈膜则是三焦中最重要的部位，也是许多问题的根源。

　　横膈膜在胸腹腔的中间，

身体的主要内脏大都和横膈膜有或多或少的联系。三焦经的阻塞常常和横膈膜有密切的关系，可是横膈膜在胸腔里，从外部根本无法触摸到。曾先生想出一个非常特别的方法，利用呼吸时肺部的扩张使横膈膜扩大和收缩，达到按摩横膈膜的目的。
　　身体呼吸时肋骨会随着肺部的扩大和收缩向横发展，如果用手压住背后和两侧腋下肋骨的下沿，使得肺部无法从横向扩大，则必定改变为往下的扩张。往下扩张的肺脏会压迫横膈膜往下扩张。几次横膈膜的扩张和收缩，就把本来可能存在的问题都排除了。做完按摩后，不畅的呼吸、酸痛的肩膀和颈部都有立即改善的感觉。连续做几天，会感觉症状逐渐消失，最终完全康复。

　　详细的做法是按摩师用两手拇指压在患者背后肋骨的最下沿，两手的食指、中指、无名指并拢压在腋下肋骨的最下沿：

　　（1）按摩师口令：吐气。
　　（2）患者慢慢把胸中气体吐出，尽量吐尽。
　　（3）按摩师两手随着患者肋骨的收缩，收紧虎口，缩小肋骨的横向空间，在患者吐完气时发出口令：吸气。
　　（4）患者开始吸气时，按摩师用力收住虎口，尽可能阻止肋骨的扩大。这时肺脏无法从横向扩张，只好往下扩张，直接造成横膈膜的扩张，达到按摩横膈膜的目的。
　　（5）在患者吸足了气时，发出口令：吐气。
　　（6）重复2~5的动作10次，耗时约1-2分钟。

　　一个朋友长期有五十肩的问题，右手无法上举，勉强上举就痛。我用这个方法帮他做了10次的呼吸动作，右手的上举立即大幅改善，疼痛感也轻了很多。建议他找一个按摩师，把这个方法传授给他，由按摩师帮他按摩几次，大概就能完全摆脱这个问题。同时按摩师也可以用这个方法帮助其他的人。这个方法对于落枕也有很好的疗效。
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user's manual for our Body -English Version

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Many chronic diseases are caused by the wrongful usage of our body. What we need is not a miraculous drug or treatment, but a correct user's manual for our Body.

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