How to avoid the loss of yang energy

To avoid the loss of yang energy, comprehensive intervention is needed through adjusting lifestyle habits, dietary structure, and traditional Chinese medicine regulation. There are mainly methods such as regular sleep, moderate exercise, dietary warming, acupoint health care, and traditional Chinese medicine regulation.

1. Regular sleep schedule

Falling asleep before 11 pm at night helps maintain yang energy. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Zi Shi (23:00-1:00) is the time when the gallbladder meridian is in effect. Sleeping at this time can promote detoxification of the liver and gallbladder, avoiding staying up late and damaging yang qi. It is recommended to maintain 7-8 hours of sleep per day and take a 15-30 minute nap in the afternoon. Long term staying up late can lead to symptoms of yang deficiency such as dull complexion and hypothermia of limbs.

2. Moderate exercise

Soft and gentle exercises such as Ba Duan Jin and Tai Chi can enhance Yang energy. Exercise 3-5 times a week for 30 minutes each time, until the body sweats slightly. Excessive and vigorous exercise can actually deplete energy and damage yang. After exercise, it is important to pay attention to windproof and warmth. In winter, you can choose to take a walk at noon when the sun is abundant, and use natural yang energy to supplement your physical fitness.

III. Dietary Warm supplementation

Moderate consumption of lamb, chives, and longan isothermal foods. Lamb meat contains high-quality protein and iron elements, and can be stewed and consumed with soup; Stir fried chives and walnut kernels can warm the kidneys and promote yang; Guiyuan and jujube tea are suitable for drinking in winter. Avoid long-term consumption of raw and cold foods, avoid excessive indulgence in cold drinks in summer, and store food taken out of the refrigerator at room temperature before consumption.

Fourthly, acupoint health

Massage Guanyuan acupoint and Mingmen acupoint for 3-5 minutes each day. The Guan Yuan acupoint is located three inches below the navel. Rub it clockwise with your palm after heating it up; The Mingmen acupoint is located below the spinous process of the second lumbar spine and can be rubbed up and down with the palm root. Moxibustion at Zusanli acupoint 2-3 times a week for 10-15 minutes each time, with a degree of skin flushing. Acupoint stimulation can stimulate the yang energy in meridians and improve the coldness of hands and feet.

Fifth, Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

For patients with kidney yang deficiency, they can follow the doctor's advice to take Jin Kui Shen Qi Wan. For those with spleen yang deficiency, Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan is suitable, and both need to be taken with diluted saline solution. 3-5 slices of ginger and brown sugar can be boiled in water as a tea drink in daily life, or 1 gram of cinnamon powder can be mixed and taken. Do not take aphrodisiacs on your own for a long time. Deer antler, Epimedium, etc. should be used based on traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation.

Daily attention should be paid to keeping the waist and abdomen warm, avoiding direct air conditioning in summer, and drying hair promptly after washing hair. Emotional regulation is equally important, excessive thinking can damage spleen yang, and stress can be relieved through meditation and deep breathing. If there are obvious Yang deficiency symptoms such as persistent chills, cold limbs, and frequent nocturia, it is recommended to go to a traditional Chinese medicine department for physical identification and systematic adjustment. Develop a habit of soaking feet in water with mugwort leaves and ginger for 15 minutes every night, and keep the water temperature around 40 ℃.