Tuesday, 1 January 2019
BHH-18: Sleeping on a High Pillow
Many people prefer to sleep on a higher pillow as they are ageing. This is a bad habit because it is detrimental to your neck health. while those without a neck problem can develop one as a result, those who do have a neck problem will get it from bad to worse.
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
YE&T-18: Crawling like a Gecko or Chimpanzee
23 May 2018
It is a good physical exercise to crawl on your fours either like a gecko or a chimpanzee. Keep doing this exercise every day, and it is believed to help to cure your back pain or alleviate your spine-related health problems.
It is a good physical exercise to crawl on your fours either like a gecko or a chimpanzee. Keep doing this exercise every day, and it is believed to help to cure your back pain or alleviate your spine-related health problems.
Monday, 21 May 2018
GYH-18: Playing a Music Instrument
21 May 2018
When you play a music instrument not to perform to others, but just to amuse yourself, you will find that you are totally lost in the joy. This habit is as good as deep meditation, and will do a lot of good to your health especially if you can do so on a daily basis.
When you play a music instrument not to perform to others, but just to amuse yourself, you will find that you are totally lost in the joy. This habit is as good as deep meditation, and will do a lot of good to your health especially if you can do so on a daily basis.
Saturday, 19 May 2018
WTY-18: Religious Faith and Longevity
19 May 2018
As described in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Kristal), Yisrael Kristal, was born Izrael Icek Kryształ (Hebrew: ישראל קרישטל) in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire on September 15, 1903, and died on August 11, 2017. Officially recognized as the oldest living Holocaust survivor, and the oldest living man in the world as well as one of the ten oldest men ever, he said something to this effect when talking about the secret about his longevity: I don't know any secret about it, but I do believe that God has made the best arrangements for me.
That is to say, his firm faith in God played a crucial role in his longevity. In fact, 'Kristal remained religiously observant all his life.'
As described in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Kristal), Yisrael Kristal, was born Izrael Icek Kryształ (Hebrew: ישראל קרישטל) in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire on September 15, 1903, and died on August 11, 2017. Officially recognized as the oldest living Holocaust survivor, and the oldest living man in the world as well as one of the ten oldest men ever, he said something to this effect when talking about the secret about his longevity: I don't know any secret about it, but I do believe that God has made the best arrangements for me.
That is to say, his firm faith in God played a crucial role in his longevity. In fact, 'Kristal remained religiously observant all his life.'
Thursday, 17 May 2018
YR&T-17: Black Sesame
17 May 2018
Eating a spoonful of fried black sesame before breakfast every morning will help to maintain your hair-health and kidney system. It can also play a supposedly important role in improving your blood system and slowing down your ageing process , among other things.
Eating a spoonful of fried black sesame before breakfast every morning will help to maintain your hair-health and kidney system. It can also play a supposedly important role in improving your blood system and slowing down your ageing process , among other things.
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
BHH-17: Intaking Too Much Sugar
15 May 2018
Probably all of us like to eat sweet stuffs since childhood, such as candies, cakes, pies, desserts, chocolates and etc. However, according to recent scientific studies, over intake of sugar is one of the major reasons why modern humans have become so vulnerable to various, especially relatively new, diseases. That's to say, preferring or eating sweet foods is a very very bad eating habit, which does no good but harm to our health.
Probably all of us like to eat sweet stuffs since childhood, such as candies, cakes, pies, desserts, chocolates and etc. However, according to recent scientific studies, over intake of sugar is one of the major reasons why modern humans have become so vulnerable to various, especially relatively new, diseases. That's to say, preferring or eating sweet foods is a very very bad eating habit, which does no good but harm to our health.
Friday, 11 May 2018
WTY-17: Yangsheng and Individuality
11 May 2018
As everyone is different to varying degrees in terms of physical (or physiological) and psychological constitutions, the best way to yangsheng naturally varies with different individuals. Such being the case, it is your own, rather than anyone else's job to find your best way, if any at all, to develop and maintain your best possible wellness. In practice, you have to, in other words, try to find for yourself whatever methods (or combination of methods, exercises, recipes and therapies) that most suits your unique situation.
Certain methods, exercises, recipes or therapies may work well with others, but not you or the other way around. To find the 'best' way for yourself is often not only a matter of trial and error, but also a matter of luck.
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
YE&T-17: Massaging Little Fingers
9 May 2018
While watching TV or sitting idly, you might want to massage your little fingers respectively for 2-3 minutes each time. If you keep doing this exercise twice a day, you will find it helpful to maintain your health. According to some yangsheng experts, this exercise can be as good as taking 28 different kinds of traditional chinese herbal medicines.
While watching TV or sitting idly, you might want to massage your little fingers respectively for 2-3 minutes each time. If you keep doing this exercise twice a day, you will find it helpful to maintain your health. According to some yangsheng experts, this exercise can be as good as taking 28 different kinds of traditional chinese herbal medicines.
Monday, 7 May 2018
GYH-17: Spending Time with Trees
7 May 2018
If you spend some time, say 15 to 30 minutes, with trees every (other) day or on a regular basis, you will find this to be a very beneficial health habit. Try to walk around a big tree (or in a forest), chat or communicate with it, feel it, or simply look at it, you will get physical and psychological results similar to meditation. Actually, this practice can be called 'dynamic medication'.
If you spend some time, say 15 to 30 minutes, with trees every (other) day or on a regular basis, you will find this to be a very beneficial health habit. Try to walk around a big tree (or in a forest), chat or communicate with it, feel it, or simply look at it, you will get physical and psychological results similar to meditation. Actually, this practice can be called 'dynamic medication'.
Saturday, 5 May 2018
WTY-17: Cancer Preventing
5 May 2018
Every one has about 20% chance of getting a cancer in his/her lifetime. According to recent studies, the cause of most cancers is about 30% related to smoking, 30% to food intake, and the rest to the environment.
In practice, different groups of people use different methods to prevent from getting a cancer. Specifically, the most helpful thing to do on a daily basis for Chinese is drinking green tea ; for Britons, 1.6 km of walking; for Australians, an orange; for French people, one hour of fast walking; for Americans, having 7 hours of good sleep; for South Koreans, 3 servings of nuts (every week); for Germans, eating plenty of tomatoes; for Swedish people, avoiding liquors; for Japanese, avoiding sugar.
By doing all the above listed things, you can certainly reduce your chance of getting a cancer to the very minimum.
Every one has about 20% chance of getting a cancer in his/her lifetime. According to recent studies, the cause of most cancers is about 30% related to smoking, 30% to food intake, and the rest to the environment.
In practice, different groups of people use different methods to prevent from getting a cancer. Specifically, the most helpful thing to do on a daily basis for Chinese is drinking green tea ; for Britons, 1.6 km of walking; for Australians, an orange; for French people, one hour of fast walking; for Americans, having 7 hours of good sleep; for South Koreans, 3 servings of nuts (every week); for Germans, eating plenty of tomatoes; for Swedish people, avoiding liquors; for Japanese, avoiding sugar.
By doing all the above listed things, you can certainly reduce your chance of getting a cancer to the very minimum.
Thursday, 3 May 2018
YR&T-16: Onion with Vinegar
3 May 2018
- ingredients
1. one red onion
2. vinegar
-method
1. cut the onion into small pieces
2. soak the onion with vinegar in a sealed bottle for at least a week
3. eat a few pieces every morning
The vinegar-soaked onion is believed to be particularly good for the health of one's blood system.
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
BHH-16: Looking at a Small Screen for Too Long
1 May 2018
As the cellphone and computer become part of our life, almost every one of us spends too much time looking at the screen every day. If we often forget to look away from it, if we habitually keep staring at a computer or cellphone for more than one hour each time, much damage will be done to our neck as well as our eyes. Once we have a neck problem, there will be a lot of other health problems resulting from it, including dizziness, headache and even clogged arteries.
As the cellphone and computer become part of our life, almost every one of us spends too much time looking at the screen every day. If we often forget to look away from it, if we habitually keep staring at a computer or cellphone for more than one hour each time, much damage will be done to our neck as well as our eyes. Once we have a neck problem, there will be a lot of other health problems resulting from it, including dizziness, headache and even clogged arteries.
Friday, 27 April 2018
WTY-16: Yangsheng and Self-Satisfaction
27 April 2018
Although almost everyone desires, and may keep striving hard, to become rich and/or famous, neither the rich nor the famous are all really happy. While many people may never achieve their life goals no matter how hard they try and how smart they are, those who do manage to get what they want are often less happy than they believed they would be. Such being the deplorable human reality, yangsheng or happiness is not necessarily related to whether people are really successful in life or not.
Many people who are actually even more intelligent and more hardworking turn out far less successful than those popularly recognised as such. The reason is very simple: luck, timing, placing or socialising may play a significantly bigger role than people would think. Just as Chinese folk wisdom clearly suggests, a hero is a product of his own times.
To yangsheng well or attain true happiness, you may therefore never have to get exactly what you have desired, but you must learn to become ready to accept and even satisfied with who you are and what you have been.
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
YE&T-16: Knee Standing
25 April 2018
Standing straight on your knees and even walking around for 15 minutes or so whenever you can is a much healthier way than sitting or slouching on a chair. As an alternative to sitting, this posture or exercise will help slow down the ageing process of your knees and force you to use some of your muscles you would otherwise not use in a similar manner.
Standing straight on your knees and even walking around for 15 minutes or so whenever you can is a much healthier way than sitting or slouching on a chair. As an alternative to sitting, this posture or exercise will help slow down the ageing process of your knees and force you to use some of your muscles you would otherwise not use in a similar manner.
Monday, 23 April 2018
GYH-16: Climbing High to Gaze Afar
23 April 2018
Climbing high to gaze afar from time to time is an ancient tradition in Chinese culture. Although much fewer people do this nowadays, this is actually a very good habit because it derails us from routine boredom and makes us relax both physically and psychologically.
Climbing high to gaze afar from time to time is an ancient tradition in Chinese culture. Although much fewer people do this nowadays, this is actually a very good habit because it derails us from routine boredom and makes us relax both physically and psychologically.
Saturday, 21 April 2018
Elixir of Longevity
21 April 2018
Both ancient wisdom and modern science in both the East and the West have strongly indicated that there ISs an elixir of longevity after all, which is actually readily accessible to both billionaires and paupers:
that is laugh. Just as a popular yangsheng proverb goes in chinese: every happy laughter makes one ten years younger (笑一笑，十年少）.
So, watch, read or do whatever that can make you laugh aloud!
Both ancient wisdom and modern science in both the East and the West have strongly indicated that there ISs an elixir of longevity after all, which is actually readily accessible to both billionaires and paupers:
that is laugh. Just as a popular yangsheng proverb goes in chinese: every happy laughter makes one ten years younger (笑一笑，十年少）.
So, watch, read or do whatever that can make you laugh aloud!
Thursday, 19 April 2018
YR&T-15: Date-Fungus Soup
19 April 2018
- ingredients:
1. 10-15 g of black fungus;
2. 50 g of fresh ginger;
3. 5 red dates.
- steps:
1. soak the fungus in water for about one hour;
2. cut the ginger into small pieces;
3. put the three ingredients together into 6 bowels of water;
4. boil the mixture until 2 bowels of soup is left
note: eat this anti-thrombus soup with the content once a day, and it will help to maintain your blood health.
- ingredients:
1. 10-15 g of black fungus;
2. 50 g of fresh ginger;
3. 5 red dates.
- steps:
1. soak the fungus in water for about one hour;
2. cut the ginger into small pieces;
3. put the three ingredients together into 6 bowels of water;
4. boil the mixture until 2 bowels of soup is left
note: eat this anti-thrombus soup with the content once a day, and it will help to maintain your blood health.
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
BHH-15: Holding in Poop
17 April 2018
It is a bad habit to hold in poop. For one reason or another, many people cannot help doing so; however, if you do this too often or too long each time, there will be many different effects on your health. For example, the bacteria, toxic or unwanted elements contained in the poop will be 'invading' your organs, eventually causing diseases, including cancers.
It is a bad habit to hold in poop. For one reason or another, many people cannot help doing so; however, if you do this too often or too long each time, there will be many different effects on your health. For example, the bacteria, toxic or unwanted elements contained in the poop will be 'invading' your organs, eventually causing diseases, including cancers.
Friday, 13 April 2018
WTY-15: Success and Yangsheng
13 April 2018
For the vast majority of people, 'success' is measured in terms of money or fame or both. Whoever achieves his/her 'career goal' or 'American Dream' by becoming exceptionally wealthy or famous is popularly considered to be highly successful in life. For others, the measurement can be power/position, knowledge/wisdom, interest, health, love/family or the like. Once people manage to attain their life goals to a certain extent, they will usually be able to enjoy a truly happy life. Otherwise, they would feel unsatisfied with their own lives and keep striving continuously for their goals. In this sense, success and yangsheng are closely interrelated.
In practice, some people may live for money (or fame) all their lives; some may pursue different goals during different stages of their lives; others may try to fulfil several things at the same time (or for a lifetime).
Given the close relationship between personal success and true happiness, I believe only those who measure 'success' in their own (individualised) terms rather than in others' can live with a strong and sustained sense of happiness.
So, to yangsheng or find happiness, it is highly recommendable to follow our own hearts and define success in a personal way.
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
YE&T-15: Garlic for Itchy Throat
11 April 2018
For an itchy or irratating throat and to prevent coughing as a result, it is worth trying to bite a piece of fresh garlic and keep it in your mouth for about an hour. This natural therapy may prove more helpful than some medicine you might want to take.
For an itchy or irratating throat and to prevent coughing as a result, it is worth trying to bite a piece of fresh garlic and keep it in your mouth for about an hour. This natural therapy may prove more helpful than some medicine you might want to take.
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