Swallow saliva, embellish the five zang-organs 
 
 
Beijing Chinese medicine hospital affiliated to the capital university of medical sciences, dermatologist Quan Xuelian Bo-hua li 
 
  
Life times 

    Saliva, commonly known as saliva, in the eyes of Chinese medicine, it can be extremely valuable. Has always been attached great importance to the maintenance of the body fluid of traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times have "body fluid is the essence of man", think often swallow saliva can embellish bore speech &drama, and spleen and stomach, nourish, smooth the arthrosis, boosting brain, to prolong life. Therefore, in Chinese medicine health care law has pharynx jin a method. Concrete method is, daily early morning, hold onto the palate with the tongue, or use the tip of the tongue lick the palate, with saliva, such as fractional swallow.
 
    Pharyngeal tianjin method in huangdi neijing, the earliest in the q, sting method theory, said: "the kidney with a long illness, can YinShi facing south, static god not disorderly, not seven times, with the long die down, such as swallow very hard, so after seven times, sublingual tianjin made countless bait." People salivate 1 ~ 1.5 liters a day, the body is like a spring, access is endless, so fluid has many good name, such as gold slurry jade feels ashamed, the water of tianchi, kanazu nectar, water, etc.
 
    A mouthful of saliva was only 3 ml, but often consciously swallow saliva, the trachea and esophagus and stomach have very good nourishing effect. Cheng Zhongling said in "medical heart enlightenment" in this law for "hong Yin nostrum". He said: "the water of h chi, the body fluid of person also. Compress five zang-organs, Chen fu, then the note to the kidney for fine... with the tongue lick the palate, often to the water of h chi fills the mouth, is a traditional shu qi, in perception, meaning to the abdomen. After a mouth, dozens of is check. So-called true water filling Yin, sympathies, also inevitable." Ming gong center points out: in the snow ", the "melting pot" tianjin swallow, blood, heart in the liver, the spleen resting to restore energy, in the lungs to air and in kidney essence ". Can have the effect of maintenance is the five zang-organs.
 
    Modern medicine thinks, saliva secreted by glands around the mouth, with protein, amino acid, amylase, enzyme bacteria, peroxidase and other ingredients, with mucous membrane of the mouth clean, moist, help digestion, repair of gastric mucosa, antiseptic and soften blood vessels, saliva can also eliminate the free radicals is very harmful to human body, there are certain anti-cancer effect.
 
 
 
 
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