The heart, the king of the body, is in charge of the movement of Qi and Blood throughout the body

The heart, the king of the body, is in charge of the movement of Qi and Blood throughout the body. The heart is like the sun; the sun dominates all life, and the same is true for the soul, which dominates our physical body. The heart is where the gods are hidden, and the practice starts here. And it is the only channel to connect with the inner divinity. You must begin with your heart, whether cultivating your body or your spirituality.

Therefore, it is necessary to get to know the heart well.

1 The heart, which governs the blood vessels of the body.

On a meaty level, the heart is like a pump that provides power to push the blood forward by constantly contracting and expanding. The blood is expected if the heart has enough ability to push the blood out. Cardiac arrest and irregular heart rate symptoms can occur if the heart is not powerful enough.

In turn, if the blood is clean and the blood vessels are open, the burden on the heart will be less, and the heart will function relatively normally. If the blood is clogged and the blood vessels are narrowed, the load on the heart will increase. Heart disease will occur, such as common cardiovascular diseases in the middle-aged and elderly: myocardial infarction, coronary artery atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, etc., which are essentially malfunctions of the "heart master blood."

To avoid cardiovascular disease, we have to do 3 things:

The first is to ensure that the heart power is sufficient; 

The second is clean blood; 

The third is smooth blood vessels. 

These three are indispensable; we can see that the blood is dependent on maintenance, blood vessels are also reliant on care, and the heart is more dependent on the maintenance of these 3 things are dependent on the usual maintenance. Good maintenance can be away from cardiovascular disease.

Heart, through God(心，通神明).

The gods of the West are outside of themselves; Zeus is a god, and Apollo is a god. But as Chinese Medicine recognizes, there is no God outside; God is within itself, and the heart is where God is hidden.

What do you mean by God? God is not clear; there is no way to say it clearly in words, barely, the unpredictable called God. In this universe, there are things that we have figured out the law and those that have figured out the law are reluctantly called "Tao(道)." Since there is a clear one, there must be something that cannot be understood and does not know how it changes, and we call this part "God." So, in a way, the Chinese people are indeed the wisest. Our ancestors saw the essence and truth of the universe thousands of years ago.

For example, we always have thoughts; how do these thoughts arise? It has to have a source, and the source is from the "mind." How do the ideas of the mind arise continuously? This is unknown; its changes are tremendous and unknowable, so it is called "God."

Have you heard the saying: a thought becomes a god, a thought becomes a devil? If you trace everything back to its source, the source is your thoughts. This thought is in the "mind," and you can see these thoughts by looking at them.

How to view it? How do I see? There is a prerequisite, that is, "the mind must be clear." The word "bright" is perfect, a "sun" plus a "moon," The sun shines during the day, and the moon shines at night; all day is bright. In other words, if you light up your mind, you can see the thoughts in your heart. Therefore, we must first light up our minds to practice mindfulness.

A classic sentence in the Heart Sutra: There is no ignorance and no end to ignorance（无无明，亦无无明尽）. Ignorance is when one is in darkness and does not know where to go. All of one's suffering and fears come from ignorance. To eliminate these pains and fears, one has to eliminate ignorance; that is, there is no ignorance, that is, to light up one's mind to eliminate ignorance.

Now, many problems are heart diseases, such as insomnia, a problem with the heart and mind. Taking medicine is effective, but it is difficult to cure the root of the problem; we need to regulate from the heart and soul to solve it. How to solve it? Don't be confused by material things, don't be a slave to your desires, no matter how chaotic the outside world is, keep your heart, seek inwardly in everything, seek a pure heart, a normal heart, after really seeking the external diseases will be almost cured.

The 8 words of the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine: "Tranquility, emptiness, and inner protection of the spirit(恬淡虚无，精神内守）," are about the method of cultivating the heart. The word "tranquillity" means "licking" after being hurt inside; one should know how to lick oneself to comfort oneself. In today's terms, it means self-relieving and self-relief. A light that is indifferent to fame and fortune, the external material things are light; light will not cling.

Void, that is, let the entity deflate, see the mountain is not the mountain, see the water is not the water, not be blinded by the beauty of the beautiful things and people, and no longer pursue the things seen by the naked eye; nothing, the highest state, no self, no body, no own claims. To do "tranquillity and emptiness," these four words, you can take back your spirit and keep it.

Many people do not understand this truth; they always say the heart is tired. Why is it tired? The heart has too many desires, always thinking about people and things outside, the mind is running out, the inner energy is dispersed to the outside, the power is consumed, and, of course, it will be tired.

This society is so reckless that many people chase the wrong illusory things, leading to physical and mental illnesses. What should we do? To eliminate the state of ignorance, to light up one's mind, to be tranquil and void, to let the mind return to its place, to let the reason be its true master. And all of this is up to you; no outsider can help.

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The heart is the official of the sovereign.

A wise ruler can benefit the world, but a faint ruler can destroy an entire country. The heart is the monarch of the whole body, the supreme commander. Therefore, as I often say, we should let the soul be the master and listen to the heart's authentic voice. Unfortunately, many people today do not listen to the original voice of the heart, and many are just carrying out the instructions of the mind.

The heart is the monarch, the mind is the executive, and the mind is the tool. Very often, we cannot distinguish between the actual needs of the heart and the desires of the mind, and we are often led into the ditch by the mind to pursue the wrong things. The mind often gives us incorrect instructions, often puts us in separation, and often makes us unable to distinguish between the real and the unreal, so we have to be alert, ah, to be awake at all times, and lighting the mind's lamp to eliminate ignorance is the way to make ourselves awake.

The heart is the official of the sovereign. What does the sovereign fear most? The most fearful of people plotting to usurp the government, the most fearful of eunuchs in power, the monarch is in, and the world is safe and sound. In the same way, the heart is afraid of blocked blood vessels; the heart is scared of the absence of the exalted position, and the heart fears the mind is too powerful. We can see that people are now making stents for their hearts and pacemakers, which is not a usurpation of power.

Heart in the will is joy.

Joy is the best medicine for the heart. If you want a good heart, you have to make yourself happier. On a higher level, all diseases are created by the heart. The most genuine joy comes from your nature, to please your heart to please yourself. If you want to be happy, you have to raise your inner energy, follow your heart's guidance, let your heart lead you to do things, and let your heart show you to feel the world and naturally be joyful.

But everything depends on the degree; overjoyed will also be sad. 

Sweat is the fluid of the heart.

Proper sweating is good for your health, but excessive sweating harms your body. Because sweat is the liquid of the heart, too much sweating will lead to a lack of heart yin, and sweating also takes away a lot of Yang, and over time, it will hurt both Yin and Yang.

If you are in a year-round white-collar office, the four seasons can not sweat; you can think about the body's heart Qi has been prolonged circulation, and even sweat can not be issued. It does not always stay in the air-conditioned room; the use of nature's heat to open the pores so that sweat issues and the body's cold and damp evil will follow.

If you are a sportsman, sweating like rain all year round, you can think about it: sweat and blood of the exact origin, sweating sad Yang, will also be low Yin. Good sweating is the right way to exercise.

Heart of its Hua in the face

The heart's energy is manifested on the face, and Chinese medicine practitioners can determine the body's condition by looking at the colour of your face.

The face is rosy and lustrous, full of energy, which is a healthy sign of total heart energy; the face is pale and bloodless, which is a severe deficiency of heart blood; the face is dull, with spots on the face and dark lips, which is a sign of stagnation of heart blood.

The heart is open to the tongue.

If the tongue is not flexible and the language is not fluent, the heart is not functioning correctly.

The fire in the heart will react through the tongue. For example, some people get a sore tongue after getting on fire due to the inflammation of the heart fire.

The heart is the only organ that doesn't get cancer.

Modern people have a high chance of getting cancer, and all kinds of organs in the body can produce cancer, but only the heart does not get cancer. Why? Cancer cells fear high temperatures and will die when they touch the fire, like a moth to a flame. Therefore, we must protect the yang energy of our bodies. Without yang energy, all diseases will come to you slowly.

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The heart and small intestine are mutually exclusive.

The first primary function of the small intestine is to receive and contain substances.

To receive is to accept; to accept what? Receive the food distributed by the stomach. The small intestine is our body's most extended internal organ, with a total length of more than 4 meters. The food we eat is first in the stomach for simple grinding and then distributed to the small intestine for deep processing, extracting the essence of food and transmitting the dregs of food.

The second primary function of the small intestine is to separate the clear from the turbid.

In Chinese medicine, the concept is that clear Yang should rise, and dark Yin should descend. Clear Yang rises to the upper body, so our mind is clear, our mouth exhales fresh air, our eyes can see things brightly, and our ears can hear sounds. The turbid Yin has to descend; the stool has to go out from the anus, the urine has to go out from the urethra, and the menstruation has to go out from the bottom; these are the manifestations of the turbidity in the body to descend.

How does the body distinguish between clarity and turbidity? Through the function of the small intestine to "distinguish between clear and turbid." If what should be clear is not clear, such as cloudy urine, it is a malfunction of the small intestine.

How does the small intestine achieve the function of distinguishing between clear and turbid? Because the small intestine and the heart are each other's cousins and belong to the same fire. As a typical example, we all know that it takes the heat of the fire to cook rice into the rice. In cooking rice, the steam, which is clean energy, will go up, while the heavy rice will sink into the pot. The function of the small intestine to secrete the clear and turbid is the same as the principle of cooking rice, which is achieved through the heat energy of the small intestine.

Some people need more heat in the small intestine, what to eat and what to pull; this is the same reason as the lack of fire in cooking. Then what should we do? Raising the temperature of the small intestine, equivalent to adding firewood, to cook rice is also the same reason. How to raise the temperature? Like the Pill, moxibustion, etc., are all methods to replenish the fire.

Some people also have too much fire in the small intestine, prone to mouth ulcers, yellow urine and stinging urine. Why? Because the heart and small intestine as each other, the heart has heat on the one hand from the mouth; it will also give warmth to the small intestine, the small intestine of heat and then through the urine, the hot urine is yellow. Then what to do? Clear the fire, such as using the guide Chi San, is the way to clear the fire.

That's all I have to tell you about the heart and the small intestine. The principle of nourishing the heart lies in maintaining the heart's power and protecting the heart's yang energy. At the same time, it is vital to nourish the heart and mind and to guard the heart's energy. The only thing that can be done is the heart. Put the heart in the right place, and you will have a good life and body.