alert! Women who sit for a long time are prone to qi stagnation and blood stasis

Our bodies are not designed to sit for long periods of time. Sitting for long periods of time, even with some exercise in between, will still have a negative impact on your health.

Many working women are susceptible to qi stagnation and blood stasis. On the one hand, they sit for long periods of time, and on the other hand, they engage in mental work. Studies have shown that if the human body is in a state of qi stagnation and blood stasis for a long time, tissue ischemia and cells are in a "starved" state, it will accelerate aging. Therefore, for people with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution, promoting qi and blood circulation has the effect of preventing aging.

Sitting for a long time can easily lead to qi stagnation and blood stasis

Sitting still for long periods of time will compress the bladder meridian located in the buttocks and thighs, causing poor circulation of qi and blood in the bladder meridian, leading to bladder dysfunction. The kidney meridian and bladder meridian are exterior and interior to each other, so this will cause abnormal kidney function. This is the reason why it is said that "sitting for a long time will damage the kidneys."

Insufficient kidney qi will gradually lead to deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in itchy skin, pale or dark complexion, insomnia, irritability, constipation, and scanty menstrual blood flow. These problems will manifest themselves on the face as terrible spots.

The appearance of pigmentation is actually the body telling us that its internal Qi and blood are blocked, which is what Chinese medicine calls Qi stagnation and blood stasis. This is because skin spots are mostly caused by an imbalance of Qi and blood, which leads to blood stagnation on the skin surface and forms stains.

It can be said that many 30+ working women are susceptible to qi stagnation and blood stasis. On the one hand, it is related to sitting for a long time. On the other hand, it is because most office people are engaged in mental work, which will make people think a lot and consume too much energy, which is what Western medicine calls blood oxygen consumption.

However, traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive thinking can damage the spleen. The spleen is the biochemical source of acquired essence and energy. If the spleen is damaged, the ability to produce essence and energy is weakened, and the body's qi and blood supply will be untimely and inadequate. The circulation of blood is driven by Qi. If the Qi circulation is insufficient, the blood circulation will of course be poor, which will inevitably lead to Qi and blood stasis.

In addition, office workers who sit for long periods of time often face fierce competition in the workplace and are under great mental pressure. The emotional fluctuations can cause disorders and further aggravate the imbalance of qi and blood.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis are the basis for many diseases and one of the reasons why chronic diseases cannot be cured for a long time. Therefore, there is a saying that "long-term illness will cause blood stasis." Many sisters have gynecological diseases, either mild or severe, most of which are caused by "Qi and blood stasis".

What's even more frightening is that sitting for long periods of time may lead to infertility. Some lazy sisters who don't like exercise often sit down when they are at work, eating, or driving, and maintain the same sitting posture for seven or eight hours a day. This will lead to poor blood circulation in the lower abdominal cavity including the pelvic cavity, causing insufficient blood supply to the ovaries and hypoxia, or qi stagnation and blood stasis causing fallopian tube obstruction; there are also cases where sitting for long periods of time and physical reasons cause the endometrial tissue to form endometriosis due to qi and blood stasis. These are all causes of female infertility.

In addition, once there is a problem with the ovaries, a woman's youth and beauty will soon come to an end. Buckle waist, chloasma, dry skin, lack of elasticity, hair loss, decreased hair luster, cervical spondylosis, rheumatism, arthritis, osteoporosis, etc., these are all caused by ovarian decline.

It is recommended to arrange appropriate outdoor activities every day. If you like watching TV, using the computer or playing mahjong, it is recommended that you get up and move around and stretch your limbs every hour. Or you can tap the spleen meridian, stomach meridian and liver meridian on the inside of the legs, especially the roots of the thighs! You should also tap the back more. The bladder meridian on the back is the body's detoxification channel. Tapping it frequently is beneficial to the body's detoxification.

What is Qi stagnation and blood stasis

Many people have this experience: after getting angry, they feel chest tightness and discomfort. This is because emotional distress can lead to temporary "stagnation of qi". If the qi stagnation constitution is caused by illness, one may suffer from long-term chest tightness and sighing, abdominal pain and diarrhea when mood swings, belching, breast pain in women, and even foreign body obstruction in the throat. This is especially common in introverted, depressed people. The tongue is dark and the pulse is stringy.

According to TCM theory, "Qi is the commander of blood, and blood is the mother of Qi"; "When Qi flows, blood flows, and when Qi stagnates, blood stagnates." Qi stagnation and blood stasis are often mutually causal.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis refers to a pathological state in which qi stagnation and blood stasis coexist. The pathological mechanism is: generally it is caused by poor circulation of Qi first, and then causes blood stasis. Qi stagnation occurs first, which leads to blood stasis. Blood stasis such as blood leaving the meridians may also block the circulation of Qi, which affects the circulation of Qi. This means blood stasis occurs first, which leads to qi stagnation. Qi stagnation and blood stasis may also be formed at the same time due to injuries such as sprains.

The main clinical manifestations are: chest and flank distension, wandering pain, irritability, lumps under the flank, stabbing pain that is resistant to pressure, women may have amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea, dark purple menstrual blood with clots, dark purple tongue or ecchymosis, and sluggish pulse.

People with blood stasis most commonly experience fixed local tingling or colic. Women suffer from dysmenorrhea, dark purple menstrual blood with blood clots, or amenorrhea. They are prone to dark circles under the eyes, chloasma, dark purple tongue or purple spots, sublingual venous congestion, sluggish pulse, etc. They may even have dark purple lips, nails, and purple spots on the skin. Many cancer patients show signs of blood stasis.

Who is prone to qi stagnation and blood stasis?

Symptoms of blood stasis constitution:

1. Blue spots often appear on the skin for no apparent reason;

2. Particularly fine bloodshot will appear on the cheeks;

3. The body will inexplicably produce pain in different parts;

4. Dull complexion and prone to brown spots;

5. Prone to dark circles;

6. Memory declines, easy to forget things, often loses things. The famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing once said: People who are forgetful must have long-term blood stasis. Our spirit is nourished by blood. Blood stasis and insufficient blood supply are the main causes of amnesia.

7. Dark purple lips.