2023-06-27 06:59:12
‘통즉불통불통즉통(If you don’t feel pain if you don’t feel pain if you don’t feel pain if you don’t understand it)’.’
If it works, it doesn’t hurt, and if it doesn’t, it hurts. It is one of the concepts of oriental medicine, which means that pain occurs when any part of our body is blocked. The place that best reflects this is ‘blood vessels’.
It is known that blood vessels are regarding 100,000 km long when connected in a straight line as passageways that circulate blood throughout the body. The blood that flows through the blood vessels from the arteries to the capillaries of the fingertips and toes plays a very important role in supplying oxygen and nutrients to the cells.
In addition, since all blood vessels are connected, it is not an exaggeration to say that keeping blood vessels healthy is the secret to health, as if a problem such as clogging occurs, health problems can occur throughout the body in chain. Cerebral infarction caused by blockage of cerebral blood vessels is the most representative and dangerous disease caused by ‘blood vessel blockage’. When a cerebral infarction occurs, it can lead to serious complications such as facial paralysis and hemiparesis in which one side of the body is paralyzed. Common symptoms in everyday life, such as headaches, dysmenorrhea in women, facial flushing, and chronic fatigue, which you experience at least once in your life, are also closely related to blood vessel health.
Diet is the most important factor in keeping blood vessels healthy. As the saying goes ‘what you eat makes you who you are’, your current physical condition is determined by what you eat and drink.
Dr. Koo Heon-jong of Korean Medicine (Director of Lohas Oriental Clinic), who has been focusing on the treatment of blood circulation disorders for 20 years, emphasized, “It is more important for blood vessel health not to try to eat good things and not to eat harmful things.” In particular, flour, sugar, salt, etc. ‘three hundred (白)’ foods to be careful, calories are high but nutritional value is low junk food (junk food) should be avoided. Frequent consumption of junk food is being published one following another, suggesting that not only blood and blood vessel health, but also risks such as attention deficit and memory deterioration can occur.
Dr. Gu said, “Small changes in eating habits can have a big impact on health. If you have to eat junk food inevitably, choose a single item rather than a set menu, milk or juice rather than soda, and tomato sauce rather than cream to reduce your calorie intake. You can cut down on it and eat a little more healthily,” he explained.
For blood vessel health, it is good to frequently consume fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids. An academic journal published by the American Heart Association selected fish as one of the ‘heart-healthy foods’ and emphasized that it is good to consume it at least twice a week.
Exercise is just as important as what you eat. Excessively grandiose exercise plans are difficult to practice, so it is good to make it a habit to do the kind of exercise you can do in your spare time in your daily life. If you spend a lot of time standing, just standing and lifting your heels can help your blood vessel health. When you are sitting, lift your legs slightly and step on the pedals of a bicycle.
It is very important to take care of the usual blood vessel health through eating habits and steady exercise, and to receive treatment in a timely manner if abnormal symptoms appear in the body. In oriental medicine, ‘Geumjin-ok-aek therapy’ is used as a treatment to improve blood circulation by placing acupuncture on the left side of the tongue under the tongue to release the blood. Dr. Gu said, “The most important blood vessel in our body is the blood vessel from the heart to the head. The gold jade acupuncture therapy that helps blood circulation in the heart and brain pierces the clogged blood to help blood circulation and uses natural medicines to relieve stagnation of blood. By doing this, you can effectively improve blood circulation.”
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