The simplest and most effective way to maintain health: moderate work and rest, a combination of movement and stillness

When explaining the importance of combining work and rest, ancient Chinese doctors put forward the dialectical relationship between yin and yang, movement and stillness. Zhang Jingyue, a doctor of the Ming Dynasty, said in "Lei Jing Fu Yi": "Staticness is the basis of movement, and movement is the mechanism of tranquility... The rise and fall of yin and yang is the movement and stillness of Qi; the information of shape and Qi is the movement and stillness of objects; the rising and sleeping of day and night is the function of the body. Movement and stillness. If you want to know more about movement and stillness, you must carefully observe yin and yang. The extreme movement should be calmed down, and the yin that is excessive should be overcome by yang. "Yin and yang, movement and stillness are two aspects that are contradictory and unified with each other. Labor belongs to movement and belongs to Yang; leisure belongs to tranquility and belongs to Yin. Movement and stillness must be combined, yin and yang transform into each other. The embodiment of life lies in movement, but it is necessary to accumulate energy in a quiet situation to ensure that life does not stop and movement continues. The combination of work and rest means complying with the dialectical relationship between movement and stillness, yin and yang. Only in this way can the body's yin and yang be coordinated and the body's vitality maintained.

The combination of movement and stillness means that we must maintain a certain working time every day, this time cannot be too long, and appropriate rest must be arranged during work. For example, the 8-hour work system that we currently implement is developed after sufficient research on the human body's physiological activity capabilities and needs, and is more in line with the changes in the growth and decline of yin and yang in the human body. To combine movement and stillness, we must devote ourselves to both movement and stillness, and don't worry about two ends. When laboring, working, and studying, you must concentrate, be meticulous, work hard, don't be stingy with your own strength and intelligence, and try your best to do things well; when you are resting, you must relax completely, and don't rest your body while your mind is still thinking about work. , In this way, you will not have a good rest, and your work will be ineffective. This is like drawing a bow to shoot an arrow. Only by pulling the bow string to a relatively full level and then letting it completely relax can the arrow shoot the farthest.

In addition to work and study, there are many contents in leisure life, and with the improvement of people's material living standards, there are more and more types of entertainment and leisure activities, such as movies, singing, playing mahjong, and drinking tea. Chatting, etc. can all fall into the category of "Yi". Of course, complete "ease" means sitting upright to relax or sleeping. These are quiet rests, while the above-mentioned recreational activities are active rests. In fact, during entertainment and leisure, we must also grasp the principle of combining movement and stillness to achieve better health effects. For example, by properly arranging some entertainment life in the evening and then going to bed, you can achieve a good rest. Generally speaking, when physical exertion is too much and you feel fast heartbeat, muscle soreness, thirst, scorched lips, weakness in movement, and slow reaction, resting quietly is more effective; when you use your brain too much and feel dizzy and sluggish in thinking, , when your back is sore and your hands are soft, it is best to relax your tense brain with a "moving" rest method, and then rest quietly to sleep.