Three souls and seven souls, which one controls the mind?

1. The meaning of "Qi and blood follow God"

Qi and blood follow God means that Qi and blood are injected under the guidance of God. Without Shen, the flow of Qi and blood would be irregular. Therefore, in all our medical models, regulating the mind is the first element. In the concept of traditional Chinese medicine, Shen should be divided into two parts: one is the regulation of the entire internal organs and meridians in the body and the balance of qi and blood; the other is the ability to communicate with the outside world.

The "gods" we call are called Yuanshen and the other is called Consciousness God. Yuan Shen is an instinct that is innate and closely related to the natural world. Knowing God is an analytical ability and discernment ability brought about by acquired education. It has three souls and seven souls, including the specific content that the heart stores the spirit, the lungs store the soul, the liver stores the soul, the spleen stores the mind, and the kidneys store the will.

Three souls and seven souls were originally a very real part of traditional Chinese culture. The three souls and the seven souls had names respectively. However, later people thought it was a feudal superstition and ignored it. In fact, the three souls and seven souls are in charge of different scopes of power and regulate different functions and body functions.

"Po" sounds the same as "force". Why is it called "po"? It is the ability of the subconscious mind to complete itself without being controlled by your thoughts. It is similar to the meaning of urgency and coercion. For example, if we can breathe naturally, then after we fall asleep, if a mosquito bites us, we will involuntarily hit it. This is the function of the soul.

"Soul" is more importantly a kind of reason, which is a thing that participates in your ability to discern and think. We say that the liver governs planning, and planning is actually a specific expression of the soul.

2. The position of "Shen" in the body

What position does "Shen" occupy in Chinese medicine? Take a computer as an analogy. All the structures in our body are the hard disk part, and God is the software part of the computer, the control system and control system of the computer.

"God" resides in the internal organs, and the heart is responsible for the blood. Therefore, God is actually spread throughout the whole body, which means that the whole body is under the specific control of God. The reason why qi and blood circulates regularly in the body is because there is something that restrains and guides it. The ability to restrain and guide is the role of God.

Because of the participation of God, Qi and blood will have rules and directions. Without God's involvement, Qi and blood might just wander everywhere. Our Qi and blood must be the result of the interaction between driving force and binding force.

3. How do spirit and qi and blood affect each other?

Our internal organs need Qi and blood to nourish, and Qi and blood also nourish the mind. The organs will absorb the qi and blood they need according to their own needs, so they will be directional.

Our Qi and blood, in addition to traveling through the internal organs, also travel through the meridians. If there is no such channel, then it is called deviated blood and deviated Qi. If it travels through normal channels, then it follows normal rules.

In Tai Chi, we have a saying that "when the spirit comes, the energy will come." That is to say, wherever my thoughts go, my power will follow. This is actually when the Qi reaches the mind, the Qi and blood also arrive.

You see, our traditional words include "lost soul" and "unable to keep one's soul." In fact, they all refer to the state of God and his position. The sufficiency of God, the health of God, the correct position of God are all important.

4. The specific application of "Qi and blood follow the spirit" in traditional Chinese medicine treatment

For example, we need to give a person an injection. Why do we need to give him an injection? Because there is a saying in acupuncture that "it is effective when the qi reaches the place where the disease is." That is to say, the curative effect will only appear when the qi reaches the disease site. Because acupuncture is nothing more than adjusting the balance of menstrual qi, replenishing deficiency and releasing excess, then what means is used to replenish deficiency and relieve excess? It is through concentration.

It will only come into play when all a person's attention and concentration are on one point. The acupuncture needle is actually just a medium, which provides the possibility to focus all attention in the direction it needs to go. In fact, the needle mobilizes your spiritual consciousness, and then your spiritual consciousness mobilizes your Qi and blood in the direction you want to guide.

As an example?

Let me tell you about a case several years ago. At that time, there was a Taiwanese man who suddenly overextended his golf swing due to incorrect posture. Then he felt a sudden snap in his waist and collapsed to the ground.

The pain was very severe at this time. How much does it hurt? Don't say you touch him, as long as someone approaches him, he will feel extremely frightened and uncomfortable. That kind of pain was a feeling of despair for him. At this time, his consciousness was actually in a state of "being out of breath".

Some of the doctors we called were helpless. When I was called in later, I saw that this person had a misalignment of his lumbar spine. After the misalignment, the synovial membrane between the upper and lower joints was damaged. Stuck inside.

The synovial membrane between the upper and lower articular processes is covered with nerves and is particularly sensitive. When it gets stuck between two bones, very severe pain occurs and creates a strong sense of fear. So this spine is the part where the Governor Vessel of Chinese Medicine circulates. If the bones move misaligned and the fascia shifts, it will hinder the flow of Qi and blood in the Governor Vessel.

The Du Meridian is the sea of ??yang meridian. After the movement of qi and blood is blocked, the yang qi cannot be diffused, so the whole body cannot function according to the normal posture. At this time, because the Yang Qi is blocked on the road, God has no power to speak. Therefore, only when you let the road pass through and the Yang Qi is sufficient, then the divine consciousness can exert its effect.

The person in this case was in a state of extreme fear. There is a saying in Chinese medicine that "fear leads to the decline of qi", so his qi was always bunched up underneath and could not be transported to the governor channel. At this time, you need to make a quick judgment, take advantage of it, reset its misaligned position, and smooth the Du Vein, then his Yang Qi will be connected.

I kicked him in the pelvis when he had no time to defend himself. When the pelvis rotates eccentrically, the qi and blood go diagonally downward, but when the joint is opened, the synovial membrane stuck inside jumps out in an instant, and the qi and blood regain a path, and the Yang Qi is loosened. Bu, his god is back.

Finally, some suggestions for everyone

We modern people belong to this state of divergence. We think too much or are exposed to many things every day, which leads to most of our Time is affected by the external environment, and we have to deal with a lot of things every day.

What is busy? Busy is the word "death" next to the vertical heart, and the word "death" next to the vertical heart is the heart. It is not that the heart is really dead, but because the heart cannot feel the influence of the surroundings on it, and it is in a state of chaos.

So although today's society is not in chaos, in fact, everyone's body is in chaos. Qi and blood are in a state of disorder. Because of disorder, consumption occurs, so most modern people are in a state of qi deficiency and yang deficiency, which is a state of excessive consumption.

If we have the ability to take our mind back, then the energy dissipated outside will gather together, and the three souls and seven souls will come together and work hard for a common goal. , then this is a very meaningful thing. When you concentrate on one point, it exerts great power.

In fact, I highly recommend meditating and standing. Because both sitting and standing meditation put the body in a state of doing nothing, then in this state, he can feel every subtle change in the body.

As his awareness of the inside of his body continues to increase, he will slowly block his need for the outside world. When his inner being is closer, his power from the inside out will be greater. So I have always agreed that when everyone has free time, sit quietly or stand in a standing position.

This is the balance we talk about in traditional Chinese medicine. When you are always moving outside, the movement will generate yang, and the yang will consume yin. Therefore, it must be made quiet, and quietness will produce yin, so that yin and yang can be coordinated and a balance will occur.

An Indian said that when walking fast, he has to stop after a few hundred meters to allow his spirit to keep up with his body. This is actually a very meaningful analogy.