As the saying goes, "Whether you live a long life, you have to lower your head and look at your feet." Is there any scientific basis for this statement?

It is recorded in medical classics: People have feet, just like trees have roots. The roots of a tree die first, and the feet of a person age first.

In the old rural areas, medical technology was not very developed, and farmers were very poor. They rarely had money to see a doctor and take medicine. At that time, even a minor illness could kill someone, because there was no cure. There is no money for treatment.

In the old rural areas, people were very poor and could not afford medical treatment. In the old days, a small cold or fever could lead to death. When someone was sick, others would usually ask : "Did he fall?" This sentence means asking whether this person can still leave? If you can still get out of bed and move around when you are sick, it means that the person can still be saved.

If it fails, then the son and daughter of this family will have to prepare for the funeral, and it is very likely that they will not be saved.

The word "down" here is related to the feet.

Medical classics record: People have feet, just like trees have roots. The roots of a tree die first, and the feet of a person age first.

When a person gets older and becomes seriously ill, he can no longer walk, so he can only stay in bed until he dies.

In addition, in the old rural areas, everyone had to work in the fields. If you couldn't leave, you would lose your ability to support your family.

In the old rural areas, everyone was in difficulty and had poor financial capabilities. They worked hard to fill their stomachs and had no time to rest.

In addition, in such an economic environment, it is impossible to see the signs of illness. Sometimes people seem to be well, but suddenly they die from a minor illness. This is also caused by poverty and there are no doctors. , and no medicine.

Later on, I gained some ability. At that time, Western medicine was still relatively expensive, so most people chose traditional Chinese medicine. However, traditional Chinese medicine did not have good scientific medical equipment. It mainly relied on pulse checking, observation, and long-term accumulation. The person's condition, for example, can be judged by the person's face, hands, feet, etc. to determine whether there is a potential disease.

Among them, people regard feet as more important.

As the saying goes, in the "Five Characters and Four Classics", "Bamboo withers from the leaves, and people grow old from their feet. If you walk a thousand steps every day, you don't need to find a medicine store.

" The words are also recorded in very famous medical classics.

You can know whether a person's life span is long by observing his feet. This sentence also has different meanings in rural areas.

1. Health begins with enough food

In the past, everyone worked hard on their own one-third-acre field in order to be able to eat and drink enough to feed their family. , just to be able to harvest more food.

At that time, people had their own ways to stay healthy. Except for the era without preservatives, people ate very healthily, and it was also because they did appropriate exercise every day to maintain their health, and "walking" ”, which is what they must do every day, and it is also the “magic weapon” to maintain health and longevity.

Looking at the current rural areas, although there are not as many fitness activities as in the cities, there are fewer sick people in the rural areas compared to the cities.

This is because they work in the fields every day, and many of them have been working in the fields their entire lives.

So in rural areas, old people cannot live idle and have to work in the fields every day.

This not only allows you to exercise, but also gives you something to do. When people are lazy, various diseases will come to their doorstep.

Therefore, the elderly in rural areas are healthier and live longer than those in cities.

Take an example from my life. My cousin’s mother-in-law had a herniated disc. My cousin brought her to the city and asked her to help take care of the children. However, she suffered from back pain, high blood pressure, and dizziness all day long. , this hurts and that hurts.

But when I returned to my hometown during the busy farming period, I planted rice seedlings and worked early in the morning and late at night. On the contrary, my body no longer ached and my high blood pressure dropped.

Therefore, in rural areas, it is said that being idle can reduce diseases and prolong life.

Second, it is the superstitious saying that "long thumbs will make it difficult to show filial piety to one's father"

When I was young, I heard that the length of the toes on the feet will change. It affects the longevity of parents. The specific meaning is that if the second thumb is longer than the big toe, it means that their father passed away first. Of course, the death of their parents means that they have no chance to be filial to their parents.

On the contrary, if the thumb is longer than the second thumb, it means that their mother died first. This was the feudal superstition at the time.

There is also a popular saying in rural areas that when the second thumb of their children is longer than the other thumbs, that is to say, the life span of the parents is not long, so there is a popular saying "the second thumb is longer" , unfilial to father and mother."

This was also a feudal superstition that people at that time had about longevity, but it has been passed down to this day, and some people also talk about it as a joke.

Summary:

Whether people live a long life is actually related to the person’s physical health and the function of the organs, and has nothing to do with other things. However, in the old rural areas, this was not considered so. Today we mainly introduce from two aspects the rural saying that one can tell whether a person's life span is long by looking at one's feet.

One is based on people’s daily accumulation and exercise, and the other is based on people’s views on feudal superstition.

Finally, I wish everyone a healthy body and a long life.