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Saturday, November 27, 2010

气功与催眠术有什么不同?

气功与催眠术是不同的。气功是中国医学遗产的一部分,它有几千年的历史,而且靠自己的主观能动性调动自身的潜能,为自己治病,它是一种主动治疗。练功者要靠自己持之以恒的锻炼,通过正确的姿势,进行调神、调息,疏通经络,开阖穴位,外练筋、皮、骨,内练精、气、神,以达到防病、治病,增进健康和延年益寿的目的。催眠术是通过有经验或有功夫的人的语言等方法,暗示诱导刺激他人,收到应有的治疗效果。正因为它是靠一方向另一方施行的一种方法,所以它是被动的,任凭催眠者“摆布”的,与气功的主动锻炼是不同的。

(赵金香宗师)

Friday, November 19, 2010

中里巴人专访:
关注健康不关注疾病 健康要靠自己

来源: 39健康网
编辑: 谭蕾蕾

推出了畅销健康书籍《求医不如求己3》的养生名家中里巴人(原名:郑幅中)老师日前接受了39健康网的专访,关于第三本书中谈及的健康养生理念,中 里巴人向我们进行了生动易懂的阐述。

中里巴人专访


  情绪需要释放,而且要尽快释放

  39健康网:中里老师在书中首先是说明了自己的情绪和认识信念的重要性,书中说道“对自己的七情六欲既要管理,又 要顺从”,恰逢现在是经济危机阶段,失业的人越来越多,很多白领阶级也对自身的危机感到惊恐,那您认为在这种情况下,该如何去管理自己的情绪呢?

  中里巴人:情绪,也就是七情六欲是每个人都有的,是属于人的一种本能,本能的东西,你是不能压抑它的,压抑本能的 人,不但在心理上会产生一种失衡,相对的在身体上会产生一种疲态。人的身心是同步的,心理上有失衡,身体上肯定是有相应的病症。所以,情绪不能压抑,而且没有必要压抑,因为压抑是最不好的解决的办法。就跟大禹治水一样,所有东西你要是压抑它,暂时可能会有一个缓冲,但它会以更强势、更强大的损害爆发出来。 大自然要我们有的七情六欲,那就是说它是自然的一种选择,它就觉得忧虑、悲伤对人来讲是适合的。

  我们的情绪,有的时候是过了,有的时候是不及。比如说,只是天天的大喜,或者天天的恐惧某些事情,某些部分的气血过多的集中在这个恐惧问题上,其他的情感之间的调和就差了。七情是需要调和的,就是说我该发怒的时候我要发怒,但这个时候呢,又该把这个发怒的事过去了,发怒过后我又应该思考问题了。比如大 家碰见有什么灾难的事情发生了,对每一个人来讲都必然会悲伤,他一定要宣泄这种感情,如果能够及时得到宣泄,对身体来讲不但无损,反而是有益的,就是说顺着我们心态去走,人才是一个活生生的人,才是一个有血有肉的人,也才是一个自然的人,我们追求的是这个自然的状态。而现在的人,就是活得很不自然,该去宣泄的时候我们所处的场合无法宣泄,我们有时会换个场合去宣泄,但这个场合其实本来没有这种情绪,在场合变化之后,便有其他的情绪掺入到其中,而不是当时的 一种反应情绪了。

  39健康网:我举个例子,我现在突然知道了一个让我伤心的消息,伤心程度是可以马上哭出来的,但现在的场合并不允许我哭,于是我可能跑到卡拉OK里面再去哭,这可能就已经失去了原来那一种最直接的情绪释放了。是这样吗?

  中里巴人:对,已经不是原来那种一对一的情感释放了。比如有反应我就哭,但现在不是那一种啊,而是变成了有一种能量需要宣泄,也许不显得我这时候真的伤心了,已掺杂着我其他的情绪。当然,找一个场合宣泄出来,当然对于身体来说是有好处的,但这已经属于不很自然的一种宣泄了,其实自然的宣泄是最好的,但是现在的人无法自然宣泄,比如遭到领导责骂了,你感觉得你很压抑,你不能当时就反对,或者当场跟领导产生抵触,但也会有不良的情绪产生,这时候怎么办?如果不能当时宣泄,就要搁置一下,但一定找空赶紧宣泄出去,不要堆积的时间太长,堆积的时间太长肯定是会对心理、生理上 产生进一步的不良变化。

  39健康网:情绪既要宣泄,但又不能过度,很多人都明白,但不容易做到,要么是一味的压抑,以为这样才叫做坚强, 要么是开始发泄便没完没了,沉浸一种悲观的心境而不能自拔,那对于掌握情绪宣泄的“度”的问题,老师有比较好的建议吗?

  中里巴人:孔子有句话说得挺好——发乎情而止乎礼。我们要把我们的心情发挥出来,但是要有一定的尺度,不能说你发 怒时过去给领导一拳或者一掌,但是这个礼的度数是不好把握的。我在书中说情欲并不好控制,到底怎么就要发出去,止乎礼止在哪里?我们怎么办呢?我们可以用 一些现在身体上生理功能的转换,来转换心情,从心理上如果解决不开的,我们可以从生理上来解决,生理上哪些东西牵扯到这种心理呢?它们是相通的,人身体有些桥梁,搭建生理和心理的桥梁,就是人体自然就有的这种经络,通过这一些经络,我感觉从我一些比如叹气、打嗝、放屁、或者哭了,感觉到心理舒服了,等于通过肢体的生理的改变,我心理调适了。以此作为一个辅助,去把这种情绪给释放出去。凡事要知道病根在那、源头在那。而且我们需要怎么去达到一个最佳状态,不能光压抑着我回避情绪,必须面对它解决它。

  39健康网:看完书中说的“好身体不仅是凭意志锻炼出来的,它更善借自然之力”这一章,我想起了关于冬泳的争论, 其实我妈妈也有冬泳,她身体不好,腿腰老疼,她坚持了好多年的冬泳,冬泳之后身体感觉就好一些。那冬泳到底是能强身健体还是会让寒气入侵,老师能给我们谈 谈您的观点吗?或者有什么方法可以趋利避害?

  中里巴人:冬泳的问题一定要分体质,每个人的体质是不一样的,如果本身就是有能量,我们又能够宣发,这样的人,拿冬泳来刺激身体肯定是越刺激越棒的。电视上看到有一个破世界纪录的人,他把身藏在冰块中很长时间打破世界记录,他就很适合冬泳,因为这样的人是体内的热量发泄不出去的,他是吸取过多的能量,过多的能量需要宣发。身体是不怕刺激的,而且越刺你会越强壮。但本身很虚弱,而且本身那种体质是虚寒性体质的人,身体 内已经积累了一些寒了,这些积聚的寒会造成寒凝血滞,造成气血流通缓慢,在体内形成了在关节处的过多淤血点,这就会产生各种各样的痛,这种痛已经造成淤血了。这时候你再点点刺激,你没有过多的气血去抵抗寒,寒反而是就入侵了。

  人有一种自我调适功能,它会在短时间内有一种应激效应,让肌肉产生一种抗寒的力量,这对于脏腑来讲是一种损害,因为是人为的把过多的气血应用去抗寒了。我们在能量不足的状态下,应该先把我们的气血给养活,把我们的脏腑养活,如果脏腑气很足,他肯定整天像张飞似的,就必须得去动一下,去打打杀杀,这时 候你才去练冬泳是达到事半功倍。如果我觉得很虚弱,经常容易感冒,本身寒气等于大量已经侵入了,脏腑也不足,本身也老想睡觉,这时我强迫自己去早起跑步, 或者去冬泳对身体就没有好处了。

  不是一概说大家都不能冬泳,或者都不能去健身健美,当我们的内在很旺的时候我们再去练健美就把外部也变强壮了。但是很多人是本来里面很虚弱,再练外表,把本来里边少的气血过多给到肌肉上,等于是把树枝子弄得很粗壮,树干树根都没有。

  39健康网:那对于普通人来说我怎么去判断究竟自己是否适合呢?

  中里巴人:我认为,凡是那些不是特别好动的、老想蜷缩的人,就应该先练脏腑,这种人内在没有原动力,就没必要去冬泳。本身心里面就已经不想了,不想就等于没有多余的能量,凡是那些天气稍热就脱掉衣服,冬天也穿不多的人,那就适合去冬泳。

  39健康网:“可以把多余的火气变成保护神,然后把气血引向身体虚的地方”,这个方法听起来好像挺神奇的,因为很多时候哪里出现“过盛”,我们总是想着要“压”下去,殊不知还可以利用,简单通俗来说,比如我上火长痘了,不一定要清热解毒,还可以利用这股“火气”,去治疗我的脾胃虚弱或者其他?

  中里巴人:对于这些火气,你不处理它,它就无法转化,这种多余的能量积聚就会成为一种病态。这通常会有两种情况, 一种是冰包火的体质——身体很怕冷,吹风都觉得冷,但又总想喝凉的东西。还有一种情况,上热下寒,脸上长豆豆、老上火、口腔溃疡、脾气又大,可是双脚经常冰凉,甚至夏天都冰凉,很多女士都是这种情况。其实,这种火气是一种能量的浪费,这些能量无法往下走,需要被温热的双脚得不到所需的气血。原因是气血被身体中间的浊气浊水等脏东西阻隔了。

  人的血液如果能分配到应该分配的地方,就不会出现身体某些地方过“热”的情况,而如果把这种热量集中在小地方上,集中在死胡同当中,就会长痘痘、嗓子发炎、眼睛浮肿。假如通过吃药,吃苦寒的东西消掉这些热,而不是用办法让热气转化到所需的地方,就是把好东西浪费掉了,热的地方还是会热,寒的地方还是会寒。

  39健康网:中里老师说病从寒中来,根从湿中祛,外来的寒气能损肾精,这对体质虚寒的人来说,是很容易理解的,但如果是一个偏热性体质的人,这些话还适用吗?

  中里巴人:人体其实没有特别偏寒偏热的,偏寒的会有,但特别偏热的人很少。因为现代人有大量的工作,耗费大量的气 血,更多的是经常会感觉到疲劳和浮躁的人,实质是暂时的虚火。人体如果达到一个平衡状态啊,能量是不会以虚火的形式出现的。可能我现在觉得浑身是劲,很精神,有点时候受了寒气也能顶得住,寒气暂时的退掉,感觉不明显。可是到了50岁以后,就发现肩周炎了,这其实就是寒气的逐渐堆积引起的。所以,即使是有热性的体质,也需要防寒,尽量少喝冰冻的东西,因为这是对身体热能一种缓慢的损耗。倒不如把这种多余能量用别的方法把它存起来。其实一般没有真正能储存起来的,很多人都是提前消耗的,而且有好多人完全就是透支,看似很强壮,其实他只是把身体的这种能量过早的全透支出去了。就像本来每天就应该烧一块煤,他一下 把些柴全烧了,那到烧到五十岁以后,突然就马上熄火了。

  39健康网:这又让我想起了凉茶问题,夏天到了,特别在南方地区,喝凉茶这种情况特别普遍的,还有一些相关的专家说,体质比较寒凉的人呢,完全就不要喝凉茶,另外还有一些说,可能北方的人他们更加不适合喝凉茶,还有专家建议说应该做一个热茶出来,你是怎么看待这一问 题的?

  中里巴人:即使是凉茶,配方也是多种多样的,有一些凉茶它并不“凉”,一些除湿的凉茶也会帮你把内在的湿寒解决掉,这种凉茶喝了没关系,所以不能一概而论说凉茶都不能喝。

  39健康网:就是并非凉茶都是“凉”的。

  中里巴人:对。如果凉茶里全部是板蓝根等苦寒的药材,有虚寒体质的人确实不适合。但凉茶里也有祛湿的、温热的、化痰的,这些都是好东西。所以这个凉茶,说的并不是凉热的“凉”,如果它是健脾补肾的、清肝明目的,喝了也挺舒服的,那就何尝不喝呢?但需要提醒的是,凉茶 别冰冻喝,冰冻了,那就真是“凉”茶了。

  39健康网:现在我们经常在酒楼里边吃火锅边喝冰冻凉茶就是不太妥当吧?

  中里巴人:是的,冰着喝本身来讲不适合。年轻的小伙子无所谓,但这对年轻小伙的身体来说仍然是一种消耗,年轻人的 火力处于旺盛的时候可以喝点冰的,但是长期下来就对身体不太好,不是真正的保养。喝冰的东西绝对不是保养,但是对于已经不是年轻状态,不是壮年的人,他也不爱喝冰的了,因为身体自己已经有语言了:“我现在喝不了冰的东西了”。

  39健康网:谈到吃饭,在广东这边很多老百姓也很相信中医,煲汤做菜很多时候也会下药材,对身体进补,这方面您有什么需要特别提醒大家的吗?

  中里巴人:如果在某些地区,这种饮食习惯已经形成,就应该尊重这种习惯,因为他们这样做,实际在心里有一个概念: 我要注意健康。所以,即使本身可能放的药材针对性不够准确,其实也关系不大,因为吃过了这些,他心里就安稳了,觉得对自己的身体更好了。

  一切补的东西,有一个前提就是我能吸收它。冬虫夏草好,长期吃可能对补肺、补肾有好的疗效。但如果你脾胃本身不好,无法吸收,吃的东西在这里堵住了就白白浪费掉了。越有营养的东西越难消化,进补的前提是把脏东西都清走,好东西才能消化吸收。这跟喝茶一样,你把脏茶倒了,然后倒上好茶就是好茶。你不倒脏茶直接加入好茶,那还是没法喝的。人体也一样,你如果直接往里补好的东西只是和稀泥。所以进补不在于吃的是什么有营养的补品,能不能吸收最关键。

  39健康网:您教给大家的养生招数都很简单,但依然有很多人做不到,比如一个简单的梳头,我听完讲座之后做了一个 星期就又忘掉了,您觉得对于养生来说,持之以恒是不是依然是最重要的?

  中里巴人:我在书中写的所有东西,首先必须得简单。如果不简单大家更加不愿意做。第二必须得有效。现在的人都习惯急功近利,希望两三天甚至当天就见效。我认为,关注点不在于坚持,例如按穴位,今天按好了,痛的地方不再痛了,那我明天为什么还要按呢?所以,规定大家怎 么做,怎么坚持是不对的。人是不喜欢受外界的规限的,都会按照自己的理念去生活。当人希望每天让自己强壮一点,比原来更健康一点,他就会寻找这种方法,并愿意去这样做。

  我并不希望我的这几本书,在读者的眼中成为一种药物的替代疗法。原来大家说有病去吃药,现在可能是敲打经络按穴位去治疗,这是不对的。因为这只是换了一个形式与疾病和症状作斗争而已。我的养生方法,是希望大家摆脱疾病的困扰,不是等待疾病来了才去应对,而是主动地调养好身体,主动养护自己的生命。不把精力耗费在疾病、疼痛,而是有意愿地去积极地让自己的身体日益强壮,这才是一劳永逸的对身体最好的处理方式。

  39健康网:您提到的观点真的很好——养生的方法不是药物的替代。但我感觉很多人,包括我自己听您的讲座,当时都有一个这样的感觉:“可能用了这个方法不用吃药,对身体更好一些”,很多人是带着这个想法去对待养生的。

  中里巴人:其实我初衷主要强调的是大家不要把养生和这个治病混淆起来。治病要上医院,因为你一到那个病的程度,专家、医生他比你更有经验,他可能看到的问题更多,但是健康全是要靠自己,你不是天天处于疾病状态,你需要的是健康快乐地生活。天天找大夫,那是在关注疾 病,我们应该关注健康,健康需要靠我们自己

  39健康网:谈到疾病,书中“别把身体本能当作疾病对待”这一部分的阐述,让人很有一种跳出来从另外一角度看本质的醒悟感。您说人想打喷嚏的时候就该让它打,想呕吐的时候就该让它吐,一切顺应自然,让身体得到调节。您也提到现今的技术可以开发很多这种类型的医疗器械让大众使用。您有没有考虑通过你的影响力,让我们的医疗企业能生产出这些激发身体本能的工具呢?

  中里巴人:制造这些器械太容易了,但关键是理念还未形成,目前的理念是把这种科学技术的优势用于压抑本能的方面 了,它要是把这个优势用于激发本能,那力量就大了。我也不会去建议企业生产,因为这一切都是顺时而为的,它有一种大趋势,光靠我个人的力量,那声音是很微 弱的,它没有一个大趋势的一种鼓动没有这种风向,一个人的话马上被淹没。

  39健康网:《求医不如求己》1、2两册是畅销过百万的健康书籍了,现在它的销量情况如何?《求医不如求己3》推 出了一段时间,它的销量有跟上前两作吗?

  中里巴人:都保持着比较好的销售情况。《求医不如求己3》应该是不错的,比较多网友在网上对第三本的评价比前两本好,感觉更系统,更有理可依。很多购买过1、2的读者,也会把第3本买来看一下。

  39健康网:您曾经提到,《求医不如求己3》是你在这一年多全国各地讲座里面的一些精华的部分。那会不会说就是我之前有一些人我可能没有看过1跟2,我直接看3就够了?是不是1和2的主要内容都已经包含在3里面,都是精华,已经可以解决问题。还是我必须三本都看完才最合适?

  中里巴人:这就根据每个人的悟性和在过去的知识底蕴了。有的人善于找穴位,那可能只看3就行了。有的人可能想知道更多健康的入门的理念,需要入门之径,对轮廓还不了解,那么我建议从头开始看能更好的把握。

  39健康网:那您是否有打算推出《求医不如求己4》呢?

  中里巴人:有这个打算。但是出书不能内容很烂也不能太雷同。需要在原有基础上有提升。第四本书是我自己的一种追求,我写第四本,是希望把自己的一些想法和大家分享,把一些感悟告诉大家,如果大家觉得有启发的就用一用,不适合的就搁置。第四本的方向是如何让大家的健 康从温饱状态进入小康状态。如果我已经摆脱疾病了,很健康,怎么让自己更强壮,便是第四本要阐述的方向。

  39健康网:第四作已经在规划当中了。那这个系列有没有计划要出到多少结束?或者推出针对不同人群或疾病的系列?

  中里巴人:没有计划。我觉得第四本已经可以把问题说得差不多了。剩下的只是一个抛砖引玉的过程。我不是想告诉大家必须得怎么走怎么走,而是告诉大家一个不错的大方向,大家可以走走看。写得太细就是束缚大家的手脚,对大家的思路是一种限制。我的书希望能激发起大家的原动力,让大家的自信和灵感被激发起来。

  其实我和很多读者网友的交流过程当中,他们说到从“求医不如求己”这几个字里面也感觉得出来我想强调的是一种做法,一种艺术。有网友就问:“今后您能不能专门针对某一些慢性病,或某一些特定人群,再推出新的系列?”

  这讲法跟我的想法是南辕北辙的,因为我的思路想大家从关注疾病转到关注健康上,我把某个病来细分,那就有从关注健康转到关注疾病上了。大家这么想是认为这么多疑难病,我有章可循,知道怎么治。可我的意思是你不用治,有好的方法让你不用去治疗。但有好多人认为是不治就不行,不治肯定会有问题。我认为当你 有病的时候就得治,当你现在健康,当你出院之后你就不用治了,而应该赶紧去把身体弄健康,就不用再住医院了。我如果笔头一转又变成了治病,那前面的书就等 同白写了。

  39健康网:谢谢老师今天接受我们的采访。


  编后语:笔者认为,中里巴人老师的书,从理念到实际操作,都让人感觉浅显易懂而又行之有效。这正是《求医不如求己》系列书籍深受欢迎的根本所在。中医理论博大精深,不能否认的是世界上肯定有很多在中医养生和中医治疗方面医术更为精湛的人,但中里巴人将其中的一套养生的理念提炼出来,并用简明的方式将这一套理论贯彻到底,让大家普遍认为神秘的、复杂的中医养生变得人人皆懂,其对中医养生理念的广泛传播,对大众健康意识的推广引导,起着巨大的作用。


(此文转载自四川新闻网。谢谢。)

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

为什么精神分裂症、严重神经官能症患者及有此类病家族史的人暂不宜练动功与站桩功?

我们的《练功须知》中已明确规定:患有精神分裂症、严重的神经官能症及有此类病症家族史的人暂不宜练中国鹤翔庄气功的动功与站桩功。这是因为这些患者神经系统失调,大脑有序化受到破坏,自我控制能力较差,出现自发功时处于过度兴奋状态,意识不能从命,就有可能收不了功。再者,精神分裂症患者体内的5一羟色胺比正常人高,在兴奋时也比正常人升高得快。这些人一出自发功,就会出现过度兴奋状态或者类似犯病的精神症状。因此,有上述几种病史和家族史的人,暂不宜练五节动功和站桩功。如要治疗上述疾病,可在气功老师指导下练“医疗功法”。

(赵金香宗师)

Monday, November 15, 2010

Damaged livers, ruined lives

TELL ME ABOUT....
By DR Y.L.M.

Liver cirrhosis can lead to some very nasty complications.

MY father had a hepatitis B infection once. Recently, he had an ultrasound done as part of a routine check-up, and the report came out that his liver had cirrhosis. What is cirrhosis?

Cirrhosis of the liver is what happens to your liver as a complication of many diseases. It is how your liver looks anatomically – with a lot of scar tissue manifested in nodules and fibrous tissue that is hard.

A cirrhotic liver looks much like liver pate! Instead of a smooth clear surface, the liver is riddled with scar and fibrous tissue.

This is what happens to your liver:

1. Your liver is damaged by chronic liver disease.

2. There is a lot of damaged liver tissue, leading to inflammation and subsequent repair and replacement by fibrous or scar tissue.

3. There is regeneration of liver tissue from the cells that are still remaining, but it doesn’t go quite normally, leading to regenerative nodules.

If it were only the structure of the liver that is affected, cirrhosis would just be an ugly feature on an ultrasound. Unfortunately, your liver function is also affected and that’s when the problem starts.

What sort of problems can I have if I have cirrhosis? How will my liver function be affected?

The liver does a lot of things that are essential to life.

1. Controls levels of fats, amino acids and glucose in your blood. Stores glycogen (glucose in another form), iron, vitamins and other essential nutrients.

2. Manufactures bile and aids in your digestive process, especially in the breakdown of fats.

3. Detoxifies your blood by clearing it of toxic wastes, breaking them down and getting rid of them either through your faeces or releasing them into your blood in smaller particles to be further cleared by your kidneys.

4. Manufactures and regulates various hormones, enzymes and clotting factors.

5. Fights infections, especially through macrophages.

In cirrhosis, because the liver anatomy is so scarred, this interferes with the liver cells’ functions, and thus the liver is not able to perform many of its functions well.

How will I know I have cirrhosis? Is it only through ultrasound?

That’s the trouble with cirrhosis. You may have no symptoms at all, or very few which are nondescript, like tiredness or fatigue. So you don’t know you have it till liver failure creeps up on you.

But some symptoms associated with it are fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, itching, and sometimes jaundice if there is accumulation of bilirubin in your blood. If your clotting factors are affected, you can have easy bruising of your skin.

Usually, when cirrhosis becomes severe, then you develop complications. These complications are a lot more clear in their symptoms and usually are the first physical sign that something is wrong.

What sort of complications?

You begin to retain water, leading to a condition called ascites, where there is excessive water in your peritoneal cavity (cavity within your abdomen). There is also a lot of water accumulated in your ankles and feet, manifested by swelling. The ascites is a magnet for bacteria to grow, and you may have an infection.

You can also have bleeding from oesophageal veins. In cirrhosis, the scar tissue blocks the flow of blood from the intestines to the heart, resulting in the distension of the portal vein. (This is the vein that is very important in the digestive process.) The back pressure leads to distension of your veins in the lower part of your oesophagus. These veins can bleed, leading to you vomiting blood (haematemesis). This can be life-threatening.

This pressure can also cause your spleen to distend and become so swollen that it sometimes becomes a hard mass in your abdomen. This gigantic spleen traps your blood cells and causes you to have anaemia and prolonged bleeding.

Because your liver cannot detoxify your body, this can lead to toxic substances in your blood. This goes to your brain and causes sleepiness during the day, irritability, confusion, loss of concentration, and finally coma and death.

Cirrhosis greatly increases the risk of you getting liver cancer.

What a terrible disease to get! What are its causes?

There are a few causes of liver cirrhosis. Alcohol consumption leads to damage of your liver cells, resulting in a fatty liver (something which is heightened by obesity); chronic viral hepatitis (B,C); genetic liver disorders; and anything that can damage your liver can cause cirrhosis.

Avoid excessive alcohol consumption, and make sure you have your hepatitis jabs, especially in Malaysia where viral hepatitis is endemic. Lose any excess weight, and ensure you go for frequent check-ups.

Dr YLM graduated as a medical doctor, and has been writing for many years on various subjects such as medicine, health advice, computers and entertainment. The information contained in this column is for general educational purposes only. Neither The Star nor the author gives any warranty on accuracy, completeness, functionality, usefulness or other assurances as to such information. The Star and the author disclaim all responsibility for any losses, damage to property or personal injury suffered directly or indirectly from reliance on such information.

(Source: The Star Online.)

Friday, November 12, 2010

练鹤功是否能治疗皮肤病?

中医理论认为,人是一个有机的整体,气功锻炼是为了疏通经络,开阖穴位,增强血液循环和新陈代谢,所以要想使皮肤病患者得到很好的效果,是可以练鹤功的。实践也已证明,一些皮肤顽症通过练鹤功得到了治疗。

(赵金香宗师)

Thursday, November 11, 2010

中国佛学66句震撼世界的禅语——才看到第10条 就已经平静很多

1. 人之所以痛苦,在于追求错误的东西。

2. 如果你不给自己烦恼,别人也永远不可能给你烦恼。因为你自己的内心,你放不下。

3. 你永远要感谢给你逆境的众生。

4. 你永远要宽恕众生,不论他有多坏,甚至他伤害过你,你一定要放下,才能得到真正的快乐。

5. 当你快乐时,你要想这快乐不是永恒的。当你痛苦时,你要想这痛苦也不是永恒的。

6. 今日的执著,会造成明日的后悔。

7. 你可以拥有爱,但不要执著,因为分离是必然的。

8. 不要浪费你的生命在你一定会后悔的地方上。

9. 你什么时候放下,什么时候就没有烦恼。

10. 每一种创伤,都是一种成熟。

11. 狂妄的人有救,自卑的人没有救,认识自己,降伏自己,改变自己,才能改变别人。

12. 你不要一直不满人家,你应该一直检讨自己才对。不满人家,是苦了你自己。

13. 一个人如果不能从内心去原谅别人,那他就永远不会心安理得。

14. 心中装满着自己的看法与想法的人,永远听不见别人的心声。

15. 毁灭人只要一句话,培植一个人却要千句话,请你多口下留情。

16. 根本不必回头去看咒骂你的人是谁?如果有一条疯狗咬你一口,难道你也要趴下去反咬他一口吗?

17. 永远不要浪费你的一分一秒,去想任何你不喜欢的人。

18. 请你用慈悲心和温和的态度,把你的不满与委屈说出来,别人就容易接受。

19. 同样的瓶子,你为什么要装毒药呢?同样的心里,你为什么要充满着烦恼呢?

20. 得不到的东西,我们会一直以为他是美好的,那是因为你对他了解太少,没有时间与他相处在一起。当有一天,你深入了解后,你会发现原不是你想像中的那么美好。

21. 活着一天,就是有福气,就该珍惜。当我哭泣我没有鞋子穿的时候,我发现有人却没有脚。

22. 多一分心力去注意别人,就少一分心力反省自己,你懂吗?

23. 憎恨别人对自己是一种很大的损失。

24. 每一个人都拥有生命,但并非每个人都懂得生命,乃至于珍惜生命。不了解生命的人,生命对他来说,是一种惩罚。

25. 情执是苦恼的原因,放下情执,你才能得到自在。

26. 不要太肯定自己的看法,这样子比较少后悔。

27. 当你对自己诚实的时候,世界上没有人能够欺骗得了你。

28. 用伤害别人的手段来掩饰自己缺点的人,是可耻的。

29. 默默的关怀与祝福别人,那是一种无形的布施。

30. 不要刻意去猜测他人的想法,如果你没有智慧与经验的正确判断,通常都会有错误的。

31. 要了解一个人,只需要看他的出发点与目的地是否相同,就可以知道他是否真心的。

32. 人生的真理,只是藏在平淡无味之中。

33. 不洗澡的人,硬擦香水是不会香的。名声与尊贵,是来自于真才实学的。有德自然香。

34. 时间总会过去的,让时间流走你的烦恼吧!

35. 你硬要把单纯的事情看得很严重,那样子你会很痛苦。

36. 永远扭曲别人善意的人,无药可救。

37. 说一句谎话,要编造十句谎话来弥补,何苦呢?

38. 白白的过一天,无所事事,就像犯了窃盗罪一样。

39. 广结众缘,就是不要去伤害任何一个人。

40. 沉默是毁谤最好的答覆。

41. 对人恭敬,就是在庄严你自己。

42. 拥有一颗无私的爱心,便拥有了一切。

43. 来是偶然的,走是必然的。所以你必须,随缘不变,不变随缘。

44. 慈悲是你最好的武器。

45. 只要面对现实,你才能超越现实。

46. 良心是每一个人最公正的审判官,你骗得了别人,却永远骗不了你自己的良心。

47. 不懂得自爱的人,是没有能力去爱别人的。

48. 有时候我们要冷静问问自已,我们在追求什么?我们活着为了什么?

49. 不要因为小小的争执,远离了你至亲的好友,也不要因为小小的怨恨,忘记了别人的大恩。

50. 感谢上苍我所拥有的,感谢上苍我所没有的。

51. 凡是能站在别人的角度为他人着想,这个就是慈悲。

52. 说话不要有攻击性,不要有杀伤力,不夸已能,不扬人恶,自然能化敌为友。

53. 诚实的面对你内心的矛盾和污点,不要欺骗你自己。

54. 因果不曾亏欠过我们什么,所以请不要抱怨。

55. 大多数的人一辈子只做了三件事;自欺、欺人、被人欺。

56. 心是最大的骗子,别人能骗你一时,而它却会骗你一辈子。

57. 只要自觉心安,东西南北都好。如有一人未度,切莫自己逃了。

58. 当你手中抓住一件东西不放时,你只能拥有这件东西,如果你肯放手,你就有机会选择别的。人的心若死执自己的观念,不肯放下,那么他的智慧也只能达到某种程度而已。

59. 如果你能够平平安安的渡过一天,那就是一种福气了。多少人在今天已经见不到明天的太阳,多少人在今天已经成了残废,多少人在今天已经失去了自由,多少人在今天已经家破人亡。

60. 你有你的生命观,我有我的生命观,我不干涉你。只要我能,我就感化你。如果不能,那我就认命。

61. 你希望掌握永恒,那你必须控制现在。

62. 恶口永远不要出自于我们的口中,不管他有多坏,有多恶。你愈骂他,你的心就被污染了,你要想,他就是你的善知识。

63. 别人可以违背因果,别人可以害我们,打我们,毁谤我们。可是我们不能因此而憎恨别人,为什么?我们一定要保有一颗完整的本性和一颗清净的心。

64. 如果一个人没有苦难的感受,就不容易对他人给予同情。你要学救苦救难的精神,就得先受苦受难。

65. 世界原本就不是属于你,因此你用不着抛弃,要抛弃的是一切的执著。万物皆为我所用,但非我所属。

66. 虽然我们不能改变周遭的世界,我们就只好改变自己,用慈悲心和智慧心来面对这一切。


(资料来源:电邮及互联网。)

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

缅怀一代恩师 弘扬混元文化

文/丁爱生老师
今年11月19日,是我们敬爱的宗师赵金香老师首创的先天混元文化诞辰30周年纪念之日。也是宗师赵金香老师驾鹤仙逝周年纪念之日。我们以真诚的崇敬心和感恩心,更加深情地怀念一代恩师赵金香老师。

三十年来,敬爱的宗师创编的混元养生文化, “以先天学说为理论,以先天境界为目标,以天人合一为使命”,以实现天人合一的最高境界和“鹤翔九天,造福人类”最终目标,“让人通过混元养生法的锻炼,练就一身能够通达万千世界、沟通时间长河的混元之气,促进人类社会进入高度的文明代。”

先天混元养生学派特殊内涵和渊源决定的使命告诉我们,习练混元养生法不光是排病气、采好气,象那些单练经络气、脏腑气的功法一样,只是为了治病健身、延年益寿;而更重要的是要用后天练功方法来返回先天,引人觉悟,开智生慧。进入“天人合一”的高层次境界。

面对使命,宗师一生奋斗,甘愿为实现“鹤翔九天,造福人类”的宏愿,生命不息,战斗不止。艰苦劳累地奔走在国内外讲坛上,宣传普及混元养生文化;特别是针对缺医少药的农村,他更是关怀备至,得到了广大群众的拥护和广泛的社会赞誉。宗师淡泊名利、大爱之心和爱憎分明的高贵品质,宗师关心他人,比关心自己的生命还要看得重,为国分忧,为国贡献,永远是我们这个时代学习的榜样。

三十年来,宗师开创了先天混元学,是您谆谆教导我们修炼要讲功德修养为我们人生迷途中指引方向,是您为千万众生从死亡线上拉了回来,得到了第二次生命,是您把千万众生从痛苦煎熬中解救出来,有了您恩师的开启,才有我们混元文化的土壤,才使我们真正的感悟到混元大道无限宽广。使一大批众生滋生慈悲的胸怀,使这个世界更加完美、和谐、文明、进步。

三十年的实践,三十年的光辉历程,我们可以自豪地说:先天混元养生法的问世是宗师的伟大创举,是宗师及法对世界进步的推动,是宗师及法对人类的杰出贡献。

去年11月6日,一代宗师仙逝离我们走了,但宗师精神永垂不朽!我们永远不会忘记,是他给人类重新开启了关闭已久的混元大门,是他给人类留下了宝贵的法门。先天混元养生法科学、成熟,是正道功法,不仅现代人需要,更是未来人追求的法门,我们将一代一代永远传承下去!

“鹤翔九天,造福人类”这是宗师的伟大宏愿,我们大家要继承宗师的遗愿,在圆觉老师的指导下,不断提高我们自身修炼道德规范和文明修养,为我们人类早日进入高度文明,共筑和谐社会桥梁添石加木。历史使命赋予我们,团结起来,共同奋斗,为弘扬混元养生文化贡献一份力量。为人类的健康发展,做出最大的努力和贡献!


(此文转载自爱生云鹤的BLOG,谢谢。)

截肢、瘫痪病人是否可练鹤功?

鹤功是以五节动功和站桩功组成的一套功法,凡能独立生活,有自理能力并没丧失自我控制能力的人均可练此功法。

(赵金香宗师)

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Daily vitamin B could slow Alzheimer's onset, study finds

By the CNN Wire Staff
September 9, 2010

Studies show that daily doses of vitamin B can slow Alzheimer's  onset by halving the rate of brain shrinkage.
Studies show that daily doses of vitamin B can slow Alzheimer's onset by halving the rate of brain shrinkage.

London, England (CNN) -- Daily doses of vitamin B can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which can be a precursor to Alzheimer's, researchers at Oxford University said Thursday.

The two-year clinical trial is the largest to study the effect of vitamin B on MCI and one of the first disease-modifying trials in the Alzheimer's field to show positive results, the researchers said.

The study followed 168 volunteers with mild memory problems, half of whom took a high-dose vitamin B tablet for two years and the other half who took a placebo.

Around one in six people age 70 and older has MCI and experiences problems with memory, language, or other mental functions, but not to a degree that interferes with daily life, the researchers said. Around half of those with MCI develop dementia, mainly Alzheimer's, within five years of diagnosis.

Certain B vitamins such as folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12, are known to control levels of the amino acid homocysteine in the blood. High levels of homocysteine are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimers.

Researchers used MRI scans to measure the rate of brain shrinkage over a two-year period. They found that on average, the brains of those taking a tablet that combined folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 shrank at a rate of 0.76 percent a year, while those in the placebo group had a mean brain shrinkage rate of 1.08 percent.

Those with the highest levels of homocysteine benefited most, with atrophy rates on treatment that were half of those taking the placebo, researchers said.

Because the rate of brain shrinkage is known to be more rapid in those with MCI who go on to develop Alzheimer's, it is possible that the vitamin treatment could slow down the development of the disease, they said.

The researchers cautioned, however, that the relatively small number of participants and the short time span of the study meant more research is needed.

"These are immensely promising results, but we do need to do more trials to conclude whether these particular B vitamins can slow or prevent development of Alzheimer's," said David Smith of the Department of Pharmacology at Oxford and a co-leader of the trial. "So I wouldn't yet recommend that anyone getting a bit older and beginning to be worried about memory lapses should rush out and buy vitamin B supplements without seeing a doctor."

The study was co-funded by the Alzheimer's Research Trust, a British research charity. Chief Executive Rebecca Wood said the results are important but also said they require further study.

"The strong findings must inspire an expanded trial to follow people expected to develop Alzheimer's, and we hope for further success," she said.

The Alzheimer's Association also raised concerns about the study noting the small size, the fact that it was conducted at a single research center and that one of the researchers involved has patents in this area and might, under certain circumstances, result in his financially benefit.

"I don't think age was an issue in the effectiveness of the intervention, in this study. Homocysteine levels were. Only people with elevated homocysteine in the study showed benefit from the intervention. People with the lowest homocysteine levels in the study saw no benefit. So, B vitamins -- if it shown to be effective in further studies -- are unlikely to be beneficial for everyone, particularly if you already have healthy homocysteine levels," said William Thies, chief medical and scientific officer of the Alzeimer's Association.

"Clearly, this is not enough data to go on. No conclusions can be drawn from this single study about use of B vitamins in MCI (or Alzheimer's disease or related dementias). No recommendations can or should be made to doctors or the public regarding use of B vitamins based on this study. No clinical or personal habits should be changed as a result of this article."

The findings were published in the September issue of PLoS ONE, the journal of the non-profit Public Library of Science.

The trial was supported by grants from Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, Medical Research Council, Alzheimer's Research Trust, Henry Smith Charity, Thames Valley Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network of the National Institute for Health Research, John Coates Charitable Trust, Sidney and Elizabeth Corob Charitable Trust, and Meda AB/Recip AB, which also donated the vitamin and placebo tablets.

Saturday, November 06, 2010

快樂的人是把他所有的都看成最好的

意外的感動 ...

一位先生在聖誕節得到哥哥送給他的新跑車。車子相當漂亮,停放在門前。

當他出來準備開著新車去兜風的時候,發現車子旁邊有個七八歲的小男孩繞著車子轉,眼睛貪婪地看著車子, 一會用手摸摸車身, 一會摸摸輪子。


這位先生走過去。男孩問:『先生,這是你新買的車嗎?』

他說:『不是,是我哥哥送給我的聖誕節禮物。』

男孩的眼睛立刻放出異彩,大聲喊道:『哇!是你哥哥送給你的啊!』

得到肯定的回答後,男孩感嘆道:『我多麼希望…』

這位先生想,下面的話一定是:『我多麼希望也有這樣一個哥哥啊!』

可是,男孩的話卻出乎他的意料,

男孩說:『我多麼希望我也是這樣的哥哥啊!』

男孩意外的回答讓人感動。他決定帶這個男孩一同去兜風。

男孩興奮地上了車,並同時提出一個要求,說:『先生,您能不能在另一條街區停一下?』

這位先生按照男孩的請求在另一街區的一所房子前停下來。男孩飛快地跳下車跑到房子,不一會工夫從房子裡背出一個四五歲的小男孩。

他把男孩放在門前的台階上,高興地介紹說:『這是我弟弟!』

這位先生看見他弟弟雙腿嚴重殘疾,不能走路。

男孩興致勃勃地對弟弟說:『弟弟,你看將來我要給你買的就是這麼一輛漂亮的車。你快看…』

『時下的我們,得到和索取已經成了習慣性思維。


男孩出人意料的行為和話語讓我意外地感動,好久好久不能釋懷。』


心若改變,態度跟著改變;
態度改變,習慣跟著改變;
習慣改變,性格跟著改變;
性格改變,人生跟著改變。


在順境中感恩,在逆境中依舊心存喜樂,認真活在當下。



五年來的早餐

這是一各真實的故事 , 是一當護士朋友講給熊熊聽的 , 熊熊把他打成文章來分享給大家看!

在一個很忙碌的早上,大約是 8:30 ,一個大約八十歲的老人家,想找一個醫生幫他拆線。 他很趕;但醫生正在幫人做手術,所以,他一直在等,不停地看錶。

當時這個護士自己不是太忙,看著老人家好像很趕似的,自己又沒什麼好做,好吧 ! 讓我來幫他拆線吧!我叫那個伯伯先坐下,然後,我再把傷口上的布一層一層地拆下,一邊拆一邊和那個伯伯閒聊。

護士小姐特然好奇地問:「為什麼你這麼趕?」「是呀!因為我約了人 9:00 ,真不好意思,麻煩了你!」

護士好奇的想:八十多歲的老人家應該不用上班的了,什麼事情讓他那麼趕呢?老人家說:「是呀 … 是呀 … 我要趕去老人療養院陪我的老婆吃早餐。」

護士小姐就更加好奇:「啊呀!原來是進了療養院啊!沒有什麼嘛?」

老人家答:「啊!沒事了,柏金遜症罷了,都好一段日子的了。」護士小姐幫他拆好了線,看一看錶:「哎呀!你會遲到,怕不怕你的太太會擔心你呀?」

老人說:「不會,這五年來她都不認得我了,我去不去,其實她都不知道。」護士小姐很好奇地問:「她已經不認得你五年之久啦!?你還每天早上都去?」

老人笑笑口,拍拍護士的手說:「她不認得我,但我認得她,那就可以了。」跟著他就慢慢轉身走了。

護士看著他的背影,眼淚慢慢地落下來了。她自己想:這就是我需要的愛情。

真正的愛情不只是身體上,不只是講浪漫氣氛;真正的愛情是接受,接受以前的對方,現在的對方和將來的對方。

無論他以前是怎樣,現在或將來是怎樣,快樂的人不一定要最好。快樂的人是把他所有的都看成最好的。


(We received this article via an e-mail.)

Friday, November 05, 2010

头疼病患者是否可练鹤功?

头疼患者的得病原因很多,有的神经性头疼,有的是外伤性头疼等。气功锻炼到一定程度,气冲病灶对患者反应较大,痛苦较重,练功前应有思想准备,发现问题,及时解决,反应较大的人可到医院就医、服药减轻疼痛,同时一边坚持继续练功,持续一段时间后,经络疏通了,气冲病灶反应也就消失了。

(赵金香宗师)

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Cholesterol Pill Taken by Thousands Causes Cancer

By Dr. Mercola

A pill intended to lower cholesterol levels has been linked to an increased risk of cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing data from a trial which found a “larger percentage” of patients treated with the drug Inegy died of cancer. The FDA is expected to issue its conclusions within six months.

Inegy combines the widely-used statin drug simvastatin with a new medication called ezetimibe. Ezetimibe works in a different way from statins. Statins block cholesterol made in the liver, while ezetimibe blocks the absorption of cholesterol in the gut.

Sources:

The Daily Mail August 22, 2008

Dr. Mercola's Comments:

Back in 2004, the U.S. government's National Cholesterol Education Program panel advised those at risk for heart disease to attempt to reduce their LDL (bad) cholesterol to very low levels. It’s been a health disaster ever since.

Before 2004, a 130-milligram LDL cholesterol level was considered healthy. The updated guidelines, however, recommended levels of less than 100, or even less than 70 for patients at veryhigh risk.

These updated guidelines instantly increased the market for cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Not surprisingly, eight of the nine doctors who were on the approval panel for these absurdly low guidelines had been making money from the companies of the cholesterol-lowering drugs they were suddenly pushing onto a much larger (oftentimes healthy) segment of the population.

Now, in order to get to these outrageous and dangerous low levels usually requires multiple cholesterol-lowering drugs, such as Inegy, which combines two cholesterol-lowering drugs into one.

Folks, it is VERY rare for anyone to need a cholesterol-lowering drug, let alone multiples.

Among the more than 20,000 patients who have come to my clinic, only four or five of them truly needed these drugs, as they had genetic challenges that required it. But if you or someone you know is taking them, odds are very high -- greater than 100 to 1 -- that you or they don't need them, and they may even create more health challenges than what you started out with.

Statins Actually INCREASE Your Risk of Heart Disease

Inegy combines two different medications -- simvastatin and ezetimibe -- into one pill.

Although the Daily Mail article above claims statins “should lead to a drop in heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems,” that is not necessarily the case.

Statin drugs can actually increase your risk of heart disease because they deplete your body of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), which can lead to heart failure. They have also been linked to:

  • Weakness
  • Muscle aches
  • An increase in cancer risk
  • Immune system suppression
  • Serious degenerative muscle tissue condition (rhabdomyolysis)
  • Potential increase in liver enzymes so patients must be monitored for normal liver function

Statins Have Been Linked to Increased Cancer Risk for More Than a Decade

I reported that statins were linked to raised cancer risk as far back as 2000, when research indicated that besides lowering levels of harmful cholesterol, the drugs could also promote the growth of new blood vessels. And, although this effect may help to prevent heart attacks and other forms of heart disease, it may have the potential to promote cancer as well by increasing the growth of blood vessels in cancerous tumors.

Additionally, back then, tests in human cell samples and in rabbits, showed that simvastatin (Zocor) seemed to activate a pathway through which cells communicate and act very similar to a naturally-occurring growth factor.

But the statin-cancer connection had been discussed even prior to that. A review published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association in 1996 stated:

All members of the two most popular classes of lipid-lowering drugs (the fibrates and the statins) cause cancer in rodents, in some cases at levels of animal exposure close to those prescribed to humans. ... Longer-term clinical trials and careful postmarketing surveillance during the next several decades are needed to determine whether cholesterol-lowering drugs cause cancer in humans. In the meantime, the results of experiments in animals and humans suggest that lipid-lowering drug treatment, especially with the fibrates and statins, should be avoided except in patients at high short-term risk of coronary heart disease.

Is “Bad” Cholesterol Really Bad?

It’s important to remember that you actually NEED cholesterol in your body – including LDL, or so-called “bad” cholesterol -- in order to maintain your health. There is actually no such thing as “good” or “bad” cholesterol. Both HDL and LDL cholesterol perform vital functions in your body, which is why it’s actually dangerous to bring your LDL levels down too low.

HDL (high density lipoprotein) and LDL (low density lipoprotein) are actually proteins that transport the cholesterol to and from your tissues. Cholesterol in turn is a precursor to steroid hormones. For example, you can’t make testosterone or estrogen, cortisol, DHEA or pregnenolone, or a multitude of other steroid hormones that are necessary for health, without cholesterol.

Even more importantly, you can’t make new cell membranes without cholesterol.

So, the major reasons your body makes cholesterol in the first place, and why you have LDL, is to take the cholesterol to the tissue so you can make new cells or repair old damaged ones.

Why is High Cholesterol Equated with High Heart Disease Risk?

If your arteries are being damaged on a chronic basis your cholesterol levels will remain chronically elevated. This is NOT the problem in and of itself. Rather, this is your body’s natural and purposeful response to healing.

The REAL problem is what’s causing the damage in the first place, such as having chronically elevated blood sugar. The sugar molecule, in fact, causes far more damage than any other molecule.

If you decide to take cholesterol-lowering drugs instead of addressing the underlying problem of excess sugar in your blood stream, you are not only stopping your body’s natural healing process, you are also exposing yourself to drugs that are loaded with side effects, such as those mentioned earlier.

The chronic damage being done to your arteries in turn leads to inflammation. This is how your body responds to invaders.

However, when inflammation becomes chronic, your body is in a constantly irritated state, and aside from likely having elevated cholesterol levels, you’re also going to have elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP).

CRP is a marker of inflammation in your body, and it’s also a very good indicator of your risk of heart disease.

What Drug Companies Don’t Want You to Know About LDL

Now, it’s important to realize that there are different sizes of LDL cholesterol particles, and it’s the LDL particle size that is relevant, as small particles get stuck easily and causes more inflammation.

Unfortunately, most people don’t hear about that part, and very rarely, if ever, get it tested. Naturally, the drug companies really don’t want you to know that part of the science, because it would severely limit the number of people going on cholesterol-lowering drugs, since statins do not modulate the size of the particles.

The only way to make sure your LDL particles are large enough to not get stuck and cause inflammation and damage is through your diet.

In fact, it’s one of the major things that insulin does. If you eat properly, which is really the only known good way to regulate LDL particle size, then it does the right thing; it takes the cholesterol to your tissues, the HDL takes it back to your liver, and nothing gets stuck causing damage.

So rather than worry about your cholesterol levels, you really need to work lowering inflammation, which can be caused by numerous things, including:

  • Oxidized cholesterol (cholesterol that has gone rancid, such as that from overcooked, scrambled eggs)
  • Eating lots of sugar and grains
  • Eating foods cooked at high temperatures
  • Eating trans fats
  • A sedentary lifestyle
  • Smoking
  • Emotional stress
So, as you can see, when you get to the bottom of it, the real “villain” is often an unhealthy lifestyle, characterized by a heavy reliance on sugars, processed, highly cooked foods, and insufficient amounts of exercise – not “high cholesterol.”

Related Links:

Cholesterol Drugs Actually Cause Heart Disease

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

大出血病人是否可练鹤功?

大出血的原因很多,应具体问题具体分析。如查大出血病人由于气血妄行,造成出血过多,给病人带来不必要的精神负担和身体上的不适,应当慎重处理,特别胆子极小的人,更应谨慎从事。中国鹤翔庄气功动静相兼,往往可能由于动作过大,过急,使出血的病人不大适应,有大出血的病人,我主张不要练鹤功。但也有病人愈很久没有犯病,在辅导老师的正确指导下,随时掌握情况,可以试练。

(赵金香宗师)