As the saying goes: "bathing in the morning kills yang, and taking a bath in the evening creates dampness." There are many impressive sayings and sayings circulating in the folk. These sayings seem to be nonsense, but in fact they contain deep truth.

Taking a shower in the morning kills yang, and taking a shower at night creates dampness, what does it mean? Let's find out together.

First let us understand what is yang qi and moisture?

【What is Yang Qi? 】

Yang qi generally refers to the innate qi of human beings. The kidney is the innate foundation and the main source of yang qi in the body. Oxygen mainly exists in the human kidney and fills the whole body.

Yang qi is an important substance that maintains physical health and provides energy and nutrition based on internal organs. People's daily walking, growth and development are inseparable from yang qi. Bad living habits will accelerate the consumption of yang qi in the body, and will also induce the problem of yang deficiency. .

After the occurrence of yang deficiency, abnormal symptoms such as fear of cold, numbness of hands and feet, cold limbs, loose stools, mental fatigue, etc. will appear. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, if the humidity in the human body is too heavy, it will also accelerate the consumption of oxygen. Very bad for health.

【What is moisture? 】

Nine out of ten people are wet, which means dampness. Nowadays, more and more women do not pay attention to keeping warm or eat raw and cold food, which leads to a large amount of dampness and cold invading the body, increasing their symptoms of internal dampness and external dampness.

If the body is cold and not adjusted in time, it will cause excessive accumulation of moisture in the body, increase water, endocrine disorders, hormone metabolism disorders, induce spleen and stomach deficiency and other symptoms, and also increase the burden on women's uterus and ovaries, affecting future fertility and aggravating Menstrual cramps.

As the saying goes: "Take a bath in the morning to kill yang, and take a bath in the evening to generate dampness", when is the best time to take a bath?

Both yang qi and dampness belong to the category of traditional Chinese medicine.

Chinese medicine believes that the morning is the season when all things germinate, and it is also the time when the yang qi is relatively strong. If you take a bath immediately after getting up in the morning, it is likely to extinguish the yang qi and even accelerate the loss of yang qi in the body.

The morning is the most abundant period of yang qi. Immediately taking a bath in the morning will cause a large amount of yang qi loss in the body, which will also affect the normal operation of internal organs.

After a night of metabolic detoxification, when you wake up in the morning, your body will be in a state of extreme exhaustion. Taking a bath, especially a cold bath, will cause a lot of cold and moisture to invade the body. Men belong to yang and women belong to yin. Whether men and women take a bath in the morning, it will accelerate the body The consumption of yang qi can easily aggravate the cold constitution and affect the metabolism and detoxification function of internal organs.

It is said that taking a bath at night will cause moisture, because most people do not dry their hair in time after taking a bath, and often keep their hair in a state of mind. Falling asleep will aggravate the phenomenon of cold in the body, cause a large amount of water in the body to accumulate, and increase the incidence of cold. intrude.

To sum up: There is a certain scientific reason for the statement that "bathing in the morning kills yang, and taking a bath in the evening produces dampness". Whether you take a bath in the morning or at night, you should dry your hair in time after taking a bath, and keep warm , Avoid cold air intrusion, control the water temperature when bathing, do not use cold water to bathe.

The best time to take a bath is two hours before going to bed. Taking a bath during this time period is more beneficial to your health, and it can also effectively relieve physical fatigue, improve sleep quality, extend the time of deep sleep, restore physical energy, and improve the second day’s work. learning efficiency.