Taking a bath is something we have to do in our daily life, which can keep our body clean and reduce the appearance of diseases.

For some people, taking a morning shower can help them wake up their bodies and stay energized for the day ahead. Although most people in China are accustomed to taking a bath at night, taking a shower in the morning will not cause any harm, and it can also wash away the oil and sweat secreted by the body at night.

First, let's take a look, what is yang?

"Simple Questions: Qi Tongtian Theory" says: "If the yang energy is lost, if the sky and the sun lose their place, then the life will be cut off and will not be manifested."

It means that the yang qi of the human body is like the sun in the sky. If there is no sun in the sky, there will be no life on earth; if people have no yang qi, life will cease. Thousands of years ago, the ancients formed an image perception of the importance of yang in the human body.

Human life is a process of yang decay. If the body has no yang energy, it will become an empty body and will die.

There are two sources of yang qi: one is congenital, from the father and mother; the other is acquired, mainly transformed from the essence of water and grain absorbed from food.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are five main functions of yang in the human body:

• Biochemical effects: The human body relies on yang qi to biochemically qi and blood, essence, blood and body fluid;
• Promoting effect: The body's qi, blood and body fluids are mainly transported and distributed by yang qi;
• Defensive function: Yang qi has the function of defense and external defense, that is, resisting disease and defending essence;
• Warming effect: Qi and blood are warm and moving, cells are warm and live;
• Fixing effect: Yang qi has the function of fixing body and spirit and absorbing essence, blood and semen

Second, what is moisture?

In traditional Chinese medicine, dampness is called dampness, which can be divided into internal dampness and external dampness:

1. External dampness: It is mainly related to the living environment, such as being immersed in water for a long time or the living environment is cold and humid. At this time, it is easy to be invaded by natural dampness, which will have a certain impact on the health of the human body.

If the righteousness of the human body is insufficient at this time, then the moisture will invade the human body, and symptoms such as drowsiness, light-headedness, dry mouth and unwillingness to drink, and thin pulse will appear.

2. Internal dampness: dampness refers more to internal dampness. The internal dampness evil caused by the dysfunction of the internal organs is mainly related to the spleen. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen has the function of transporting and transforming dampness. If the function of the spleen is abnormal, the function of transporting and transforming dampness will decrease, and the evil of dampness will be generated in the body, which will produce a series of symptoms of dampness.

It is manifested as greasy skin, drowsy and heavy body, sticky and unpleasant mouth, and incomplete bowel movement. The stool is easy to stick to the toilet, and it is difficult to flush it with water. Some patients have thick tongue coating, and there may be many small water droplets on the tongue surface.

As the saying goes, "bathing in the morning kills yang, and taking a shower at night creates dampness"? what's going on?

——"Take a shower in the morning to kill the yang"

The weather is hot in summer, and after a night’s sleep, I sweat all over. Many people feel sticky when they wake up in the morning, so they choose to take a shower, and they like to take a bath when they get up in the morning, but according to the traditional Chinese medicine health care experience, they are against it. Taking a shower in the morning can easily deplete the yang energy.

Morning is a critical period for the human body to generate yang qi. Taking a bath immediately after getting up in the morning will consume a lot of yang qi, which is not conducive to the growth of yang qi. If you work hard on things all day, you can only consume the stored qi and blood, which is very easy to damage the body.

In addition, taking a bath without having breakfast after getting up in the morning is equivalent to consuming energy without replenishing energy. In clinical medicine, there are many patients who suffer from both qi and blood deficiency due to taking a bath on an empty stomach in the morning, even if they do not usually smoke, drink, etc. Bad living habits will also make the body excessively cold and sick for life.

The habit of taking a shower in the morning was passed down from the West. Westerners tend to be hotter and more yang. The races of the East and the West are very different, so they should have different living habits. If we copy the living habits of Westerners, will cause many health problems.

- "Damp in the shower at night"

"The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" has a saying: "For those with yang energy, one day will dominate the outside world, but the yang qi will be prosperous in the middle of the day, and the yang qi will become weak in the middle of the day." This shows the change of a person's yang qi in a day: the yang qi is full in the morning and the yin qi is strong at night.

In addition, the "Nei Jing" also said, "People with all kinds of diseases are mostly wise in the morning, safe in the day, night in the evening, and night in the night." At night, the yang qi dries the internal organs, and the body surface lacks protection. At this time, taking a bath will make it wet. Qi can easily enter the body, causing the body to become wet.

Taking a bath every night is also a good way to cleanse the body and relax the mind, but if you take a bath after 9:00 pm, it will easily lead to some damp toxins entering our body, which may not be healthy. But it has a great impact on our body.

Because 9 o'clock in the evening is Hai Shi again, it is the "time of yin". At this time, the yang qi is in the body, the body surface loses its protection, and the body's ability to resist dampness is the weakest. Slowly weakening, the defense ability is also very poor at this time. If you take a bath at this time, it may allow moisture to enter the body and endanger our health.