Chapter 3 Chapter 3: Health preservation starts from soaking feet!
Chapter 3 Chapter 3: Health preservation starts with foot soaking (revised!)
(The new book sets sail, and old friends are welcome to leave their paw prints, ^_^)
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In the days that followed, Li Sui'an stayed at home.
He set a small goal for himself: work hard and work hard, and insist on soaking his feet for 100 days!
I was so bored that I used my good left hand to write two motivational couplets for myself:
Those who have a will, things will come true, and they will achieve longevity through hard work; those who are short-lived will not be afraid of anything, and they can survive in the world for a hundred days.
The trees are high in the clouds and the ambitions are high, and the hanging beams are piercing the bones. After all the hardships, the joys will eventually come. With the momentum of building a stronghold, you can hear the chickens dancing, and you will be rewarded in the golden autumn next year.
"Hmm~ Eight mistakes and eight mistakes."
Li Sui'an was lying on the recliner, enjoying the massage from the maid and admiring his calligraphy, feeling good about himself.
The new skill information that just popped up in the skills section is automatically ignored.
"Calligraphy: LV1 Beginner's First Practice (123/10000)."
The little Narcissus said she couldn't understand, but was greatly shocked, "Master, you need to heal your hands quickly."
When the time comes that I can write with my right hand, I won’t have to look at such ugly handwriting anymore.
Li Sui'an nodded and said, "Little Narcissus, you are not bad either. Your massage techniques are becoming more and more sophisticated."
"It's just that your arms are a little thin. You are only fourteen years old, which is the age for your body to grow. I will reward you two taels of silver and buy some delicious supplements yourself. Later, I will ask Uncle Fu to give you more meat, so that you can grow longer."
strength."
Her ancestors were doctors, and she has been exposed to the disease since she was a child. She also has some rudimentary medical skills and knows how to massage acupoints.
Her family was backward and could no longer support her, so she was sold to the Li family and became a maid.
"Thank you sir for the reward!"
Narcissus worked hard when he was happy.
My mother will be very happy to take home such a large reward of silver, and she can also knit some new clothes for her brother.
"Ouch~"
"Narcissus, you don't need to press that point so hard."
Narcissus laughed and said, "Sir, this is Yongquan point. Kidney qi starts from the soles of the feet. Taixi point and Yongquan point are related to the kidneys and are the source of life. If there is no pain, there will be no pain. If there is pain, it means that the master's kidneys are not good.
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Humph, you still think my hands are weak, I haven't exerted enough force yet.
"What nonsense...it's the truth."
I felt that the little maid was getting stronger and stronger as if she was competing.
Li Sui'an immediately shut his mouth obediently, his upper body curled up, and he bit his hands.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "all diseases arise from cold, and cold arises from the feet."
Human feet are like the roots of a tree. Trees can grow luxuriantly because their roots are deep. Feet are also crucial to the health of the human body.
There is a reason why the foot massage sword business in my previous life was so popular.
Kunpengfu City is located in the cold north, and the winter is particularly long.
There are also hot spring bathhouses in the city, and once the temperature cools down, business will be quite booming. However, the place is somewhat low-end and does not pay attention to hygiene. The coolies from the dock often gather here.
Li Sui'an was wondering if he could open a hot spring spa club in the future so that people in this world could experience the pleasure of high-end, professional foot massage.
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My arms are not flexible, so strenuous exercise is avoided.
Then read books, write, read newspapers, play chess, play the piano, draw, and cultivate your sentiments.
Be a sexually happy and loving person, care about restaurants and businesses, be considerate of maids and workers, and understand the world from all aspects.
Inadvertently, I gained a few more life skills:
"Chess skills: LV1 beginner's first practice (456/10000)."
"Tune: LV1 beginner's first practice (247/10000)."
"Drawing skills: LV1 beginner's first practice (369/10000)."
This can also be considered as playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, everything is sparse.
What touched Li Sui'an the most was when he accidentally saw Chen Zhonghe, the "security captain" hired by the restaurant, practicing martial arts and smashing a large bluestone with one punch.
Li Sui'an was greatly shocked at the time and immediately enthusiastically approached her to hook up with him.
According to Master Chen, he is just an ordinary body-tempering realm martial artist who has achieved little success in bone-tempering and is not considered a master.
There are a lot of people like him in the world, and they can only do some housekeeping and nursing home work for wealthy families.
Through talking with Master Chen, Li Sui'an also learned a lot about martial arts.
All the primates in this world always like to distinguish between superior and inferior.
The civil and military officials in the court are divided into nine ranks and eighteen ranks. From the chief and assistant ministers of the first rank to the minor officials of the ninth rank, they are all in the ninth rank and eighteen ranks. The superiority and inferiority are clear at a glance.
The same is true in the world of martial arts.
I don’t know when it started, and I don’t know who started it, but martial arts has been divided into nine realms like a court.
From the ninth level to the first level, the nine realms are: entering the energy, tempering the body, and entering the spirit; holding the elixir, controlling the gang, seeing the gods; true martial arts, human immortality, and immortality!
Entering the energy, as the name suggests, involves sensing the energy, accumulating the energy, and opening up the energy channels throughout the body. It is a process of consuming the body's energy, blood, and essence, and refining the energy.
Tempering the body is naturally about tempering the body.
This is not a single state that can be achieved overnight. It requires skin, flesh, tendons, bones, organs, and marrow, step by step, relying on each other, and tempering the whole body.
After all, the human body is a whole, and tempering the skin and flesh will naturally also temper the muscles and bones. It is difficult to completely separate them and temper them separately.
Therefore, the gap between the body tempering realms is quite large.
A weak person has a strong body and is as strong as an ox.
The powerful one, with a body of steel, like a dragon or an elephant.
There is a proverb in the martial arts world, "Physical tempering can be practiced for a lifetime."
Even if you enter the "trance" state, you can still continue to temper your physical body.
However, the vast majority of people in the world of martial arts only stay in the first two realms throughout their lives.
Even the night watchmen of the Lantern Division on Lion Mountain are mostly in the eighth-grade body tempering realm.
One step further is to enter the divine state.
I can see the subtle works of knowledge, open up the Dantian sea of consciousness, and have a glimpse of the spirit.
That is already a perfect thing both inside and outside, transcending ordinary people.
In Kunpeng Fucheng, he can already be regarded as a master.
Even among the lantern-carrying companies, everyone has to be on the same level as a hundred households.
Those who can open a martial arts hall in Kunpeng City must be at least a seventh-grade warrior who has entered the divine realm.
Moreover, there are hundreds of civil and military officials in the court, and the same is true for martial arts in the Jianghu.
Some pay attention to the soul and soul, while others pay attention to the physical form. The emphasis is different, and the difference is huge.
After learning so much about the world, Li Sui'an became increasingly excited and just hoped that his arm would recover soon.
Some people may ask, since the whole world is not safe, why not practice martial arts?
My predecessor seemed to have practiced for a while when I was a child, but then gave up.
The same goes for his father.
Ninety-nine percent of people in the world have no talent for practicing martial arts. Even if they do practice martial arts, they can only be at the level of caring for people's homes and homes.
In a wealthy family, it is enough that the nursing staff are fierce enough that even beggars do not dare to come to the door.
What's more, when Lao Li's family started a business, there was no need to learn martial arts from others and pass down the family line.
That's too difficult.
Lao Li's family is already thin. If he learns martial arts, he won't be able to get high or low, and he won't be of much use if he can't become a master. If he develops a habit of being brave and fierce, and gets into trouble every day, he might be hacked to death on the streets one day.
, the Li family will be completely extinct.
Therefore it is not mandatory.
But Li Sui'an is different. He is very interested in this matter.
(PS: This paragraph was added later. Here’s an explanation: Some people always question why the protagonist doesn’t practice martial arts since he knows the world is dangerous? There were too many people who couldn’t practice martial arts in ancient times, and they didn’t fail. How can martial arts be so easy to practice?
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During this period of recuperation, his self-created "foot soaking" skill was not lost.
I even asked Master Huang for advice on many medicated bath recipes, and combined with his foot soaking experience in his previous life, I tried many times.
The medicine for foot soaking is not random, it must be chosen according to its function, such as those that strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, those that warm and replenish qi, those that activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, etc.
To strengthen the spleen and relieve dampness, commonly used pinellia, tangerine peel, Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, yam, Zhigancao, etc. Regular soaking can help regulate stomach fire, dredge qi and blood, and help warm yang and diuresis.
For those that warm and replenish qi, use mugwort leaves, ginger, Sichuan pepper, Cao Wu, Aconite, etc.
Especially mugwort leaves are one of the most common medicinal herbs for foot soaking. This type of Chinese medicinal herbs helps warm the meridians, activate meridians, remove dampness and dispel cold, and has certain benefits for the muscles, joints and blood of the feet and legs.
The ones that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis are the ones Li Sui'an used to use before.
He found that different combinations of medicinal materials had slightly different effects on skill proficiency growth.
He soaked his feet once a day, and he couldn't soak them all the time. If he didn't know whether his proficiency would improve or not, his feet would rot first.
The maximum soaking time is no more than two quarters of an hour, and more soaking will not increase your proficiency.
It is best to soak before going to bed at night, as this time will give you the most proficiency.
After soaking your feet and then giving it a massage, you can gain at least 100 points of proficiency in one session.