What are the benefits of abdominal rubbing for the elderly?

　　Rubbing mask is a very suitable method for elderly health care methods. You can take a supine or sitting position. First take several deep breaths to relax the muscles and eliminate distracting thoughts. Then place the right palm on the navel and the left palm on the back of the right hand. With the navel as the center, apply a little force and massage clockwise. The massage range is from small to large, and then from large to small. Massage 50 times in a row. ； Then change the position of the left and right hands, massage counterclockwise 50 times, and repeat this 3-5 times.

　　According to traditional Chinese medicine, “the back is yang and the abdomen is yin. ”The abdomen is where the internal organs live. Not only are the liver, spleen, stomach, gallbladder, large intestine, small intestine, kidney, bladder and other organs distributed, but also the gastrointestinal meridian of Foot Yangming, the Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyang, the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin, the Gallbladder Meridian of Foot Shaoyang, the Liver Meridian of Foot Jueyin and the Ren Vessel pass through it. Therefore, the abdomen is said to be: “the palace city of the internal organs and the source of yin and yang qi and blood.” ”Insisting on rubbing the abdomen can clear up the upper and lower parts, separate yin and yang, remove the old and bring in the new, enrich the five internal organs, eliminate exogenous diseases and eliminate endogenous stasis and phlegm.

　　Modern medicine believes that insisting on rubbing the abdomen can promote blood and lymph circulation in the abdominal muscles and gastrointestinal tract, enhance gastrointestinal motility, and increase the secretion of digestive juices, thereby helping to prevent and treat indigestion, gastritis, gastroptosis, chronic colitis and constipate wait disease . In addition, insisting on rubbing the abdomen can also eliminate the fat accumulated in the abdomen, which helps to prevent and treat obesity, hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease and other diseases.