Does sitting for long periods of time damage your kidneys? The consequences of sitting for a long time revealed

For some white-collar workers, long-term sitting is commonplace. They often feel back pain, leg pain, and sometimes waist pain. In fact, sometimes this is not some strain, but may be damage to the kidneys.

Sitting for a long time can lead to obstruction of qi and blood meridians, slow excretion of metabolic substances, and easily cause symptoms such as swelling, soreness, and numbness in the waist. For office workers who mainly do mental work, the continuous and intense use of their brains will "add fuel to the fire" of these symptoms, making people feel tired all over and suffer from unbearable back pain. This kind of pain cannot be found in a fixed point, but is a general, continuous pain, and feels sore and weak. It can only be relieved by pressing with hands and applying hot compresses. Even if I adjust my sitting position, I still feel uncomfortable. This is caused by kidney deficiency, which is a common feature of deficiency syndrome in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In addition, another obvious characteristic of kidney deficiency is severe hair loss or an increase in gray hair.

"For office workers, the first thing they need to do is change their habits and not sit for too long." Yang Baolin said that it is also important to maintain a good sitting posture and not lean sideways, as this can easily cause adverse pressure on the waist. After sitting for 40 minutes to an hour, you should stand up and stretch your waist, kick your legs, or put your hands behind your back and cross them, and pat your waist muscles appropriately. This can help to dredge the meridians and relieve discomfort. You can put a waist beater wrapped in cotton cloth in the office. Once you feel soreness in your waist, gently tap it for a while. Before going to bed at night, you can ask your family to massage your waist. Doing this for a long time is very beneficial for kidney health.

It is suggested that wolfberry and schisandra chinensis have excellent kidney-tonifying effects. Wolfberry can be directly soaked in water and drunk. Schisandra chinensis is warm in nature and sour in taste. 35 grams of Schisandra chinensis can be stir-fried over low heat until slightly charred, then brewed with an appropriate amount of green tea and honey in boiling water for 5 minutes to make Schisandra chinensis tea. Drinking it regularly can invigorate the spirit and nourish the kidneys and liver. Eating nuts such as walnuts, lotus seeds, hazelnuts, almonds, etc. regularly can nourish the brain and kidneys. In addition, Liuwei Dihuang Pills also have the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney to a certain extent, but it should be taken according to the doctor's diagnosis and guidance.