First, adjust the diet. Autumn diet should be based on nourishing yin and moistening lung. Old people with bad stomachs can eat porridge in the morning, such as lily lotus seed porridge, tremella rock sugar glutinous rice porridge, almond fritillary bulb glutinous rice porridge, black sesame porridge and so on. In addition,
You should also eat more sour fruits and vegetables and less spicy food, which is good for protecting the liver and benefiting the lungs.
Second, get up early and go to bed early. Go to bed early to conform to the collection of yin essence, and get up early to relax Yang Qi. Modern research shows that getting up early in autumn can reduce the chance of thrombosis; It is also meaningful to lie down for a few minutes before getting up to stretch your whole body and prevent thrombosis. The incidence of this disease is extremely high in late autumn and early winter, and the onset time is mostly in the late stage of long sleep. This is because the blood flow of cerebral vessels slows down during sleep, which is easy to form thrombus.
Third, strengthen physical strength. It's getting cold in autumn, so clothes shouldn't be added too much at once. Deliberately freezing the body and doing some cold-proof exercises are also important ways to enhance the adaptability of the body to the cold climate in winter. It's cool in autumn, which is a good time to exercise. Especially pay attention to cold-resistant exercises, such as morning exercises, jogging, cold water bath, etc., to improve the resistance to diseases.
Fourth, prevent diseases. The cold weather in late autumn is the peak of stroke and myocardial infarction, which can easily lead to sudden death. People with chronic bronchitis, emphysema and cor pulmonale are also very sensitive to climate change, which can easily lead to recurrence and deterioration of the disease. Therefore, patients with this kind of disease should pay special attention to vigilance, strengthen prevention, and have first aid and treatment drugs at home just in case.
Fifth, prevent autumn dryness. The autumn climate is dry, and the skin moisture evaporates quickly, which is easy to cause dry skin, increased wrinkles, dry throat pain, constipation and so on. Therefore, preventing autumn dryness in autumn is an important health care principle. Indoor humidity should be kept at a certain level, pay attention to replenish water in the body, and avoid exhaustion of body fluids and gases due to overwork and strenuous exercise. In order to prevent dry skin, you can apply various skin creams. However, it should be noted that chapped lips should not be rubbed with glycerin, and frequent licking of lips with tongue is not allowed, otherwise chapped lips will be aggravated.
Sixth, eat fruits and vegetables seriously. Eating a lot of fruits and vegetables in summer will not cause diseases of the spleen and stomach, but will reduce the disease resistance of the stomach and intestines. Eating a lot of fruits and vegetables in autumn will definitely help dampness damage spleen yang. Spleen yang can't transport water and dampness, and acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery and loose stool will follow. Therefore, eat less fruits and vegetables after autumn, especially those with spleen and stomach deficiency.
Seventh, timely tonic. As the saying goes, "autumn supplements kill the tiger in winter", but we should be careful not to make supplements without illness and make them indiscriminately. The treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine is to tonify deficiency, not to use tonics for patients with deficiency syndrome. Deficiency syndrome can be divided into yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency and blood deficiency, so taking medicine according to the symptoms can replenish the body, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Also pay attention to proper tonic, avoid taking medicine, and advocate food tonic. In autumn, nourishing yin and moistening dryness is the main food supplement, such as black-bone chicken, pig lung, nail fish, bird's nest, tremella, honey, sesame, walnut, lotus root and autumn pear. These foods are more effective when used in combination with traditional Chinese medicine.
Eighth, drink more soup. The dry air in autumn is more suitable for making tonic into soup. Generally speaking, people should use food as tonic, that is, choose fresh Chinese cabbage, radish, lotus root with fish and meat as soup, such as peanut chicken feet soup, lotus root beef soup, spinach pork liver soup, radish ribs soup and so on. You can also eat some cold fruits with diuretic and antipyretic effects, such as apples, Sydney, oranges, water chestnuts and grapes. , can supplement a lot of vitamins and trace elements. The climate in autumn is dry and thirsty, but it is not advisable to drink more carbonated drinks. You can choose rock sugar boat-fruited Sterculia or honey chrysanthemum to soak, and drink it often, which can not only replenish water in the body, but also play a role in health care and treatment. It is more suitable for the elderly to choose drugs for soup, such as lily lotus seed soup, lotus seed soup, yam lotus seed soup, yuanrou jujube soup, Fritillaria Sydney soup, ginseng lotus seed soup and so on. When the medicine is supplemented, it should be made into clear juice and thin soup to avoid stomach stagnation and spleen stagnation. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the differences in medicinal properties, which vary from person to person. For example, red ginseng is warm and white ginseng is cold, so we can't generalize when using it. As long as it is handled properly, it is of great benefit to health.