How should beginning of autumn's solar terms be preserved: nourishing the lungs
Laugh often: Laugh often can moisten the lungs. Laughing often can dilate the lungs. Repeated expansion and contraction of the lungs are "cleaning" the respiratory tract, making breathing smoother. Laughing often will absorb more oxygen and make the blood smoother.
Breathe often: Deep breathing often has the effect of clearing lung. You can choose a place with fresh air, take a quick breath and then spit it out slowly. If air stays in the lungs for a long time, it will allow lung qi to be fully exchanged, which is more conducive to the discharge of lung turbidity.
Regular exercise: After beginning of autumn, you can choose outdoor sports that suit you. Mountain climbing is a good choice. People can enhance their respiratory and blood circulation functions and increase their vital capacity during mountain climbing. In addition, there are many negative oxygen ions in the air of Houshan, beginning of autumn, which has a good regulating effect on human nervous system.
Drink more water: drinking water is good for the lungs. When the weather is dry in autumn, people are more prone to water shortage. It is suggested to drink plenty of boiled water after autumn to keep the normal humidity of lungs and respiratory tract, which is more conducive to lung health.
Eat supplements to moisten the lungs: Chinese medicine believes that the lungs are delicate and like to moisten. In autumn, you can eat some foods that nourish yin, promote fluid production and moisten the lungs. Common lung moistening foods include pears, honey, sesame, tremella, radish and so on. Should eat less spicy food, eat more yam, jujube, lotus seeds, lilies, licorice and other foods.
How should beginning of autumn's solar terms preserve health: preventing "autumn dryness"
1, diet aftercare, "moist" is appropriate. It is easy to hurt body fluids in autumn. Usually drink more boiled water, light tea, soybean milk and milk. You should also eat more radishes, tomatoes, tofu, tremella, pears, persimmons, bananas and so on. These foods have the effects of moistening lung, promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and clearing dryness. Smoking, drinking, peppers and other hot and dry items should be prohibited. In late autumn, people's essence begins to be sealed, and nourishing food is easier to be digested, absorbed and stored, which is conducive to improving the function of organs and enhancing people's quality. For the frail old people, it has the effects of rehabilitation, disease elimination and longevity. At this time, you can eat more chicken, duck, beef, pork liver, fish and shrimp, as well as lotus seeds and red dates. At the same time, we should also pay attention to warming the abdomen, fasting and keeping out the cold.
2, diligent breathing, anti-drying health care. Traditional Chinese medicine is known as "kidney fluid is saliva", and it is believed that the profit and loss of saliva is closely related to the rise and fall of kidney. Therefore, the elderly should often do spring washing. That is, after washing every morning, close your eyes and sit quietly in a quiet room for a while. Knock your teeth 36 times first, and then stir them in your mouth with your tongue. After the saliva is full, swallow it three times and send it to the abdomen. Then slowly exhale the gas from your mouth. When exhaling, open your lips slightly, but don't make any noise. Repeat this 36 times, pause for a moment, make fists with both hands, and do it three times on each side. If you do this method once every morning and evening, it will be of great benefit to prevent autumn dryness. In addition, the elderly should lie down early and get up early in their daily lives to restrain their spirits, so as to maintain the function of clearing away lung heat and resist the invasion of dryness and evil.
3. Strengthen exercise and adapt to "autumn freezing". The climate changes greatly in autumn, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is very large. Old people with good constitution should wear light clothes, not too thick. It is necessary to refrigerate properly and gradually enhance the cold resistance. Therefore, there is a saying that "autumn freezes and spring covers" in China. In order to avoid the recurrence of old diseases or the increase of new diseases, the elderly with weak resistance should gradually increase their clothes, and must not suddenly increase or decrease, so as to prevent cold invasion from inducing new diseases. In addition, the elderly can choose suitable exercise programs according to their personal hobbies and interests, such as walking, jogging, doing exercises, practicing boxing, playing ball games, going out for an outing, etc.