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The Third Series of TCM Health Preservation: How to Maintain and Raise Body Temperature in Autumn and Winter
Every year in late autumn and early winter, the temperature is changeable. Usually there is a cold air passing by. When the temperature drops suddenly, the resulting cold air will enter the human body. At this time, if the cold weight borne by the human body is not much, at the same time, the qi and blood are sufficient and the meridians are unobstructed, the body will soon transport the cold of the cold parts of the epidermis to the drainage channel. If the cold area is large, or the cold accumulates for a long time, the human body must consume a lot of energy to drive away the cold, and a large number of "cold toxins" (deteriorated body fluids) will be produced in the body. In our life, many gastrointestinal diseases are caused by colds. The stomach and intestine, also known as the "spleen" in Chinese medicine, are responsible for the blood supply of the whole body. If the gastrointestinal function is poor and the absorption capacity is poor, food nutrition cannot be converted into enough blood to provide the body's needs, and the peripheral blood circulation will naturally deteriorate.

Cold air accumulates in muscles. After a long time, you will feel stiff muscles, backache, scapulohumeral periarthritis and arthritis. When the cold accumulates to a certain extent, people will invade the meridians, causing qi stagnation and blood stasis, affecting the operation of qi and blood. This is what Chinese medicine calls deficiency, which can induce many incurable diseases.

Since the harm of cold is so great, it is necessary to establish a correct concept of health preservation in the cold winter to minimize colds:

1. Does not disturb yang, and enhances skin adaptability.

The so-called not disturbing Yang Qi means not dispersing essence, but protecting yang and benefiting qi. The cold in winter is very heavy, which is particularly harmful to people. Go to bed early so that the hidden yang will not be disturbed. Fatigue will dissipate the yang, so we should strengthen exercise in autumn, because cooling in autumn will "freeze" the skin function. With the gradual increase of cooling in autumn, the skin's adaptability will also adapt. Adding clothes in winter should not be done at one time, but gradually with the decrease of temperature, so that the skin can gradually adapt to the cold winter and improve the cold resistance of the body.

2. Enhance the lung's function of dispelling pathogenic wind and descending adverse flow, so as to resist the invasion of cold pathogen.

In winter, the temperature is low, the air conditioning is thick, and cold pathogens invade people, and the lungs bear the brunt. The lungs are bound by wind and cold, and cough and asthma will occur when the function of relieving depression occurs. Therefore, enhancing the function of relieving depression of lung can enhance the cold resistance of skin. Pay attention to the back, nose and feet to keep warm and keep out the cold, because these parts are the way for the lungs to catch cold. Usually, you can rub both sides of the nose to Yongquan, Fenglong and Shu Fei points on the back three times a day, which can dispel the cold.

3. Strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach to improve the cold resistance.

In order to make the nutrients needed by the human body be continuously supplied, it is necessary to strengthen the spleen and stomach, enhance the digestion ability of the stomach and the transport ability of the spleen, so it is not advisable to eat cold food in cold winter, because cold food is not suitable for digestion and will damage the spleen and stomach.

Massage the abdomen clockwise for 20 times after meals 1 hour, which is helpful for digestion and absorption; Rub your stomach before going to bed.

It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, help digestion and have a sleeping effect.