During the autumnal equinox, precipitation decreases, the weather is dry, and the human body is prone to water shortage, resulting in "autumn dryness". Eat more warm food, such as lily, tremella, yam, autumn pear, lotus root and so on. Reduce the use of spicy food such as onion and ginger, and eat more sour food appropriately.
In autumn, the weather turns from hot to cold and the climate is dry and windy. Therefore, the focus of autumn health care is "preventing autumn dryness", "freezing" and "preventing chaos".
Should prevent "autumn dryness"
Dry qi hurts people in autumn, and the corresponding viscera in autumn is "lung". When "autumn dryness" invades the lungs, it is easy to appear the phenomenon of "body fluid dryness", such as dry mouth and nasopharynx, chapped skin and dry stool.
Eat more foods that nourish yin and moisten dryness in daily diet, such as pears, persimmons, grapes, pomegranates, sugar cane, radishes, tomatoes and other fresh fruits and vegetables to nourish yin and moisten dryness and avoid the harm of dryness.
In nourishing, you can choose Ejiao, which has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, enriching blood and stopping bleeding, and strengthening the body. Ejiao is often one of the first choices for nourishing in autumn.
Dry qi hurts the lungs in autumn, which is prone to symptoms such as dry skin and loss of body fluid. Sticking to taking Ejiao can achieve the functions of nourishing blood and nourishing yin, expelling wind and moistening dryness, resolving phlegm and clearing lung, inducing diuresis and regulating large intestine. Taking Ejiao cake at this time will effectively improve the cold hands and feet of women in autumn and winter.
1 Anti-autumn cooling
"Millennium is divided into nights, one night is cold and the other night is cold", and the weather turns cold in the autumn equinox. The deeper the night, the heavier the cold, and the easier it is to invade the body. We must form the habit of going to bed early and getting up early to prevent cold from entering the body and bury health risks. The temperature difference between morning and evening is large, even higher than 10. Pay attention to adding clothes in time.
2 Prevention of autumn deficiency
When the autumnal equinox comes, you should do more exercise, especially stretching exercise, to strengthen blood circulation, stretch your body, converge your mind and prevent fatigue. But it's cold in the morning and evening, so try to exercise indoors.
In early autumn, many people will suffer from "autumn deficiency". The typical symptoms are weakness, poor spirit, persistent drowsiness, continuous yawning, increased appetite but difficulty in digestion. To cope with the "autumn famine", we should adjust our daily life, go to bed early and get up early, don't stay up late and avoid overwork.
Autumn is the golden season for outdoor activities. Therefore, to actively participate in activities and fitness exercises, you can choose mountain climbing, jogging, brisk walking, cold water bath and other exercise programs.
3 Anti-autumn depression
"Since ancient times, autumn has been crisp and lonely," and everything in autumn is yellow, which is easy to have a negative impact on the mood. And worrying too much will hurt the liver and spleen, leading to all diseases. Pay attention to nourishing the spleen and stomach, getting more sunshine and supplementing foods rich in vitamin B, which will help to improve your mood.
What are the key points of health care after the autumnal equinox?
1 Add clothes to keep warm and prevent autumn dryness
After the autumnal equinox, cooling and controlling qi are easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases or make the original gastrointestinal diseases relapse, so it is very important to maintain health after the autumnal equinox! Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the physiological activities of human body should adapt to the changes of Yin and Yang in nature, and special attention should be paid to the maintenance of Yin Qi in autumn. Diet, tonic and exercise are inseparable from the principle of "nourishing and harvesting".
Experts remind that after the autumnal equinox, health care should pay special attention to prevent the cold from hurting the body, add clothes to keep warm in time, especially pay attention to the warmth of the stomach, and cover the quilt at night.
In windy and dry autumn, the invasion of dryness and evil will make people sick, which is often called "autumn dryness". If you don't pay attention to health, when the temperature and humidity change greatly, the body's resistance will decline. "The most common thing is that patients with colds and coughs will increase."
According to experts, patients who catch a cold in autumn feel dry at first because of the contraction of nasopharyngeal mucosa, and then feel pain because of congestion, which leads to itchy and uncomfortable nasopharynx, dry and burning pain, dry cough with little phlegm, and cough due to the onset of trachea and throat mucosa, which is called "dry cough".
"If a dry cough is not treated in time, it may lead to bronchitis and bronchitis, which will make the lungs more injured." Experts remind that due to pathogenic dryness invading the upper orifices such as the nose and mouth, it is often accompanied by symptoms such as dry mouth and nasopharynx and paroxysmal severe dry cough. If cough is the main symptom, it is called "autumn dry cough".
Autumn dryness can be divided into "warm dryness" and "cool dryness", and their results will lead to the exhaustion of yin and body fluid, dry skin and loss of body fluid, and harm the lungs of human body. Its symptoms are mainly dry mouth, cleft lip, nasal congestion, sore throat, paroxysmal dry cough, and even nosebleeds or bloody sputum, which is similar to Sjogren's syndrome of upper respiratory tract infection. In view of the above symptoms, we should accept different treatment schemes and prescribe the right medicine.
Go to bed early and get up early, and have a good rest.
In autumn, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and pathogens are easy to enter the body. It is necessary to form a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early. The deeper the autumn night, the heavier the cold, and the cold can easily invade the body, laying a hidden danger for waist and leg pain, and also leading to cough and other diseases.
3 Exercise lightly and gently.
Autumn health should be based on "harvest", and sports should choose relaxed and gentle projects with small activity. You can also do some cold-resistant exercise and aerobic exercise, such as mountain climbing, walking, playing Tai Ji Chuan and dancing. Proper cold water exercise is also effective in preventing colds, runny nose and bronchitis.
It is very important to keep healthy at the autumnal equinox. I recommend several diet therapies.
Qiufen health medicated diet recipe
1 Strengthening the spleen and calming the nerves-longan glutinous rice porridge
Ingredients: 35g glutinous rice, 0/5 piece of longan pulp/kloc-,and appropriate amount of brown sugar.
How to do it
① Wash the glutinous rice. Add 3 4 cups of water and bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat for about 10 minute, stirring 1 time to avoid boiling;
(2) Cook for about 25 minutes. When the rice is slightly broken, peel off the longan and add it;
③ Continue to cook for 10 minute, and add sugar to cook.
Spleen: carrots and yam
Ingredients: carrot, yam, lean meat, ginger, salt.
How to do it
① Wash lean meat and ginger for later use, and peel and wash carrots and yam first;
(2) Dicing carrots and yams, and soaking the cut yams in clear water to prevent blackening;
③ Add a proper amount of water into the casserole, then put the materials into the pot and directly boil the soup;
(4) Cook for about an hour, and then you can add the right amount of seasoning to the pan!
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