Spring diet regimen
In spring, all diseases are prone to occur, and a balanced diet is very important for nourishing the liver.
Spring is the most active time for human metabolism. As the saying goes, "A hundred herbs come back to life, and all diseases are prone to occur", so special attention should be paid to daily work and mental adjustment. The key is to conform to the characteristics of sunny spring and germination of everything, so that one's spirit, mood and qi and blood can be as smooth and vigorous as the climate in spring.
The temperature in spring is more comfortable and suitable for sleeping. In addition, the nights in spring are shorter than those in winter, so there will be spring drowsiness, which can make you "I wake up briskly in this morning in spring".
Go to bed early and get up early in spring, and keep enough sleep every day; Half an hour after lunch, take a proper nap, usually half an hour or forty minutes; Pay attention to indoor ventilation and keep the indoor air fresh; Insist on exercise, and choose suitable exercise items according to your age and physique, such as jogging, walking and aerobics.
The secret of keeping in good health in spring is to hide the yang in the body.
Chinese medicine believes that tonifying yang is very important for nourishing the liver. It is important to protect the liver in spring. Eat a balanced diet, eat more fresh vegetables, eat less sour, spicy and fried, roasted and fried food, drink water frequently and drink less. Adjust your mood at ordinary times and keep a good mood every day.
Spring diet, the main point is to supplement the principle. There is still cold winter in early spring, so we should follow the rising of spring and eat more foods that warm and tonify the yang, such as leek, garlic, onion, konjac, kohlrabi, coriander, ginger and onion. In late spring, sudden heat attacks people, which easily leads to heat stagnation in the body, leading to leakage of body fluids. Can be properly matched with some foods, such as buckwheat, shepherd's purse, spinach, celery, lettuce, eggplant, cucumber, mushrooms, etc., can clear away heat in the body, nourish and moisten the liver, and improve eyesight. Most fresh fruits listed in spring are sour, so it is not advisable to eat more in spring. If you need to relieve internal heat, you'd better eat sweet bananas, raw pears, sugar cane or dried persimmons.
Diet and health preservation methods in summer
Summer heat hurts the body, moderate exercise, and a light diet focuses on clearing the heart.
Summer is very hot, and it is also the season when our bodies consume the most. At this time, if we work at high temperature, our physiology and nutritional metabolism will be affected to some extent.
Summer is dominated by a light and refreshing diet that can stimulate appetite. Foods with the function of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat include eggplant, fresh lotus root, mung bean sprouts, loofah, cucumber, wax gourd, watermelon and tomato. Eating more watermelons and tomatoes in summer can quench your thirst. The elderly should eat less greasy food, and the weak should avoid eating cold drinks and cool fruits to avoid digestive dysfunction.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diet can not only supplement the nutritional loss caused by a lot of sweating, but also effectively avoid the occurrence of intestinal diseases, and at the same time help regulate body temperature and eliminate fatigue.
Sleep health in summer should conform to the law of yang excess and yin deficiency in nature.
Huangdi Neijing said: "Xia San month ... lying at night and getting up early, insatiable for the sun", which means getting up early in summer to conform to the fullness of yang; Stay up late to adapt to yin deficiency. It's sunny in summer, but don't hate the long and hot days, or exercise properly.
Don't sleep in a place where there is a flow during a nap, and don't sleep on the table, so as not to oppress the chest and affect breathing, and at the same time avoid catching cold in the abdomen; It is not advisable to sleep outside at night, because the hot air in summer is steaming outside, sweat seeps out, pores are open, and the human body is most vulnerable to wind and cold, which can cause numbness of hands and feet and facial paralysis in severe cases. It is not advisable to enjoy the cool for a long time in Shuige, under the shade of trees, in corridors and on balconies before going to bed.
* * * Three points clear away heat and relieve summer heat.
Strong heart fire in summer, coupled with hot and humid climate, is easy to cause heatstroke, reduce fire and clear heart, and needs the relevant acupoints of pericardium meridian. Laogong point and Neiguan point are two important points of pericardium meridian. Laogong acupoint can clear away heat, wake up and soothe the nerves, and it is one of the first-aid acupoints for heatstroke. Neiguan point can calm the heart and soothe the nerves, and it is an important point to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
These two acupoints * * * twice a day in the morning and evening for 5 minutes each time, which can play a very good role in clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.
The third point is Zhongshan point, which is an important point of Ren meridian, which can help dredge pericardium meridian and have the effect of removing annoyance and stopping palpitation. * * * Zhongshan point is also an effective point for clearing heart fire in summer, with the same action time and frequency as the first two points.
Diet and health preservation methods in autumn
Autumn is prone to old diseases, so we should reconcile yin and yang, nourish body fluids and moisten the lungs.
Autumn begins in the beginning of autumn and goes through various solar terms, such as summer heat, white dew, autumnal equinox, cold dew and first frost. Among them, autumn is divided into the transformation of seasonal climate.
The autumn climate is in the transitional stage of "Yang disappears and Yin grows". Beginning of autumn is summer, and the weather is characterized by wet and rainy weather, so it is called "autumn tiger". After the Millennium, there is little rain, dry weather, hot days and cool nights, and the climate is hot and cold, which makes it easy to catch a cold, and many old diseases are easy to recur, so it is called "eventful autumn".
After the autumnal equinox, due to less rain, autumn dryness became the main climate from Mid-Autumn Festival to late autumn. This season is easy to consume body fluids, leading to dry mouth, sore throat, lung heat cough and so on. Therefore, in autumn, it is advisable to eat foods that clear away heat and promote fluid production, nourish yin and moisten the lungs, such as loach, sesame, walnut, lily, glutinous rice, honey, milk, peanuts, fresh yam, pear, red dates, lotus seeds and other nourishing and moistening products.
Autumn health care should pay attention to the word "harmony", including the adjustment of spiritual will, diet and daily life.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the physiological activities of the human body should adapt to the changes of the natural environment, so the word "harmony" should be paid attention to in autumn health preservation, including the adjustment of spiritual will, diet and daily life. In addition, we should pay attention to adapt to climate change in autumn and increase or decrease clothing in time.
In autumn, middle-aged and elderly people with weak stomach and intestines eat porridge for breakfast, which can harmonize the stomach, benefit the stomach and promote fluid production. Chinese medical books say: "Eating porridge in the morning can bring forth the old and bring forth the new, benefit the diaphragm and nourish the stomach, produce saliva and quench thirst, which makes people feel refreshed and make up a lot." It is suggested to choose different kinds of porridge to eat according to your own reality, such as lily red dates, glutinous rice porridge for nourishing yin and stomach, bean porridge for invigorating spleen and harmonizing stomach, ginger porridge for preventing cold and vomiting, walnut porridge for moistening lung and preventing dryness, chrysanthemum porridge for improving eyesight and nourishing spirit, hawthorn porridge for resolving phlegm and promoting digestion, yam porridge for strengthening spleen and strengthening intestines, and chamomile and medlar porridge for nourishing liver and kidney.
Dietary health preserving method in winter
It's very important to tonify kidney that the cold in winter attacks people, astringing yin and protecting yang, and nourishing qi and blood.
From beginning of winter, it experienced light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold and severe cold, and it was not winter until the day before beginning of spring.
Winter is "cold" and chilly, which is the characteristic of climate change. The slow metabolism of human body can store physical strength, but it also reduces the ability of human body to resist diseases. Relevant statistics show that the mortality rate in most parts of the world is the highest in winter, and this season is also a period of high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and respiratory diseases.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the world is closed in winter", that is to say, everything is closed in winter, nature is full of yin and yang, and all kinds of animals and plants are hiding yang for the next spring. Therefore, winter health care should pay attention to astringing yin and protecting yang: try to go to bed early and get up late, keep a long rest time, so that the will is quiet and the latent yang of the human body is not disturbed; Insist on proper exercise, but pay attention to adequate preparation activities and dry the sweat in time after exercise; Keep your back warm. The back is the "Yang in the Yang", and the cold can easily invade your back and cause diseases. Old people, children and the infirm should pay special attention to avoid cold and keep warm.
Winter is a good season for tonic, so tonic should conform to nature and pay attention to nourishing yang.
According to the principle of "deficiency is tonic, cold is warm" in traditional Chinese medicine, we should eat more warm food in winter to improve the cold resistance of the body. Dog meat and mutton are the best nourishing products for the elderly in winter. In addition, drinking a small glass of ginseng wine every morning can prevent wind and cold and promote blood circulation. Cut beef into small pieces, add yellow wine, onion and ginger, stew in casserole, eat meat and drink soup, which can replenish qi, quench thirst and nourish spleen and stomach.