Traditional Chinese medicine health care and health preservation methods in spring
1, don't ignore the cold wind.
In winter and March, flowers and trees wither and freeze, and the human metabolism slows down accordingly, and the resistance drops, which makes it easy to get sick, especially easy to damage the yang. Don't rush to reduce clothes in spring health care. Suffering from a slight cold is prone to chronic diseases.
2. Diet conditioning is the key.
The basic principle of diet for health care in spring should be to store calories, so it is advisable to eat more mutton, dog meat, goose, duck, radish, walnut, chestnut and sweet potato in winter. It is advisable to choose sweet, warm and delicious food, and avoid greasy, cold, sour, sticky and spicy products to prevent fever and internal heat.
3. Exercise is very important
Spring health care exercise is a very important part, and life lies in exercise. Exercise nourishes the body and life nourishes the blood. Regular activities and proper exercise are the secrets of longevity throughout the ages. However, there are active and passive movements. In order to adapt to the vitality of spring, we should give priority to active exercise and perseverance.
4. Mental recovery is very beneficial.
Spring health care is very beneficial to mental conditioning. In addition to maintaining peace of mind, we should also learn to adjust bad emotions in time when God is hiding in it. When you are in a state of tension, excitement, anxiety and depression, you should restore your mental calm as soon as possible.
Healthy food in spring
1, light diet eliminates spring fire
In spring, people tend to get angry, with yellow tongue coating, bitter taste and dry throat, so the diet should be light and avoid greasy, cold and * * * food. People with obvious symptoms of excessive internal heat can eat some foods that clear the fire, such as mung bean soup, honeysuckle tea, chrysanthemum tea, lotus plumule soaked in water and so on. The products of Xin Gan help Chunyang with some spicy things, such as onions, ginger, leeks and garlic sprouts, which are all foods that nourish spring. There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty Fang that "it is easy to eat leeks in February and March". Eating these foods is good for the body's spring yang and hair growth, and it is a good spring health care product.
2, less acid and more sweet to protect the spleen and stomach
Chinese medicine believes that the liver, one of the five internal organs of the human body, should eat food with stimulating temperature rise in season, and eat less cold and sticky food to avoid hurting the spleen and stomach. Therefore, in spring, we should eat more sweets, less sour food and yellow-green vegetables to prevent drowsiness in spring, and eat more red, yellow and dark green vegetables, such as carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, green peppers and celery.
3. Choose food carefully and get sick less.
After the temperature rises gradually in spring, bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms also begin to multiply in large numbers, and their vitality is enhanced, which is easy to invade the human body and cause diseases. Therefore, you should take enough vitamins and minerals in your diet. Fresh vegetables such as cabbage, kale and broccoli, and fruits such as citrus and lemon are rich in vitamin C and have antiviral effects. Yellow-green vegetables such as carrots and spinach are rich in vitamin A, which can protect and strengthen the epithelial cells of upper respiratory mucosa and respiratory organs, thus resisting the invasion of various pathogenic factors and being beneficial to health preservation in spring.
4, gastrointestinal diseases should be cautious.
Diseases such as gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer are prone to occur in spring. In diet, we should avoid taking broth, chicken soup, fish soup, animal offal and * * * condiments rich in creatine, purine base and other substances, because these foods have strong * * * gastric juice secretion function or form gas to produce abdominal distension, which increases the gastrointestinal burden. Avoid using these foods in spring.
5. Eliminating phlegm, moistening lung and keeping safe
Chronic tracheitis and bronchitis are also easy to attack in spring, so it is advisable to eat more foods with expectorant, spleen-invigorating, kidney-tonifying and lung-nourishing functions, such as loquat, orange, pear, walnut and honey, which are helpful to relieve symptoms and are the first choice for health-preserving fruits in spring.
Tips for spring health care
1. Comb your hair in the morning and soak your feet at night.
"On Health" said: "In March of spring, comb your hair one or two hundred times a day in the morning. When you lie down at night, put a pinch of salt in the hot soup and wash your knees until you lie down, so as to drive away wind and poison beriberi and not stagnate." In other words, combing your hair in the morning in spring and soaking your feet in light salt water at night can promote the implementation of qi and blood, health care and disease prevention.
2, go to bed late and get up early, don't fall in love with bed.
Spring health should keep the habit of "going to bed late and getting up early" in sleep. Going to bed late means going to bed after 9 pm. Getting up early means getting up as soon as the sun rises, which is conducive to the growth of qi. Sleeping late is not as late as possible. You'd better go to sleep before 1 1 at night, otherwise your eyes will be red and your anger will rise the next day.
3. Advocate morning exercise stretching.
We advocate stretching exercise in the morning because after a night's sleep, the human body is soft and relaxed, and the blood circulation is slow. Therefore, when we wake up, we always feel lazy and weak. At this time, if we stretch our limbs, stretch our muscles hard, and take a deep breath, we will have the functions of inducing vomiting, promoting qi and blood circulation, dredging meridians and joints, and refreshing ourselves, which can relieve fatigue and wake up.
4. Get more sun and calcium.
After the vernal equinox, the sunshine time gradually becomes longer. When the earth takes off its cold coat in winter, the sun shines on it warmly and softly. At this time, we should fully enjoy the health benefits brought by sunlight. There has always been a saying among the people that "it is better to take tonic if you learn to bask in the sun". It's best to go out in the sun, not through the glass.
5. "Avoid" ultraviolet rays and pay attention to sun protection.
Generally, the existence of ultraviolet rays is only thought of in hot summer. In fact, in spring, ultraviolet rays have begun to damage the panel. Especially from noon 1 1 to 3 pm, the intensity of ultraviolet rays is much higher than you think. Ultraviolet rays can easily promote the formation of freckles and the deposition of melanin. So sun protection is very important.
6. Keep drinking plenty of water every day
Drinking more water every day can enhance the circulation speed of the body system, relieve the nervous body function, improve the early warning ability and energy consumption. In fact, another advantage of drinking water is to lose weight. If you consume 16 ounces of water every day, you can lose 5 pounds a year.
7. Don't cut down on clothes in a hurry.
In spring, due to the great climate change and sunny weather, the variability and cold in early spring are often ignored. So it's best to wear it slowly, and don't change it into short-sleeved shorts in summer. Cold pathogens can hurt the lungs and easily lead to nasal congestion, cough and cold, especially for middle-aged and elderly people. As we all know, "spring covers autumn and freezing", the degree of covering is not to sweat too much. If the weather is very hot, the three floors inside and outside are not good, and you sweat a lot.
8, thoroughly clean, away from allergies.
Spring is the season of high incidence of allergies, respiratory diseases and infectious diseases, so it is necessary to carry out a spring cleaning. General cleaning should be carried out when the weather is clear and the air is fresh. Before cleaning, open the window for ventilation, and try to use wet cleaning instead of dry cleaning to prevent indoor dust accumulation. Families with conditions can use vacuum cleaners, especially to thoroughly clean the sanitary corners under the bed, sofa and wardrobe. Bedding should also be taken outdoors to dry. Carpets and curtains should be cleaned every season.
9. There is a coup to resist spring sleep.
"Spring Sleepiness" makes people tired and depressed. Eat more red, yellow and dark green vegetables, such as carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, green peppers, celery, etc., which is very beneficial to restore energy and eliminate spring sleep. The pace of life should be regular. Don't stay up for three days, go to bed early and get up late. Avoid overeating, and don't eat too much for three meals a day, otherwise the stomach will be over-inflated, and people will be easily sleepy.
10, eat more sweets.
Chinese medicine believes that "it is advisable to save acid and delete sweetness in spring to nourish the spleen." That's because when the liver qi is strong in spring, it will affect the spleen, so it is difficult to show the weakness of the spleen and stomach in spring; Eating more sour food will make the liver function high. Therefore, in the spring diet maintenance, it is advisable to choose spicy and warm products and avoid acidity. Warm and sweet food: glutinous rice, black rice, sorghum, oats and other cereals; Pumpkin, lentils, red dates, longan, walnuts, chestnuts and other fruits and vegetables; Meat such as beef, crucian carp, perch and eel.