Recently, the temperature in Beijing has also appeared low-temperature days continuously. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, to maintain physical function, we need to pay attention to diet and work and rest for three or nine days. What exactly should I do? Let's listen to the advice of Wang Xiaoxing, deputy director of preventive medicine department of Beijing Long Fu Hospital.
Warm up first choice beef and mutton
The theory of traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "autumn harvest and winter storage", which is suitable for winter tonic. This "tonic" is a warm tonic, so we should pay attention to the right amount.
The tradition of winter tonic has been going on for many years in our country. Chinese medicine suggests that foods that can keep out the cold, such as mutton and beef, can be eaten properly in winter. Because cattle and sheep are herbivores and their meat is tender, even people with poor digestive function or the elderly can better digest and absorb the nutrients in meat. Especially mutton, protein and phospholipids are high, but cholesterol and fat are low. Eating in winter has the effect of dryness and heat.
In cold winter, it is recommended to eat mutton soup with angelica and ginger, which has a remarkable effect of enriching blood and expelling cold. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup was mentioned in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. Among them, Angelica sinensis is called "the first medicine for enriching blood", which is warm in nature, sweet in taste and pungent in taste, and can replenish blood and promote blood circulation if taken in moderation. Modern medical research also found that Angelica sinensis has the functions of reducing platelet aggregation, antithrombotic and enhancing immunity. The invention has a good nourishing effect on postpartum women, middle-aged and elderly people with weak constitution and sub-health people.
In addition to eating meat, you can also eat nuts in moderation, such as peanuts, walnuts, chestnuts and hazelnuts. Nuts are warm and rich in nutrients such as protein, vitamins and unsaturated fatty acids, which are of great benefit to health. Take the peanut harvested in autumn as an example, its protein content is above 20%, which is twice that of wheat, and it is easy to be absorbed and utilized by human body.
Fruits and vegetables are indispensable to health.
In the cold winter, there are heating and other equipment indoors in the north to keep out the cold, so it is easy to get angry if you stay in a warm and dry indoor environment for a long time. Therefore, in March and September, you can eat more vegetables and fruits with tonic fluid, such as Chinese cabbage, white radish, lotus root, lily, taro, celery, potato, water chestnut, pear (eat less for those with deficiency of spleen and stomach) and hawthorn (eat carefully for diabetics).
Hawthorn is rich in vitamins, amino acids, cellulose and trace elements, and its vitamin C content far exceeds that of carrots with the same weight. When the climate is cold, human cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are also very fragile. The cellulose in hawthorn can promote intestinal peristalsis, improve digestive function, improve the decomposition efficiency of protein and fat, and help to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Dressing exercise is particular.
When the temperature is low in March and September, people often choose to put on more clothes to keep out the cold. But the more you wear, the better your health. Dressing in winter is also moderate. Too thick clothes may lead to the release of phlegm and the invasion of cold pathogens. In other words, excessive clothes and sweating will disperse yang, which provides an opportunity for cold air to enter.
Middle-aged and elderly people go out to exercise and try to choose around noon. Going out too early, one's own yang is insufficient, and the external environment temperature is low, so one can't fully dispatch one's body functions. Around noon, the human body is full of yang, and the temperature also rises. With the help of sunshine, it is more conducive to relaxing muscles and accelerating metabolism during exercise.
Pay attention to keep feet warm in winter, choose shoes with good warmth and comfort, and soak feet with traditional Chinese medicine to dispel cold and dredge collaterals, relieve fatigue and promote sleep.
Emotion is very important to a person's physical and mental health. Be quiet and worry less in winter, keep your mood open and optimistic, don't worry about trifles, don't force fame and fortune, and suffer from loss. Happiness is the most rare immunity.
According to your own situation, adjust the pace of life with the seasons to avoid staying up late and overworking. At the same time, exercise as much as possible to ensure the smooth operation of qi and blood in the body.
In addition, patients with respiratory diseases such as chronic bronchitis and asthma in the past can also go to the Chinese medicine hospital for "Sanjiu" acupoint application and auxiliary treatment to strengthen yang.
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