Influence of autumn climate on human body
1. In autumn, the temperature is getting lower and lower, the air pressure is getting higher and higher, and the perspiration of the human body is reduced. The blood flowing to the body surface is not as strong as that in summer, but the blood vessels still have the potential to expand, so the normal pulse in autumn is light and weak, floating slightly, like feathers.
2. Dry air in autumn can reduce the elasticity of trachea, larynx, lung and other respiratory tracts, easily produce tiny cracks, reduce cilia activity and reduce the function of discharging foreign bodies; The blood flow of respiratory tract decreases, thus reducing the inspiratory function.
3. Autumn is prone to diseases, such as acute pancreatitis, rheumatic fever, asthma, chronic nephritis and colds.
4. Active cold air in autumn can cause embolism, stroke, bronchial asthma, angina pectoris, dyspepsia, hemophilia, gallstone colic and other diseases.
The autumn climate is easy to induce people's mental and emotional fluctuations, which are manifested as fatigue, unhappiness, unwillingness to work, insomnia, headache and excitability. Especially in the hours before the weather changes, the above symptoms are more likely to appear.
Principles of keeping in good health in autumn
1. Reasonable diet, anti-dryness, nourishing yin, nourishing yang and moistening lung are the criteria.
The weather is crisp and dry in autumn, and the dry air in autumn is easy to hurt the lungs. Therefore, the autumn diet should be light, eat less fried things and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Vegetables should be Chinese cabbage, spinach, wax gourd, cucumber and tremella. Meat can be eaten from rabbits, ducks and herring. ; Eat more sour food, such as oranges and hawthorn. Drink plenty of water, eat carrots, lotus roots, bananas, pears, honey and other foods that moisten the lungs and promote fluid production, nourish yin and clear dryness; Try to eat less or not to eat hot and dry products such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, liquor, and fried and greasy things. Old people with weak constitution and weak spleen and stomach and patients with chronic diseases can mainly eat porridge in the morning, such as lily lotus seed porridge, tremella borneol porridge, black sesame porridge, etc., and eat more nourishing products such as red dates, lotus seeds, lilies, medlar, etc., so as to strengthen the body, get rid of diseases and prolong life, but they can't eat big fish and big meat, and melons and fruits can't overeat, so as not to hurt the stomach. In addition, we should pay special attention to clean diet, protect the spleen and stomach, eat more warm foods, and control cold foods and cold drinks to avoid diseases such as enteritis and dysentery.
2. Take an active part in physical exercise and keep healthy.
Autumn is the golden season for outdoor activities. In this season, the elderly must strengthen physical exercise, which is the most active method in autumn health care. Go to bed early and get up early in autumn and take an active part in physical exercise after getting up in the morning. You can choose mountain climbing, jogging, brisk walking, cold water bath and other exercise programs.
Methods of keeping in good health in autumn
The basic principle of autumn health preservation is to prevent cooling and dryness. We can start with the so-called "lung" in traditional Chinese medicine. Because "autumn and March, the lungs are full of energy", the lungs are not only full of energy, but also the most fragile organ. It is the basic method of non-drug health preservation in autumn to make the lungs full of qi and not be invaded by external evils.
1. Chew drum and gargle: Do 100 jaw movements like chewing gum every morning and before going to bed. Then, shut up, press your tongue on the palate, rinse your mouth 100 times, let the body fluid fill up and swallow it slowly. Repeat 36 times. When chewing, the mandibular muscles will pull down the blood stranded in the left brain and send it back to the heart to promote blood circulation and resist the autumn cold.
2. Kneading with marrow: The marrow point is in the recess of the lower lip, and you can feel the secretion in the mouth by pressing it with your index finger. If diabetics want to drink water, they should press 10 times or more, and the thirst will disappear without repeated drinking. This secretion can not only prevent autumn dryness, but also contain parotid hormone, which can delay aging and make the elderly look rosy. This method is simple and practical. As a long-term health care, it can be applied at any time regardless of time and place.
3. Knocking on the door in autumn: the lungs and large intestine are on the table. Due to the dryness in autumn, it is easy to slow down the peristalsis of the large intestine and form seasonal constipation. The expert introduced a knocking method. Just under your eyes, your cheek is where the meridians of the large intestine run through. As long as you regularly stimulate just below the orbit or around the cheekbones, the intestinal function can return to normal. Methods: Put the food, middle finger and ring finger together and beat the fingertips rhythmically. 10 ~ 15 minutes after breakfast is the time when the large intestine is most active. At this time, a few minutes of autumn knocking can immediately produce a sense of convenience. The general rule is that the lungs are also strong, and the whole mental state will be significantly improved.
4. The word "Xi" is one of the exhalation methods in ancient breathing exercises, which has the functions of "expelling all accumulated gas in the lungs" and "expelling turbid gas in the lungs". The method is to stand in the fresh air for a while, breathe in fresh air as much as possible, pause for a while, then make an xi sound in your mouth, and gradually exhale the polluted air, and repeat for 36 times. The sound of "Xi" can clear the lungs. It has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on exogenous fever, cough, phlegm and saliva upwelling and chronic bronchitis in the elderly.