Spring is a period of high incidence of skin diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases and other diseases. Therefore, spring health care is particularly important for people, especially middle-aged and elderly people. Keeping in good health in spring must adapt to the laws of climate and physiological changes, so as not to go astray. Based on years of clinical experience, I summarized the "six no principles" of people's health preservation in spring.
1. Not wet: the bedroom should be ventilated at noon every day, bedding and clothes should be kept dry and breathable, and loose cotton-padded jacket should be worn in spring to avoid eczema. In addition, don't choose wet places to exercise, and dry them in time after sweating.
2. Not sour: The spring diet should be "sour and sweet", because the liver yang is strong in spring, and then eating acidic food will easily lead to excessive liver qi, and the liver will easily damage the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the spring diet should avoid acid. Acidic foods include mutton, dog meat, quail, fried peanuts, fried melon seeds, marine fish, shrimps and crabs. It is advisable to eat sweet and spleen-strengthening products, such as yam, bamboo shoots, spinach, jujube and leek. You can also cook porridge with 30g of yam, 75g of millet, 25g of lotus seeds, and 0/0 slices of jujube/kloc, and add a little sugar as the staple food for long-term consumption.
3. No freezing: The weather is hot and cold in spring, so we should follow the saying of "spring cover". It is not advisable to take off your cotton-padded clothes immediately. When changing clothes, we should follow the principle of "the lower thickness is thinner". First of all, we should lose some coats, and pants can be reduced later, so that the lower body is warmer than cold and helps nourish the yang. In particular, the elderly with chronic bronchitis and emphysema and young women with a history of dysmenorrhea should try their best to keep their bodies "neither frozen nor cold" in early spring.
4. restlessness: in spring, the yang in nature begins to rise, and the human body should rely on this natural feature to focus on nourishing the yang. The key to nourishing yang is "movement", not "quietness". People should actively exercise outdoors, but the elderly should not exercise too early in spring and should go out to exercise after the sun rises. Drink some hot water, milk, egg soup and other hot soup before exercise, and exercise slowly.
5. Don't be angry: Spring is a time when the liver yang is strong, and you are upset, so you should be open-minded and harmonious. Depression can lead to stagnation of liver qi, decreased immunity, and easily lead to psychosis, liver disease, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.
6. Make no mistake: the yang of the elderly is relatively insufficient, and spring is a good time to raise yang. If lust is impetuous and sexual intercourse is frequent, it will consume gas and damage essence, further damaging the yang. Therefore, people, especially the elderly, should properly control their sexual desire in spring.