1, keep in good health in spring and summer.
The focus of TCM health preservation is to let nature take its course, which can be said to be the nature of genes, regions, seasons and constitutions. All nature will be transformed into all aspects of life, including diet, sleep, exercise and emotions.
1, let the gene go with the flow and return to the eating habits suitable for the Chinese nation.
Tu Yaosheng pointed out that the Chinese nation has been a farming nation since ancient times, and all health care experiences are based on farming culture and living habits. For the Chinese nation, the eating habits and structure should be five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, five animals for benefit and five dishes for stuffing, which is a eating habit based on five grains. However, due to the gradual improvement of living standards, modern people's diet has broken the diet structure of fixed genes for thousands of years, and the intake of grains is getting less and less, especially coarse grains and beans, and the intake of meat is increasing. Contrary to the natural diet structure of genes, the result is that there are more and more people with three highs, diabetes and obesity in China.
Taking diabetes as an example, the survey of 1986 shows that the number of people suffering from diabetes in China is about 0.4%. In 1996, this figure rose to 4%, but in recent years, this figure rose to 8%, and even reached 10% in cities. Nearly 1 100 million people in China suffer from diabetes. In recent years, it has become more and more important to change their living habits and prevent chronic diseases. Tu Yaosheng pointed out that eating more and less exercise, eating more meat and eating less rice directly led to the continuous deterioration of health, so it is very important to return the eating habit of high fat and high protein to the eating habit of eating whole grains on average.
2, let it go, the nature of the area, one side of the soil and water to raise one side.
There is a saying that when in Rome, do as the Romans do, that is to say, the method of health preservation should change according to the changes in the region, and the conventional way of health preservation will not work. Take Guangdong and Hunan as examples. Guangdong is a hot and humid area, and Hunan is a cold and humid area, so the choice of diet should be different. In Guangdong, we should eat food that can clear away heat and damp, mainly light diet, while in Hunan, we should eat food that can dispel cold and warm yang, so as to strengthen the yang in the body and fight against cold and dampness. If the region changes and the means of health care remain unchanged, people will be punished by nature.
3. Follow the essence of seasons and the laws of nature.
In spring, nourishing the liver, calming the wind, strengthening yang and preventing wind are the main health care methods, while in summer, nourishing the heart, calming the nerves and protecting the spleen and stomach are the main health care methods. From the four seasons, we should follow the law of hiding in spring, summer, autumn and winter, according to the seasonal characteristics of nourishing yang and promoting hair growth in spring, summer, and carry out health preservation according to seasons from four aspects: diet, sleep, exercise and emotion.
2. Hygiene in daily life
Pay attention to nourishing yang in diet, and choose foods that warm and nourish yang and taste pungent, such as ginger, leek, garlic and mustard. To adapt to the characteristics of hair growth in spring; In addition, southerners should choose yam, Euryale ferox, red bean and other dampness-removing foods to eliminate moisture in the body. Pay attention to supplement protein. You can choose fish and meat, eat more beans and choose dark vegetables to supplement vitamins. Pay attention to eat less raw food, drink less cool drinks, eat more sweets, eat less sour food, avoid cold and yang damage, and nourish your temper with sweets to achieve the purpose of eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen. In summer, bitter vegetables, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetables and bitter gourd leaves, can be supplemented appropriately, and bitter foods can be used to nourish the heart and clear heat.
Pay attention to getting up early when sleeping at night, and don't stay up late. It is very important to keep a healthy sleep in spring and summer, so pay attention to sleeping before 1 1. At this time, sleepers are easy to fall into a deep sleep state, have a good rest and try not to stay up late.
Pay attention to more exercise in sports. Should give priority to with aerobic exercise, also can go out for an outing, spring outing, walking or swimming. Sweating after exercise should not take a cold bath immediately, nor blow air conditioning, but should conform to the natural law of hair growth, and don't let cold air douse the yang.