1, methods of tonifying kidney in winter
It is the right time to tonify the kidney in winter.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five internal organs of the human body-liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney-respectively correspond to natural seasons-nourishing liver in spring, heart in summer, spleen in summer, lung in autumn and kidney in winter.
Winter is the time when the human yang is stored, and the main function of the kidney is to "nourish and store". At this time, the kidney should not only prepare enough energy to maintain the heat expenditure in winter, but also accumulate strength for the coming year, so as to improve the body's epidemic prevention function and disease resistance and reduce the occurrence and development of diseases.
In winter, if the kidney is injured by cold, it is prone to cold pain in the waist and knees, frequent urination at night, dry throat, dizziness and tinnitus, endocrine dysfunction, low immune function, fear of cold and other symptoms, and can also affect the physiological functions of other organs.
Three methods of daily tonifying kidney
Winter is very important for kidney maintenance. So, how to maintain it? Cold noodles, warm teeth and scalding feet are three wonderful ways to tonify the kidney.
First, cold noodles
Cold noodles means washing your face with cold water. Cold water refers to water with a temperature of about 20℃. Washing your face with cold water can refresh your mind, make your face cold in the morning, excite your brain, promote facial blood circulation and enhance your body's disease resistance. The stimulation of cold water can improve the nutritional supply of facial tissues and enhance the elasticity of facial skin.
Second, warm teeth.
Chinese medicine believes that "teeth are outside the kidney", and protecting teeth means protecting the kidney. Warming your teeth means brushing your teeth and gargling with warm water. Warm water refers to water with a temperature of about 35℃. Teeth and gums can only undergo normal metabolism at a temperature of about 35℃.
Third, hot feet.
Scalding your feet means washing your feet with hot water before going to bed. Hot water refers to water with a water temperature of 45-50℃. As the saying goes, "cold starts from the feet" means that the blood supply to the feet is insufficient, the heat is less, and the heat preservation is poor. Therefore, we should insist on washing feet and soaking feet with hot water every night to promote blood circulation throughout the body, enhance disease prevention ability, eliminate fatigue and improve sleep.
Three methods of kidney-protecting massage in winter
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is the "innate foundation" and "the root of life". Kidney likes warm and fears cold. The following three points can make kidney essence full and kidney qi vigorous, and regular massage can tonify kidney and beautify face.
First of all, pinch the field list
The abdomen is located under the navel 1.5 inch.
Methods: Rub your hands and massage with your right hand for 50 times. It can strengthen kidney, solidify sperm and improve gastrointestinal function.
Second, press the making tree.
This method is also called waist rubbing. Shenshu point is located one inch horizontally between the second and third lumbar vertebrae.
Methods: After rubbing your hands, massage them up and down with your palms for 50 times, alternating sides. Can be used for treating lumbago due to kidney deficiency.
Third, Mo Yongquan
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that foot is the intersection of kidney, spleen and liver meridians and bladder, stomach and gallbladder meridians, which plays an important role in the whole body's qi and blood circulation. Yongquan point of Zuxin is the starting point of kidney meridian and the first point of kidney meridian of Zushaoyin.
Methods: Massage the center of the left foot with the middle finger of the right hand and the center of the right foot with the ring finger of the left hand, alternately on both sides, 80 times each, until the center of the foot is hot. It has good curative effect on palpitation and insomnia, foot weakness, etc.
Eating black in winter also tonifies the kidney.
Eat black, get ready to eat black. Chinese medicine believes that black corresponds to winter and kidney. Pay attention to eat more black food in winter, such as black beans, black sesame seeds, black rice, black fungus, mulberry and so on. You can eat some in moderation every day and stick to it.
In addition, you can eat more yam, scallop, perch, chestnut, medlar, Polygonum multiflorum and so on.
Eat less water chestnut, persimmon, raw radish, raw cucumber, onion, pepper, mustard, clove, fennel, pepper, mint, chrysanthemum, salt and sauce.
2, kidney deficiency patients should pay attention to
1, abusing analgesics
Long-term use or large-dose use of some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, such as painkillers, indomethacin, paracetamol, aspirin, etc. It is easy to cause kidney damage.
Kidney damage can be manifested as fatigue, dry mouth, loss of appetite, frequent urination, urgency, dysuria, even hematuria and aseptic pyuria, accompanied by joint pain and other symptoms. Some will directly cause nephrotic syndrome such as acute nephritis or glomerular necrosis, and in severe cases will lead to renal failure and death.
2. Excessive use of some Chinese herbal medicines.
In recent years, it has been found that taking some Chinese herbal medicines (including Chinese patent medicines) will cause renal function damage. Chinese herbal medicines that can "damage the kidney" are: Tripterygium wilfordii, Akebia Akebia, Petunia, Xanthium sibiricum, Poppy Shell, Kusnezoff monkshood, Gentleman, Aristolochia, Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae and so on. Among them, tripterygium wilfordii has the greatest damage to the kidney, followed by Akebia manshuriensis, and the reason why Akebia manshuriensis damages the kidney is that it contains aristolochic acid, a nephrotoxic substance.
Step 3 eat too much
Modern people have more opportunities to eat, often eating too much "delicious", and the food they eat will eventually produce waste-uric acid and urea nitrogen. Most of these wastes are excreted through the kidneys, and overeating will undoubtedly increase the burden on the kidneys.
4, frequent urination
Some people hold back their urine for a long time because of their busy work. Urine staying in the bladder for too long is easy to breed bacteria, which will retrograde to the kidney through the ureter, leading to urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis. Once this kind of infection occurs repeatedly, it can cause chronic infection and is not easy to cure. Patients will not only have symptoms such as backache, frequent urination and urgency, but also may develop into acute uremia.
5. Excessive drinking
Excessive intake of soft drinks and sports drinks can indirectly damage the kidneys. The pH value in the human body is 7.2. This kind of beverage is generally strongly acidic, and the pH value in the body changes obviously after drinking. The kidney is the main organ that regulates the pH value of human body. Excessive intake of soft drinks and sports drinks for a long time will burden the kidneys and increase the probability of kidney damage.
6. Drink too little water
If you don't drink water for a long time, the urine volume will decrease and the concentration of waste and toxins carried in the urine will increase. Kidney calculi and hydronephrosis, which are common in clinic, are closely related to not drinking water for a long time. Drinking plenty of water can dilute urine, protect kidneys and help to fully discharge waste and toxins.
7. Eat bread that is too soft
There is a food additive potassium bromate in bread and cake, which can give gluten strength and elasticity necessary for baking food. It tastes soft, but excessive consumption will damage people's central nervous system, blood and kidneys.
8. Drink strong tea after drinking
Some people think that drinking strong tea after drinking can relieve alcohol, but in fact it is not only ineffective, but also hurts the kidney. Theophylline in tea can quickly affect the kidneys and play a diuretic role. At this time, alcohol will be discharged from the kidney before it can be decomposed again, and a large amount of alcohol will stimulate the kidney, thus damaging renal function.
9. The diet is too salty
The salty diet, especially some snacks with high salt content, such as eating potato chips and instant noodles, will make people unconsciously absorb too much salt, which will lead to an increase in blood pressure, and the normal blood flow of the kidneys will not be maintained, thus inducing nephropathy.
Kidney is the innate foundation and an important organ of human body. When renal function is seriously damaged, uremia will occur, which is life-threatening. Although with the increase of age, renal function gradually declines, but some living habits or behaviors in life often become an important cause of renal function damage. In order to protect the kidneys, everyone must be alert to the above "kidney injury" factors. So that we can have a good kidney.