Before going to bed and after getting up in the morning are two precious health preservation times at both ends of the day. What are you used to doing? It is these small details that determine your health.
1, stay in bed for 5 minutes: protect the heart and brain.
When people sleep at night, all the systems of the body are in a semi-dormant state: blood pressure drops, heart rate slows down, urine volume decreases, metabolic rate decreases, breathing slows down and so on.
After waking up, the recovery of each system function needs a process. Especially for the elderly, don't get up immediately after waking up, you should lie in bed for 5 minutes first.
If you get up immediately, dizziness, palpitation and other discomfort symptoms will follow.
2. Stretch: Cheer up.
"Diligently stretch, relieve fatigue, nourish blood and heart" is an old saying.
Doing stretching exercises after waking up in the morning can promote blood circulation, make the brain get enough nutrition and cheer up.
For the elderly, doing this action often can soothe the liver and regulate qi, and coordinate the functions of various parts of the body.
3, rubbing your face: refreshing and eye-catching
Rubbing your face after getting up every morning is helpful to improve the blood circulation of your face, make your face ruddy and shiny, refreshing and eye-catching, and eliminate fatigue.
However, people with facial skin diseases, skin scratches and allergies should not use this method.
4, finger combing: improve neurasthenia
Zhu Nansun, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, said that "hair is blood". Every morning, when she wakes up, she will massage and comb her scalp with her hands to promote blood supply to her head, so that her spirit will be better all day.
Combing hair with fingers is beneficial to unblocking blood vessels, enhancing nutrient supply of brain cells, relaxing nerves and eliminating brain fatigue; Long-term persistence can improve neurasthenia.
5, Ming ancient days, Cong Er, hitting the pillow: clearing the head
Getting up in the morning and doing these little tricks will help clear your head.
Long-term persistence can also prevent Alzheimer's disease, slow down cochlear degeneration, and prevent neurasthenia, dizziness and headache.