Rain is the second of the 24 solar terms in a year. Every February 18 or so, the sun reaches 330 degrees of the yellow meridian, which is the rain solar term. At this time, precipitation began, and the rainfall gradually increased. Rain has two meanings. First, the weather is getting warmer and the precipitation is gradually increasing. Second, in the form of precipitation, there is less snow and more rain. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "In the first month, water is in the sky. Spring belongs to wood, but there must be water for those who grow wood, so there is rain in beginning of spring. If the east wind melts, it will disperse into rain. "

The key to keeping in good health through rain and solar terms is to nurse the spleen and stomach. First of all, Chinese medicine believes that the liver dominates the ascending hair, so the liver qi is vigorous in spring, and the liver Mu Yi dotes on the spleen, so improper health preservation in spring is easy to damage the spleen and lead to the decline of spleen and stomach function. Secondly, after the solar term of rain, with the increase of rainfall, the evil of cold and dampness is most likely to trap the spleen, and at the same time, it is difficult to get rid of the evil of dampness. Therefore, we should protect our spleen from three aspects: diet, exercise and mood before and after rain.

1. Prescribed diet

The weather gets warmer in rainy season, windy in spring, and skin, dry mouth and chapped lips often appear, so the diet should be light, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, replenish body moisture, prevent fat, sweet and greasy, affect spleen and stomach transport, and promote diuresis and phlegm. In addition, don't eat too much cold food, and don't drink herbal tea. You can eat some warm sweets appropriately to nourish the spleen and stomach and avoid the cold of the spleen and stomach, such as jujube, yam, lotus seeds, leeks and spinach. Dietotherapy is better with porridge, which can be made into lotus seed porridge, yam porridge, jujube porridge and so on. But this season, we should eat less warm and spicy products such as mutton and hot pot to prevent the yang from leaking out.

2. Sports.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "spleen governs the muscles of limbs" and moderate physical exercise can achieve the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach. As the saying goes, "spring is sleepy and autumn is sleepy, summer is sleepy and winter is sleepless in March." The occurrence of sleepiness in spring is not only caused by temperature changes, but also related to people's less exercise in a winter. If you don't exercise for a long time, the blood circulation will be reduced, and the blood supply to the brain will naturally be insufficient, which will naturally lead to drowsiness. So more exercise will make your body and brain excited and make you feel refreshed.

3. Emotionally

We should keep a good mood, because a bad mood will lead to stagnation of liver qi and affect the function of soothing the liver and regulating qi. However, the functions of activating qi and ascending and descending turbidity of the spleen and stomach are influenced by the function of expelling qi from the liver. Therefore, a bad mood will affect the transport function of the spleen and stomach. In order to maintain our spleen and stomach, we must keep a good mood, avoid anger and depression, be open-minded and optimistic.

Text/Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Rehabilitation Department Chen Tingting