Guest profile Pan, resident of acupuncture department of Shanghai Fifth Rehabilitation Hospital. Good at acupuncture treatment of facial paralysis, insomnia and neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain; Catgut embedding therapy is used for cervical and lumbar diseases, gastrointestinal diseases and weight loss.
Chinese medicine believes that living habits are the foundation of health, and diet pays attention to reasonable structure, appropriate timing and warmth. Pay attention to scientific sleep, combination of work and rest, and the law of life in daily life; Exercise should be active, vary from person to person, and persevere, not fishing for three days and drying the net for two days; Chinese medicine also attaches importance to people's emotions, and should be calm, have good taste and stay away from bad hobbies.
1. Apart from eating, living, and exercising, does Chinese medicine have its own unique concept of health preservation in terms of seasons?
"Spring grows in summer and autumn harvests in winter". Take winter as an example. In winter, the yang is restrained and everything is hidden, which is the best health-keeping season in a year. At this time, the ancients were busy with farm work and grain was put into storage. People need to rest and turn on the closed mode, just like animals begin to hibernate. It's time to go out less.
Second, how to maintain health in autumn and winter?
Chinese medicine believes that "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter, from its roots." Nourishing yin in autumn and winter requires a scientific schedule and a high quality of sleep, and it is not advisable to stay up late.
1, Dietotherapy: When the weather turns cold, eat less spicy and irritating foods and eat more foods that moisten dryness and nourish yin, such as yam, grapefruit, pear, tremella and lily. Also taking some Chinese medicines such as Radix Adenophorae and Radix Ophiopogonis under the guidance of a doctor. People in China pay attention to eating seasonal ingredients. In the Five Elements Theory, autumn is white, so they eat more white food in autumn, such as pears, tremella and lilies.
2. Drink water frequently: In the dry autumn and winter season, you should replenish water in your body in time, and don't wait until you are thirsty to drink water. Besides drinking boiled water in autumn, honey water is also a good choice. You can drink it once every morning and evening to achieve the effect of nourishing yin.
3, swallowing saliva: Chinese medicine believes that saliva is very precious, swallowing saliva can achieve the effect of prolonging life, so you may wish to close your eyes and sit still before getting up or before going to bed, swallowing saliva for health care.
Third, I often hear the older generation say that "spring covers the autumn". What does this mean?
Don't take off your thick clothes in spring, and don't wear too much when it gets cold in autumn. Proper covering or freezing is good for your health. Autumn is a transitional stage between summer and winter. Keeping the body cool and accepting some cold stimuli can, on the one hand, conform to the natural qi and the transformation of Yang Qi of Yin and Yang, on the other hand, enhance the cold resistance and resistance of the body.
But generally speaking, people suffering from rhinitis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases and bone and joint diseases, female patients with body cold, elderly people with physical weakness, children and other people are not suitable for autumn freezing.
Fourth, how to do activities or sports in autumn?
1. Autumn is the golden season for outdoor activities. At this time, strengthening physical exercise for the elderly is the most active method in autumn health care.
2. In autumn and winter, maintaining yin in the body should be the primary task, and exercise should also conform to this principle. It is advisable to choose relaxed and gentle projects, and the amount of exercise should not be too large.
3. People with weak constitution should prevent excessive sweating and loss of yang, pay attention to rest after exercise and recover their physical strength.
When you exercise in autumn, you should also add or subtract clothes at any time to adapt to climate change.