In the cold winter, everything is hidden, so health care should conform to the laws of nature and converge. In daily life, you should go to bed early and get up late, go to bed early and nourish yang, and get up late to consolidate yin and replenish essence. It is advisable to meditate and eliminate bad emotional stimulation. When the gods hide, they are in good shape, and good shape makes them healthy. Because of the Spring Festival, many people's schedules have been disrupted. Casual and irregular daily routine is not only useless, but also harmful to health, leading to "holiday diseases" such as gastrointestinal dysfunction and endocrine disorders. More seriously, irregular life may also lay hidden dangers for some chronic diseases.
In winter and March, plants wither, insects are frozen, and the human metabolism slows down accordingly, and the resistance drops, which makes it easy to get sick, and it is especially easy to damage the yang, and it is easy to suffer from chronic diseases when it is slightly cold. At this time, health care should be protected from the wind and cold, and proper cover can reduce the occurrence of diseases, especially common respiratory infectious diseases. The temperature is still relatively low during the Spring Festival, so it is very necessary to keep warm. Old people should wear light and warm clothes. Chinese medicine believes that the head is the "meeting of all yang", and the cold weather causes disease, and the "head" bears the brunt. In the study of meridians, the back is the main part of the meridian of foot sun. The bladder meridian of the foot sun is the outside of the body, which plays the role of "fence" to prevent the invasion of external evils. The sole of the foot is far away from the heart, with little blood supply and thin surface fat, which is the place with the lowest skin temperature. Therefore, for the elderly, special attention should be paid to the protection of important parts such as head, back and feet.
From the perspective of nutritional intake, with the improvement of living standards and the enhancement of health awareness, many people's daily diet has been able to meet nutritional needs. However, during the Spring Festival holiday, if you continue to eat a lot of "good dishes" such as meat, seafood, fish and shrimp, it will suddenly increase the burden on the stomach, especially the elderly. Suffering from senile diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease, it is easy to aggravate the condition and even cause acute attacks. Therefore, the Spring Festival table may wish to be vegetarian and eat less meat. While keeping the light theme, you can eat more warm food, such as chicken, onion, ginger, garlic and so on. , more sweet and less sour, harmonize liver qi and replenish spleen and stomach.
Some families like to soak in hot springs during the New Year, and it is very pleasant for the whole family to take a bath together. However, the frequent bathing of the elderly in winter does not conform to the principle of keeping in good health in Tibet. Old people can wash their feet with warm water before going to bed, which can promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, promote Yang Qi, soothe the nerves and help sleep. At the same time, foot washing can be combined with foot massage, which can dredge meridians and enhance blood circulation of feet.
During the Spring Festival, with the increase of parties and the decrease of outdoor activities, the elderly are prone to vitamin D deficiency and osteoporosis. Therefore, encouraging the elderly to bask in the sun outdoors is helpful to prevent osteoporosis in the elderly. Sunlight can also reduce the mental depression that often occurs in the elderly.
During the Spring Festival holiday, many people enjoy this quiet life very much and often choose to stay at home. But during the Spring Festival, we tend to eat more greasy than usual, and we need enough exercise to help us metabolize the excessive fat in our bodies. Appropriate outdoor activities for the elderly in sunny and windy weather can prevent diseases and improve their ability to keep out the cold, but attention should be paid to the amount and manner of exercise.
After waking up in the morning, the elderly should rest for 5 minutes before getting up, get up slowly, and exercise after eating and drinking properly. Do some simple physical exercises before exercise to prevent ligament and muscle sprain. Choose softer exercise methods, such as Tai Ji Chuan, walking and aerobics. Do not take part in strenuous activities. Patients with asthma, hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and stroke should be careful to do cold-resistant exercise, because cold can easily lead to acute attacks of these diseases and cause danger.
Zhao Li, deputy director of the Center for Prevention and Treatment of Shenyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a Chinese medicine practitioner. Member of the National Committee of Chinese Medical Emergency Medical Association and executive director of Liaoning Medical Emergency Medical Association. Good at treatment: sub-health and chronic disease conditioning, insomnia, headache, chronic fatigue syndrome and endocrine and metabolic diseases such as diabetes, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism.