As the saying goes, "Spring covers autumn", that is, "Spring is not busy reducing clothes, and autumn is not busy adding crowns". In spring, the heating is new, the cold is not exhausted, the climate is changeable, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. Our bodies have not been able to adapt to the climate change, so it is easy to catch a cold and get sick at this time.
Shi, a health expert in Qing dynasty, thought that "spring can't be sparse, which makes people suffer from typhoid fever, cholera, indigestion and headache". So don't cut clothes too fast in spring, especially some girls who love beauty have put on short skirts and shorts. At this time, cold can easily lead to dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.
At the beginning of spring, eat some foods that are conducive to the rise of yang in the diet. Gan Xinwen suits the taste of food. Liver tastes sour, and it is easy to get angry in spring. Eat less sour, cold and greasy products, and eat more vegetables, bean products and fruits.
In spring, the liver qi is strong, which is easy to hurt the spleen, so it is necessary to regulate the spleen and stomach in spring, and eat more foods such as jujube, yam and potatoes.
Spring brings forth the old and brings forth the new, everything revives, and natural life in heaven and earth sprouts. People should go to bed at night and get up early, dress loosely in the morning, and then exercise. Don't kill indiscriminately in spring, give more and take less, reward more and punish less.
Pay attention to staying up at night and getting up early in spring. 23: 00-1: 00 is the season of meridians and gallbladder channels, and qi and blood flow into the gallbladder channels. It is best to fall asleep before 23 o'clock at night, get up at 6-7 in the morning, and sleep at noon during the day to nourish the yang.
Due to the cold winter, in order to protect the yang, people's exercise is reduced, and all aspects of their body functions are weakened to varying degrees, especially the muscles and ligaments of the whole body, which need exercise to activate their functions. Therefore, spring exercise is particularly critical to restore vitality, maintain vitality in the body, and enhance the ability to resist diseases and pathogens. The amount of exercise should be gradually increased, and strenuous exercise should not be done.
Everything is full of vitality in spring, which is suitable for morning exercise and physical fitness. You can do some simple relaxation exercises, such as jogging, Tai Ji Chuan, Baduanjin, gymnastics and so on. , soothing the liver and regulating qi. Pay attention to the location of outdoor activities. Don't choose places with a lot of automobile exhaust and air dust. If conditions do not allow, you can exercise on the indoor balcony.
Spring is the season when everything grows and the sun first appears, corresponding to the liver. In spring, the liver qi is vigorous and rising, adapting to the changes of natural vitality.
In other words, in spring, the human body should conform to the growth of yang, not go against it. Mentally, don't stifle these vitality, keep a positive attitude, think about giving rather than taking, and embrace everything with a broad mind.
To nourish the liver in spring, you should be open-minded, optimistic and cheerful emotionally, and don't be depressed and furious, so as not to increase the burden on the liver. Usually, you can tap the liver and gallbladder meridians, the inner liver meridians are tapped from bottom to top, and the outer gallbladder meridians are tapped from top to bottom, so that the liver qi is smooth.
In a word, keeping in good health in spring is very important for human health. Comply with the nature's yang-generating and yin-eliminating, regulate qi-flowing, bring forth the old and bring forth the new, make the yang-qi rise, and make the body and spirit flourish, so as to achieve the goal of "keeping healthy qi in the interior and not doing evil".