The so-called "vernal equinox and autumnal equinox" is the half of the vernal equinox, which is the midpoint of 90 days in spring. At the same time, the sun shines directly on the equator on this day, and the time of day and night is equal. With the arrival of the vernal equinox, it means that spring has passed halfway, the weather has changed, and it is raining continuously. People should pay attention to maintaining the balance between yin and yang in health care. Before and after the vernal equinox is the germination period of vegetation growth, human blood is also in a vigorous period, and hormone levels are also in a relatively peak period. At this time, the common non-communicable diseases that are prone to occur are hypertension, menstrual disorders, hemorrhoids, allergic diseases and so on.

Su Wenzhi's Theory of Truth: "Look at the position of Yin and Yang carefully and adjust it to make it equal." That is to say, the human body should coordinate the physiological movements of viscera, qi and blood and essence with the external movements of brain, physical strength and exercise, and maintain the balance between supply and demand. Avoid inappropriate exercise and destroy the balance of the internal and external environment of the human body. Because the vernal equinox and solar terms divide day and night equally, people should pay attention to maintaining the balance of yin and yang in health care. The human body is a balanced whole, and Yin and Yang are divided into two parts. Diet, emotion and daily life all have their own biological laws. In order to obtain the "basic condition of life" of this "temporary balance state", maintaining the balance of yin and yang in the human body has become an important rule of health preservation. This rule is very important in spirit, diet, daily life, self-care and drug use. How to use the law of yin-yang balance in health care, coordinate various functions of the body, achieve a balanced state inside and outside the body, and keep the organic whole of the human body relatively calm and balanced is the foundation of health care. First, diet and health.

Su Wen Gu Kong Lun: "Adjust its yin and yang, if it is insufficient, it will be supplemented, and if it is excessive, it will be diarrhea." Traditional diet and traditional Chinese medicine treatment can be summarized as tonifying deficiency and purging excess. Such as benefiting qi and nourishing blood, nourishing yin and strengthening yang, filling essence, promoting fluid production and tonifying deficiency; Relieving exterior syndrome, clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, purging, dispelling cold, expelling wind and drying dampness can be regarded as diarrhea. The practice of TCM health preservation proves that no matter tonic or diarrhea, we must insist on adjusting yin and yang and carry out scientific diet and health care, so as to effectively prevent and treat many non-communicable diseases. In the diet conditioning of the spring equinox and solar terms, we should choose a diet that can keep the body function coordinated and balanced according to our actual situation. The general principle is to avoid hot and cold diet and keep the balance between cold and heat. You can choose your diet according to your physique, such as eating cold food fish and shrimp with warm onions, ginger, wine and so on. And eat leeks, garlic and other things that help yang, with nourishing yin eggs, in order to achieve the purpose of balancing yin and yang.

The vernal equinox is suitable for eating bamboo shoots, leeks and other foods. Here is a kind of healthy vegetable in the vernal equinox: leek.

Leek, also known as yangyangcao, yangyangcao, lazy grass, leek and so on. , famous for "meat in vegetables", has been cultivated in China for more than 3000 years. Er Ya said, "One kind lasts for a long time, so it is called leek." The ancients called it lazy grass and long vegetables because of its strong regeneration ability, continuous mowing and one crop after another for people to enjoy.

Chinese medicine believes that leek is sweet and pungent, warm in nature, can enter the liver, stomach and kidney meridians, and has the effects of warming the middle warmer, promoting the circulation of qi, invigorating the stomach, refreshing, removing blood stasis and detoxicating, and stopping spermatorrhea. It is a good medicine for warming and tonifying kidney yang blindly, and can treat chest obstruction, choking diaphragm, nausea, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, dysentery, thirst quenching, hemorrhoids and blood leakage. Compendium of Materia Medica holds that leek has the same effect as hot leaves and warm roots. Blood is scattered when you are born, and you are willing to make up when you are ripe. " Compendium of Materia Medica also records that "the first month is onion, and February is leek". In other words, leeks grown in February of the lunar calendar are most suitable for human health.

Note: Chinese chives "smell fragrant in spring, smelly in summer, and dull when eaten too much". Because leek is a spicy and nourishing product, it will cause nosebleeds and even hemorrhoids bleeding if eaten too much, so patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire and damp-heat syndrome are not suitable for eating. Leek contains more crude fiber and is not easily digested and absorbed by gastrointestinal tract, so patients with gastric and duodenal ulcer should not eat too much at one time.

Another dish is recommended: yam, lentil and carp soup. To make this dish, you need 30g of white lentils, 40g of yam, 3g of dried ginger (or ginger 1 5g) and carp1strip (about 500g). First, cut the carp open, remove scales, gills and viscera, wash it, add appropriate amount of water, cook it with the first three herbs 1 hour, and add appropriate amount of refined salt and Shaoxing wine for seasoning. It has the effect of invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness.

Second, mental health.

In terms of mental conditioning, we should be calm, maintain a relaxed, happy and optimistic mood, so as to maintain a peaceful atmosphere, and avoid exultation and great sorrow, which is not conducive to the release of liver qi, corresponding to the characteristics of "balance of yin and yang" in the spring equinox season. At the spring equinox, the spring is bright, bloom is growing and flowers are in full bloom, which is still a good time to go for an outing. When the weather is fine, you can go for an outing with friends to broaden your horizons, which is conducive to the release of liver qi. Third, daily life and health.

In daily life, although the vernal equinox has entered the second atmosphere, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, but the temperature difference between day and night is large, there are still cold currents from time to time, the weather changes greatly, there is more rain, even rainy. At this time, we should pay attention to the addition and subtraction of clothes and quilts, "Don't be extremely cold, don't be too hot", you can be thick and thin, pay attention to the warmth of lower limbs and feet, and it is best to sweat slightly to dispel the latent cold evil in winter. Especially the elderly and children, have poor resistance and are prone to infectious diseases such as colds or rubella. More attention should be paid to adding and subtracting clothes and quilts in time, so that you can get more sunshine to help dispel cold evil.