Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, which means a new cycle has begun. Starting from today, it marks that the winter that everything is closed has passed and it has begun to enter a warm spring. Because of the vast territory of China, you can obviously feel the breath of early spring in the Tropic of Cancer and its south, but in most parts of China, you will still feel cold, and it will last for a while before you can enter spring. The arrival of beginning of spring reflects the change of natural rhythm in a year. Standing means starting. Beginning of spring is the time when the sun be the spirit was born. With the rising of yang, everything gradually recovers, germinates and grows. Heaven and earth are natural and full of vitality, showing a vibrant scene. At this time, people should lie down at night, get up early to adjust their emotions and recharge their batteries.
People's Yang Can not only refreshes the spirit, but also nourishes the essence to make the bones and muscles flexible. If it violates the qi of spring, it will damage the liver, and the liver qi will stagnate. If the qi of summer is insufficient, it will cause cold damage, which will occur in the tendons. Qi from the meridians of the liver will be injected into the neck, and the eyes will be enlightened. Essence is hidden in the liver, and diseases mostly occur in the head. The climate in spring is dominated by the atmosphere. Early spring is dominated by common cold and cold. The common cold is the root of all kinds of diseases. But as long as the human body remains quiet, the muscles of the human body will be closed, and the yang will have the ability to resist external evils. Even if the wind is strong and poisonous, it will not cause harm. This is the result of keeping in good health and keeping healthy.
The change of yin and yang in the four seasons is the basis of the growth of all things, and spring conforms to the characteristics of spring. Health care needs to pay attention to protecting yang against colds. Yang protection should be carried out from the aspects of diet, daily life, psychology and exercise.
Diet: Eat more whole grains, seasonal vegetables, melons and fruits, eat more broad-chested foods such as day lily, radish, shepherd's purse, chrysanthemum, pistachio, citrus, onion, lobster sauce, and eat less astringent and sour foods such as ebony and carambola, and eat less cold and greasy foods.
Medicinal diet recommendation: Shouwugan tablets, shrimps and leeks, chestnut chicken pieces, rose jasmine tea, etc.
Daily life: It is not advisable to take off your cotton-padded jacket too early in spring clothes, open the window frequently for ventilation, put on a thick bottom and a thin top, lie down and get up early at night, stretch yourself, and participate in outdoor activities such as mountaineering, jogging and ball games. And do indoor activities such as practicing Ba Duan Jin to overcome fatigue and drowsiness.
Psychological aftercare: open your heart and be cheerful, consciously cultivate your open-minded and cheerful personality, make intimate friends, learn a reasonable way to vent, balance yourself, adjust yourself and adapt to the spirit of spring.
Traditional Chinese medicine conditioning means
1. TCM conditioning: the human body constitution is different from cold and heat, and the medicinal properties of drugs are also different. Traditional Chinese medicine conditioning can improve the bias of constitution. The preventive medicine department can formulate more perfect conditioning prescriptions according to the physical characteristics of patients.
2. Moxibustion through acupoint conditioning: Moxibustion has a good effect of warming and regulating qi, and has a good effect on liver qi discomfort and menstrual qi block.
3. Acupoints: Meridian conditioning, health massage can soothe the liver and regulate qi, dredge meridians and stimulate the body's self-stabilizing system, which has a two-way adjustment effect.
4. Du moxibustion: Du meridian, also known as the sea of Yang meridian, can regulate the accumulation and infiltration of Qi and blood in Yang meridian. Du moxibustion has the functions of warming yang, dredging collaterals, expelling wind and removing dampness. It has a unique curative effect on joint pain such as neck, shoulder, waist, legs and knees caused by arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness and obstruction of collaterals by pathogenic factors. TCM comprehensive treatment of different types of diseases can obviously improve symptoms.