"Chinese medicine believes that' cold coagulation, cold stagnation', cold weather, joint pain, cervical spondylosis and even cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are prone to onset." Keeping warm is the first priority, especially in the parts such as shoulders, neck and feet that are easy to catch cold. For the elderly, we should pay attention to ventilation while keeping warm and strictly guard against cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Pay attention to proper exercise. A folk proverb says, "Exercise more and get sick less in winter; : lazy in winter, drink a bowl of medicine. "This shows the importance of winter exercise. In this dry and cold day, we should do more outdoor sports, such as jogging, skipping rope and kicking shuttlecock in the morning. Also be calm and optimistic, don't worry about trifles, be calm and add fun. In this solar term, people with heart disease and hypertension often get worse, and the number of people suffering from "stroke" increases. Chinese medicine believes that the blood in the human body is easy to flow when it is warm and easy to stagnate when it is cold. The so-called "blood coagulates when it is cold" is the truth. Therefore, warm-keeping work must be done well, especially for the elderly.
3 Pay attention to diet, tonify kidney and be slightly cold. The weather is cold, and tonic should be mainly based on tonifying kidney and expelling cold. For example, mutton soup with angelica and ginger as the main raw materials has the effects of warming the middle warmer, enriching blood, dispelling cold and strengthening the body, which is very suitable for white-collar workers with chronic fatigue and serious sub-health state; For people with weak waist and knees, fear of cold and severe sexual dysfunction, it is suitable to supplement "sheep kidney and red ginseng porridge", which has the functions of benefiting qi and strengthening yang, replenishing essence and replenishing marrow. The specific method is as follows: 1 sheep kidney,100g of red ginseng are all cut into pieces, and rice is added to cook porridge.
4 Pay attention to soaking feet to drive cold Chinese medicine believes that "blood condenses when it meets cold", so it is very important to keep it slightly cold and do a good job of driving cold. The most obvious feeling of many people at this time is that their feet are cold, that is, the so-called cold starts from their feet. So the best way is to soak your feet with Chinese medicine. Chinese herbal medicines such as angelica, safflower and Spatholobus suberectus can be put into a pot, boiled with water, poured into warm water and soaked in feet every day. After soaking your feet, you can rub Yongquan point in the soles of your feet for 5 minutes, which can get a good effect of dispelling cold and promoting sleep.