Methods/steps
1. More "point" water
In winter, the climate is dry and the human body is prone to water shortage. Drinking boiled water often can not only ensure the needs of the body, but also play a role in diuresis, detoxification and waste removal. Although sweating and urination decrease in winter, maintaining the normal operation of brain and body organ cells still needs water nourishment.
Methods: Drink no less than 2,000-3,000 ml of water every day.
"sweating"
Outdoor activities can regulate metabolic function, enhance cerebral cortex excitement and thermoregulation function. Exercise your bones and muscles properly, sweat a little, and keep fit.
Methods: Exercise should also be different according to individual physique and age. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should put an end to strenuous exercise such as playing ball and climbing mountains; People with respiratory diseases should choose to exercise in sunny days to avoid catching a cold and prevent the acute attack of the disease. The elderly should pay more attention to keep warm and avoid getting up early to exercise, so as to prevent stroke caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain.
3. Prevent "spot" diseases
The cold weather in winter is easy to induce the recurrence or aggravation of chronic diseases, so we should pay attention to cold protection and warmth. In order to keep warm, it takes less time to open the window and ventilate, and the air circulation is insufficient, which provides conditions for the breeding of various bacteria. At the same time, whether indoors or outdoors, the air in winter is not humid enough, and nasal dryness will leave more opportunities for bacteria.
Methods: To prevent the adverse stimulation of strong wind and cool weather to the body and prepare emergency medicine. At the same time, we should also pay attention to cold-resistant exercise, improve the ability to keep out cold and prevent diseases and prevent respiratory diseases.
4. Adjust the "God Point"
When winter comes, I feel listless, restless and stressed. This is a symptom of depression in winter, commonly known as "psychological flu in winter".
Methods: According to your health, choose some sports activities with different intensities, such as jogging, skating, dancing, ball games, etc., which are all good medicines to eliminate boredom and regulate your spirit.
Step 5 go to bed early
Sun Simiao, a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, said: "It is inappropriate to go out early in the morning and come back late at night in winter, which offended Han Wei." Go to bed early to nourish yang, and get up late to solidify yin essence. There is a saying: spring sleepy autumn sleepy, summer sleepy winter three months can not sleep. Chinese medicine pays attention to spring hair, summer harvest and winter storage, and winter is the season to recharge your batteries.
Methods: Adequate sleep should be ensured in winter health preservation, which is beneficial to the accumulation of latent yang and yin and body fluid. Remember to "raise Tibet" in beginning of winter's aftercare.
Step 6 fill in the "point"
Winter belongs to the season of "hiding", and the kidney is closed, which means that winter is the season of tonifying the kidney. Tonifying the kidney in winter makes you feel better and less sick.
Methods: Health preservation in winter should be scientifically supplemented. People with weak yang choose mutton, dog meat, chicken and so on. People with deficiency of both qi and blood can use goose, duck and black-bone chicken. People who are not suitable for eating cold and heat should choose medlar, red dates, fungus, black sesame seeds, walnuts and so on. Medication should follow the doctor's advice, one person and one method. Before winter tonic, it is best to stew beef with red dates, or cook beef soup with ginger and red dates to regulate the function of the spleen and stomach.
7. Protect your feet.
There is a folk saying that "cold comes from the soles of your feet." Because the foot is the farthest part of the human body, its fat is thin and its ability to keep warm is poor. However, Chinese medicine believes that the acupoints on the soles of the feet are closely related to internal organs. If the feet catch cold, it will cause colds, abdominal pain, low back pain, dysmenorrhea and other diseases. So pay attention to keep your feet warm and cold. Foot health in winter is fitness.
Methods: Insist on washing feet with warm water every day, and it is best to massage and stimulate the acupoints of both feet at the same time. Walk for more than half an hour every day to exercise your feet. Stick to rubbing the soles of your feet in the morning and evening to promote blood circulation.
8. Drink "tea"
Drinking tea in winter can refresh your mind, refresh your mind and enhance your memory; Excite the central nervous system and increase exercise ability; Stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion, stimulate appetite and eliminate bad breath; Eliminate fatigue and promote metabolism.
Method: Black tea is the top grade of drinking tea in winter. Black tea is sweet and warm, which can nourish human yang; Black tea is rich in protein and sugar, which generates heat and warms the abdomen, enhances the cold resistance of human body, and also helps digestion and greasy.
9. Drink "point" porridge
Drink hot porridge in the morning, go on a diet at dinner and nourish your stomach. When it is cold, getting up early and drinking a bowl of hot porridge helps to keep warm, increase the body's ability to keep out the cold and prevent colds.
Methods: Glutinous rice and red date porridge, eight-treasure porridge and millet porridge are the most suitable. You can also eat longan porridge, chrysanthemum porridge for calming the nerves and nourishing the heart, crucian carp porridge for invigorating the stomach and regulating the intestines, Poria porridge for invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, sesame porridge for nourishing yin and essence, walnut porridge for nourishing yin and solidifying essence, jujube porridge for invigorating qi and nourishing yin, tremella porridge for moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, and radish porridge for resolving phlegm.
10. "Point" ventilation
In winter, doors and windows are usually closed at home, which leads to indoor air circulation. People always breathe in this space, which will lead to a lot of carbon dioxide, and the human body will have symptoms such as dizziness and chest tightness.
Methods: Open the window for 20 minutes every morning, noon and evening to keep the indoor air fresh. Experiments show that every breath can remove 60% of harmful gases in indoor air. In order to avoid excessive temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, the indoor temperature should be controlled at 16-22℃.