Four proverbs of TCM health preservation
Don't take a bath after a meal: after a full meal, people's digestive system begins to work, a lot of blood runs in the stomach, and the blood of other organs decreases accordingly. At this time, bathing will increase the blood flow of skin and muscles, and there is not enough blood in the stomach, which will affect the digestion and absorption of food. Although bathing is not strenuous exercise, for the elderly with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, taking a bath immediately after meals may cause heart ischemia and trigger a sudden attack of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. So it's best to take a bath one or two hours after meals. You can choose the bath time according to your own constitution. For example, the elderly with weak constitution can choose to take a bath at noon when the yang is strong, which can achieve complementary effects and is not easy to get sick.
Drinking is not enough for the brain: many people like to drink two cups. If they wash their hair soon after drinking, it is likely to cause abnormal intracranial vascular function, dizziness, black eyes and vomiting. Old people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should not wash their hair with cold water at ordinary times, and should pay more attention after drinking. Some old people like to go out for a walk after drinking. If they encounter a cold wind at this time, the cold evil will take advantage of it.
"Be hungry first, don't let your food be full; Drink first when you are thirsty, and don't order. I have a small appetite and don't want to eat more. " This sentence comes from Hu Sihui, a famous dietotherapy health expert in Yuan Dynasty. It means, don't wait until you are hungry, and don't wait until you are thirsty to drink water. This is because, "Hungry and tired." Extremely thirsty, if you drink too much, it will turn into phlegm. "It can be seen that overeating when you are very hungry is very bad for your health.
Many office workers are in a hurry in the morning and often have no time to eat breakfast. They think "it doesn't matter if you're not hungry anyway". Wait until you are hungry and have a big meal. After a long time, these people's health will go from bad to worse, and gastrointestinal diseases and endocrine diseases will follow. The food stays in the stomach for about 4 to 5 hours. When we feel hungry, the food in our stomach has already been emptied, but at this time, gastric juice will still "digest" the gastric mucosa, which is easy to cause gastritis and peptic ulcer. In addition, frequent starvation can also lead to hypoglycemia, which can lead to coma in severe cases.
TCM health, don't forget the above four sentences.