The climate in spring is changeable, and it is a season with high incidence of various respiratory diseases. Old people should pay attention to exercise and breathe fresh air in spring. The following is what I arranged for you for your reference.

Warm tips for spring health care for the elderly

1, avoid improper clothes.

The climate in spring is changeable, hot and cold. Therefore, the elderly should not take off their cotton-padded clothes too early, but should cover them properly for a period of time so that all organs of the body can adapt. This can prevent colds and avoid inducing danger.

2. Avoid sleeping too much

People tend to get sleepy in spring, and some old people have the habit of staying up late. Chinese medicine believes that "lying down for a long time hurts the gas." Because lying down for a long time will cause metabolism decline, malnutrition, poor execution of qi and blood, stiff and uncomfortable meridians, and weak body. Therefore, the elderly should go to bed early and get up early in spring. Generally, it is enough to sleep for eight hours every day.

3, avoid cold food

In spring, the elderly should eat more nutritious and digestible light food, and do not eat or eat as little cold food as possible, so as not to cause gastrointestinal diseases. People with cold stomach drink ginger syrup in the morning and evening, which has the dual functions of warming stomach and preventing colds.

4. avoid going around.

Spring is the frequent season of respiratory infectious diseases, and the elderly have poor immunity and are prone to infection. During the epidemic, the elderly should not frequent shopping malls, theaters and other public places. Eating a few cloves of raw garlic every day or smoking vinegar indoors can prevent respiratory infectious diseases.

5. Avoid being lazy in activities.

Beautiful spring is a good time for the elderly to go out and participate in fitness activities. If you often go outdoors, you can enjoy the fresh air, clean up the dirty air in your body, enhance your heart and lung function, bathe comfortably in the warm sunshine, kill bacteria and viruses on the panel, and enhance your immunity.

Four methods of spring health preservation for the elderly

Keep out the wind and cold

In terms of clothes, although it is warm in spring, don't rush to cut down on clothes. Because the temperature is cold and warm in early spring, there are often cold waves coming. Especially the elderly, with weak qi and sparse bones, poor disease resistance and slight cold, are prone to chronic diseases. Because of sudden cooling, blood vessels will spasm, blood will be thick, blood flow will slow down, and organs will be ischemic. So colds, tracheitis, asthma, pneumonia, arthritis, migraine, coronary heart disease and so on will follow. Therefore, it is necessary to keep out the wind and cold at this time. In spring, the clothing style should be loose and elastic, and the pure cotton fabric has good hygroscopicity and warmth, which is suitable for underwear. Because the cold winter starts from below, traditional health care advocates that spring clothes should be "thick under and thin on top" to play the role of "nourishing yin and strengthening yang". Young women should pay special attention not to change skirts too early, otherwise it will lead to arthritis and various gynecological diseases. Spring breeze is hidden in the warmth, so it should be wiped off in time after sweating. Don't let the wind blow with your heart open. Proper covering in spring can reduce the occurrence of diseases, especially common respiratory infectious diseases.

Adjust your diet

In spring, the metabolism is vigorous, the diet should be warm and nutritious, and the principle is to strengthen the spleen and strengthen yang. It is advisable to choose sweet, warm and delicious food, and avoid greasy, sour, cold, sticky and spicy products to prevent fever and fire. Zhang Zhongjing, a health expert in the Han Dynasty, said: "When it is spring, the taste of its diet should be reduced to sour and sweetened, and the diet should not be wasted for a day to nourish its temper." Sun Simiao, the drug king of the Tang Dynasty, also said: "The diet in spring should be sour and sweet, strengthening the spleen and benefiting qi." Therefore, the spring diet should be sweet and less sour. Due to the acceleration of human metabolism and the increase of nutrient consumption in spring, we should choose more nutritious foods, such as mung bean sprouts, tofu, lobster sauce, jujube, fish, barley, wheat, lean meat, eggs, peanuts, sesame seeds, oranges, bananas, honey, ginger, onions and garlic. Because there are few fresh vegetables in winter and the intake of vitamins is insufficient, the accumulated internal heat in winter will be radiated, so it is necessary to eat more fresh vegetables, such as spring leeks, rape, spinach, shepherd's purse, celery, Malan vegetables, gouqi head, Toona sinensis, etc., which can play the role of clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and improving eyesight, reducing swelling and diuresis, and stimulating appetite. For patients with physical allergy, pollen allergy, urticaria and facial diseases, foods containing foreign protein, such as dog meat, pig head, jellyfish, chicken head, moth and crab, should be fasted.

Calm down.

In spring, you should be broad-minded, relaxed, natural and let your emotions "live". Especially for middle-aged and elderly people, if there is no anger and resentment, and they keep an optimistic mood, the essence will not dissipate, the viscera will not age, and the body will not be tired. Modern medical research shows that a bad mood can easily lead to stagnation of liver-qi, dysfunction of neuroendocrine system and decline of immune function, which can easily lead to liver diseases, mental diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and infectious diseases. Therefore, in spring, we should pay attention to the spirit of recuperation, maintain an optimistic and cheerful mood, make the liver qi unobstructed, and play a role in disease prevention and health care.

take exercise

A year's plan lies in spring, which is the best season for physical investment. The air is fresh in spring, and this environment is most conducive to expelling the old and absorbing the new and nourishing the viscera. Life lies in exercise. Exercise nourishes the body and life nourishes the blood. Regular activities and proper exercise are the secrets of longevity throughout the ages. However, "dynamic" can be divided into active and passive. In order to adapt to the vitality of spring, we should give priority to active exercise and perseverance. Therefore, in spring, we should strengthen physical exercise and go to outdoor sports, such as climbing mountains, doing exercises, running, boxing, playing ball, dancing yangko, kicking flippers and skipping rope. In order to improve blood circulation, improve cardiopulmonary function, get more oxygen, and make brain tissue adapt to seasonal changes in blood circulation.

These are the matters that should be paid attention to in spring health care for the elderly. Warm reminder, the elderly should eat less spicy food and often eat fresh vegetables and juicy fruits to ensure that the body is not short of water.