Chinese medicine often says that the deficiency of qi and blood in winter is the root cause of human illness. On cloudy days in winter, the yang of the human body is stored in the body. The body surface loses the promotion of yang, and the blood circulation speed decreases. While keeping out the cold, the body surface also needs to guard against diseases and pathogens. If you don't pay attention to nourishing blood, the blood circulation will become slower. If you encounter cold stimulation, your blood will stagnate and your blood circulation will be blocked, so you can't provide enough oxygen and nutrition for your body.
Children may catch a cold, often catching a cold. Women may have symptoms of qi and blood deficiency such as irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea. The elderly are prone to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as headache, myocardial infarction and cerebral thrombosis.
If you want to keep healthy in winter, you must pay attention to nourishing blood and strengthening the body through correct diet conditioning and good living habits to avoid the injury of diseases.
Dietotherapy and nourishing blood In winter, many foods we eat can effectively enhance human qi and blood. To replenish blood in winter, friends can combine winter tonic and eat some foods that are conducive to enhancing qi and blood.
For example, mutton in meat has the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the spleen, which is a traditional good product for invigorating qi and blood. Beef can enhance the ability of spleen and stomach to metabolize qi and blood, and also has a good blood-enriching effect. Donkey meat is a traditional food for enriching blood and nourishing blood, and Ejiao is made of donkey skin. Eating more donkey meat in winter helps to nourish blood.
In vegetables and fruits, we should pay attention to eating some warm foods to nourish blood, such as longan, yam, pumpkin, tomato, orange, litchi and pomegranate. For some cold foods, eat less to avoid damaging qi and blood.
Good living habits contribute to nourishing blood. Chinese medicine believes that people's bad living habits will consume qi and blood. For example, sleeping too much in winter will interfere with the function of the liver, which is an important organ for producing blood. So go to bed early in winter to nourish the liver and blood.
Many white-collar workers look at computer screens for a long time without resting their eyes. Chinese medicine says that hyperopia hurts blood. Because the liver begins to understand the eyes, it is necessary to develop the habit of resting the eyes regularly in winter to avoid damage to qi and blood.
Smoking, excessive drinking and excessive exercise will consume a lot of human blood, so we should try to quit.