In early spring, the temperature rises slightly, so try not to have a temperature and be graceful. Knowing that cold air is coming, you should know how to add clothes in advance. The key to warmth in spring lies in the back, abdomen and soles of feet. Keeping your back warm can prevent the cold from damaging the "Yang pulse sea"-the Du meridian, and reduce the chance of catching a cold; Warm abdomen helps to prevent indigestion and cold diarrhea. In addition, there is a proverb called "Cold begins with feet". Nerve endings in the foot are rich and sensitive. Only by keeping your feet warm can your body really warm up.
According to the theory of health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine, "it is advisable to bring sweetness to sour in spring to improve temper." This is because spring is prone to spleen and stomach weakness, so it is best to eat less hot and sour food and a small amount of sweets, such as yam, lily, fungus and so on. Chinese medicine believes that porridge is the most nutritious for the spleen and stomach. If you usually feel pain in the upper abdomen, loss of appetite, dry mouth and throat, or even thin body and less red tongue coating, you may wish to eat yam, lily and jujube porridge. Yam has the function of strengthening spleen and stomach; Lily clears away heat and moistens dryness; Jujube and coix seed can strengthen the spleen and stomach. Combination of multiple materials, nourishing yin and stomach, clearing away heat and moistening dryness. If you are in a bad mood and have gastrointestinal discomfort, it is recommended to eat fried meat slices with fungus. Auricularia auricula has the effects of nourishing stomach, tonifying kidney and regulating qi. Together with lean meat, it can tonify the spleen and stomach and regulate qi.
Spring belongs to wood in the five elements, corresponding to the liver, so we must pay attention to protecting the liver in spring. Besides staying away from alcohol and tobacco and paying attention to diet, the simplest thing is stretching. When the human body is sleepy, blood circulation is slow. At this time, if you stretch your limbs, stretch your waist and abdomen, make all your muscles and take a deep breath, it will play the role of expelling the old and absorbing the new, benefiting qi and promoting blood circulation. The blood circulation is accelerated after stretching, which can stimulate the liver function and achieve the health care effect of the liver.