Because man and nature are a unified whole, the functional activities of the five internal organs and the operation of qi and blood are closely related to the changes of seasons. Just like a fish in water, the change of water will definitely affect the fish. Similarly, changes in everything in the world will affect people. Therefore, TCM health care emphasizes the harmony between man and nature. The method of keeping in good health should be adjusted appropriately with the four-season climate change, cold, hot and cool.
For example, in spring, people's blood flows from the inside out, and the whole nature is also the time when everything is born. In this season, we must remember to "lie down at night and get up early, and walk in a wide court." "Going to bed late and getting up early" means going to bed early and getting up early, which helps to avoid hiding yin and restore qi and blood. "Walking in the court" means going out for a walk often, feeling the breath of all things in nature and forming a harmonious state with nature.
Chinese medicine says that the liver is the spring of the season among the five internal organs, which means that the liver plays a very important role in the human body in spring. Why do you say that? Because the liver has the function of dispersing hair, it can regulate qi and make qi and blood in the body run orderly. Liver-qi is characterized by regulating qi, ascending qi and dispersing it, just like spring. If the spirit is not carefree and the qi is not ascending, people will be prone to depression, leading to the upwelling of qi and blood. In severe cases, it will cause vomiting blood, hematemesis and even fainting, and it will also hurt the spleen and stomach, resulting in disorder of digestive function of the spleen and stomach.
Sun Simiao, the king of medicine in the Tang Dynasty, once said, "It is advisable to keep sour and sweet in spring to nourish your temper." According to Yao Wang, you can eat some foods such as jujube and honey to replenish your spleen in spring; Eat more vegetables, such as celery, spinach, Chinese cabbage, rape, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, carrots and so on. , and supplement vitamins, minerals and trace elements; You can also eat some onions, ginger, garlic and leeks to dispel yin and cold and help yang to rise.
Yam is also an edible food in spring. Yam is "warm but not sudden, slightly fragrant but not dry", which has the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach. At the end of spring, the temperature rises day by day, and the diet should be light. It is not advisable to eat spicy products such as mutton, dog meat, spicy hot pot, pepper and pepper, so as to avoid heat accumulation in the body and pathogenic heat turning into fire, leading to furuncle and swelling. In a word, a light and refreshing diet is good for health in spring.
Summer, as we all know, is easy to be agitated and lose your temper. This is because the human body is deficient in qi and blood in summer. At this time, everyone must pay attention to "staying up late and getting up early, never getting tired for a hundred days", staying up late in summer (preferably no more than 12) and getting up early to adapt to the changes of yin deficiency in nature. Taking a nap to supplement lack of sleep can also effectively prevent the occurrence of heart diseases such as coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction. A nap should usually be after lunch 15? 30 minutes, take the prone position, the time is 1? 1.5 hours is appropriate.
In summer, there are poria cocos, Ophiopogon japonicus, jujube, lotus seeds, lilies, bamboo leaves, arborvitae seeds and so on. In terms of diet, we should eat more millet, corn, beans, fish, onions, potatoes, wax gourd, bitter gourd, celery, asparagus, pumpkin, bananas, apples and so on. And eat less animal viscera, egg yolk, fat, roe, shrimp, etc.
The following four common nourishing fruits and vegetables in summer are suitable for eating more. First, watermelon: in addition to annoying and quenching thirst, clearing heat and relieving summer heat. Second, cucumber: Piqing juice is crisp, tender and delicious, with a water content of about 97%, which is a good product for promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Third, peaches: Shengjin Runchang, Huoxue Xiaoshi is suitable for polydipsia, blood stasis, poor stool, unfavorable urination, fullness and other symptoms. The fourth is bitter gourd: it can clear away heat and evil spirits, relieve fatigue, clear the heart and improve eyesight, and people who are tired from work can eat more.
In autumn, the method of health preservation should be "going to bed early and getting up early, taking chickens as fun". In other words, our life rules should follow the chicken. Chickens sleep in their nests and get up when they come out. At this time, people's qi and blood just converge from the outside, and people's yang is outside during the day and at night. If we follow the lifestyle of having fun with chickens, going to bed early and getting up early, then people's qi and blood will remain in good condition.
As the saying goes, "One summer is free from illness and three points are deficient", so we should pay attention to proper tonic in autumn, and observe the principle of "less pungent and more sour" in diet, so it is appropriate to nourish liver qi, and it is appropriate to be warm, light and fresh. It is not advisable to eat cold, spicy and sticky food, but eat more sesame seeds, walnuts, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products, pears, sugar cane and other foods. Lily lotus seed porridge, tremella rock sugar porridge, red jujube glutinous rice porridge, black sesame porridge, etc. They are all good autumn food.
Among fruits, pears are the first choice in autumn. Pear has the reputation of "the Sect of Hundred Fruits", which enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has two major effects, one is nourishing yin and moistening dryness, the other is clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. It can be eaten raw or mashed and juiced for oral administration, and can also be decocted and taken orally. In ancient times, there was a good diet in autumn dryness: "salt water in the morning and honey soup at night." Drinking salt water during the day and honey water at night is not only a good way to replenish human body's water, but also a good diet for keeping fit and resisting aging in autumn.
In winter, everyone must pay attention to "go to bed early and get up late, and wait for the sun." The general idea is that the three months of winter are the season when the gas reservoir of heaven and earth rises, when vitality lurks and everything hides. We should adapt to the change of this season, don't disturb the body's closing the sun, and work hard. It is suitable for going to bed early and getting up late, and it is best to get up after the sun rises. Keep your mind hidden and quiet. If; Stay away from the cold, get close to the warmth, and avoid frequent sweating, so as to avoid the continuous loss of human yang. This is a way to adapt to the winter climate and maintain the function of human artifacts. If you violate qi-closing in winter, it will damage the kidneys, make the conditions for life to provide qi in spring insufficient, and there will be diseases such as weakness of hands and feet and fear of cold in spring.
Good food supplements in winter include walnut kernel, longan, beef, dog meat, jujube, lotus seeds, mutton, chestnuts, peanuts, black fungus and soybean milk. Mung beans, raw lotus roots, bananas, water shield and Nostoc flagelliforme should not be eaten in winter and March. In addition, liquor also has the effects of regulating qi and blood, relaxing muscles and promoting blood circulation, and resisting colds. Ginseng Radix, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Hippocampus, Eucommiae Cortex, Cortex Cinnamomi, etc. It has the function of warming and strengthening the body, but it should not be moderate.
Spring, long summer, autumn harvest and winter storage are interrelated and complement each other. Improper health care in one season will inevitably affect the next season. So, now we know how to spend every season healthily.
People who are physically strong, painless, or cold-resistant should avoid makeup.
Never take supplements blindly. Health products, various creams, ginseng, etc. There are certain suitability and taboos in the market, so you should have certain choices when taking it. At the same time, these supplements are not targeted enough, and patients have strong individual differences, which may not achieve the expected results.
People with poor gastrointestinal function should avoid tonic. People with indigestion of the spleen and stomach, frequent diarrhea and abdominal distension must first restore the function of the spleen and stomach if they want to supplement. Only when the digestive function of the spleen and stomach is good can the absorption of tonic nutrition be guaranteed, otherwise no amount of tonic will be beneficial.
If exogenous diseases are not eliminated, avoid supplementing them. When suffering from exogenous diseases such as cold, fever, cough, gargle, etc., you can't take supplements to avoid pathogenic factors.
Avoid "the more expensive the better". Tonics are not the more expensive the better, the more expensive the more effective. When used properly, rhubarb can be used as a tonic; If the medication is not accurate, ginseng may be poisonous weeds.