The first method of TCM health preservation: aphrodisiac
Spring and summer is the time when the natural temperature rises and the yang is gradually flourishing. At this time, health care should be based on nourishing yang to adapt to seasonal changes. According to the characteristics of human yang in spring, you can choose a flat and clear tonic diet, such as warming food. Tonic diet is suitable for normal people and people with weak constitution, such as buckwheat, coix seed, soybean milk, mung bean, apple, sesame and walnut. Qing Bu diet refers to the diet cooked with cold food, such as pears, lotus roots, shepherd's purse and lilies.
The second part of TCM health preservation: nourishing yin
Yin deficiency and gastroduodenal ulcer should occur in spring. Honey therapy can be used in diet. Steamed honey with water, taken on an empty stomach before meals, daily 100 ml, taken in three times. Or use 250ml of milk, boil, add 50g of honey and 6g of bletilla striata, and mix well to drink. These all have the effect of nourishing yin and benefiting the stomach. People with yin deficiency and internal heat can choose rice porridge, red bean porridge, lotus seed porridge, green vegetable paste and other foods. Do not eat sweets, greasy, fried, greasy, cold and rough food.
The third way of TCM health preservation: nourishing the brain.
In spring, people with hyperactivity of liver yang are prone to headache and dizziness, which is the reason why Chinese medicine says "all diseases are at the head of the spring". Its diet control method is: eat 250~500g bananas or oranges every day; Or use banana peel 100g, take it with water instead of tea, and drink it often. In addition, 250g celery and 10 red dates can be used instead of tea.
The fourth way of TCM health preservation: strengthening the spleen
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "it is advisable to keep sour and sweet in spring to nourish the temper." This is because the liver depression will affect the spleen in spring, so the spleen and stomach are weak in spring, and eating more sour food will make the liver yang excited. Therefore, the spring diet should choose spicy and warm food, avoid acidity, and eat more vegetables and wild vegetables.
The fifth part of TCM health preservation: nourishing kidney
The comfortable climate in spring is a good opportunity for patients with poor renal function to nourish and recuperate. At this time, taking Bushen recipe and Bushen medicated diet has a high curative effect on early renal function damage. Patients should pay attention to spring life conditioning, and the diet is mainly light and sweet. You can eat light fruits and vegetables, such as mangosteen, lotus root, coix seed, cucumber and cantaloupe.
The sixth way of TCM health preservation: nourishing the stomach
Diet should avoid eating pork soup, chicken soup, fish soup, beef soup, spinach, beans, animal offal and irritating condiments rich in creatine and purine. Because these foods have a strong stimulating effect on the secretion of gastric juice, they are also easy to form gas, causing bloating and increasing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Diet should be light and easy to digest, and honey therapy can be used.
The seventh way of TCM health preservation: keep "hot"
In the spring morning, the temperature is still very low. Cold stimulates the thyroid gland, which can cause hyperthyroidism, consume calories and weaken human endurance and resistance. On the other hand, the human body needs to consume calories to stabilize the basal body temperature to keep out the cold. So the diet at this time should be high in calories. In addition to cereal products, you can also choose glutinous rice products, soybeans, sesame powder, peanuts, walnuts and other foods to replenish energy in time.
Eight methods of TCM health preservation: invigorating qi
Chronic bronchitis in the elderly is also easy to attack in spring. The sun's spirit rises in spring, so does the human body's sun's spirit. In order to help Yang, we should pay attention to our diet. You can often eat onions, leeks, black beans, dates, stilbene and so on. We should also eat more foods with the functions of resolving phlegm, invigorating spleen, tonifying kidney and moistening lung, such as loquat, pear, lotus seed, lily, jujube, walnut and honey. Helps to relieve symptoms.
Nine methods of TCM health preservation: disease prevention
In spring, the climate changes from cold to warm.
If you can pay attention to your diet, you can also alleviate the "spring sleep". The ideal dietary arrangement is that breakfast consumes the most calories, followed by Chinese food and dinner. Eating fruits and juices rich in potassium can also help to alleviate "spring sleep", because potassium helps to maintain cell water, and people will feel weak when potassium is lacking.