Generally speaking, the winter diet should follow the principle of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter" and "not disturbing yang" of normal people, that is to say, you can't eat cold food or spicy and dry food, so as not to hurt yang. At the same time, you should pay attention to prevent excessive warming, and it is best to eat some foods with high calorie, such as black fungus.
Because winter mainly nourishes kidney qi, the corresponding taste of kidney is salty. According to the five elements, water is like fire and fire is like heart, and the corresponding taste is bitter, so the diet in winter should be less salty. In winter, kidney qi is strong. Eating more salty food will help kidney qi to be strong, but it is not normal to turn into excitement. It is advisable to increase bitterness, because water can suppress fire, so eating bitterness helps the heart to prevent kidney water from suppressing fire.
In addition, winter tonic should not only vary from person to person, but also pay attention to regional differences. Different geographical environments and living habits have different physiological characteristics and pathological changes. So we should also pay attention to diet and tonic.
Generally speaking, the dietotherapy scheme of warming the heart and rejuvenating the yang is generally adopted in winter, and the dosage is more in the cold area of northwest China; In southeast hot and humid areas, the dosage is less; In high cold and high humidity areas, it is advisable to eat pungent-warm, pungent-hot, fire-rising and aphrodisiac dietary raw materials, and avoid foods with cold and cool effects.
Winter tonic, but also to abide by the following three principles.
Food should have heat preservation function. Eat more foods that can increase the calorie supply and are rich in fat, protein and carbohydrates, such as meat, eggs, fish and bean products.
Food should have the function of keeping out the cold. Medical research shows that people's fear of cold is related to the lack of minerals in the body. So pay attention to supplement minerals. China people generally take "five grains as nourishment, five fruits as help, five livestock as benefit and five dishes as stuffing". As long as you don't have a partial eclipse, you can ensure the human body's demand for minerals such as potassium, iron and sodium.
Food should have anti-drying function. The winter climate is dry, and people often have symptoms of dry nose, dry tongue and chapped skin. At this time, it is necessary to eat more foods rich in vitamin B2 and vitamin C. Vitamin B2 is mostly found in the liver, eggs and milk of animals. Vitamin C mainly exists in fresh vegetables and fruits.
Daily conditioning of health preservation in winter
Winter health care, mainly pay attention to avoid cold and keep warm, nourish yang and yin. Specifically, in daily life, we should go to bed early and get up late, exercise mainly statically, and do less strenuous activities to minimize the metabolism of the human body and reduce the consumption of kidney essence. Be calm in spirit, hide your feelings, don't be angry, don't be sad, don't be overjoyed.
Avoid cold and keep warm, especially pay attention to keep your head warm. If you don't pay attention to keeping your head warm, the blood vessels in your head will contract because of the cold weather, resulting in headaches and other symptoms; The second is to keep your back warm, otherwise there will be pain in the cervical and lumbar vertebrae; The third is to keep your feet warm. Because the foot is farthest from the heart, the blood supply is small and slow, so the skin temperature of the foot is the lowest. Chinese medicine believes that cold feet will inevitably affect internal organs, which can lead to diarrhea, irregular menstruation, impotence, low back pain and other diseases.
Nourishing yang and yin means getting up after the sun comes out. Because going to bed early can maintain human yang and keep the body warm, while getting up late can nourish human yin. Do it at sunrise, get up and stop the cold, and ask for its warmth.
Exercise is mainly static, which mainly means that in winter, people are often unwilling to take part in sports because of the cold climate, or do some strenuous exercise beyond their physical load in order to keep their bodies at a certain temperature, which is not worth doing. Correct winter sports health requires us to adhere to moderate physical exercise, as the saying goes: "Exercise more in winter and get sick less;" Lazy in winter, drink a bowl of medicine. " "Practice dog days in summer and practice Sanjiu in winter. "In the winter morning when the temperature is suitable, playing Tai Ji Chuan and walking quickly are very beneficial to physical and mental health.
Winter facial care
In winter skin care, we should pay attention to the fragile and sensitive characteristics of the skin, care carefully, and try our best to improve the internal resistance and absorption capacity of the skin.
Warm moxibustion on the face can promote the circulation of facial capillaries and enhance the absorption capacity of the skin, especially for dark circles, bags under the eyes, fine lines around the eyes, dull skin and lack of water. The specific method is: after the skin is cleaned, put the moxa stick into a warm moxibustion stick and roll it around the cheeks and eyes to stimulate facial acupoints and adjust the skin condition. Note that the temperature of the moxibustion stick should not be too high, and the time should be about 15 minutes. After warm moxibustion, using facial mask or skin care products will obviously improve skin absorption.
Scraping, like massage, is a traditional superficial detoxification method, which can promote the circulation of liquid in the body and avoid blockage.