After Grain Rain, the rainfall increased obviously and the humidity in the air increased gradually. At this time, health preservation should adapt to the changes of the natural environment, and through the adjustment of the human body itself, the internal environment (the physiological environment inside the human body) should adapt to the changes of the external environment (the external natural environment) to maintain the normal functions of various organs of the human body.

Chinese medicine pays attention to nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter. Especially in spring, it always gives people a picture of everything growing and thriving. At this time, the outdoor air is particularly fresh, which is a good opportunity to adopt natural qi to raise yang, and activity is the most important part of raising yang. People should choose suitable exercise programs according to their own physique, such as jogging, doing exercises, ball games and so on. Or go for a spring outing in the wild, which can not only broaden your mind and nourish your mood, but also expand your metabolism and increase your perspiration.

In this solar term, the liver and kidney are in a weak state, so we should pay attention to strengthening the maintenance of the liver and kidney. In terms of mental and emotional health, we should also pay attention to mental conditioning, avoid rage and depression, be open-minded, keep a quiet state of mind, listen to more music, go fishing, go for a spring outing, Tai Ji Chuan, take a walk, etc. , so as to cultivate our temperament and avoid anxiety and uneasiness when we are in trouble.

Grain Rain general principle 2: daily health.

1 Add a dress in the morning and evening. Don't cover your head in Spring Cover.

As the saying goes, "Grain Rain is cold and mice die", which means Grain Rain. The weather is hot and cold, and it is easy to catch a cold. Please keep warm. After the solar term in Grain Rain, the temperature gradually increased and the rainfall began to increase, but we should also pay attention to keep warm. Many people wear clothes like summer, but the season has not yet arrived, and moisture can easily enter the body from bare parts.

For the unpredictable weather, many parents would rather put more clothes on their children than freeze, saying it is "spring cover". In fact, this practice is wrong. There should also be a degree of spring coverage. 15 degrees Celsius is the critical point of spring cover. If it exceeds 15 degrees Celsius, you should reduce your clothes and stop covering. If you cover it again, it will easily lead to "spring fire." The heat generated in the child's body will encounter moisture and it is easy to get sick.

In particular, the temperature difference between morning and evening and noon is relatively large, so you should pay attention to keep warm in the morning and evening. Old people and children should pay special attention to this.

You can adjust the dressing level appropriately, and it is enough to wear one more in the morning and evening.

In Grain Rain season, the yang is getting longer and the yin is getting smaller. Go to bed early and get up early, and don't sweat too much to regulate the dirty air. In addition, because it is rainy season in Grain Rain, it is necessary to prevent moisture from invading the human body, resulting in shoulder and neck pain, joint pain, abdominal distension and aversion to eating and drinking.

2 Grain Rain beware of pollen allergy in spring.

Pollen allergy in spring is a high-incidence disease in spring, and all kinds of floating objects formed by pollen and dust in the air are potential allergens. In Grain Rain, catkins are flying all over the sky, which is the peak of pollen. When the spring breeze blows, many people are prone to redness, sneezing and runny nose. People with allergic constitution should prevent pollinosis, allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma this season. Pay special attention to avoid contact with allergens. Reduce the intake of high-protein and high-calorie foods in the diet, and go to the hospital in time for allergic reactions.

General principle 3 of health care in Grain Rain: diet health care

In spring, the liver is strong and the spleen is weak. The spleen was in a vigorous phase around Grain Rain 15 and 3 days after Qingming. Liver qi is full, and the heart is getting stronger. Spleen exuberance will make the stomach exuberant, and make the digestive function in an exuberant state, which is conducive to the absorption of nutrients. Therefore, this is a good time to make up the body. However, we should not take supplements like winter. Eat foods that are beneficial to liver and kidney, and foods that contain more B vitamins, such as wheat germ powder, standard flour, buckwheat flour, naked oats flour, millet, barley, soybeans and other beans, black sesame seeds, etc. So as to adapt to the changes of yin and yang and lay the foundation for a safe summer. The ancients said that "the spleen does not eat four seasons." Instead, we should eat some foods that have the effect of enriching blood and benefiting qi. This can not only improve physical fitness, resist the spring epidemic, but also lay the foundation for a safe summer. If you don't eat properly, it's easy to damage your stomach. In this sense, this period is prone to stomach diseases. Eliminating the causes is the key to treatment, such as quitting smoking and drinking, not overeating, not hungry, eating less and eating more meals, and avoiding food and drugs that irritate the stomach.

1 How does Grain Rain nourish and protect the liver?

Special mention of Grain Rain means that spring is almost over. According to the viewpoint of "nourishing liver in spring" in traditional Chinese medicine, we should seize the opportunity to regulate liver blood. At this time, the main points of diet therapy focus on nourishing liver and clearing liver, and nourishing eyesight. Among many vegetables, spinach is the most suitable for nourishing liver.

Chinese medicine believes that spinach is sweet, cool and enters the stomach. It has the effects of nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, benefiting the five internal organs, dredging blood vessels, quenching thirst, moistening intestines, nourishing yin, calming liver, helping digestion and clearing stomach heat and toxin, and is often effective in the adjuvant treatment of stomach diseases due to stagnation of liver qi. It has a good therapeutic effect on hypertension, headache, dizziness and anemia caused by liver yin deficiency in spring.

2 Eat more cold food before and after Grain Rain:

Before and after Grain Rain, you should eat more cold and nourishing food, such as watermelon, melon, banana, sugarcane, mango, loquat, apple, pear, persimmon, water chestnut, mulberry, tomato, cucumber, bitter gourd, white radish, towel gourd, lotus root, water bamboo, arrowhead and so on.

Grain Rain dietotherapy to eliminate dampness.

After Grain Rain, the humidity in the air gradually increased, which made people uncomfortable from the inside out. From the point of view of TCM health preservation, in such a humid environment, moisture can easily invade the human body, resulting in loss of appetite, heavy body, top-heavy, and sore joint muscles. If you already have various joint diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, it is also easy to induce in this solar term.

Therefore, Grain Rain should pay attention to eliminating dampness and cooperate in diet. The foods with good dampness eliminating effect are: white lentils, red beans, coix seed, yam, lotus leaves, gordon euryales, wax gourd, dried tangerine peel, white radish, lotus root, kelp, bamboo shoots, crucian carp and bean sprouts.