1, what should Chinese medicine pay attention to?
1, keep warm.
In winter health knowledge, keeping warm is the key to ensure health. First of all, we should pay attention to dressing, increase clothes in time, and pay attention to keeping warm. Secondly, we should pay attention to the warmth of the feet, because the cold comes from the soles of the feet, and most of the cold outside invades the body from the feet with rich acupoints. It is very important to keep your feet warm.
Step 2 be temperate
Winter corresponds to kidney water. Kidney storing essence is the foundation of sealing and storing. Kidney essence is related to the whole process of human life growth, development and reproduction. Kidney governs bone, produces marrow, and the marrow is connected with the brain, which is related to the function of the human brain. Keeping in good health in winter should conform to nature, and the most important thing is to hide, that is, to hide essence. The preservation of kidney essence is mainly abstinence, reducing sexual intercourse and avoiding excessive sexual intercourse. In addition, proper qigong guidance can tonify kidney and store essence, so you may wish to practice more.
Step 3 get more sunshine
In winter, the yang is restrained, but the yang outside is not abundant. More sunshine is a natural therapy to regulate seven emotions and overcome bad emotions. Sunshine can dispel the haze, bathed in warm sunshine, the mood will naturally be cheerful and the bad mood will be eliminated. Seeking a quiet state of mind in winter can make you feel refreshed. Modern medical research results show that more sun exposure can promote the absorption of calcium, thus strengthening bones, which is also the only way to store essence.
4. Go to bed early and get up late
According to the health care points to be hidden in winter, it is best to live in a secret room, keep warm clothes, adjust diet and adapt to the cold and warm temperatures. Go to bed early and get up late to avoid frost. Going to bed early and getting up late, one can avoid more contact with the outside world, thus avoiding the invasion of the cold outside, and the other can preserve sperm. This way of working and sleeping reduces a lot of activities and consumption. In addition, food and clothing are well maintained, just in line with the requirements of hiding in winter.
5. It is not advisable to take a bath frequently.
When the yang is restrained, if you are forced by soup and fire, you will definitely sweat. Chinese medicine believes that sweat is the fluid of the heart, which belongs to the vaginal fluid in the human body and cannot be damaged at will. Sweating too much or too much is easy to damage vaginal fluid, which is not in line with the key points of winter health preservation. Yang will be dissipated with vaginal fluid, leading to the decline of human immune function, thinning of flesh and blood, easy injury, and many diseases caused by exogenous factors.
2. What does Chinese medicine eat for health?
1, radish can reduce fire
1 white radish (sweet and crisp) (about 500g), chopped and twisted juice, seasoned with appropriate amount of white sugar, and slowly swallowed after gargling. Radish in the recipe nourishes the stomach and helps digestion, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production. It is suitable for patients with oral ulcer, epigastric pain, belching and anorexia.
Step 2 drink a cup of cucumber juice
Marinate fresh cucumbers with sugar, or put them directly into a juicer and add some cold boiled water to juice. When drinking cucumber juice, if you feel a little bitter, you can add a little honey, or you can match kiwi fruit and other fruits according to your personal taste. Kiwi also has certain antipyretic and thirst-quenching effects. The combination of the two can moisten lips and relieve body heat, polydipsia, sore throat and oral ulcer.
3, eating Sydney can clear away heat and resolve phlegm.
Sydney is a common fruit, which can cure wind and heat, moisten the lungs, cool the heart, eliminate phlegm, reduce fire and detoxify. Medical research has proved that pears do have the function of moistening lung and clearing dryness. Therefore, it has a good curative effect on dry throat, itching, pain, hoarseness, thick phlegm, constipation, red urine and expectoration in patients with acute bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infection. Getting angry in winter, eating pears properly can not only clear away heat and reduce fire, but also help lower blood pressure.
Step 4 drink some "scented tea"
In the dry season, everyone must pay attention to replenish more water, and you can also soak some herbal tea for health care. For example, real fire, you can drink some chrysanthemum tea and honeysuckle tea to clear away heat; People with yin deficiency can make tea with Ophiopogon japonicus, Radix Adenophorae and Fructus Lycii. Although medicine and food are homologous, the nature and taste of traditional Chinese medicine are different, and everyone's physique is also biased. So if you want to make tea with Chinese medicine, you'd better consult a doctor first and use it under the guidance of a professional doctor.
5, often drink winter melon soup
Wax gourd contains protein, sugar, carotene, vitamins, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus and iron, with high potassium salt content and low sodium salt content. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis, eliminating phlegm, relieving vexation, quenching thirst, eliminating dampness and relieving summer heat. Can be used for treating cardiothoracic boredom, dysuria, lung abscess, cough and asthma, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, diuresis, detumescence, hypertension, etc.
6, cassia seed soaked in water to drink
The main manifestations of liver fire are redness, swelling, pain, irritability and easy to get angry; Others will feel pain in the ribs and the pain points will move back and forth; When you wake up in the morning and feel thirsty, you will feel bitter in your mouth. At this time, people can drink two teaspoons of cassia seed water. If the symptoms persist, a little Flos Chrysanthemi Indici can be added to Semen Cassiae. If the symptoms of eyes are not redness, swelling and pain, but dryness, and you feel fever, irritability and night sweats in your hands and feet, you should consider that it is caused by liver deficiency and fire. At this time, don't use cassia seed, use medlar 15g, and add a little chrysanthemum. Every night before going to bed, you can also eat two spoonfuls of fried black sesame seeds.
7. Grapefruit helps to clear the fire.
Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit pulp is cold, sweet and sour, and has the medical functions of relieving cough and asthma, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, invigorating spleen and promoting digestion, and relieving alcoholism and vexation; Pomelo peel, also known as orange peel, is warm, bitter and pungent, and has the functions of regulating qi, resolving phlegm, invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, dispelling cold and drying dampness.
8. Drink a bowl of mung bean porridge
Mung bean porridge has the effects of health preservation and beauty. What to eat in winter? Don't forget mung bean porridge! Eating mung bean porridge not only helps to reduce fire, but also has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, protecting liver and caring skin. A bowl of hot mung bean porridge in winter is an excellent choice for getting angry.
In the article, Bian Xiao sorted out some common sense of TCM winter health preservation for everyone. In addition, what to eat in winter is also very important for winter health care, so everyone should pay more attention to winter diet health care in their lives.
3. What is the food for health in winter?
1: yam
Yam not only has the reputation of "god of food", but also has the effect of "taking medicine". Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to digestion and absorption of spleen and stomach; Yam contains a lot of mucins, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids on the blood vessel wall, prevent cardiovascular diseases and prolong life. The best way to eat: steaming, making soup and cooking. Steamed food has the least nutritional loss. Best match: Lycium barbarum. If you don't eat yam alone, you can cook medlar yam porridge with medlar, which can better play a nourishing role.
2: Pears
Pear is called "natural mineral water" because it is fresh and juicy, contains 85% water, is sweet and sour, and is rich in vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and iodine. Since ancient times, it has been known as the "Hundred Fruits School". In autumn, the air is dry and there is little water. If you can insist on eating a certain amount of pears every day, you can relieve autumn dryness, promote fluid production and moisten the lungs. The best way to eat: eating pears raw can obviously relieve symptoms such as dry throat, itching, pain, hoarseness, constipation and red urine in patients with upper respiratory tract infection; Boiled or steamed pears, such as steamed pears with rock sugar, can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, relieve cough and resolve phlegm, and have preventive and therapeutic effects on gout complicated with rheumatism and arthritis, as well as cough and sore throat caused by lung heat. Best match: honey. Pear toffee, which is famous at home and abroad, is made of pears and honey and has obvious curative effect on patients with chronic cough due to lung heat.
3. Lotus root
The weather is dry. Eating some lotus roots can nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten dryness and quench thirst, and clear the heart and soothe the nerves. Fresh lotus root not only contains a lot of carbohydrates, but also is rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, and is also rich in dietary fiber, which is very beneficial for treating constipation and promoting the discharge of harmful substances. The best way to eat: seven-hole lotus root has high starch content, less water, waxy but not brittle, and is suitable for soup; Nine-hole lotus root has high water content, crisp and juicy, and is most suitable for cold salad or stir-frying. Best match: black and white fungus. With tremella can nourish lung yin, with auricularia can nourish kidney yin.
4: cuttlefish
Regarding eating meat, there has always been a folk saying that "four legs are not as good as two legs, and two legs are not as good as no legs". Cuttlefish is rich in nutrition, with protein 13g per 100g of meat, only 0.7g of fat, and also contains carbohydrates, vitamins A and B, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other substances necessary for human body, so it is a nourishing food with high protein and low fat. The best way to eat: braise in soy sauce, stir-fry, stir-fry, stew, cold salad and soup, but in order to prevent autumn dryness, cuttlefish is more suitable for soup. Best collocation: Tofu also belongs to nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. Eating together can complement protein.
5: Lily porridge
Lily tastes sweet and bitter, and its sex is flat. It is rich in nutrients, including protein, vitamins, carotene and some special effective components, such as starch, polysaccharide, pectin and various alkaloids, which has a certain effect on inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells. Lily has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, clearing heart and calming nerves, and has become the top grade for autumn consumption. The best way to eat: cook porridge. Lily can be eaten as a dish, such as celery fried lily, lily fried beef; You can also cook porridge, such as lily porridge made of lily glutinous rice, and put a little rock sugar on it, which is not only delicious, but also can soothe the nerves and help sleep. Best match: almonds. Almonds have the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, clearing heart and calming nerves. Lily porridge is suitable for patients who are weak and have dry cough after illness.