Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spicy food and drugs have the functions of dispersing stagnation, promoting qi circulation and promoting blood circulation, and can excite the yang of human body. At the same time, liver fire is strong in spring, which easily leads to lung injury. From the five internal organs, pungent taste can enter the lungs, and eating a little spicy food properly can make the qi and blood of the lungs flourish, thus harmonizing the liver fire.
Put some onions, ginger and garlic when cooking.
Onion, ginger and garlic have a good conditioning and maintenance effect on human body. Eating onions, ginger and garlic in spring can increase appetite and help the yang in the body rise and stir. Scrambled eggs with onion, tofu with onion, mutton with garlic and chicken with ginger are all spring delicacies.
Eat leeks every day.
Leek is a famous food for warming and nourishing yang. Leek contains essential oil, protein, fat and vitamins, and has the functions of invigorating stomach, refreshing and strengthening kidney.
Spring leek is the best among leeks. It tastes particularly delicious and there are many ways to eat it. It can be used as a side dish of meat dishes or as a filling. Add some spring leeks when cooking, which is especially fragrant and delicious.
"Sweet food gives birth to yang"
Spring is the most vigorous time of liver qi. If the liver qi is too strong, the digestive function of the spleen and stomach will be inhibited, resulting in a decline in digestive function. And sweets can nourish the body, reconcile the spleen and stomach, and reduce the harm of various irritating foods and drugs to the human body.
Children like sweets because their spleen and stomach are weak. Instinctively, eating more sweets is equivalent to sending more troops to the spleen to protect it from the invasion of liver qi.
Have a bowl of millet porridge for breakfast.
Millet is the best food for strengthening spleen and stomach in five grains. Even ancient famous doctors thought that Xiaomi decoction could play a similar role instead of ginseng soup, which could strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and promote the recovery of human yang.
One thing to note is that a thick layer of porridge oil will appear on millet porridge every time, which is the most nutritious and has a very good effect of nourishing yin.
Eat red dates every day
Sun Simiao, the drug king of the Tang Dynasty, once said that in spring, we should eat less sour food and more sweet food.
In spring, the spleen and stomach are weak, and the digestive ability of gastrointestinal tract is poor. Jujube can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, nourish blood and soothe the nerves, and contribute to the generation of yang in human body. You can chew and eat 3~5 jujubes every day, or break them and make tea.
Drink tea with honey
Chinese medicine believes that honey is sweet, enters the spleen and stomach, and can replenish the middle energizer, replenish qi and moisten the intestines to relieve constipation. The climate in spring is changeable, it is warm and cold at first sight, and it is easy to catch a cold. Honey contains a variety of minerals, vitamins, as well as the role of clearing away lung heat and detoxifying, which can enhance human immunity and is the most ideal tonic in spring.
Mulberry tonifies kidney and yin.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mulberry is sweet and sour, slightly cold in nature, and can nourish yin and strengthen yang, promote fluid production to quench thirst, nourish and strengthen the body, especially in tonifying kidney and nourishing heart, enriching blood and promoting blood circulation, and improving intelligence. Can be eaten raw, can be used in soup, can be used in vegetables, can also be made into dried fruits, soup, used in prescription. Mulberry is also a good fruit medicine for health, beauty and anti-aging, and middle-aged and elderly people should eat more. Modern pharmacological research shows that mulberry can supplement gastric juice, promote digestion, stimulate gastric mucosa, promote intestinal juice secretion and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, so it has the function of tonifying and strengthening.
"Comb the Liver Meridian and Smooth Yang Qi"
The middle of the upper abdomen is where the stomach is, and the ribs are where the liver meridian passes. Massage on the upper abdomen can effectively soothe the liver, strengthen the spleen and regulate the stomach.
Rub the upper abdomen, soothe the liver and strengthen the spleen.
Rub the upper abdomen, starting from the middle of the upper abdomen, and quickly rub your hands to both sides until the back is behind. This kind of massage can not only massage the liver meridians of the ribs, but also stimulate the middle stomach, effectively playing the role of soothing the liver, strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach.
Massage Qimen Point and Zhangmen Point to soothe the liver and regulate qi.
Qimen point is the point where the liver gathers qi, and Zhangmen point is the point where the spleen gathers qi, which is very important in meridians. Massage these two acupoints can strengthen the body.
When massaging, put your hands on the acupoints, inhale, massage the acupoints slowly with your fingers, exhale after massaging for 10 seconds, let go when exhaling, stimulate the acupoints again when inhaling, inhale and vomit repeatedly, and cooperate with the movements of your hands.
Many people don't know how to tonify the kidney because everyone has different conditions and different constitutions. Therefore, depending on one's own essential conditions, it is the key to treat the symptoms and tonify the kidney, but it is often difficult for many people to distinguish between true and false. Traditional medicine is peculiar, and the most secret lies in the maintenance of viscera and nature. Traditional Chinese medicine is kidney-oriented, so the secret of all health preservation lies in the maintenance of kidney.
Watch your feet.
Warm feet is a way to nourish the kidney. This is because the kidney meridian starts from the sole of the foot, and the foot is prone to cold. Therefore, feet should pay special attention to keep warm, and don't point your feet at the air conditioner or electric fan when sleeping; Don't walk barefoot in the wetland for a long time. In addition, there are many acupoints on the soles of the feet, such as Yongquan point. "The kidney comes from the spring, and the spring is full." Before going to bed every night, you can press Yongquan point on the soles of your feet, and massage Yongquan point can play a role in tonifying kidney and solidifying essence.
The stool should be dredged
Poor stool, stagnant stool and upward attack of turbid qi not only make people upset, chest tightness and shortness of breath, but also hurt their kidneys, leading to backache and fatigue and aversion to vomiting. Therefore, keeping the stool unobstructed is also a way to tonify the kidney. When the stool is difficult to understand, you can stick the back of your hand on the kidney area and press it hard, which can arouse kidney qi and accelerate defecation; When walking, rubbing the kidney area with both hands can relieve the symptoms of backache.
Drink water to nourish the kidney
Water is the source of life. Lack of water may cause turbid toxin retention and increase the burden on the kidney. Therefore, drinking water regularly is a very important way to tonify kidney.
Not tolerant of urine.
When the urine stored in the bladder reaches a certain level, it will affect the nerves and cause micturition reflex. At this time, you must go to the toilet in time to clean up the urine. Otherwise, the accumulated urine will become turbid and invade the kidneys. Therefore, timely excretion of urine is one of the best ways to nourish the kidney.
Promoting fluid production and nourishing kidney
The saliva in the mouth is divided into two parts: the sparse saliva is mainly spleen; The thick is saliva, which is dominated by the kidney. You can do an experiment and spit it out as soon as there is saliva in your mouth. In less than a day, you will feel weak and tired. This in turn proves that swallowing body fluid can nourish kidney essence and protect kidney.
Diet and kidney protection
There are many foods that can tonify the kidney. Besides black sesame, black fungus, black rice and black beans, walnuts, leeks, shrimps and sheep kidneys can also tonify the kidney.
Sleep nourishing kidney
Adequate sleep plays an important role in the maintenance of qi and blood biochemistry and kidney essence. Clinically, many patients with renal failure have the experience of staying up late, fatigue and lack of sleep. So don't stay up too late, develop good habits of work and rest, go to bed early and get up early, which is conducive to the maintenance of kidney essence.
Avoid having too much sex.
Excessive physical labor will hurt the spirit, excessive mental labor will hurt the blood, and excessive housework will hurt the essence. Therefore, we must do what we can, work moderately and have a good sex life. Only in this way can it help nourish kidney and protect kidney essence.
Beware of drugs
Tonifying the kidney is divided into yin and yang, and the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency are different. In the process of tonifying kidney, tonic should be carried out according to individual symptoms, one person and one kidney. Don't imitate, avoid the situation that the more you make up, the more empty you are. In addition, it is a three-point poison, so be vigilant when using drugs and pay attention under the guidance of experts.
Exercise nourishes kidney
Life lies in exercise. It is a positive method to invigorate the kidney and strengthen the body resistance through exercise. Here, I will introduce a simple and easy-to-learn exercise method that helps to tonify the kidney and correct asthenia: rub the palm of your hand until it is hot, put it on your waist, and massage your waist up and down until you feel hot. You can do it again sooner or later, about 200 times each time. This exercise can tonify the kidney and absorb qi.