How to maintain health in winter? What are the common misunderstandings in daily life? Yu Ming, an attending Chinese medicine practitioner in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Weihai Municipal Hospital, gave the following suggestions:
Spring grows in summer and autumn is harvested in winter. Yu Ming believes that winter is the season when everything is full of vitality, and health preservation should follow the way of hiding and preserve the yang.
Nourish liver in spring, heart in summer, lung in autumn, kidney in winter and kidney in five elements. At this time, the kidneys should not only prepare enough energy to maintain the heat expenditure in winter, but also store some energy for the coming year.
"From the perspective of Chinese medicine theory, the kidney is like an engine that provides power for the human body. Only when the kidneys are full of gas can our bodies adapt well to the weather changes in winter and store enough energy for next year. " Yu Ming vividly said that, therefore, special attention should be paid to the maintenance of kidneys this season.
Yu Ming introduced that Chinese medicine believes that black enters the kidney, so you can eat more black food at this time, which has the effect of tonifying kidney and benefiting qi. Such as: black beans, fungus, black sesame seeds and black rice. In addition, mutton, crucian carp, beef, walnut, chestnut, sesame, sweet potato and radish are also suitable for winter tonic.
"Many people are blind in daily supplements and are eager for success. This is not desirable. Pay attention to' slow tune' instead of' quick fix'. " Yu Ming introduced that winter tonic should also be carried out according to the actual situation, and should not be blindly "tonic".
In diet, we should always pay attention to kidney conditioning and calorie supplement, but also pay attention to eating less cold food, properly matching animal protein or beans, supplementing vitamins, paying attention to the balance of diet and ensuring the diversification of nutrition.
"It is very important to keep warm in winter, especially some body parts, which cannot be exposed at this time. We should focus on keeping warm. " Yu Ming said.
The first thing to keep warm is the head.
Chinese medicine believes that the head is the meeting of Yang. The three yang meridians of human hands and feet converge on the head. In winter, when the head is exposed, it is easy to be attacked by cold pathogens and blood vessels contract, which can easily lead to colds, headaches, facial paralysis and so on. And even induce myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone to wear a warm hat when going out in winter.
The middle of the human back, from Baihui point on the top of the head to Changqiang point on the sacrococcygeal part, is where the Du Meridian runs.
Du meridian is called "the sea of Yang pulse". Therefore, to cultivate yang spirit, we must prevent the back of the neck from catching cold.
In particular, the elderly and some people who are physically weak and easily afraid of the cold can wear scarves and close-fitting cotton vests to keep warm.
Ignoring abdominal warmth is also a problem that many people often make. Especially for some ladies who like to wear blouses, this is very undesirable.
Stomach diseases such as epigastric pain, diarrhea, indigestion, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation and other gynecological diseases are prone to occur after abdominal cold. Especially people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold constitution should not only stay away from cold food, but also pay attention to keeping their abdomen warm.
In winter, the weather is cold and the yang is insufficient. People with a history of joint pain should also pay attention to joint warmth. Wear warm items such as knee pads and wrist pads when necessary.
Everyone must have seen people who show their ankles in winter. While loving beauty, it harms health.
As the saying goes, all diseases start from cold, and cold starts from feet.
Foot is called "the second heart of human body", and it is also a part that people easily ignore in their daily life.
The blood flow in the feet is slow, the subcutaneous fat is thin, and the warmth retention performance is poor. Cold feet may cause diarrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and low back and leg pain.
So keep your shoes and socks dry in winter and try to wear thicker socks. Soak your feet with hot water every day.
It's cold. Want to eat hot pot? Young people don't like radish and cabbage? Get up early to exercise and sweat? Many common behaviors in daily life actually run counter to winter health preservation, which requires special attention.
It's so cold, tunheimr hotpot. Presumably this is the idea that many people, especially young people, frequently appear after winter. However, after the "light snow" solar term, the diet should not be too spicy, and spicy food should be eaten less. Spicy hot pot, barbecue and fried food should not be eaten too much in this season. Two or three times a week, the "hot pot bureau" should be reduced.
Radish and cabbage are the most common vegetables in winter in northern cities. Some picky eaters are not interested in these two vegetables. According to Yu Ming, these two seasonal vegetables are actually very suitable for this season. They are not only rich in vitamins, but also rich in water, so they are very suitable for dry seasons in autumn and winter.
Many citizens, especially the elderly, have the habit of doing morning exercises, and most of them go out early. It is necessary to change their habits this season. Because, in winter, we should pay attention to protecting the yang and saving energy. Go to bed early and get up late in daily life, and wait for the sunshine to appear before going out. At the same time, many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are prone to occur in the early hours of the morning, go out for morning exercise too early, the outdoor temperature is too low, and the blood vessels contract too fast, which is easy to induce acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
I suggest you go out to exercise at 9: 00 am 10, when the sun rises and the outdoor temperature is high.
At the same time, many people who have exercise habits sweat profusely during exercise, which is not advisable indoors or outdoors. Not only is it easy to catch a cold, but it will also damage the yang.
It is suggested that slight sweating is suitable for exercise, and moderate exercise such as Tai Chi, Baduanjin and jogging can be selected, but not excessive exercise.
(Contributed by: regular meeting)