Spring is the first of the four seasons and the beginning of Vientiane's renewal. With the arrival of spring, nature presents a vibrant and thriving scene. Therefore, keeping in good health in spring must conform to the characteristics that the yang is budding and everything is born in spring, and it is required to pay attention to maintaining the yang, focusing on the word "keeping in good health".
(1) Daily conditioning: With the arrival of spring, the yang of the human body gradually becomes superficial, the skin stretches, the blood supply to the periphery increases, the sweat gland secretion also increases, and the load of various organs increases. But the central nervous system has sedative and hypnotic effects, and the limbs feel sleepy. However, staying up late is not conducive to the rise of yang. In order to adapt to this climate change, we should lie down at night and get up early in our daily life, often go for a walk outdoors, and blend in with nature along the tree-lined path in the Woods to cope with the growth of spring.
The climate in spring is changeable, sometimes cold and sometimes warm. At the same time, the human skin is slack and the ability to resist external evils is weakened. Therefore, when spring comes, don't take off your thick clothes at once, especially for the elderly and the physically weak. In the early spring, the yin is cold and the yang is rising. Pay attention to "thick down and fine up" when dressing. "Thick bottom" is beneficial to the rise of yang in spring, and "thin top" is to prevent yang from rising too much. This is the talk of ancient people's health care experience.
(2) Diet care: Four-season diet care is often based on the five flavors of food and different seasons. In spring, the yang rises, and human metabolism begins to flourish. It is advisable to choose spicy, sweet and lukewarm food instead of sour food. Sweet is scattered into yang qi to help spring yang. Warm food is good for protecting yang, but it is not suitable to eat spicy and hot things, so as to avoid excessive liver qi overwhelming spleen and soil, which is not conducive to health. Spring diet should avoid eating greasy and cold things, and eat more foods rich in vitamin B and fresh vegetables. Modern medical research believes that overeating and vitamin B deficiency are one of the reasons for sleepiness in spring.
(3) Spiritual health: People's spiritual activities must conform to the changes of the four seasons' climate, so as to keep their spirits. When the human body is most affected by the season, it is out of season, especially in spring at the turn of winter and spring. Some people can't adapt to the climate change in spring and are prone to mental illness.
Chinese medicine believes that spring belongs to wood, corresponding to liver; The liver governs the excretion of vegetables, which is pleasant when it is smooth, and depressed when it is disgusting. Spring and March are the rising seasons, and everything begins to take shape. At this time, we should hide our emotions and wisdom in our hearts, avoid anger and depression, be broad-minded and optimistic; Mind and body should be relaxed, comfortable, natural and full of vitality, so that feelings can be told.
Health experts of all ages believe that when the spring is beautiful, the weather is sunny, and birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, people should climb mountains to enjoy flowers, go for a walk, swim near streams, and sing and dance, so that Li Chunyang will prosper.
(4) Exercise and maintenance: It is cold in winter, the metabolism of human body is low, the essence is more than qi, and the yang is decreased to varying degrees. After entering the spring, we should adapt to the characteristics of rising yang, strengthen physical exercise, go running, boxing, doing exercises, walking, playing ball games and flying kites in places with fresh air, let our bodies go to the old and welcome the new, so as to stretch our bones and muscles and lay a good foundation for one year's work and study. Practice has proved that people who often take part in exercise in spring have strong disease resistance, quick thinking, anti-fatigue and high efficiency.
(5) Health care and disease prevention: When spring comes and the weather gets warmer, pathogenic bacteria and viruses will grow and multiply, so infectious diseases such as influenza, measles, meningitis, scarlet fever and pneumonia are most likely to occur. In addition, in spring, when flowers fall in bloom and pollen flutters with the wind, patients with allergic asthma are most likely to get sick. The main prevention method is to insist on physical exercise to improve the body's disease resistance; Secondly, we should pay attention to hygiene, eliminate pests and diseases, eliminate the source of the disease, keep the indoor air fresh, and open more windows.