1, health tips in early spring
1, the first trick to detoxify and drink scented tea
When it is cold in winter, people prefer to eat hot food. Especially in the Spring Festival holiday, big fish and big meat, spicy taste, one or two glasses of wine can make the whole person warm. However, due to eating too much hot food in winter, in spring, we must reduce the burden on the stomach and clear the intestines and detoxify.
Drinking a cup of light salt water in the morning can help you urinate and detoxify. People with high blood pressure can switch to warm water; A glass of honey water for people with low blood sugar is equally effective. Pay attention to drinking spring tea, whether it is green tea or scented tea, which can detoxify, refresh and replenish qi. Jasmine tea, in particular, has a fragrant smell and a better refreshing effect.
If you want to detoxify your body, you must ensure that your stool is unobstructed. It is recommended that people with poor defecation eat more radishes, cabbages, potatoes and sweet potatoes to help defecation; You can also massage yourself, rub clockwise around the navel for at least 36 times a day, and press Tianshu point with three fingers around the navel until you feel sore, which has a laxative effect.
2. The second measure is to exercise lacing in the morning.
The ancients advocated doing morning exercises in spring. They thought it was the best time to exercise all the year round, which could completely relax the body that had been imprisoned for a winter. Old people are best for walking. You can also take a deep breath, stretch your legs and stretch your muscles in a park with good air. There is a saying that "an inch long tendon can prolong life for ten years". Although this statement is somewhat exaggerated, proper stretching of ligaments does help to dredge the qi and blood of the body, and even has the effect of relieving pain and detoxifying.
Spring should nourish the liver and gallbladder, so you may wish to pat the outside of the ribs when exercising. This is what Chinese medicine calls the hepatobiliary area. If you slap your palm moderately, you can dredge the qi and blood meridians and achieve the effect of nourishing the liver and gallbladder.
A year's plan starts with spring. Besides outdoor sports, we should go out for an outing more often. You can make a travel plan at the beginning of the year, plan a four-season trip according to the length of holidays and seasonal characteristics, and practice it in the second year.
3. The third measure is to eat sweet and sour mouth in spring.
Sun Simiao's "Qian Jin Fang" in the Tang Dynasty recorded that the diet in spring should be "sour and sweet", because too much acidic food in spring will lead to excessive liver fire and damage the spleen and stomach. We should eat more warm and sweet foods to help digestion, such as glutinous rice, pumpkin, jujube, yam and tremella.
On the other hand, in the relationship between five zang-organs and five flavors, sour taste has a convergent effect, which is not conducive to the growth of Yang Qi and the release of liver qi. Eating too much acid will damage Yang Qi. However, the so-called less acid and more sweetness is only a relative concept, and we cannot go to extremes. A better way is to eat more sweet and sour things, fruits and drinks, which is more conducive to balancing physical fitness.
Spring is the season for hair growth. According to the principle of "harmony between man and nature", the same sprouted sprouts are very suitable for spring consumption. Such as bean sprouts, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, garlic sprouts, sprouts and so on. You can stir-fry, make soup and make stuffing, preferably light and moist. Leek, ginger and chicken soup are good for aphrodisiac, so you can eat more. Strawberries, oranges and kiwis can also be eaten properly; It is suggested that medlar and chrysanthemum be soaked in water to nourish the liver and improve eyesight.
Besides, honey is an excellent tonic in spring. Besides drinking honey water, you can also mix a spoonful of oats and honey in hot milk, which tastes better.
The fourth trick is to comb your hair in the sun.
The ancients paid attention to "lying at night and getting up early, striding to court and staying late", that is to say, the ancients went to bed and got up early in the Spring Festival Evening; Go for a walk in a wide place; Spread your hair and loosen your clothes so that your body is not bound. This principle also applies now.
To raise yang in spring, you should bask in the sun more, especially when you get up early, combing your hair while basking in the sun or massaging Baihui point on your head can help people increase yang and nourish the five internal organs. Spring needs to nourish the liver, "the liver begins to understand the eyes", so raising the eyes can also protect the liver.
It is suggested that people relax, face the sun, close their eyes, let the glass window and eyelids filter out too strong sunlight, and turn their eyes clockwise and counterclockwise for more than ten minutes every day. People can also go home every day to wash their eyes and eyelids with clear water and massage around their eyes to promote blood circulation.
In spring, when the wind is dry, special attention should be paid to hydrating, preventing dryness and detoxifying; Due to the great climate change, it is necessary to change clothes at any time according to the weather, especially for the elderly with chronic diseases, and the back, waist and legs are the key points. The principle of spring covering is: if the daily average temperature is below 15℃, or the temperature difference between day and night is greater than 8℃, it is best not to take off your cotton-padded clothes.
5. The fifth measure is psychological time difference.
The most important thing to nourish the liver in spring is to ensure a smooth mood, but just after the Spring Festival, most people will have uncomfortable reactions in the process of suddenly changing their lifestyle, thus affecting their mood. So I suggest you reverse the "time difference" as soon as possible.
When office workers spend a little time reviewing their pre-holiday work and making new year's plans, they will respond to their work with a more positive and prepared attitude and will not appear to be in a hurry. After the holiday, you should quickly resume your daily routine, have a light diet, concentrate on your work as much as possible during the day, and improve your work efficiency, which is more conducive to quickly returning to the "time difference."
Young people who return to big cities from their hometown full of affection may feel lonely again. Such people might as well keep in touch with their family and friends as often as possible to help them through the "transition period", or distribute the special products brought by their hometown to colleagues and neighbors, so that they may make new friends around them.
When the old man saw his children run away from home after a while, his heart was inevitably empty. At this time, he might as well divert his attention, such as making an appointment with his wife or friends to go on an outing together, or devoting himself to his hobbies. Another way is to welcome the change with the mentality of "never too old to learn", such as trying to learn to use new communication methods such as WeChat and Fetion to communicate with children, or making life plans for the new year, such as visiting the city where children live and realizing some dreams that have never been realized.
2, the principle of early spring health.
1, daily life
Although the climate in spring is very good, the climate change in spring is also great. Sometimes cold and sometimes warm, the human body's resistance to cold evil will decline. So don't take off your thick clothes too early in spring, especially for the elderly and infirm, and don't suddenly reduce your clothes.
Go to bed early and get up early in spring, and take part in outdoor activities in the morning to stretch your muscles.
Step 2 prescribe diet
In the spring diet, you can eat more foods that warm and tonify the yang, and eat less sour things. Because the liver governs spring, among the five flavors, the sour taste enters the liver, which has a astringent effect and is not conducive to the growth of yang. Therefore, we must pay attention to the diet in spring, eat more sweet and eat less sour.
In spring, our metabolism is also relatively strong, so we can also eat a little spicy and light food. In the spring diet, it is also less to eat tonic medicinal diet, mainly to eat light food.
3. Sports.
In spring, the temperature rises rapidly. At this time, it is necessary to participate in outdoor activities, which can speed up the blood circulation of the body and help promote the circulation of qi and blood. We often say that going for an outing in spring, going out for a walk and doing some gentle sports, such as flying kites, walking, jogging and playing Tai Chi, are all very beneficial to health.
Also, when you exercise in spring, you should be careful not to do too much exercise, and don't exercise until you are sweating and panting, because this will consume yang, which is very unfavorable for health.