According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, water is a cold thing, and it is the easiest to consume yang. Over time, it will lead to the decline of immune function, and even cause various diseases due to qi stagnation and blood stasis.
When swimming, the human body is immersed in water, and the water temperature is slightly lower than the outside temperature. After landing, if the water on the body is not dried in time, it is easy to be attacked by cold pathogens, leading to colds, runny noses, headaches, diarrhea, joint pain and other discomfort.
Dampness is easy to hurt yang, and swimming in the water for a long time will aggravate the moisture in the body, leading to edema, abdominal pain and diarrhea, joint pain of limbs, backache and other cold and wet symptoms.
For those who do not pay attention to health after swimming for a long time, stubborn moisture is more likely to appear in the body.
When swimming, you need to pay attention to the water temperature not to be too cold. If possible, it is best to choose a swimming pool with constant temperature, do warm-up exercises before entering the water, and take a bath with hot water in time after landing.
People with excessive cold and dampness in the body can be treated by scraping, cupping and moxibustion, or they can often fry adzuki beans, coix seed and gordon euryales until brown. I often squeeze these ingredients to make soybean milk, which tastes good.
Of course, you can't choke on food because swimming is easy to cause cold and dampness. Drowning accidents are frequent now, and accidents are everywhere. Everyone needs to learn the ability to save themselves in the water in order to reduce the occurrence of unexpected tragedies.
More importantly, proper swimming is beneficial to health, improving the disease resistance of cardiopulmonary function, enhancing the adaptability of the body to external environmental changes, resisting cold and preventing diseases.
Swimming is good for children to grow taller. Swimming for more than 40 minutes 2-3 times a week is good for consuming body fat and achieving the effect of losing weight.
The best doctor is himself, pay attention to cold and moisture while swimming, and make his body healthier.