Strategy 1: Herbal tea helps me refresh myself
Tea has always been considered the first choice for refreshment. In addition to green tea and black tea, here are some recommendations:
◆ Peppermint Tea
Drinking peppermint tea is the most recommended way to refresh yourself. It has a pungent and cool taste and mainly contains volatile oils. The main components of the oil are menthol, menthol, menthone, menthyl ester, mentene and limonene. etc. It has the effects of dispersing wind, dissipating heat, eliminating filth and detoxifying.
1 rock sugar mint tea
Ingredients: 5-10 mint leaves, rock sugar or honey, juice
Preparation method: add the freshly bought Chinese mint leaves Wash with cold water and put it into a tea cup. Add 200 ml of hot water and cover it for 15-20 minutes until the aroma of the medicine comes out. When it cools, add rock sugar, honey or juice according to personal preference to make the tea more delicious. Improved taste.
Efficacy: Peppermint can prevent spasms, relax muscles, and reduce muscle stiffness and pain. Mint tea can stimulate the movement of food in the digestive tract and help digestion. It is especially suitable for gastrointestinal discomfort or after eating too greasy food. Office workers who work in front of the computer should drink a cup of refreshing mint tea when they feel depressed, which is helpful to refresh themselves and relieve stress.
2 rose mint tea
Materials: 4-5 dried rose buds, a small amount of mint (two or three coins is enough)
Preparation method: dry the Put the roses and mint into the cup together and cover it for 10-15 minutes. The refreshing effect will be better when the tea is cooled.
Efficacy: People's emotions are prone to fluctuations in spring, and roses are often loved by office women. They have the effect of activating blood circulation, removing blood clots, and soothing emotions. Mint can dispel fatigue and make people feel refreshed. .
3 Mint Chrysanthemum Tea
Materials: Mint 3 qian, chrysanthemum 2 qian
Preparation method: Put chrysanthemum and mint into a tea cup, cover and brew 5-10 minutes is enough.
Efficacy: Chrysanthemum can clear away heat, detoxify and relieve fatigue. Drinking it together with mint, which has a refreshing effect, can make the effect better.
◆Chrysanthemum and Ginseng Tea
Materials: 4-5 dried chrysanthemum buds, 2-4 qian for ginseng
Preparation method: Chop the ginseng into fine pieces. Add chrysanthemum buds, cover with hot water and soak for about 10-15 minutes.
Efficacy: Ginseng contains saponins and multiple vitamins, which have a good regulating effect on the human nervous system, can improve human immunity, and effectively get rid of fatigue, while chrysanthemum has a fragrant smell, can dispel fire, and brighten the day. Purpose, the combination of the two has a refreshing effect.
◆Lavender lemon tea
Ingredients: 5-6 dried lavender buds, lemon slices or lemon juice
Preparation method: dry lavender buds Put lavender buds and lemon slices into a tea cup, add boiling water and cover for 5-10 minutes. If it is paired with lemon juice, add it after the tea turns light green and cools down.
Efficacy: The aroma of lavender is loved by women. Since ancient times, it has the effects of nourishing, relieving stress, and eliminating fatigue. Lemon has the effects of diuresis, promoting digestion and blood circulation, and relieving headaches, and Its light fragrance can be invigorating, but pregnant women should not drink tea containing lemon.
Strategy 2: The aroma of medicine drives away fatigue
Recommendations for simple preparation of sachets: Take 3 grams each of borneol and camphor, 15 grams of galangal, and 30 grams of cinnamon. Mix these four kinds of traditional Chinese medicine. Mix and mash, sew the spare sachet cloth into a small bag, and put the prepared medicine into it. If the odor within the sachet may have diminished, it should be replaced.
Efficacy: The reason why the sachet can refresh you is because the unique traditional Chinese medicine aroma in the sachet acts on the brain or nasal mucosa to regulate the nervous system and invigorate people. According to research, the aromatic smell emitted by the medicine in the sachet can stimulate the nasal mucosa and increase the content of the antibody-secreted immunoglobulin A (SlgA) on the nasal mucosa. The increase in its content allows the virus to colonize the nasal mucosa and respiratory mucosa. It is not easy to survive, thus greatly reducing the chance of people catching a cold
Strategy 3: Traditional Chinese Medicine self-massage
1 Massage the temples of the head
Massage method: four fingers together First massage the upper and lower eyelids, then move the massage fingers from the corners of the eyes to the temples, and massage for a few minutes. When massaging, it is best to maintain a stable mood, lift your chest and tighten your abdomen, so as to achieve a certain effect.
Efficacy: We are all familiar with the temple. The correct location of the temple is about one-third from the tip of the eyebrow to the ear. Touch the most depressed part with your hand, which is the temple. Regular massage of the temple can stimulate the brain. It improves blood circulation and relieves fatigue, and the operation is very simple and suitable for doing at any time.
2 Massage the Yongquan point on the sole of the foot
Massage method: First, select the acupoint correctly. Yongquan point is what we often call the center of the foot. It is located on the bottom of our foot, in the depression at the midpoint of the second metatarsal space. Equivalent to the junction of the front 1/3 and middle 1/3 of the palm of the foot. The best time to massage is before going to bed every night. The massage methods include acupressure, rubbing, etc., about 50-100 times each time, to heat the palm of the foot. Lord.
Efficacy: This point is the starting point of the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin.
The kidneys store essence, have the physiological functions of absorbing, storing, and sealing essence, and are in charge of the growth, development, and reproduction of the human body. Massaging the Yongquan point can produce good effects on the kidneys through the transmission of meridians, regulate the endocrine and autonomic nervous systems, and refresh the mind.
3 Common Wrong Ways to Refresh ourselves
There are many incorrect ways to refresh ourselves in life. It can indeed restore our energy to a certain extent, but if it lasts for a long time, What will be the effect of using these methods to get rid of fatigue?
1 Use tobacco and alcohol to refresh your mind.
It is undeniable that tobacco and alcohol can refresh you. The main mechanism is to stimulate the cerebral cortex through certain chemicals in tobacco and alcohol, thereby keeping the brain healthy. Excitement may be okay occasionally, but it is wrong to use it as a way to eliminate worries and fatigue in the long term. In addition to bringing great harm to your body, long-term smoking and drinking can also reduce people's immune system and energy. Dispersion makes fatigue more likely.
2 As long as you sleep more, you will feel better
The lack of energy in spring is not because people’s sleep time will be correspondingly extended in spring, but because they are unable to adapt to the change of climate. of. People's sleep time has a relatively scientific scope. The sleep time of adults is about 8-10 hours a day. If you sleep for too long, the cerebral cortex will be in a state of suppression, and you can't seem to wake up. Instead, he became dizzy.
The best suggestion is that you get up early every day to exercise. The temperature in spring is suitable for getting up early. After the body is exercised, it can expel part of the inertia of the body, improve immunity, and refresh the mind.
3 Coca-Cola coffee drinks are more effective in refreshing people
Cola coffee contains the chemical component caffeine, which can refresh the mind and keep people excited. It can be useful to different people. It is said that cola coffee drinks have different effects. For people who need to concentrate, they can have a refreshing effect. For people with more complicated work, they can feel excited at first, but feel tired after a while. , In addition, women who often drink cola can also cause osteoporosis, heart, liver and other diseases, which should be paid attention to, so cola coffee cannot be used as a regular way to refresh themselves
In addition, be sure to remember cola Don’t drink too much of things like coffee, as too much will do more harm than good to your body!