1. It is advisable to strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, warm the yang and tonify the kidney in the event of severe cold.
Leek-tonify liver and kidney, strengthen yang and fix essence, millet-nourish kidney qi, nourish yin and lung, and pig's waist-harmonize kidney and waist, promote diuresis and reduce swelling.
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2. Climate characteristics in cold season
The severe cold occurs on the 20th or 2nd day of the Gregorian calendar 1 month. Great cold is the last solar term in a year, and it is also a cold period in a year. In this solar term, the climate is relatively dry, precipitation is scarce, and there are often cold waves.
Generally speaking, during the "Great Cold" in a year, around April 9, the heat accumulation in summer and autumn in the northern hemisphere began to increase from the winter solstice, and the heat on the ground basically reached its lowest point during the "Great Cold". After that, the ground begins to heat up, and the absorbed heat will be more than the lost heat, which will reach the extremely cold level at this time.
3. Key points of health preservation in cold season
The weather is cold and the temperature is very low. The human body should protect essence, nourish yang, store essence in the kidney, generate qi, blood and body fluid, and promote the physiological functions of viscera. In the cold season, we should pay more attention to keep warm, prevent frostbite and promote blood circulation of limbs. At the same time, we should take proper physical exercise to enhance the body's cold resistance and disease resistance. When working and exercising, it should not be too intense, so as not to sweat too much, which will lead to the loss of yin and essence in the body and the loss of yang energy.
Because the Great Cold is the last solar term in a year, which is related to beginning of spring, it is slightly different from the Slight Cold in diet. First of all, the supplement in winter and March should be gradually reduced to adapt to the seasonal changes. Secondly, in the tonic, we should add some greedy things with ascending and dispersing properties to prepare for the rising characteristics of spring. Finally, we should also consider that during the severe cold, there are high incidence of respiratory infectious diseases such as epigastric pain, so we should eat more warm and cold food to prevent the invasion of wind-cold pathogens.
4. Diseases prone to occur in cold season
Cold period is the high incidence period of respiratory infectious diseases such as colds, so we should pay attention to cold prevention.
Frostbite is easy to occur at this time. Cold can make peripheral blood vessels contract, increase circulation resistance, increase blood viscosity and capillary fragility, thus inducing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Especially for the elderly, the thermoregulatory function is reduced and they are particularly sensitive to cold stimulation.
Especially the cold has the most obvious effect on the respiratory system. It can reduce the defense ability of respiratory tract and cause respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Therefore, keeping in good health in winter should prevent the invasion of cold climate.
5. Diet should be avoided in cold season.
Suitable:
Eat more foods that warm the wind and dispel the cold properly to prevent the invasion of pathogenic wind and cold. In terms of diet, we should abide by the principle of protecting yin and suppressing yang, reduce salt and increase bitterness, eat hot food, but don't overeat hot things. The taste of food can be moderately strong, but it must have a certain amount of fat and keep a certain amount of heat. Should eat rice, glutinous rice, yam, peanuts, lotus seeds, tremella, ginseng and so on.
Avoid:
Avoid sticky and cold food, and eat less seafood and cold drinks.