When it comes to health and wellness, different people have different opinions, and they all have certain opinions, some are simple, some are complex, and for office workers, their daily work is already After devoting all my experience, when it comes to my own health care, the simpler the better. So, what are some simple health tips? What are some health tips?
1. Pinch your fingers for health care
Three miraculous effects of pinching your fingers for 1 minute
1. Good for brain health
Hands There are many important acupuncture points, and they are also accompanied by 6 important health-preserving meridians, which communicate and connect with the internal organs, tissues, and organs of the whole body. There are about 99 important health-preserving acupoints on the hands. It can be seen that the health and health of the fingers It plays a vital role in maintaining the healthy functioning of the human body.
Pinching the joints of your fingers regularly can effectively stimulate the acupuncture points on your hands and help your body relieve fatigue.
Every organ in the human body, as small as a muscle, has its representative area in the nerve center in the cerebral cortex. Therefore, the active state of the brain is directly related to people's health.
The finger movement center occupies the most extensive area in our cerebral cortex, which is about 10 times that of other movement areas. Therefore, the nerve center of the brain can be stimulated through finger activities, which is not only effective Helps the health of the brain and is also the simplest and most effective way to maintain aging.
If you find pain in different parts of your hand while kneading your fingers, then this can indicate that a certain organ in the body is abnormal, and may be a sign of disease. In response to this situation, we can perform detailed massage on the painful parts of the hand, and stimulate local blood circulation through acupoint stimulation, thereby improving the disease.
2. Kidney health maintenance
Kidney health is an issue that people need to consider in the first step of health maintenance. Therefore, how to nourish the kidneys has become a key topic that people pay attention to.
There is an important kidney-nourishing acupuncture point on the hand. Just pinch it regularly to achieve a good effect of protecting the kidneys and maintaining health.
This acupoint is located next to the nail on the radial side of the tip of the index finger. When you have nothing to do, you can properly massage this acupoint. It is important to master the lightness of the finger. It is taboo to use too much pressure on the acupoint.
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3. Treatment of insomnia
Insomnia is a problem that almost everyone has encountered. I think many people cannot bear the torture of insomnia. Although insomnia is not an important disease, it has an extremely negative impact on people's health.
2. Tips for keeping healthy
1. Running fast for 5 minutes is comparable to jogging for 45 minutes. Research from Curtin University in Australia found that running 5-minute sprints three times a week or cycling for 45 minutes a day can enhance metabolism and promote heart health. Compared with jogging, walking and other exercises, high-intensity exercise can produce the same results in a short period of time and is more conducive to persistence. Lu Yifan, a professor at the Department of Sports Medicine at Beijing Sport University, pointed out that exercise is divided into aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise, and fast running belongs to the latter, which can enhance explosive power and reaction speed, maintain endocrine balance, and reduce the risk of falls. It is now generally believed in academic circles that the elderly also need some anaerobic exercise. The elderly should take protective measures when running quickly to avoid falling and excessive fatigue. You can also practice bench presses, pull-ups, push-ups, etc. to strengthen the strength of your limbs and lower back.
2. 5 minutes of meditation is equivalent to 1 hour of deep sleep. Many people think that meditation is "very mysterious", but Fu Chunsheng, director of the China Institute of Psychological Medicine, said that meditation is a Western term. It is called "Vipassana" in China and "mindfulness" in psychology. It is quite similar to traditional Zen practice and meditation. Meditation is to pay attention to one's own breathing and breathing, to bring the mind back to the body and not to think randomly. It helps to improve concentration and is also good for physical health. A neuroscientific study shows that mindfulness meditation improves brain connectivity, enhances memory, and eliminates fear and stress.
Fu Chunsheng said that the most basic form of meditation is simple and easy to learn, and its biggest feature is "not thinking": looking at something without any evaluation, such as gazing at a flower, observing a leaf, or looking up at the night sky, it only takes a few minutes to relax the brain. and mood, relieve anxiety and fatigue, and return to a state of full energy and clear thinking, just as energetic as waking up naturally from a deep sleep.
3. A 10-minute nap is comparable to 2 hours of deep sleep. One study found that a 10-minute nap in the afternoon can drive away sleepiness and have a relaxing effect on the nerves comparable to 2 hours of deep sleep. If you take a 30-minute nap every day, hormone secretion can be more balanced and the risk of coronary heart disease can be reduced by 30%. Shi Ming, deputy director of the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Insomnia Medical Collaboration Center, pointed out that taking a nap to "recharge" oneself can improve the brain's response ability and improve work efficiency in the afternoon. People who have poor sleep at night should take a nap at noon to improve the effects of lack of sleep. Shi Ming suggested that the nap time should be half an hour after lunch, and do not go to bed immediately after eating; the lunch break should not exceed half an hour, otherwise it will make you more tired. Office workers should try not to lie on the table when taking a nap, and can bring their own folding chairs.
4． Laughing for 20 minutes is comparable to jogging for half an hour. Studies have shown that laughing for 20 minutes has as many health benefits as jogging for half an hour. Researchers from Loma Linda University in the United States asked 14 subjects to watch a war movie or a comedy for 20 minutes, or exercise for half an hour. The results showed that people who watched the comedy had a significant decrease in blood pressure, stress hormone levels, and cholesterol levels. , and the appetite is greatly increased, the effect is the same as exercise. This shows that emotions have an impact on the body, and the changes in the body caused by laughter and exercise are very similar. Fu Chunsheng said that from a physiological perspective, laughter is a process of muscle relaxation, which can improve one's own immunity; from a spiritual perspective, laughter is a pleasant emotional expression that can release negative energy. For the elderly who cannot complete many physical movements, regular laughter is more important for health care. Fu Chunsheng suggested that everyone should laugh often and learn to self-regulate. You can often watch humorous movies and TV series, cross talk, sketches, or carefully observe interesting things around you. When encountering unpleasant things, you might as well use humor and self-deprecation to deal with it.
5. 1 cup of tea a day is equivalent to 7 cups of fresh orange juice. Research by Professor Nicola Tangshan from the Center for Preventive Medicine in Paris, France, shows that compared with people who do not drink tea, tea drinkers have a lower risk of death 24. A British antioxidant experiment showed that a cup of 300 ml tea has an antioxidant effect equivalent to 1.5 bottles of red wine (each bottle is about 750 ml), 12 bottles of white wine, 4 apples, 5 onions or 7 glasses of fresh orange juice. Jiang Yongwen, deputy director of the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that human aging is a slow "oxidation" process, so everyone needs antioxidants. Tea has a strong antioxidant capacity. Developing the habit of drinking tea every day can effectively fight aging problems. He emphasized that tea has six major benefits, including "three resistances" and "three reductions", namely anti-cancer, anti-radiation, anti-oxidation, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and lowering blood sugar. Epidemiological studies in Japan show that compared with people who drink less than 3 cups of tea a day (30 ml per cup), men who drink 10 small cups of tea a day have a 42-fold lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and women a 18-fold lower risk. Jiang Yongwen said that green tea retains the most polyphenols and has the best antioxidant effect. However, tea polyphenols can cause irritation to the stomach. People with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers are best to drink less green tea and can use black tea instead. Tea contains a small amount of caffeine, so people with unstable sleep and heart problems should not drink it. Do not drink tea before going to bed or on an empty stomach. It is recommended to drink tea 1 hour after a meal. You can put 3 to 5 grams of green tea in a cup, add 50 ml of boiling water for each gram of tea, and steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Then brew three or four times.
6. Walking your dog for 2 months is equivalent to one year of fitness. A UK survey found that dog owners exercise more than gym members. This information collected data from more than 5,000 people and found that dog owners take their pets out for an average of 48 minutes a day, and in a week, the walking time can reach 5 hours and 38 minutes. They take their pets for long walks at least three times a week, adding another 2 hours and 33 minutes of exercise time. After all, walking the dog for two months will have the same exercise effect as one year of fitness.
Fu Chunsheng said that people are lazy, and exercise plans are easy to give up halfway. However, dog owners have to meet the needs of their pets to go out, which invisibly increases their enthusiasm for exercise. According to statistics, if a pet dog is raised from childhood to old age, the owner can walk the dog more than 23,000 miles (approximately 37,000 kilometers), which is approximately equivalent to walking around the earth once. Keeping a dog can also allow people to establish an attachment relationship with their dog, achieve emotional communication, make more friends, and feel self-worth.
7. Wear casual clothes every day to help you walk 500 more steps. Research from the University of Wisconsin in the United States shows that wearing casual clothes to work can increase activity by 8%, which is equivalent to walking 500 more steps a day. If you persist in it for one year, you can lose 0.8 kilograms of weight. Lu Yifan pointed out that the comfort of clothing often affects people's desire to exercise. People can easily stretch their muscles and bones in the most comfortable state and are more willing to participate in sports. Although wearing a suit and leather shoes may look elegant, it will invisibly restrict the body. Clothes that fit too well are generally rarely "comfortable". Therefore, wearing more clothes with loose fits and comfortable fabrics can enhance your willingness to exercise.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that health is a lifelong lesson, and you need to remember that "haste makes waste." Although these "small" health regimens can also have "big" health effects, they cannot replace formal exercise, let alone opportunistically, but allow us to make good use of every little bit of time to accumulate health.