General knowledge of health care for the elderly in beginning of winter 1. How do the elderly keep healthy in winter?
Winter is coming, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Old people should pay special attention. Winter is the most suitable season for health preservation. Old people should seize the opportunity to improve their resistance, but also pay attention to safety. What should the elderly pay attention to in winter health care and how to keep healthy? Let's have a look.
Winter health care for the elderly
1. Daily life of the elderly in winter
Go to bed early in winter. Going to bed early can replenish the yang in our body and keep our body warm. Go to bed early and get up late in winter, add clothes and quilts in time, keep warm and wear warm, loose and soft clothes. Pay attention to keep your feet warm. You can soak your feet to help you sleep before going to bed. In short, it is advisable to raise Tibet in winter, tonify kidney and help yin, and conform to nature.
2. Winter sports health care for the elderly
In winter, the elderly should exercise moderately and exercise more, so that they can get sick less. In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and the sunshine is weak. You can exercise more and supplement the lack of sunshine. It is good to bask in the sun more. Being active in cold air can enhance the nerve regulation function and improve the body's resistance.
3. Dietary methods of the elderly in winter
Old people should pay attention to their physical condition when dieting or taking supplements in winter. For example, the old people who are afraid of cold can eat some warm or hot food, and the old people who are afraid of heat can eat some cold-tempered food. Some elderly people have poor spleen and stomach function, so they should eat some foods that are easy to digest and absorb, and eat less fatty, fried and hard foods.
4. Old people keep out the cold in winter.
Old people should have the ability to adapt to the cold. Every day, they should wash their faces and limbs with cold water. Keep warm on weekdays, but don't cover too much. Indoor windows should be ventilated and the temperature should be constant and appropriate. Poor blood circulation in the elderly. If the room temperature is too low, the old people's hands and feet are prone to frostbite, while if the room temperature is too high, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is too large, and they will catch a cold.
Taboo of health preservation for the elderly in winter
1. Avoid strenuous activities.
Life lies in exercise, and proper physical exercise can help the elderly to prevent diseases, resist aging and strengthen their bones and muscles. However, the elderly are not suitable for strenuous exercise and are prone to sports injuries. Tai Chi, jogging and cycling are all suitable sports for the elderly, and sports equipment in the park is also a good choice. Experts say that the elderly can judge whether the amount of exercise is appropriate according to their physical reactions after exercise. If they feel dizzy, fatigue, chest tightness, shortness of breath, insomnia and dreaminess after exercise, it means that they have exercised too much, so they can appropriately reduce the amount of exercise or stop exercising.
2. Don't wear too much clothes, the warmer you wear, but the clothes themselves will not generate heat, but will buffer the air convection inside and outside the clothes and play an isolation role, so that the heat can be preserved. Experts say that the elderly are not cold-resistant, and they can wear one or two more clothes, such as vests, vests, etc., but they can't wear too much. Otherwise, it will not only be clumsy, but also inhibit the adaptability of thermoregulation and weaken the body's ability to keep out the cold. Therefore, dressing in winter can only reach the appropriate thickness.
What do the elderly eat in winter?
1. Mushroom
Mushrooms contain a variety of vitamins and minerals, more than 50 kinds of enzymes, free amino acids, choline and so on. , can inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the body, promote the decomposition and excretion of cholesterol, and prevent the increase of blood lipids.
2. What do the elderly eat for health in winter?
Chinese medicine believes that winter is the season of "closing Tibet".
Because yang is latent, yin is vigorous, everything is secluded, human metabolism is slow, and physiological functions are in a state of inhibition and reduction. At this time, if drugs are used to supplement the human body, the nourishing effect of drugs often adds fuel to the flames, which can promote the functional activities of the human body and enhance the vitality of the viscera. So when is the best time for winter tonic? There is a folk custom of "winter supplements the three nineties", which is determined according to the viewpoint of "one sun is born on the winter solstice" in traditional Chinese medicine.
Traditionally, people think that "winter solstice" is the dividing line between winter and March climate change. As a result, Yin Qi began to fade and Yang Qi gradually returned. At this time, tonic can enhance the body's resistance, cultivate vitality and make it energetic in closed storage. Of course, if it is a symptom of physical weakness, for the elderly with obvious symptoms, tonic does not have to wait until the "winter solstice." As long as we can select materials dialectically and make scientific supplements, early supplements after winter can also play a very good role in improving weak symptoms.
In winter, the elderly are given much tonic. When purchasing supplements, we should pay attention to three points: First, according to the characteristics of strong appetite and good absorption function in winter, we should properly choose food supplements with high calorie, high nutrition, strong flavor and strong nourishing, such as mutton, dog meat, beef and chicken. Two, according to their own situation, diagnosis of deficiency syndrome, targeted tonic under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine doctors, and adhere to the whole winter.
Third, if the original itself is sick, the choice of tonic should be appropriate, and it is best to follow the doctor's advice and not blindly tonic. For example, diabetic patients can use raw ginseng as tonic, but avoid licorice and drugs with high sugar content.
Anyone suffering from hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, cholecystitis, gout and other diseases should not use high-protein, high-fat and high-sugar drugs and foods such as turtle, donkey-hide gelatin, longan, bullwhip and deer tendon. Because eating this kind of food and medicine will promote the development of diseases, increase blood lipid, blood viscosity, uric acid in blood and blood pressure, and the result will get worse and worse.
Fourth, it should not be too long to choose medicinal liquor for tonic. The medicinal liquor available to the elderly include: Shiquanda tonic wine, chinese wolfberry wine, Coix seed wine, yam wine, ginseng medicinal wine, ginseng medicinal wine, cordyceps tonic wine, etc.
Usually 1-2 times a day, about half a second each time. However, the elderly should pay attention to the idea of "two or three doses of wine in winter, and beginning of spring should stop". In addition, considering that most of the medicinal liquor on the market has a high alcohol content, and the influence of long-term drinking on the liver, the longer the medicinal liquor is drunk, the better.
Five, drug supplements should pay attention to prevent getting angry. Tonics commonly used in winter are: red ginseng, velvet antler, deer fetus and Eucommia ulmoides. , yam, walnut, longan pulp, tremella, angelica, fleece-flower root, medlar, astragalus, codonopsis pilosula, atractylodes macrocephala, dodder, black beans, black sesame seeds, etc.
Among them, walnut kernel, medlar, tremella fuciformis and black sesame are not only nourishing foods, but also good medicinal materials, which are mild and not hot. In winter, you should pay special attention not to take warm supplements such as red ginseng, velvet antler, deer fetus and placenta without doctor's advice, so as to avoid aphtha, sore throat, bad breath, dry mouth, nosebleeds, constipation, or sudden increase in blood pressure leading to stroke.
Winter health care for the elderly is very important for the elderly. Here are some suggestions about medical care. You don't have to take ginseng.
Ginseng has a nourishing effect, but the elderly don't have to take ginseng. It is found that ginseng contains a kind of "peptide", which can resist lipid decomposition.
In addition, amino acids such as aspartic acid and arginine in ginseng also have anti-lipid decomposition properties. Take ginseng for a long time, these substances inhibit the catabolism of body fat and arterial lipid, increase the lipid in arterial wall and aggravate the degree of arteriosclerosis.
It can be seen that patients with coronary heart disease caused by arteriosclerosis and elderly people with hypertension or arteriosclerosis should not take ginseng. Wearing thick clothes is not necessarily warm.
Because the skin is the second respiratory organ of the human body, it needs to constantly obtain nutrients in the air to maintain the balance of water and nutrients in the whole body. If you wear too thick and airtight, your skin can't breathe freely. Therefore, it is advisable for the elderly to wear light and warm clothes in winter.
At the same time, the elderly should not add clothes at one time, but should gradually add clothes as the temperature drops, so that the body can get exercise and improve the cold resistance. The temperature of the washing water is special.
Old people wash their faces with cold water every morning and after a nap in winter, which will constrict the blood vessels in the face and nasal cavity. After the cold water disappears, the blood vessels will quickly congest and expand. This relaxation is a good "vascular gymnastics", which can promote facial blood circulation, improve the adaptability to cold, and prevent respiratory diseases such as colds and tracheitis.
At the same time, the elderly should brush their teeth with warm water, which has a protective effect on the mouth, teeth and throat. Getting more sunshine is good for your body and mind.
Sunbathing in winter is very beneficial to the health of the elderly. Old people who stay indoors for a long time and rarely go outdoors to receive sunlight generally have symptoms of vitamin D deficiency and osteoporosis.
Health experts encourage the elderly to go outdoors to bask in the sun, which helps to prevent osteoporosis and mental depression in the elderly. According to the traditional folk custom in China, "beginning of winter" stands for the beginning of winter.
"In winter, the heavens and the earth are combined, and the water and ice are frozen." Nature is full of yin and yang, and everything hides yang, waiting for spring.
"Cold" is the main feature of winter climate change. In winter, besides paying attention to cold and warmth, diet health care is also very important. The cold climate in winter affects the endocrine system of human body, which increases the secretion of thyroxine and adrenaline, thus promoting and accelerating the decomposition of protein, fat and carbohydrate, increasing the body's cold-proof ability, thus causing excessive loss of heat.
Therefore, winter nutrition should focus on increasing heat energy. You can eat more lean meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans and foods rich in carbohydrates and fats.
Winter is the off-season for vegetables. Therefore, after a winter, people often have vitamin deficiency, such as vitamin C deficiency, which leads to oral ulcers, root swelling and pain, bleeding, constipation and other symptoms. Then people can eat some potatoes properly, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes.
They are all rich in vitamin C, vitamin B and vitamin A, and red sweet potatoes also contain more carotene. Eating more potatoes can not only supplement vitamins, but also clear the fire.
In addition, in the winter market, in addition to Chinese cabbage, you should also choose.
3. How to maintain health in early winter?
1, keep enough water. Winter is a very dry season. If you don't replenish enough water in winter, your body's metabolism will slow down and your skin will become dry because you lose more water. In severe cases, it will make people feel unbearable harassment, which will lead to skin itching and other diseases.
Generally, in winter, we should drink at least six to eight glasses of water every day, so as to ensure that there is enough water in the body, thus avoiding dry skin caused by lack of water in the body. Besides drinking water, we can also drink some fruit juice and eat more vegetables and fruits, which will help replenish the body's water.
2, supplement minerals in winter, want to enhance the body's ability to keep out the cold, in addition to paying attention to the body's warmth, food can also play a good cold-proof role. Of course, you can't eat any food. Eat more foods rich in calories and minerals, and add more nutrients such as protein, fat and vitamins.
For example, mutton, beef and nuts can be eaten in moderation in winter to ensure that the body generates enough heat to resist the cold in winter. Many friends like spicy food. In fact, eating more food such as peppers in winter will help to enhance our appetite and promote blood circulation in the body, thus improving our ability to resist the cold.
Of course, eat less cold food in winter. 3, proper morning exercise Many old people have the habit of getting up early and going out to exercise. Whether it is hot or cold, it is a very good living habit.
However, not all elderly people are suitable for this. For example, elderly people with high blood pressure should pay a little attention when doing morning exercises, because cold air can easily lead to an increase in blood pressure, so it is best for elderly people with high blood pressure to measure whether their blood pressure is normal before doing morning exercises. And don't go out to exercise until the weather is warm.
4. What problems should people pay attention to in health care after beginning of winter?
Beginning of winter said that winter had arrived. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the arrival of this solar term is that the sun hides, the cathode is full, the vegetation withers, and the insects hide. All activities tend to stop, and the hibernation state is used to accumulate energy to prepare for the next spring.
Beginning of winter should go to bed early, get up late, and have a warm diet, paying special attention to the following ten points: 1 More water. Although sweating and urination decrease in winter, maintaining the normal operation of brain and body organs and cells still needs water to nourish them. In winter, it is generally much more than 2000~3000 ml to replenish water every day.
2, "point" sweat, winter health should be appropriate to exercise muscles and sweat, in order to keep fit. Exercise should be combined with exercise, and it is good to run and do exercises as long as you sweat slightly, which is contrary to the way of hiding the sun in winter.
3. Prevention of "point" disease The cold winter climate is easy to induce the recurrence or aggravation of chronic diseases. Pay attention to cold and warmth, especially to prevent the adverse effects of strong winds and cooling weather on the body, and prepare first-aid drugs. At the same time, we should also pay attention to cold-resistant exercise, improve the ability to keep out cold and prevent diseases and prevent respiratory diseases.
4, adjust the "hole" god is cold in winter, which is easy to make people feel depressed. The best way is to choose some sports activities with different intensities according to your health, such as jogging, skating, dancing and playing ball games, which are all good medicines to eliminate boredom and recuperate your spirit.
5, early "point" sleep "winter months should not go out early and return late, offending Han Wei." Go to bed early to nourish the yang, and get up late to consolidate the foundation.
Therefore, it is necessary to ensure adequate sleep in winter health preservation, which is conducive to the accumulation of latent yang and yin and body fluid; Remember to "raise Tibet" in beginning of winter's aftercare. 6, into the "point" to make up for winter health should be scientifically supplemented.
People with weak yang choose mutton, dog meat, chicken and so on. People with deficiency of both qi and blood can use goose, duck and black-bone chicken.
People who are not suitable for eating cold and heat should choose medlar, red dates, fungus, black sesame seeds, walnuts and so on. Medication must follow the doctor's advice, one person and one method.
Winter tonic, in order to make the gastrointestinal tract have an adaptation process, it is best to choose stewed beef with red dates, peanuts and brown sugar, or cook some ginger and jujube beef soup to regulate the function of the spleen and stomach. 7, protect the "point" foot. Healthy feet in winter is fitness.
Insist on washing feet with warm water every day, preferably at the same time * * * and * * * foot acupuncture points. Walk for more than half an hour every day to exercise your feet.
Stick to rubbing the soles of your feet in the morning and evening to improve blood circulation. 8. Go to bed early and get up early. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, said, "It is inappropriate to go out early in the morning and go home late at night in winter, which has offended Han Wei."
Go to bed early to nourish the yang, and get up late to strengthen the yang. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure adequate sleep in winter health preservation, which is conducive to the accumulation of latent yang and yin and body fluid; Remember to "raise Tibet" in the aftercare of daily life after beginning of winter.
9, into the "point" to make up for winter health should be scientifically supplemented. People with weak yang choose mutton, dog meat, chicken and so on.
People with deficiency of both qi and blood can use goose, duck and black-bone chicken. People who are not suitable for eating cold and heat should choose medlar, red dates, fungus, black sesame seeds, walnuts and so on.
Medication must follow the doctor's advice, one person and one method. Winter tonic, in order to adapt the gastrointestinal tract to the process, it is best to choose red dates, peanuts and brown sugar stewed beef, or cook ginger and jujube beef soup to regulate the function of the spleen and stomach.
10, protect the "point" foot. Healthy feet in winter is fitness. Insist on washing feet with warm water every day, preferably at the same time * * * and * * * foot acupuncture points.
Walk for more than half an hour every day to exercise your feet. Stick to rubbing the soles of your feet in the morning and evening to improve blood circulation.
5. What should I pay attention to in early winter health care?
1, calm, quiet and carefree
Chinese medicine pays attention to peace of mind after winter, which can make people look inward and help to raise Tibet. Everything withers in winter, which often makes people emotional and unhappy. We should change this bad mood.
2. The diet is mainly nourishing yin and moistening dryness.
The diet after winter can be thicker, and the ingredients are mainly nourishing yin. The basic principle of TCM four-season health preservation is "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter". This is because yang is hidden in autumn and winter, and * * * accumulates, which conforms to this trend to nourish yin.
3, cream tonic may not be appropriate.
In recent years, ointment tonic is very popular. Generally speaking, ointment is greasy and easy to get wet, while the geographical and climatic characteristics in the south make people very easy to get wet. Therefore, ointment tonic is not suitable for everyone in the south.
4. Exercise moderately to avoid sweating.
It is right to advocate more exercise in winter. However, it is not a wise choice to do too much exercise in winter like spring and summer. Pay attention to "winter storage" in winter sports, and don't sweat like spring and summer sports.
Diseases that should be prevented in early winter health care
1, stroke prevention in beginning of winter.
Stroke is a common and frequently-occurring disease for the elderly, especially in cold winter. Most elderly people have high blood pressure. When they encounter cold weather, their bodies can't adapt, and their blood pressure will rise, so they are at risk of stroke. Therefore, it is necessary to take precautions as early as possible and not to take it lightly. Prevention should do several things: first, keep warm from the cold, pay attention to the change of weather, and pay attention to adding clothes to keep warm from catching cold; Second, we should properly supplement nutrition and enhance physical fitness; Third, do a good job in the prevention and treatment of hypertension, coronary heart disease and diabetes. Patients with this disease should take medicine according to the doctor's advice and should not stop taking medicine without authorization.
2. beginning of winter to prevent myocardial infarction.
Myocardial infarction is also a high incidence period for the elderly in winter. When the human body is cold, blood vessels contract, leading to myocardial ischemia and hypoxia, which is easy to induce angina pectoris. If the measures are not effective, it will lead to myocardial infarction and death. This is not unprecedented and inevitable. In addition to paying attention to cold and warmth, the indoor temperature should be controlled at about 65438 08℃, and it is not advisable to go out for too long. Pay attention to wind and warmth to avoid catching cold and wind. Usually, you can take drugs that reduce blood fat, thrombolysis, dilate blood vessels and prevent myocardial hypoxia to avoid accidents.
3. Prevention of influenza in beginning of winter.
Cold in winter is not a big problem for the elderly, but if it is not treated in time, it will easily lead to a variety of life-threatening complications, such as pneumonia, cor pulmonale, asthma, chronic bronchitis and so on. It is reported that the mortality rate of lung infection in the elderly is as high as 36%. Therefore, in the cold winter, the elderly should pay attention to strengthening cold-resistant exercise and adjusting diet. It is best to wash your face with cold water and your feet with hot water every day to improve your immunity and prevent the flu. ?
What food does beginning of winter eat for health?
1, Lily
After beginning of winter, many of us began to complain that our skin became very dry. At this time, you need to drink plenty of water for tonic. Precious ingredients such as bird's nest are very good. However, we have to choose the best one with high cost performance. At this time, the magic weapon is lily.
Lily is a good product for nourishing yin and has the same nourishing effect as ginseng. It can help white-collar workers with neurasthenia, memory loss, deficiency of middle qi, yin deficiency and lung heat, and the effect is quite good. Of course, don't ignore the moisturizing effect of lily. In recent years, there are more and more skin care products with lily as natural plant formula. Make some lily sweet soup and drink it often. Although there will be no immediate effect, it is an indisputable fact that people who eat for a long time are not dry and wrinkles are weakened.
2. tea
It is said all over the world that tea can promote health, and it is also known as one of the seven healthy drinks. It is winter now, and the most suitable teas are black tea, oolong tea and Pu 'er tea. These kinds of tea are warm, which can warm the stomach, warm the uterus, increase metabolism and so on. Of course, it will also help us to break down some oil that we eat too much in winter, and play the role of scraping oil.
In addition, drinking tea helps to stabilize blood sugar and lower blood lipids. In the winter when meat consumption increases, it is a more scientific diet to match these teas at the same time. Drinking these teas often in winter is very helpful for patients with hyperlipidemia and obese people. At present, scientists all over the world are studying the effects of tea on improving memory, bone structure, losing weight, remembering the health of heart, brain and blood, and reducing the incidence of cancer.
3. Lotus root
Lotus root is one of the common ingredients in winter. Fresh lotus root contains up to 20% carbohydrates and protein, and is also rich in vitamins and minerals. Eating lotus root cold salad or slightly cooked raw has the effect of clearing away heat and moistening lung. But in winter, people are more accustomed to cooked lotus roots. Cooked lotus root is warm and can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Cooked lotus root and ribs cooked together also have the function of nourishing the heart and generating blood; Put some lotus root when eating hot pot, which can not only supplement the coldness of green vegetables, but also serve as a staple food.
6. Life Tips: How to eat six kinds of food in beginning of winter?
Everything is ready in beginning of winter. When winter officially comes, are you ready for your winter health? The method of keeping in good health in winter is different from that in autumn, and so is the diet. So, what should beginning of winter eat to keep fit? Today I will give you a detailed description. Beginning of winter thinks that we should eat less salty and suffer more in the future. Let's see what food beginning of winter should eat for its health.
What food does beginning of winter eat to keep fit?
1, Chinese cabbage
Winter is the off-season of all kinds of vegetables, but it is the season when Chinese cabbage receives a lot of goods. There is a saying in the north called "beginning of winter cuts cabbage", which means that beginning of winter will eat cabbage in the future. The growth period of Chinese cabbage is about 100 days. Premature growth is not true, and the purpose of bumper harvest cannot be achieved. If it is too late, it will freeze in the ground if the harvest is not timely. "beginning of winter can't afford to buy vegetables, and it doesn't complain" means that the weather is changeable after beginning of winter, and there is the possibility of heavy snow closing the land at any time. Therefore, every year around beginning of winter, we will see Chinese cabbage on the market, and the winter storage of Chinese cabbage is also at that time.
2. Mushrooms
Lentinus edodes contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, more than 50 kinds of enzymes and free amino acids, choline, adenine, ergosterol and lentinan, which has the functions of inhibiting cholesterol synthesis, promoting cholesterol decomposition and excretion, and preventing the increase of blood lipid.
Step 3: energy
Ginger is hot and pungent, and has the effects of warming and nourishing, sweating, stopping vomiting, detoxifying and warming the lungs.
4. Ginkgo biloba/Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba is called "Gongsun Tree" because of its long growth cycle, which takes more than 40 years to produce a large number of fruits. Ginkgo biloba is the core of ginkgo fruit. In ancient times, it was also called "Ginkgo biloba" because its shell was white and its shape was similar to almond. Because of its rarity, Ginkgo biloba was a royal tribute in the Song Dynasty, and now it is widely eaten in Japan and Europe. Although Ginkgo biloba is rich in nutrition, its metabolites also contain trace amounts of hydrocyanic acid, so it is necessary to control the intake every day, and cooked food is the best. Cooking with porridge soup is one of the best tonics. The simplest way to eat it can be heated in a microwave oven, which is delicious enough.
5. Black beans
Black beans have the highest content of protein among all kinds of beans, which is twice as high as pork legs. It contains mainly monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, 50% of which are essential fatty acids needed by human body, as well as phospholipids, daidzein and biotin, so eating black beans will not cause hyperlipidemia, but also has the effect of lowering cholesterol. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black beans are flat and sweet, and have the effect of moistening intestines and enriching blood.
6. Mutton
In the cold winter, the yang of the human body is hidden in the body, so the body is prone to cold hands and feet and poor blood circulation. The purpose of winter tonic is to maintain the body's yang, keep the body warm and replenish the body's yin and blood. Among them, mutton conforms to this tonic principle, so mutton is the best food for winter tonic. After eating the mutton stove in the cold winter, the frozen body immediately warmed up and the cold gradually disappeared.
7. How should beginning of winter keep in good health?
Go to bed early and get up late, pay attention to your clothes. Chinese medicine believes that "cold is yin evil, which often hurts Yang Qi". If the human body does not have Yang Qi, it will lose its metabolic vitality.
Yang is particularly important for the elderly, so you must remember to "keep hidden" in your daily life after beginning of winter. Yang experts stressed that first, we should go to bed early and get up late: people should go to bed early appropriately, and it is not easy to get up too early in the morning, especially the elderly. If time permits, it is best to wait until the sun rises and the sun's spirit grows, so as to ensure adequate sleep and facilitate the accumulation of sun's spirit. Second, pay attention to clothes: too thick and too thin is not good, too few clothes are too thin, and the room temperature is too low, which is easy to catch a cold and consume yang; On the other hand, if the clothes are too thick and the room temperature is too high, it will cause diarrhea, the yang will not be hidden, and cold pathogens will easily invade.
Beginning of winter's diet should be "less salty and more bitter". In winter, food supplement is particularly important.
In terms of diet and health, Chinese medicine believes that we should eat less salty food and more bitter food. The reason is that winter is the time when the kidney meridian is vigorous, while the kidney is salty and the heart is bitter. From the medical theory of five elements, salty is better than bitter, and kidney water is better than heart fire.
If you eat too much salty taste, it will make the kidney water that is already too strong more vigorous, thus weakening the power of the heart yang, so you should eat more bitter food to help the heart yang.
8. What are the main points of a healthy diet in early winter?
According to the principle of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter" and "nourishing kidney in winter", you can eat more delicious food in winter, such as kelp, laver and jellyfish, which can nourish yin and replenish blood.
Before beginning of winter, it should be advanced, and then tonic should give the stomach a gradual adaptation process, so it is necessary to introduce tonic well. For example, eating mild peanut and jujube soup, stewed beef with ginger and so on.
In addition, drinking hot porridge in winter is also a good choice for health. Cereal porridge can nourish the heart, sesame porridge can nourish essence and yin, radish porridge can eliminate phlegm, and Poria porridge can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach.
When it is cold or warm, increasing the intake of protein, fat, vitamins and minerals is good for resisting low temperature. For example, eat more glutinous rice, sorghum, chestnuts, jujubes, walnuts, longan, leeks, pumpkins, ginger, beef and mutton.
Increasing the intake of vitamins A and C can enhance the adaptability to cold. Vitamin A mainly comes from animal liver, carrots and dark green vegetables, while vitamin C mainly comes from fresh fruits and vegetables.
In addition, eating more peppers in winter can promote blood circulation and increase appetite.
9. What should I pay attention to in early winter?
Starting with beginning of winter.
The cold climate affects the endocrine system of the human body, thus increasing the body's ability to keep out the cold and losing too much heat. Therefore, the nutrition in early winter should focus on increasing heat energy.
You can eat more lean meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans and foods rich in carbohydrates and fats. In winter, Chinese medicine believes that we should eat less salty and suffer more. The reason is that winter is the time when the kidney meridian is vigorous, while the kidney is salty and the heart is bitter.
According to the five elements theory of traditional Chinese medicine, saltiness wins bitterness, and kidney water wins heart fire. If you eat too much salty taste, it will make the kidney water that is already too strong more vigorous, thus weakening the strength of the heart yang, so you should eat more bitter food to help the heart yang.
This can resist too much kidney water. For example, "Notes of the Four Seasons" said: "In winter, the kidney is salty, and you are afraid of fire and water, so you should nourish your heart."