The principle of health preservation in autumn is to "collect and store", so you should try to do some quiet activities, such as slow walking, meditation, yoga and other relaxed and gentle exercises. The amount of exercise should not be too large. So how do seniors maintain their health in autumn?

Adjust your diet

The elderly have weakened internal organs and weak intestines and stomach. If they eat raw and cold food without restraint and have irregular hunger and fullness, they are bound to hurt their stomach and get sick. Therefore, in autumn, the elderly should eat smaller meals and more cooked, soft, appetizing and digestible foods. In addition, due to the dry climate in autumn, it is easy to suffer from autumn dryness syndrome, so when choosing food, you should mainly choose products that are sweet and moisturizing, nourishing the lungs and promoting body fluids. For example, you can eat more pears, lilies, Ophiopogon japonicus, water chestnuts, yams, pig lungs, lotus seeds, lotus roots, etc. You can also add some nourishing Chinese medicine to cook porridge and soak it in wine for drinking, such as wolfberry porridge, polygonatum porridge, Polygonatum odorifera wine, Persimmon wine, etc., has a positive effect on strengthening the body and preventing diseases.

Pay attention to your daily life

"One autumn rain and another cold". In autumn, the temperature difference changes greatly, the temperature is low, and wind and cold evil spirits can easily hurt people. In addition, the resistance of the elderly and the With reduced adaptability, people are more susceptible to colds, upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, pulmonary heart disease, and even life-threatening heart failure. Therefore, you should pay attention to keeping warm and cold. If possible, you can wash your face, wipe your nose, or even take a cold bath with cold water to improve your ability to withstand colds and colds.

Recuperate the spirit

Autumn brings a chill, and the desolate scenery in nature can easily lead to pessimistic and sad negative emotions in the elderly. Research has found that bad psychological stimulation can inhibit the body's immune defense function, easily cause endocrine and metabolic disorders, and lead to many diseases. Therefore, the elderly should pay special attention to mental health care. They can choose to play music, chess, calligraphy and painting, raise flowers and grass, etc. Cultural and recreational activities such as playing with animals and watching birds are used to delight the body and mind, cultivate one's sentiments, and help them spend their old age peacefully.

Focus on prevention

The special climate characteristics of autumn make it easy to cause "autumn dryness cough", colds, chronic bronchitis attacks, stomach diseases, rheumatism, asthma and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. . Therefore, the elderly should focus on prevention, actively control primary diseases based on their own physical conditions, and be alert to the occurrence of susceptible diseases in autumn.