Autumn sky high, dry climate, autumn dryness is easy to hurt the lungs. Therefore, it is better to eat a light diet in the fall, eat less fried food, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. Autumn should also be appropriate nap, nap can make the cardiovascular system soothing, and make the human body tension is reduced.
Autumn health and wellness six principles:
1. Reasonable diet to prevent dryness and protect the yin, nourish the yang lungs as a guideline: autumn high, dry climate, autumn dryness is prone to injury to the lungs. Therefore, the autumn diet should be light, eat less fried things, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, vegetables should be used cabbage, spinach, winter melon, cucumber, white fungus; meat can eat rabbit, duck, mackerel, etc.; eat more acidic foods, such as citrus, hawthorn and so on. Drink more water, eat more radish, lotus root, bananas, pears, honey and other moisturizing lungs, nourish Yin and clear dry food; eat as little as possible or do not eat onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers, strong alcohol and other hot and dry products and deep-fried, fat and greasy things.
Physical, spleen and stomach weakness of the elderly and patients with chronic diseases, you can get up in the morning porridge-based food, such as lily congee, porridge, black sesame congee, etc., you can eat more jujubes, lotus seeds, lilies, berries and other clear, flat complementary products, in order to fitness and eliminate diseases, prolonged life, but can not be fierce to eat fish and meat, fruit and fruit can not be eaten in order to avoid injuries to the intestines and stomach. In addition, we should pay special attention to dietary hygiene, protection of the spleen and stomach, more warm food, abstain from cold food, cold drinks, so as not to cause enteritis, dysentery and other diseases.
2. Actively participate in sports, physical exercise, physical fitness: fall sky high, is the golden season for outdoor activities. In this season, the elderly must strengthen the physical exercise, is the most active method of health care in the fall. In the fall, we should go to bed early and get up early, and after waking up in the morning, we should actively participate in the activities of fitness exercise, and we can choose to climb up, jogging, fast walking, cold water bath and other exercise projects. Autumn climate is dry, morning and evening temperature difference is large, is some bacteria, viruses reproduction and dissemination of favorable conditions, with the dry dust, some bacteria, viruses flying in the air, often cause the spread of respiratory diseases, chronic bronchitis and asthma is a high incidence of the season, therefore, the elderly in the participation of sports exercise at the same time to strengthen warmth, and do a good job of prevention.
3. Clothing appropriate, beware of cold: autumn temperatures gradually decline, morning and evening temperature difference is large, the elderly should comply with climate change, pay proper attention to warmth, in order to prevent colds and triggering respiratory and other diseases, according to the weather conditions, timely increase or decrease in clothing, cold and warmth, disease prevention and health care. In this season, the elderly should pay attention to preventing cold and keeping warm, but also should not add too much clothing too early. In this season, as long as it is not too cold, we should try to keep the body cool, so that the body can exercise, so that it has the ability to resist wind and cold.
4. Maintain optimism, quiet mind: everything is ripe in the fall is a good time to harvest, but the fall is also the gradual fading of everything, showing the decline of the season. At this time of the year is most likely to cause decline, decadence and other sentimental emotions, therefore, we must pay attention to temperament, learn to adapt themselves, to maintain optimism, to maintain inner tranquility, appropriate extension of the night sleep time; can often talk to others, family, or to the park to take a walk, appropriate to see the movie, television, or flowers, fishing, these are conducive to cultivate the nature of cultivation and cultivation of the sentiment.
5. Autumn diet has a learning experience, autumn dry lungs eat less Xin: autumn high, dry air, humidity, people are prone to dry throat, dry cough and other symptoms, which is due to dryness of the lungs caused by the phenomenon of injury. At this time, you should eat less spicy food, such as onions, ginger, chili peppers, pepper, to prevent the warmth and heat, aggravate the symptoms of lung dryness.
Lung dryness injury to the liver to eat acid: from the five elements of traditional Chinese medicine, the lungs are gold, the liver is wood, gold can be strong wood, so that the liver wood damage. Therefore, you should eat some acidic food, because "acid into the liver", can be strong liver wood, to prevent the lungs too much damage to the liver. Acidic foods can astringe liver qi and protect the liver, but not in excess. Because many acidic foods, such as vinegar, umeboshi, etc., its acidity can stimulate the stomach, easy to gastric ulcers, gastritis and other diseases, is not good for the body.
Autumn melon bad belly eat less cold: many people have this feeling, eat fruit in the fall, accidentally bad stomach, which is related to the climate in the fall. Autumn days are cool, the temperature drops, the spleen and stomach yang qi insufficient, and then eat more cold nature of fruits and vegetables, naturally adding insult to injury, resulting in diarrhea, abdominal pain and Yang Qi is not invigorated. Therefore, do not eat too cold food in the fall to protect the stomach and intestines, protect the lungs.
Moderate drinking water is the most important: summer sweaty season to drink more water, the fall dry season to drink more water. Drinking water in moderation is an indispensable maintenance measure to moisturize and prevent dryness in autumn. Drinking water to a small amount of frequent drinking is good, should not drink, drink a lot of water, will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, causing discomfort, only a small amount of slow drinking, "silent" in order to mouth, nose, throat, larynx, esophagus, and even the trachea to produce a greater moisturizing effect.
Nutritional yin and gas is the key: for middle-aged and elderly people, the most important thing in the fall is to nourish yin and gas. Nutritional yin can prevent lung dryness, beneficial qi can warm the lungs, inspire yang qi, so the fall should eat more yams, lilies, fungus, pig's trotters, lotus seeds, lotus root, pears, goji berries and other foods, in order to peacefully in the fall.
6. Autumn should pay more attention to the scientific nap: as the saying goes: "spring, fall, sleepy, summer nap." Into the fall, people are prone to sleepiness, although sleep time is not a lot, but during the day or yawning, drowsy. Experts suggest that in the fall should also be appropriate nap, nap can make the cardiovascular system soothing, and make the human body tension is reduced.