How to maintain health in winter? What are the common misunderstandings in daily life? Yu Ming, an attending Chinese medicine doctor in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Weihai Municipal Hospital, gave the following suggestions:
Spring grows in summer and autumn harvests in winter. According to Yu Ming, entering winter is the season when everything is alive and hidden, and health care should conform to the way of keeping hidden and preserve the yang.
Nourish the liver in spring, the heart in summer, the lung in autumn and the kidney in winter, and the kidney in the five elements in winter. At this time, the kidney should not only prepare enough energy for maintaining the heat expenditure in winter, but also store some energy for the coming year.
"From the perspective of Chinese medicine theory, the kidney is like an engine, providing power for the human body. Only when the kidney is full of qi, our body can adapt well to the weather changes in winter and store enough energy for next year." Yu Ming figuratively said, therefore, this season should pay special attention to the maintenance of kidneys.
Yu Ming introduced that in traditional Chinese medicine, black enters the kidney, so you can eat more black food at this time, which has the effect of tonifying kidney and benefiting qi. Such as: black beans, fungus, black sesame seeds and black rice. In addition, warm foods such as mutton, crucian carp, beef, walnut, chestnut, sesame, sweet potato and radish are also suitable for winter tonic.
"Many people are blind in their daily supplements and eager for success. This is not desirable. We should pay attention to' slow tune' instead of' quick supplement'." Yu Ming introduced that winter tonic should also be carried out in a targeted manner according to the actual situation, and it should not be blindly "tonic".
"It is very important to hide the yang in winter and keep warm, especially some body parts, which can't be exposed at this time. We should focus on keeping warm." Yu Ming introduced.
The first thing to keep warm is the head.
Chinese medicine believes that the head is the meeting of all yang. The three yang meridians of human hands and feet converge on the head. In winter, when the head is exposed to the outside, it is easy to be attacked by cold pathogens and blood vessels contract, which can easily lead to colds, headaches, facial paralysis, etc., and even induce myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone to wear a warm hat when they go out in winter.
The middle of the back of the human body, from Baihui point on the top of the head to Changqiang point on the sacrococcygeal part, is where the Du Meridian runs.
Du meridian is called "the sea of Yang pulse". Therefore, to cultivate yang spirit, we must prevent the back of the neck from catching cold.
In particular, the elderly and some people with poor physique and easy to be afraid of cold can wear scarves and close-fitting cotton vests when dressing, which plays a better role in keeping warm.
Ignoring abdominal warmth is also a problem that many people often make. Especially for some Amy ladies who like to wear blouses, this is very undesirable.
After the abdomen is cold, it is prone to stomach diseases such as epigastric pain, diarrhea and indigestion, and gynecological diseases such as dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation. Especially people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold constitution should not only stay away from cold food, but also pay more attention to keeping their abdomen warm.
In winter, the weather is cold and the yang is insufficient. People with a history of joint pain should also pay attention to keeping the joints warm. When necessary, you can wear warm items such as knee pads and wrist pads.
Everyone must have seen people who show their ankles in winter. While loving beauty, it harms health.
As the saying goes, all diseases start from cold, and cold comes from feet.
Foot is known as "the second heart of human body", and it is also a part that people tend to ignore in daily life.
The blood flow in the feet is slow, and the subcutaneous fat is thin, so the thermal insulation performance is poor. Cold feet may cause diarrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, lumbago and leg pain.
Therefore, keep your shoes and socks dry in winter and try to wear thicker socks. Soak your feet with hot water every day.
Want to eat hot pot when it's cold? Young people don't like radishes and cabbages? Get up early to exercise, and still sweat? Many common behaviors in daily life actually run counter to winter health preservation, which requires everyone's special attention.
It's so cold, J?tunheimr hotpot. Presumably, this is the idea that many people, especially young people, frequently appear after winter. However, after the "light snow" solar term, the diet should not be too spicy, so we should eat less spicy food, and spicy hot pot, barbecue and fried food are not suitable for eating too much in this season. Two or three times a week, the "hot pot bureau" should be reduced.
Radish and cabbage are the most common vegetables in winter in northern cities. Some picky eaters are not interested in these two vegetables. According to Yu Ming, these two seasonal vegetables are actually very suitable for this season. They are not only rich in vitamins, but also full of water, which is very suitable for dry seasons in autumn and winter.
Many citizens, especially the elderly, have the habit of doing morning exercises, and most of them go out early. This season, it is necessary to change their habits. Because, in winter, we should pay attention to protecting the yang and saving energy. In daily life, we should go to bed early and get up late, and wait for the sunshine to appear before going out. At the same time, many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are easy to occur in the early morning, go out for morning exercise too early, the outdoor temperature is too low, and the blood vessels contract rapidly, which is easy to induce acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
It is recommended that you go out to exercise from 9: 00 am to 10 am, when the sun rises and the outdoor temperature is high.
At the same time, many people who have exercise habits sweat profusely when they exercise, which is not advisable whether indoors or outdoors. Not only is it easy to catch a cold, but it also damages the yang.
It is suggested that slight sweating is suitable for exercise, and moderate exercise such as Tai Chi, Baduanjin and jogging can be selected, and excessive exercise is not allowed.
(Contributed by: regular meeting)