1, the secret recipe of Chinese medicine for prolonging life
1, comb your hair in the morning and evening
China's health care experts in past dynasties regarded combing hair, caring hair and strengthening brain as important measures to prolong life. Combing your hair often can dredge blood vessels, help the blood circulation of the brain, enhance the memory and the balance and coordination function of the central nervous system, and also help to reduce high blood pressure and prevent hair loss and cerebrovascular diseases such as dementia, stroke and Parkinson's disease.
2. Soak your feet before going to bed and press acupoints.
Foot bath, also known as foot bath, can add some drugs (ginger juice, rice wine, vinegar, mugwort, etc. ) Getting water can play an auxiliary role in treating some diseases, which is a way of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. There are requirements for the container, water quantity, water temperature and time for soaking feet. Generally, only hot water foot bath is used, and electronic foot bath device can be selected. If you soak your feet with medicine, wooden barrels are better. Generally, the time is about 10 to 30 minutes, and it is best to feel a little fever all over the body, a little wet on the back, or a little sweat on the forehead. If you sweat a lot, it is easy to cause dizziness and collapse. When soaking feet, you can press Zusanli point, foot center and toes.
Step 3 defecate after getting up
Traditional Chinese medicine advocates the holistic view of "harmony between man and nature", and the living habits should conform to the laws of nature. From 5: 00 to 7: 00 in the morning, the large intestine meridian is the most vigorous, so we should get into the habit of getting up early and defecating. If you can't get up early, the large intestine can't complete the function of removing turbidity well, and toxins will stay in the body, causing constipation, acne and other diseases. From 7: 00 to 9: 00 am, when the sun is shining, eating breakfast is also the easiest to digest. A good breakfast can make people think sharply, react flexibly, improve their memory and work efficiency, and not get fat easily.
Step 4 eat more grains
Neijing has long pointed out the dietary structure of "five grains for supplement, five dishes for filling, five animals for benefit and five fruits for help". Cereal is the main food to nourish the body, meat is the food to nourish the body, vegetables are the main food to supplement vitamins and minerals, and fruits are the auxiliary food to supplement nutrition. Pay attention to the mutual cooperation of various foods and cannot replace each other. Some people do not eat meat and cereals in order to lose weight, but replace them with fruits and vegetables, which will make the nutrition out of balance, thus damaging the functions of the spleen and stomach, liver and kidney.
5. Eat medicated diet according to your constitution.
Different diets are suitable for different constitutions, and it is not allowed to make up. For foods with yin deficiency and nourishing yin (sea cucumber, duck, abalone, tomato, sugar cane, celery, pear, spinach, etc. ) and traditional Chinese medicines (Radix Glehniae, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, Radix Ophiopogonis, Rhizoma Polygonati, Lily, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Herba Dendrobii, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Radix Rehmanniae, etc. ) is used as a diet. If you use a warm diet (such as shiquan Dabu chicken soup), it will aggravate yin deficiency, but reduce immunity, resulting in sore throat and aphtha. However, people with colds, coughs and skin purulent should not take tonic.
6. Exercise for 30 minutes every day.
The best time for exercise is in the morning, which can increase the yang in the body and improve the immune function of the body. The amount of exercise depends on the individual's physique and age, and should not be excessive; Should choose less or moderate exercise, such as walking, jogging, playing Tai Ji Chuan, practicing Qigong, etc. Exercise for 30 minutes every day can prevent diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity and depression.
7. Quit smoking and drinking
Smoking a cigarette will produce more than 4000 chemicals, of which more than 40 will cause cancer. Quitting smoking is not only good for your health, but also a sign of loving your family. Excessive drinking is easy to cause alcoholic liver disease.
8. Master the indoor temperature.
The living environment needs air circulation. When using the air conditioner, the temperature of the air conditioner can be controlled at 26 degrees Celsius, which is not only environmentally friendly and energy-saving, but also conducive to the adjustment of body functions. Stay in an air-conditioned room and don't blow directly at the tuyere for a long time. Old people and people with joint diseases had better wear trousers or knee pads.
9, often sit still
Long-term stress can easily make people depressed, anxious and nervous, leading to exhaustion of vital energy, mental damage, premature senility and illness. Therefore, keep an optimistic mood, strive for time to calm down and sit still, so that the brain can get a full rest. When you are in a bad mood, you can pour out your depression to your relatives and friends, or participate in community activities to release your bad mood and relieve your psychological pressure.
10, cultivate hobbies
After work and study, we should actively cultivate some hobbies, such as listening to music, watering flowers and raising fish, drawing and practicing calligraphy. To cheer up the spirit and increase the fun of life; Being close to nature can relieve stress.
2. Longevity food
1, tomato sauce. Tomato is a kind of food that often appears on everyone's table, but when it comes to ketchup, people will think it is not fresh and nutritious. In fact, the nutrition of ketchup is not worse than that of tomatoes. According to the food composition table of China, most nutrients in tomato sauce except vitamin C are much higher than those in tomatoes. For example, the content of vitamin E in tomato sauce is nearly 8 times that of tomatoes. It is particularly worth mentioning that the content of lycopene has also increased a lot after making the sauce. Tomato sauce is widely used in cooking, such as scrambled eggs with tomatoes, soup blocks, stewed beef brisket with tomatoes and Luo Songtang. The best way is to put oil normally, and then add ketchup when the food is almost ready.
2, bean dregs. Speaking of bean dregs, many people think that it is the leftover of bean products, which has less nutrition and poor taste. But in fact, bean dregs are excellent health food. Because it has less calories, contains more dietary fiber and is rich in calcium that the human body needs very much. The data show that 100 g of bean dregs contains about 100 mg of calcium, which is almost equal to milk. In fact, bean dregs are also a good cooking material, which can be added to staple foods, such as porridge and steamed bread, and can also be used to scramble eggs and make meatballs.
3. Egg yolk. Many people throw away the yolk when eating eggs, thinking that it contains a lot of cholesterol and will hurt the heart. The fact is that normal people eat 1 egg yolk every day, which will not cause harm to the heart. Moreover, almost all the health-care ingredients in eggs exist in the yolk, such as vitamins and trace elements, choline, betaine, lutein, omega-3 fatty acids and other health-promoting ingredients. If you find the yolk choking, you can make it into custard, egg drop soup or directly scrambled eggs.
4. Cherry tomatoes. In many people's minds, cherry tomatoes are synonymous with genetically modified food. The truth is that the cherry tomato is not a genetically modified tomato, but it is the most primitive tomato variety, and it can even be said that it has not been fully domesticated. And in terms of nutrition, large tomatoes are slightly inferior to cherry tomatoes. For example, vitamin C in them is much lower. Cherry tomatoes are often eaten as fruits, in addition, they can also be used to make big dishes.
5. dried fruit. Speaking of dried fruit, some people think it has no nutrition, others think it contains too many additives and is unhealthy. In fact, the real dried fruit is the product made of fruit after drying. The production process does not add sugar or salt, and does not involve essence and pigment. In this drying process, sugar, protein, fat and various minerals in fruits will be concentrated, as well as dietary fiber and some antioxidant components and vitamins that are not afraid of heat. Therefore, natural fruits such as raisins, dried mangoes and dried apricots can help the human body to supplement minerals such as potassium and calcium and dietary fiber, which is especially suitable for eating when sweating for a long time in summer. It should be noted that when buying, you should carefully read the label on the package and choose natural dried fruits that are not fried or added with extra salt or sugar.