From the day of spring equinox, the days will get longer and the temperature will get warmer.
After the spring equinox, the sun is shining, rain begins to increase, and everything enters the growth stage, so it is important to pay attention to health care at this time. In this article, we introduce the health tips for this season ~
Ⅰ How to maintain health at the spring equinox
1. pay attention to strengthening the spleen and nourishing the liver
Spring must pay attention to nourishing the liver and protecting it. Eat more dates, wolfberries, spinach and other foods, but also pay attention to supplement some vitamin and mineral content of food, such as sea fish, beef, yellow cabbage, etc., to improve the body’s immune function.
Wine can harm the liver, and it is even more inadvisable to drink alcohol in spring. Brew some liver protection tea, mint water can play a role in clearing liver fire, or drink electrolyte-rich drinks. Eat a moderate amount of fruits that nourish the liver and lungs, such as strawberries, plums, apricots, plums, mulberries, cherries, etc.
“It is advisable to save acid and increase sweetness in spring to nourish the spleen.” Spring is prone to spleen and stomach weakness, diet is best less sour and spicy, slightly sweet more appropriate, such as yam, lily, fungus, etc. with fresh vegetables to dredge the liver and strengthen the spleen.
2. avoid hot and cold, and seek neutral
In spring, it is appropriate to eat more flat foods, such as yam, soybean sprouts, celery, lettuce, etc.; eat less hot or cold foods; and do not eat only ascending or descending foods. For example: eat seafood, bean sprouts, fungus, empty cabbage and other cool foods, accompanied by onion, ginger, garlic seasoning to reduce the coldness of food. Eat leek, garlic, ginger and onion and other hot dishes, with a small amount of eggs, meat, fish and other nourishing products, restrain the ingredients of the rise too much or with some cold products such as watermelon, cucumber, etc., to achieve a balance of cold and heat in the diet.
3. eat spring vegetables to reconcile yin and yang
“Spring vegetables” refers to the spring sprouting, pro tender lush wild vegetables, such as spinach, celery, horsetail, etc.. Fresh spring vegetables can lower the fire, dredge the liver, benefit the spleen, cleanse the intestines and laxative, and also have a regulatory effect on the excessive rise of liver and yang in the human body, which is suitable for people with internal heat.
During the spring equinox, a common folk medicine and food product is toon. According to Chinese medicine, toon is cold and bitter in nature and has the effect of strengthening the stomach, regulating qi, stopping bleeding and resolving dampness. It is effective in regulating symptoms such as loss of appetite, food accumulation and vomiting, stomach distention, abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by the loss of harmony of the middle jiao qi, as well as symptoms such as bitterness and dryness of the mouth, irritability of the heart, dryness of the stool and emotional disorders caused by dampness and heat injuring yin.
Recommended: Toon and egg soup
This soup can strengthen the spleen and nourish the liver, and is suitable for health care around the spring equinox, especially for people with weak spleen and stomach.
4. the three appropriate spring equinox
(1) Stretch your back
When the body is sleepy, stretching the waist and abdomen, the whole body muscle exertion, and with deep breathing, has the effect of exhaling and invigorating the blood. After stretching, blood circulation is accelerated, which can stimulate the liver function, thus achieving the effect of health care for the liver.
(2) Comb your hair
At the spring equinox, nature and the body’s yang energy are in a state of rising, pores are stretched and metabolism is vigorous. Combing the hair can stimulate many meridian points on the head, allowing the body’s yang energy to rise and flow, and unblocking the meridians and blood. To nourish and strengthen the hair, brain and ears, wind and eyes, headache prevention.
(3) rubbing the nose
As the saying goes, “a hundred grasses return to bud, old diseases sprout”, and the spring equinox is the season of high allergy. Daily rub both sides of the nose (the outer edge of the nose next to the midpoint, when the nasolabial groove) of the Yingxiang points, to help prevent the recurrence of asthma, rhinitis and other old diseases. 5.
5. away from spring sleepiness, avoid injury to spring
Regular sleep, early to bed and early to rise, and actively participate in physical exercise and suitable outdoor activities to enhance physical fitness, and try not to stay up late.
Also often clean the room to make the room clean, appropriate plant some flowers to ensure a comfortable and healthy living environment, to maintain a calm state of mind.
Eat as well as sleep, sleep as well as good mood, so it is critical to maintain a good state of mind. When you are depressed, you may want to eat more brain-boosting food, such as walnuts, milk, fish, soy products, etc., more listening to cheerful music is also conducive to venting the feelings of depression, exercise can also soothe the mood.
Ⅱ What to eat on the spring equinox
1. honey
The most ideal tonic for spring. It is believed in Chinese medicine that honey is sweet in taste and enters the spleen and stomach meridians, which can nourish the middle and benefit the qi, laxative and laxative. Honey also contains a variety of minerals and vitamins, and has the function of clearing the lungs and detoxifying the body, so it can strengthen the immune system.
2. cabbage
It can benefit the stomach, nourish Yin and moisten dryness, clear lung heat, facilitate intestinal, is a very good fire dishes.
Cabbage can be stir-fried with lily and yam to clear the lung fire and help prevent respiratory diseases.
3. oleander
Fragrant wheat cabbage, also known as oleander, it has the effect of clearing dryness and moistening the lungs.
4. Duck meat
According to Chinese medicine, duck meat is cold in nature and has the effect of nourishing the stomach and tonifying the kidneys, eliminating edema and poisonous heat, and relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for those who have heat in the body, loss of appetite and dry stools.
Note: It is best to eat less roast duck, roast duck, etc., can be stewed with winter melon, barley, spring bamboo shoots, etc.
5. pear
Spring climate change, dry air, low humidity, people often have a sore throat, hoarse throat and other performance, more often eat fresh fruit. Pear can stop cough and dissolve phlegm, nourish yin, nourish lung and stomach, main treatment of dry throat and mouth, hoarse voice, dry stool, etc., spring consumption can remove fire. Can be eaten raw, but also can be boiled with white radish and other water to drink.
Note: pear is cold, the spleen and stomach deficiency caused by cold stools and external wind cold cough phlegm white people should not use.
Ⅲ What to practice on the spring equinox
After the spring equinox, the climate is warming up, everything is flourishing, and the whole spring has started to be busy. In terms of mental conditioning, we should be calm and maintain a relaxed and optimistic mood, so as to nourish the spirit, and avoid great joy and sadness. Mood swings are not conducive to the drainage of liver qi, so today’s interview with Liu Yang, attending physician at the Department of Tui-Na Physiotherapy at the Oriental Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, brought “chest-opening and Qi-smoothing exercises” for the circle of friends ~
1. Point rubbing big bag point
Effects.
Dabaobao point is a large loop of the spleen, point rubbing Dabaobao point can promote the lung and Qi, broaden the chest and benefit the spleen, for people who are nervous, stressed and sulking will have obvious soreness here, point rubbing this point can relieve.
Location.
6 inches below the armpit, find the position of the nipple first, cross over horizontally, at the 6th rib gap.
Method.
Thumbs into the gap between the ribs, and then point slightly harder to hold, point will be sore, point when the shoulders (chest expansion), shoulder muscle contraction, continue to hold for 15 seconds to 20 seconds, and then relax, do 10 times.
2. side pushing two wakefulness
Effects.
The two wu is the liver meridian parts, push the two wu can unblock the liver meridian, detoxify depression, have a good mood.
Location: the lower end of the ribs on both sides.
Practice.
One arm gently lift, bend the elbow, forearm on the back of the head, head and neck slightly backward, to achieve the effect of traction armpit, the other hand with the palm from the armpit down to gently push and rub the side of the chest for half a minute, in order to have a warm, sore and swollen feeling.