[Solar terms health care] Teach you some tips on how to deal with the "disrespectful" Xiaohan

Last Saturday, we ushered in the Minor Cold solar term, which is the coldest day of the year. The cold stimulation causes the body to dissipate heat, damage yang energy, and reduce resistance. Therefore, the key to health preservation is to enhance immunity by adjusting lifestyle .

How to do it specifically? In this issue, Director Song Yuzhen of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine will teach you a few methods~

Tips: There is a saying among the people that "Minor Cold is better than Major Cold". At first glance, Major Cold is colder than Minor Cold. But in fact, during Minor Cold, the sun is still in the southern hemisphere, and the heat deep in the soil in the northern hemisphere is exhausted. Although the daytime is slightly longer and the amount of sunlight and heat received increases slightly, it is still insufficient, so it becomes the coldest season of the year.

There are two ways for the cold evil in nature to invade the human body: one is to invade the human body directly, from the outside to the inside, from the shallow to the deep; the other is to directly damage the spleen and stomach, and also to damage the Shaoyin meridian, directly to the internal organs, and it is very easy to damage the heart and kidney. Therefore, the focus of health preservation during the Lesser Cold season is to warm the kidney yang and promote the heart yang .

PART.01 Minor Cold: “Three Preventions”

【Prevent the body from catching cold】

A cold waist can easily damage the kidneys, making people afraid of cold, weak, and affecting appetite. Men will experience soreness in the waist and back, or even premature ejaculation, while women will have affected menstrual regularity.

The back is very susceptible to cold, which causes heat loss, leading to a decrease in immune function and providing an opportunity for various diseases to take advantage.

Many important organs of the human body are located in the abdomen. A cold stomach can easily cause blockage of qi and blood in the meridians, making many organs feel "uncomfortable".

【Prevent stomach and intestines from catching cold】

In addition to keeping warm, eat more soft food and chew slowly. Try not to eat raw, cold, barbecued, or spicy food. You can take some warming food during the coldest days of winter, such as red dates, brown sugar, and ginger tea.

【Prevent your feet from getting cold】

Many people have cold hands and feet in winter, which even affects their sleep. Cold feet can cause the capillaries in the upper respiratory tract to contract, slow the activity of cilia, and reduce the body's resistance, which can easily induce colds, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, tracheitis, etc. Therefore, you should pay attention to keeping your feet warm. You can soak your feet in hot water before going to bed and rub the soles of your feet vigorously.

PART.02 Minor Cold: "Three Rubs "

Massaging the body can promote blood circulation and achieve the dual purpose of dispelling cold and conditioning the body.

[Rub the abdomen ]**——**Persisting in doing this for a long time can regulate the spleen and stomach and prevent constipation.

[Rubbing the waist] - It can dredge the belt meridian, strengthen the waist and spine, and consolidate the essence and benefit the kidneys. It is very beneficial for relieving waist pain, preventing lumbar muscle strain and dysmenorrhea in women.

[Rub the neck] - The Dazhui point is located below the most prominent bone at the back of the neck, on the Du channel of the human body, where the Yin and Yang meridians meet. If you feel cold all over after going out, try rubbing this point to warm up.

PART.03 Minor Cold: "Three Foods "

【Eat Lamb】

Mutton is one of the first choice foods for warming and nourishing in the Minor Cold solar term. Eating mutton in winter can not only resist the cold, but also has a tonic effect on chronic bronchitis, asthma due to cold, cold pain in the abdomen, fear of cold due to weakness of the body, soreness of waist and knees, sallow complexion and thin muscles, and deficiency of qi and blood.

【Two black eaters】

According to the theory of the five elements in traditional Chinese medicine, "the kidney governs winter", so winter health care should focus on nourishing the kidney, and "black enters the kidney", so eating "black" is a tonic. Black rice, black beans, black sesame, black dates, and black fungus are all good choices.

【Three ways to eat chestnuts】

Chestnuts have the effects of nourishing the stomach and spleen, nourishing the kidney and replenishing qi, and are often used to nourish the kidney in health-preserving diet therapy. In winter, the amount of meat in the diet increases. Drinking chestnut porridge regularly can nourish the spleen and stomach and relieve the burden of meat on the spleen and stomach.

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