A detailed discussion on keeping warm in spring and cold in autumn: How to keep warm in spring? Eat light food, exercise slowly, and take a good nap

"Cover up in spring and keep cold in autumn" is a health proverb. It is people's experience in maintaining good health and has certain scientific reasons. "Cover up in spring" means that in spring, when the temperature just turns warm, do not take off your cotton-padded clothes too early. After wearing cotton-padded clothes for several months in winter, the regulation of heat production and heat dissipation of the body is in a relatively balanced state with the ambient temperature in winter. From winter to early spring, it is still cold and the temperature changes greatly. As the saying goes, "Spring is like a child's face, changing three times a day." If you take off your cotton-padded clothes too early, once the temperature drops, it will be difficult to adapt, which will reduce the body's resistance. Pathogens take advantage of the opportunity to attack the body, which is easy to cause various respiratory diseases and winter and spring infectious diseases.

How to keep yourself healthiest in spring?

If you don’t cover yourself properly, you will catch a cold. So how should you cover yourself correctly and healthily ?

Pay special attention to five areas: vest, stomach, feet, knees and waist. Vests, knee pads and other "equipment" cannot be put away for the time being, and women should pay attention to keeping the lower body warm .

"Cover up in spring and keep cold in autumn" mainly means that although the climate is gradually getting warmer after the beginning of spring, the temperature is still relatively low, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large. People with weak constitutions, especially the elderly and children, are likely to catch colds and other diseases due to exposure to wind and cold if they take off their clothes too quickly. After the arrival of spring, the temperature generally starts to rise, but the weather will also be hot and cold. In order to keep warm, people still need to "cover up".

When people are "covering up in spring", they should pay special attention to several parts: vest, stomach, feet, knees and waist. The vest is connected to the heart and lungs, and the wind and cold can easily penetrate the human body through the back. Once the vest is exposed to cold, it will cause lung cold, causing symptoms such as cold and cough. The elderly and children can wear a vest or a wool vest when going out to prevent the vest from getting cold.

The knee is the main tendon, so covering the knee more often can prevent rheumatoid arthritis and enhance leg exercise ability. You should pay attention to keeping your waist, abdomen and knees warm, and wear knee pads to strengthen warmth when necessary.

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, "cold starts from the feet". Because the ground temperature is low in early spring, it is easy for the feet to get cold when they touch the ground. Frequent foot rubbing and foot massage, and hot water soaking feet before going to bed at night can prevent colds and improve immunity.

Women should pay more attention to keeping their lower body warm, and avoid "only looking good but not warm". Women must understand that dysmenorrhea is a long-term problem, and they need to take care of their bodies during each menstrual period and in daily life to lay a good foundation for future health. So in late autumn, women should do the following protective work:

1. Pay attention to keeping your waist warm

Women's waist is slender and charming, but it is not only a beautiful sight, but also a sensitive area for health. If you often wear low-waist pants in autumn and winter, your waist and lower body will be easily cold, which will directly lead to cold uterus in women. Cold uterus in women will cause symptoms such as cold hands and feet and dysmenorrhea.

2. Keep your abdomen warm

Cold lower body directly leads to cold uterus in women. In addition to cold hands and feet and dysmenorrhea, it also causes weak libido and lack of desire. Blood stasis caused by cold uterus leads to increased leucorrhea and decreased hygiene in the vagina, which can cause dysmenorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, etc. Therefore, by keeping the abdomen warm, women can avoid many gynecological diseases.

3. Keep the blood circulation in the lower body smooth and the private parts dry and breathable

Lack of exercise in the lower body can lead to pelvic congestion, which can aggravate dysmenorrhea. It is also not good for the heart and blood vessels, and can cause sagging breasts. In addition, the female genitals are moist all year round. If they can be fully ventilated, the possibility of gynecological diseases can be reduced. Excessive moisture in the private parts can easily lead to candidal vaginitis and cause dysmenorrhea in women. Try to use less airtight sanitary pads.

How to eat a light diet and less greasy food ?

You can choose a moderate or light diet, but avoid taking tonic foods and medicinal herbs. At the same time, you should increase the intake of essential nutrients such as protein and carbohydrates to maintain a reasonable and balanced diet.

Experts believe that in the chilly spring, people can supplement calories and keep warm through diet. The transition from winter to spring is the time when yang energy grows, and the yang energy of the human body also grows. At this time, we should focus on nourishing yang to adapt to the changes in external temperature.

In terms of diet, people can choose a moderate or light diet, but avoid taking tonic foods and medicinal herbs. At the same time, they should increase the intake of essential nutrients such as protein and carbohydrates to maintain a reasonable and balanced diet.

For citizens with cold stomach, ginger and brown sugar can be used to make porridge. "Ginger can dispel wind and cold, induce sweating and relieve symptoms, and brown sugar can replenish blood. Mixing the two and making porridge can warm the stomach. After the Spring Festival, citizens should eat lighter food and try to eat less oily and meaty food. White radish can promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst. Cooking porridge with radish can dissolve phlegm and clear silt. It can be eaten by both the elderly and children.

Elderly citizens can also drink refreshing mint tea. Mint, bupleurum and chrysanthemum tea can relieve wind and heat. Drinking wolfberry and chrysanthemum tea can soothe the liver and improve eyesight, and has a certain effect on preventing colds.

For elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, they can frequently eat onions, coriander, fermented black beans, dates, astragalus, etc. They should also eat more foods that have the functions of removing phlegm, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the kidneys and lungs, such as loquat, pear, lotus seeds, lily, dates, walnuts, honey, etc., which will help alleviate symptoms.

Exercise at a slow pace and take a good nap

When doing outdoor sports in spring, you should avoid sweating profusely. You should do more slow-paced exercises such as brisk walking, strolling, Tai Chi, and kite flying. You should also take a good nap.

After the arrival of spring, citizens can increase the time of outdoor activities to promote the movement of qi and blood and enhance the body's immunity. People can organize more outdoor activities such as spring outings and outings. Children can run and jump, and the middle-aged and elderly can do some moderate and light exercises, such as brisk walking, strolling, Tai Chi and kite flying. These slow-paced exercises can make qi and blood smooth and beneficial to health, but it is not advisable to sweat profusely, otherwise it will damage the yang energy and cause cold.

In addition to the "spring cover" lifestyle, we should also pay attention to the "midnight nap". People often say "spring sleepiness" means irregular living hours, poor rest at night, and lack of energy for work and study the next day. Midnight is 11 o'clock at night, which is also called "ren ding", and people should go to bed to rest. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, you can take a nap, which will help you to be energetic when working in the afternoon.

While keeping warm in spring, people should also maintain a healthy mood and communicate more with their family and friends.