The highest state of health preservation is a wise saying of the ancients-the harmony between man and nature. As early as more than 2, years ago, our ancestors realized the close relationship between man and nature, and thought that man is a product of nature, and human life phenomenon is a part of natural phenomenon, and the function of human body must be consistent with the changes in nature to maintain life.
Because man and nature are a unified whole, the functional activities of the five internal organs and the movement of qi and blood are closely related to the seasonal changes. Just like a fish in water, the change of water will definitely affect the fish. Similarly, all changes in heaven and earth will affect people. Therefore, TCM health care emphasizes a rest between heaven and man. The method of health preservation should be adjusted appropriately with the climate change at four o'clock, cold, hot and cool.
for example, in spring, people's qi and blood flow from the inside out, and the whole nature is also in the time when everything is born. In this season, we must remember to "lie down at night and get up early, and walk widely in court". "Sleeping at night and getting up early" means going to bed early and getting up early, which is helpful to avoid hiding yin and restore qi and blood. "Walking in the court" means going out for a walk often, feeling the breath of all things in nature and forming a harmonious state with nature.
Chinese medicine says that in the five internal organs, the liver is spring in season, which means that the liver plays a very important role in the human body in spring. Why do you say that? Because the liver has the function of dispersing hair, it can regulate qi activity and make qi and blood in the body run in an orderly way. The characteristic of liver qi is that it requires regulating qi, ascending qi and dispersing hair, just like spring. If the spirit is not carefree, and qi activity does not rise, people will be easily depressed, which will lead to the upwelling of qi and blood. In severe cases, it will cause vomiting blood, hematemesis, and even fainting, which will also hurt the spleen and stomach and cause the disorder of digestive function of the spleen and stomach.
Sun Simiao, the king of medicine in the Tang Dynasty, once said, "It is advisable to save acid and increase sweetness in spring to nourish temper." According to the drug king, you can eat some foods such as jujube and honey to nourish the spleen in spring; Eat more vegetables, such as celery, spinach, Chinese cabbage, rape, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, carrots, etc., and supplement vitamins, minerals and trace elements; You can also eat some onions, ginger, garlic and leeks to dispel yin and cold and help yang to rise.
Yam is also an edible food in spring. Yam is "warm but not sudden, slightly fragrant but not dry", which has the function of invigorating spleen and stomach. In late spring, the temperature is rising day by day, so the diet should be light, and it is not advisable to eat mutton, dog meat, spicy hot pot, hot pepper, pepper and other spicy and hot products, so as to prevent the accumulation of heat in the body and the pathogenic heat from turning into fire, leading to furuncle and furuncle. In short, a light and refreshing diet is good for spring health.
in summer, as we all know, it's easy to get upset and lose your temper easily. This is because there is insufficient qi and blood in the human body in summer. At this time, everyone must pay attention to "staying up late and getting up early, never tired of the day", staying up late (preferably no more than 12 o'clock) and getting up early in summer, in order to adapt to the changes of yin deficiency in nature, and taking a proper nap to supplement the lack of sleep can also effectively prevent the occurrence of heart diseases such as coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction. A nap should usually be taken after lunch at 15? 3 minutes, take a prone position, and the time is 1? 1.5 hours is appropriate.
In summer, there are Poria cocos, Ophiopogon japonicus, Zizyphus jujuba, lotus seeds, lilies, bamboo leaves and arborvitae seeds. In terms of diet, we should eat more millet, corn, beans, fish, onions, potatoes, wax gourd, bitter gourd, celery, asparagus, pumpkin, bananas and apples, and less animal offal, egg yolk, fat meat and roe.
The following four kinds of heart-nourishing fruits are suitable for eating more. First, watermelon: in addition to annoying and quenching thirst, clearing heat and relieving summer heat. Second, cucumber: the skin green juice is crisp, tender and delicious, with a water content of about 97%, which is a good product for promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Third, peaches: promoting fluid production, moistening intestines, promoting blood circulation and resolving food stagnation are suitable for polydipsia, blood stasis, poor stool, unfavorable urination, fullness and other symptoms. The fourth is bitter gourd: it can remove heat evil, relieve fatigue, clear the heart and improve eyesight, and people who are tired of work can eat more.
In autumn, the method of keeping in good health should be "early to bed and early to get up, and be happy with chickens". That is to say, the law of our life should follow the chicken. When the chicken enters the nest, it sleeps, and when it comes out, it gets up. At this time, people's qi and blood just converge from the outside, while people's yang is outside during the day and at night. If we follow the lifestyle of being happy with chickens, lying early and getting up early, then people's qi and blood will remain in good condition.
As the saying goes, "There is no disease in one summer and three points are deficient". Therefore, in autumn, we should pay attention to proper tonic, and observe the principle of "less pungent and more sour" in diet, so as to nourish liver qi, and it is appropriate to be warm, light and fresh. We should not eat cold, spicy and sticky food, and eat more sesame, walnut, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products, pears, sugarcane and other foods. Lily lotus seed porridge, tremella rock sugar porridge, red jujube glutinous rice porridge, black sesame porridge, etc. are all good autumn food.
among fruits, pears are the first choice in autumn. Pear has the reputation of "the Sect of Hundred Fruits", which enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has two major effects, one is nourishing yin and moistening dryness, the other is clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, and it can be taken orally by raw food or mashed juice, or by decocting ointment and adjusting clothes. In ancient times, there was a good diet for autumn dryness: "salt water in the morning, honey soup in the evening." Drinking salt water during the day and honey water at night is not only a good way to replenish human body's water, but also a good diet for keeping fit and resisting aging in autumn.
in winter, everyone must pay attention to "lying early and getting up late, waiting for the sun". The general idea is that the three months of winter are the season when the qi of heaven and earth is hidden, and the season when vitality lurks and everything hides. We should adapt to the change of this season, and don't disturb the human body's closed yang and work hard. It is suitable to go to bed early and get up late, and it is best to get up after the sun rises. Keep your mind hidden and quiet. If; Stay away from the cold, get close to the warmth, and avoid frequent sweating, so as to avoid the continuous loss of human yang. This is a way to adapt to the winter climate and maintain the human body's function of hiding. If you violate the closed qi in winter, you will damage your kidneys, so that the conditions for providing qi for spring life are insufficient, and the diseases of weak hands and feet and cold will occur in spring.
Good food supplements in winter include walnut meat, longan, beef, dog meat, jujube, lotus seeds, mutton, chestnuts, peanuts, auricularia auricula, soybean milk, etc. In winter and March, mung beans, raw lotus roots, bananas, water shield and Nostoc flagelliforme are not allowed. In addition, liquor has the effects of regulating qi and blood, relaxing muscles and promoting blood circulation, and resisting cold. Adding tonic Chinese medicines such as ginseng, velvet antler, hippocampus, Eucommia ulmoides, cinnamon, etc., it has the effect of warming and strengthening the body, but it should not be moderate.
Spring, summer, autumn harvest and winter storage are interrelated and complementary. Improper health care in one season will inevitably affect the next season. So, now we know how to spend every season healthily. Knowledge link
People who are physically strong, disease-free and painless or have good cold tolerance should avoid taking supplements.
avoid taking supplements blindly. Health products, all kinds of creams, ginseng, etc. on the market have certain suitability and taboos, so there should be certain choices in taking them. At the same time, these supplements are not targeted enough, and the individual differences of patients are relatively strong, which may not achieve the expected results.
people with poor gastrointestinal function should avoid taking supplements. People with dyspepsia of the spleen and stomach, frequent diarrhea and abdominal distension must first restore the function of the spleen and stomach if they want to supplement. Only when the digestive function of the spleen and stomach is good can the absorption of tonic nutrients be guaranteed, otherwise, no amount of tonic will be beneficial.
those who are still suffering from exogenous diseases should avoid supplementing them. When suffering from exogenous diseases such as cold, fever, cough and gargle, you can't take tonic to avoid evil.
avoid "the more expensive the better". Tonics are not the more expensive the better, the more expensive the more effective. When used properly, rhubarb can be used as a tonic; If the medication is inaccurate, ginseng can be poisonous weeds.