A. Life and living The spring season, the end of the winter hide, the arrival of spring. In the vibrant spring, people always seem to have enough sleep, and often feel drowsy and uninspired during the day. This is because the spring temperature rise, the skin and muscle microvascular in the state of slow diastole, blood flow is slow, the body surface blood supply increased, the blood flow to the brain will be correspondingly reduced, so there is a “spring sleepy”, spring re-nourishing “life” “Huangdi Neijing In the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, it says: “Nourish Yang in spring and summer, and Yin in autumn and winter.” This is the purpose of the four seasons according to the characteristics of nature and the body’s yin and yang. In spring, when the natural world begins to produce yang, the human body should also focus on the word “life”, in the spirit, diet, living and other aspects, must be in line with the characteristics of spring yang rising, the beginning of the birth of everything, pay attention to the protection and promotion of yang in the body. For example, we should go to bed early and get up early in spring, walk widely in the courtyard, and stretch our bodies so that our spirits will be energized and flourish with spring. You should avoid overworking or eating spicy food to prevent sweating too much and damaging yang energy. Those who have a weak Yang energy can take some medicines with the effect of tonifying Qi and strengthening the spleen in spring. For people with chronic cough, asthma, joint pain and other Yang Qi deficiencies, who are prone to disease in autumn and winter, they can use acupuncture, moxibustion, Chinese herbal compresses and Chinese herbal medicine to nourish Yang Qi in the spring and summer when Yang Qi is growing and flourishing, so as to prevent the recurrence of diseases in autumn and winter. The Chinese medicine theory is that the spring energy passes through the liver, which is a wood in the five elements, and the essence of the liver and gallbladder meridians becomes more and more vigorous and active at this time, so it is appropriate to nourish the liver in spring. Spring liver care should be in accordance with the liver likes to sparingly discharge, evil depression of the nature of the regulation. Pay attention to the spiritual conditioning, quit anger, avoid depression, be open-minded, optimistic, maintain a quiet, happy state of mind. Some patients with liver disease often have discomfort in the spring, and even the recurrence or deterioration of liver disease, which is a special response to the influence of the season on the body. While nourishing the liver in spring, you should also take care of the spleen and stomach. According to the five elements of traditional Chinese medicine, wood can grind earth, that is, the spleen earth is vulnerable to the constraints of liver wood. In spring, the liver is more likely to restrain the spleen and stomach, affecting the spleen and stomach’s function of transportation, resulting in abdominal distension and abdominal pain. Therefore, it is also important to protect the spleen and stomach in spring. The wind is the main order of the spring, the wind is the Yang evil, its nature is open and drained, with the characteristics of rising, upward, outward, often hurt the human muscle surface, and because the human coup with the rise in temperature, began to become loose, it is easy to be attacked by wind and other evil, and lead to a variety of diseases. Therefore, the spring should not reduce clothing too quickly, especially the elderly and frail, reduce off winter clothing should be especially prudent, should follow the ancient proverb “spring cover autumn freeze” to protect the wind and prevent evil. As the weather changes from cold to warm, various disease-causing microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses enter the growth and reproduction period, and warm and poisonous evils also begin to move, so at this time we must pay attention to avoid wind and evil to avoid the occurrence of some infections and infectious diseases. Phenomenon. In order to prevent spring sleepiness, people are required to sleep at night and get up early, dress loosely, stretch the body, do more activities, move to nourish “life”, improve blood circulation, overcome the state of laziness and sleep, so that their bodies adapt to the nature of nature’s growth and development, to achieve the harmony and unity of man and nature, and to maintain a high level of energy. “Spring cover and autumn freeze” is the main point of spring clothing, that is, do not rush to take off winter clothes in early spring, to prevent reverse spring cold. If you take off your cotton clothes too early, the cold will take advantage of the situation, and the cold will hurt your lungs, so you will be prone to respiratory diseases such as influenza, acute bronchitis and pneumonia. Especially for children, the elderly or the weak, who are less able to adjust, you should add and subtract clothes at any time according to the change in climate of cold and heat. Traditional health care advocates that spring clothing should be “thick under the upper thin”, because the body’s lower body blood circulation is worse than the upper, more vulnerable to wind and cold attack. In early spring, the warm sunlight tends to make people ignore the warmth of the lower limbs. Some women who love beauty can’t wait to take off their winter clothes and put on beautiful spring clothes, short skirts and stockings. But the doctor reminded, beautiful women do not change dresses too early, in case the wind and cold of early spring from the bottom up, from the table into the inside, invade the bones, joints, organs, inducing arthritis and a variety of gynecological diseases. Spring night before bed with hot water to wash the feet, and massage the feet with both hands Chung Quan points, can make the whole body warm, comfortable, sleep more peacefully. Get up in the morning, to make the mind awake before opening your eyes. Then close your eyes and rub your hands together and iron your eyes a few dozen times. Then rotate your eyes left and right nine times, close your eyes tightly for a while, and then open your eyes violently, which will help get rid of the wind and fire in your eyes. The room is closed for the winter, there will be a lot of dust accumulation, if the dust in early spring ventilation, can greatly reduce and inhibit the reproduction of germs and viruses, to prevent disease effects. Second, dietary regimen Spring dietary regimen not only responds to the characteristics of the initial birth of Yang, liver wood, but also take into account the changes in climate, according to the three stages of early spring, mid-spring, late spring temperature changes, food from warm, spicy sweet gradually turn to light nourishing Yin products. Early spring is the exchange of winter and spring, the weather is still relatively cold, you should eat more dishes and soups cooked with warm tonic foods such as onion, ginger, garlic, leek, edamame, spring bamboo shoots, toon, such as leek scrambled eggs, spring bamboo shoots with capers, fresh shrimp with toon, spring bamboo porridge, ginger warm stomach porridge, etc., to help the growth of Yang Qi; eat less cucumber, winter melon, wild rice, lotus root, mung beans and other cool foods, so as not to lose Yang Qi. In the middle of spring, the diet should be mainly pungent and sweet, with appropriate dishes and soups made of yam, jujube, honey and other foods that nourish the spleen and stomach, such as shiitake mushroom and yam, silver fungus and jujube stew, yam porridge, etc., to prevent the spleen from being offended by excessive liver function in spring, causing the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach to decline. In late spring, when spring and summer exchange, the temperature is high, the diet should follow the principle of light and nourishing Yin, you can eat more capers, lilies, kelp, jellyfish, seaweed, duck meat and other foods. In addition, the spring diet should also pay attention to limit the intake of acidic foods, because in the relationship between the five organs and the five tastes, acidity into the liver, with astringent nature, is not conducive to the body’s yang energy and liver Qi drainage. Third, exercise exercise lazy body hibernation for most of the winter, spring is here, do not do a dead snake rotten eel, let us exercise it! Spring exercise should be more contact with nature to meet the warm spring sunshine, which is beneficial to improve liver function and physical and mental health. Spring sports location should be selected in the outdoor, especially the spring countryside, fresh air, flowers, green leaves, birds singing. When you are in such a beautiful embrace of nature, not only will the mood be relaxed, but also help improve breathing, metabolism, blood circulation and mental state, even if the “spring sleepy” kind of annoying things are difficult to approach. Therefore, since ancient times, people have the custom of going on a spring excursion, which is a good way to maintain health in spring. The spring sports exercise must be scientific. Before officially entering the exercise, should do a good job of preparing activities, to be gradual. This is because the beginning of spring, our body organs such as viscera, muscle function are still at a low level, bones and ligaments are very stiff, if rashly bend low body, high kick toe, and even fast twist waist, jump rope, etc. are easy to cause sports injuries. Therefore, before engaging in sports intensity exercise, in order to prevent muscle and bone damage, “warm-up exercise” is essential. Exercise in early spring should also pay attention to avoid the wind to prevent evil. Spring temperatures are still very low compared to the summer, the cold air is easy to attack the body. Therefore, people should do when exercising: first, should not wear too little clothing to prevent cold; second, reduce clothing should not be too fast, to wait for the body slightly warm before reducing clothing; third, exercise should not sweat profusely, slightly sweating on. Sweating too much is easy to let the pores expand, evil will take advantage of the opportunity to invade the body, the emergence of colds, respiratory diseases, etc., the consequences may be very serious. Therefore, spring exercise is not the more people usually think that the more sweat, the better the effect. In addition, after the spring sports exercise, you should immediately dry the sweat on your body, change into clean clothing, to prevent cold and frost. If you have been suffering from a cold and other diseases, you should rest more and should not exercise. Fourth, the spirit of regulating in the spring, because the spring gas through the liver, easy to produce “anger”. Some patients with previous hypertension, liver hyperactivity, liver disease, liver depression and stagnation, and spleen and stomach disease, liver qi offending the stomach, will show depressed mood, irritability, chest fullness, stomach distension, etc. These groups should pay special attention to the spiritual regimen. “Anger” is one of the most taboo emotions for generations of health practitioners, it is the culprit of emotional disease, which is extremely harmful to human health. Anger not only hurts the liver, but also the heart, stomach and brain, leading to various diseases. Therefore, in the spring, we must be cheerful and open-minded to make ourselves happy and relaxed. To quit anger, first of all, learn to self-control, when you are angry from the heart, quickly remind yourself that quarrels will only bring more troubles to both sides, so that you will not use rude language, much less take rude action. Secondly, to accumulate, depression in the heart of the bad mood, through the appropriate way to vent out, in order to restore mental balance as soon as possible, such as find friends to talk about their heart’s misery, go to the gym to go to the gym, to the jungle or the lake to run, or to no one to go to cry, etc.. Again, to be good at handling interpersonal relationships, harmonious interpersonal relationships will cause a pleasant emotional response, a sense of security, comfort and satisfaction, the mood is naturally quiet and relaxed; conversely, if interpersonal relationships are tense, it will cause an unpleasant emotional response, so that people are restless, discomfort, dissatisfaction, the mood is bound to depression and irritability. Fifth, the prevention of common diseases in the spring Spring health care, on the other hand, is to prevent disease health care. Spring hot and cold air alternates frequently, the temperature changes greatly, hot and cold, accompanied by common diseases such as allergic diseases, influenza and cardiovascular diseases. Spring is a season when skin allergies are most likely to occur. Spring dermatitis is a photosensitive skin disease, the main cause of which is skin allergy to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. Hay fever is an allergic disease caused by plant pollen and pollen mites. During the flowering season, the amount of pollen floating in the air suddenly increases, which can easily enter the body with breathing and cause allergic reactions in the respiratory tract, eyes and skin of allergic persons, manifesting as paroxysmal sneezing, clear nasal discharge and nasal congestion, headache, tears, like a cold; some are accompanied by severe itching in the palate, external ear canal, nose, eyes, etc., and local or generalized skin In some cases, it is accompanied by severe itching in the upper palate, external ear canal, nose and eyes, local or generalized skin urticaria, facial reoccurring dermatitis, and in severe cases, chest tightness, breath-holding and asthma. To prevent allergic diseases, we should pay attention to the details of life, avoid contact with substances that can cause allergies, such as pollen, food or drugs; properly apply sunscreen and skin care products when going out; eat more foods containing vitamin A and fresh fruits and vegetables; maintain a certain temperature and humidity in the room, and go out as little as possible. In addition, strengthening exercise and taking medicines that benefit qi and anti-allergy, such as Yu Ping Feng San, also have a positive effect on prevention and treatment. Spring is the time when various pathogenic microorganisms are growing and multiplying. In addition, the climate in early spring is unpredictable, and whenever the human body’s resistance is weakened or poorly adapted to the external environment, acute infectious diseases such as influenza are likely to occur. Especially in recent years, with the development of the economy, the mobility of people has increased, which is often prone to outbreaks of influenza. There is no specific medicine for influenza, but antiviral western medicine and some Chinese herbal medicine have a certain effect on the prevention and early treatment of influenza. Since general antiviral drugs are not effective against influenza, prevention is better than cure, which is especially important for young children and the elderly. Preventive measures are mainly the following: 1, should often carry out sports, in order to enhance their own resistance and enhance the adaptability to the natural environment; 2, because most of the virus through the air droplets through the respiratory transmission, after waking up the living room should be open windows for fresh air, the office should also pay attention to indoor air circulation, ventilation can play the best disinfection; 3, pay attention to temperature changes and increase or decrease clothing, when going out Advocate wearing a mask to avoid external wind and cold. Although the climate of spring gradually shifts from cold to warm, but the most erratic, cold and hot is the typical climate characteristics of early spring. As we all know, cold is often a trigger factor for many acute cardiovascular diseases, so the incidence of coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases also increases sharply in the complex and warm climate of spring, and sometimes the treatment is delayed due to paralysis in thought, which leads to serious consequences. For patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, effective prevention is more important than treatment, and keeping warm and cold, reasonable diet and healthy psychology are the most direct and effective prevention weapons for acute cardiovascular diseases.