February 19 is the rain festival, is the second of the twenty-four festivals. Rain, “the bucket refers to the non for rain, the east wind thaw, ice and snow are scattered and for water, turned into rain, so the name rain.” Rain not only indicates the beginning of rainfall, but also indicates that the amount of rain began to increase. So how should I take care of my health during the rainy season? In addition to doing a good job of covering the spring and freezing the fall, it is important to seize the opportunity to nourish the spleen and stomach, and eat more porridge food.
Rainy season, rain means that the weather is warming up, the north also stopped snowing, changed to rain, while the amount of precipitation increased, the weather at this time is still characterized by cold weather, at the same time, the weather is humid, at this time, and the human body with the rise of the natural yang, liver Yang, liver wind, liver fire will rise, that we should how to health conditioning it?
First, the rain festival health needs to grasp 4 principles.
1, living should pay attention to early to bed and early to rise, pay attention to warmth, good spring cover autumn freezing.
2, spiritual conditioning should be invigorated, upward, open-minded, emotional optimism, and spring corresponding.
3, exercise, do more stretching exercises.
4, seize the opportunity to nourish the spleen and stomach, eat less sour, eat more sweet, to nourish the spleen.
Second, suitable for the rainy season health porridge
The air is moist during the rainy season, the liver is strong but the spleen is weak, so you should eat less acid and more sweet to nourish the spleen and stomach. Diet can choose toon, lily, pea seedlings, red bamboo shoots, yam, etc., and porridge has always had the effect of strengthening the spleen and dampness, in the rain before, in, after three days to take health porridge, on the wetting and spleen and stomach is very beneficial.
1, moisten dryness: carrot pumpkin porridge
Efficacy: can hydrate and moisten dryness, so that the skin is soft and supple. Practice: 300 grams of rice, glutinous rice 300 washed and soaked for 2 hours; pot boiling hot water, pour in the rice boil porridge for 40 minutes; put the peeled and cut pumpkin and chopped carrots, boil for 30 minutes until soft and rotten.
2, blood: coix seeds and ginseng porridge
Efficacy: eaten every day for breakfast, not only can dispel dampness and strengthen the spleen, but also can replenish the blood. Practice: 30 grams of coix seeds washed and soaked in cool water for 2 hours; 15 grams of ginseng cut into thin slices, 200 grams of round-grained rice washed. Put the three into a pot with water and boil over high heat first, skim off the froth after the pot boils, then simmer slowly over low heat for 30-40 minutes, put rock sugar to taste.
3, relief: yam red dates porridge
Effect: It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, calming and tranquilizing, dispelling dampness and relieving sleep. How to do: 25 grams of red dates softened with warm water and washed, 100 grams of round-grained rice washed, 25 grams of yam peeled and cut into small pieces; red dates, round-grained rice, yam put together into a porridge, eat put the right amount of sugar stirring.
Three, how to do “spring cover” to prevent disease?
It’s the rainy season and the period of “spring cover” to prevent diseases, spring climate change is more obvious, but do not lose cotton and woolen clothes too early. The following 4 points should be done for a reasonable spring cover!
1, not busy reducing clothes
Early spring, the temperature rose, but this rise is a gradual process, the temperature will be high and low, the weather will be hot and cold, people often can not predict the change, encounter the temperature rose on the reduction of clothing, and suddenly the temperature fell, the clothes have not added, so you will suffer from colds, bronchitis and other diseases, but also aggravate the original disease, especially the elderly, children, as well as maternity and chronic disease patients. Do not prematurely take off cotton and woolen clothes to prevent the wind and cold invasion and cause disease.
2, the upper thin under the thick
The kidneys are in the lumbar region, and the yang is dispersed throughout the body. Once the wind and cold invade, the yang will be trapped in the lower part of the waist and the blood circulation below the waist will be obstructed, resulting in soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, pain and numbness. Therefore, in early spring, the lower body pants, socks, shoes, must be worn thicker, warmer, do not change too quickly, take off too early. Some young women change into skirts early in the early spring for the sake of beauty, resulting in joint pain and inconvenience in walking, which can often be seen in outpatient clinics. And the upper body is slightly reduced is no big obstacle.
3, active protection
Spring is the season of common diseases, but also the high incidence of allergic diseases days. In particular, people suffering from chronic bronchitis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, skin diseases, once encountered a sudden change in temperature, or flurries, or dust flying, old diseases will relapse, or even aggravate, such patients should actively protect their bodies. People suffering from respiratory diseases should wear masks when they go out and go to public places less often; people suffering from joint pain should protect their joints; people suffering from cardiovascular diseases should not ignore the effects of “inverted spring cold” and the saying “avoid the wind like an arrow” should always be The phrase “avoiding wind is like avoiding arrows” should always be kept in mind.
4. Dietary protection
Dietary protection is also an important measure to prevent spring illnesses. For people with Yang Qi deficiency, use Astragalus, Radix Codonopsis, and jujube in appropriate amounts to make tea and drink to replenish Qi and protect the body’s immunity. People suffering from respiratory diseases, you can drink some ginger and date sugar tea, that is, take 10 grams of ginger, dates 10, add water decoction into tea, add less brown sugar, drink day by day; suffering from joint pain, ginger is indispensable food, you can eat raw, you can also buy sugar ginger slices to eat in the supermarket. Such patients, do not eat cold food, nor excessive consumption of spicy and warm products, to prevent excessive sweating, coup d’état, inducing colds and other illnesses.