After entering autumn, the body sweats less, the human organism enters a physiological resting stage, water and salt metabolism begins to restore the original balance, cardiovascular and nervous system burden relief, intestinal tract function is becoming normal. As a result, the body will be a variety of maladjustment, some latent symptoms in the summer will appear, the body will also produce an inexplicable sense of fatigue, such as many people wake up early in the morning still want to sleep again, this condition is “autumn fatigue”.
Right now is in the alternating period from hot to cool, the natural Yang Qi from the diarrhea tends to convergence, the body’s yin and Yang Qi strengths and weaknesses are also transformed. At this time, people’s living should be adjusted accordingly, especially to sleep enough, preferably more than the usual one hour of sleep, because only in this way, in order to adapt to the “autumn fatigue”.
1, avoid adding clothes too early
The meaning of “spring cover autumn freeze” is to let the body temperature in the autumn do not high, in order to facilitate the convergence of Yang Qi. Because when heat goes outside, there must be cold exchange in. However, you should add clothes at night to protect your yang energy. At the same time, the morning and evening is cooler, to pay attention to increase clothing.
2, benefit the kidney and liver eat more salty
The hot summer is about to pass, the temperature is gradually decreasing, the temperature difference between day and night is gradually increasing, but the daytime temperature is still high. At this time, dietary regimen should benefit the kidney and liver, lung and stomach; it is advisable to eat more salty food, such as water chestnuts, sagebrush, powdered kudzu, etc.
3.Drink more water to go to autumn dryness
Want to go to autumn dryness must nourish Yin, and the focus of nourishing Yin is to retain moisture. In addition to eating more flat and moist food, the intake of water is also indispensable. It is recommended to drink a glass of warm water in the morning after waking up, which can make the whole digestive system wake up, the intestines begin to peristaltic, will want to go to the toilet, of course, will not constipation. But do not drink cold water, because the human spleen and stomach like warm and cold, below the room temperature of water to drink but harmful to health.
4, eat porridge to replenish moisture and moisten dryness
Autumn breakfast if you can eat some warm porridge or medicinal porridge, can be said to be a great recipe for health, especially the spleen and stomach deficiency, digestion and absorption function is relatively poor people, eat porridge helps to strengthen the spleen and stomach, replenish the gas. Lily porridge, gingko porridge, almond porridge, lotus seed porridge, nut porridge and sesame paste, etc., are very good health breakfast. Chinese medicine reminds, the elderly, the weaker, or every winter will obviously feel uncomfortable people, should start from the fall to take care of the body, drink more water, eat more nourishing and moistening food to enhance the body’s resistance.
5, drink more honey water and eat less ginger
Nutritionists say that the season into the fall, to drink more honey, eat less ginger. Because of the dry climate in autumn, dryness hurts the lungs, and then eat spicy ginger, more likely to hurt the lungs, intensify the body’s water loss, dryness. So, drink more water has become a necessary means to deal with “autumn dryness”.
Experts recommend drinking salt water during the day and honey water at night, which is a good way to replenish the body’s moisture and a good diet for autumn health and aging resistance, as well as to prevent constipation caused by autumn dryness. Honey is rich in nutrients, mainly glucose and fructose, and also contains protein, amino acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, etc. The honey has a strong body, improve intelligence, increase hemoglobin, improve the heart muscle and other effects, in the autumn often take honey, not only conducive to the recovery of these diseases, but also to prevent “autumn dryness” for the human body’s damage, play a lung, lung role.
6, ventilation, morning and evening clothing
In early autumn, the heat has not yet receded, it is not advisable to add clothes too much too early, to their own feeling but cold prevail, in order to improve the body’s ability to adapt to the low-temperature environment. Of course, “autumn freezing” also varies from person to person, the elderly and children’s resistance is weak, metabolic function decreases, blood circulation slows down, both cold and heat, very sensitive to weather changes, should be timely increase and decrease clothing.
Be sure to ensure indoor ventilation, as long as the indoor temperature is not high during the day should not turn on the air conditioning, you can open the window to make the air flow, so that the autumn breeze to wash away the summer heat and humidity left in the room. When you sleep, cover your abdomen with a thin blanket to prevent your spleen and stomach from getting cold. At the same time, indoor plants can be kept, such as potted citrus, hanging orchids, bamboo, etc., can regulate the indoor air and increase the oxygen content. The aroma of fruits can be placed at the head of the bed, which can play a role in promoting sleep. It is important to note that before going to sleep, do not greedy cool, it is best to close the window to prevent the invasion of cold and damp evil.
7, protect the intestines and stomach
For people with low digestive function, in addition to timely treatment, try not to drink alcohol, avoid cold drinks and cold food, avoid over-stimulating peppers and other condiments, and eat less drugs that harm the digestive system, but also to eliminate a variety of bad habits that are not conducive to digestion and absorption.
Eat on time. The stomach and intestines like to work regularly and secrete digestive juices at the right time.
Eat less bad oil. Try to use cooking methods such as steaming, boiling, stewing, etc. Do not worry too much about heating until soft will destroy nutrients, because even if you lose a little vitamin, it is better than eating undigested. Vitamins can be compensated for by enriching the variety of foods.
Food is soft. The foods with the least gastrointestinal burden are delicate foods rich in starch and with fewer anti-nutritional factors of all kinds, such as mashed yams, mashed taro, mashed potatoes, rice porridge, millet porridge, etc. Old corn with too much residue is not suitable for people with indigestion. For those who are not very well cooked but high nutritional value of food, you can use the pulp, powder, cooked to reduce the digestive burden of the stomach and intestines, to ensure that the rich nutrients can be better absorbed by the body.
8.Spiritual conditioning
In autumn, people are prone to sadness, so in the spiritual conditioning, we should pay attention to convergence, so that the spirit of tranquility, so that the emotions are quiet, avoid emotional ups and downs. Normally, you can listen to more music, practice calligraphy, fishing, etc., in order to calm the mind and fix the will.
9.Easy exercise
Walking after meals, or doing some easy chores after meals, is a good habit for autumn health. Just after eating is not suitable for strenuous exercise, not suitable for fast walking, but does not mean that even a slow walk can not be. Much of the benefit of going out for a walk lies in relaxing the mind. If you don’t take a walk, you may watch TV, read the computer, read magazines, etc., and the brain activity is more detrimental to digestion and absorption. Two hours after a meal, you can do some less tiring exercise, brisk walking, jogging, jumping exercises, yoga, etc. can be. Moderate exercise is conducive to improving blood circulation, digestion and absorption capacity is also helpful.
10, one more hour of sleep
Experts say that increasing sleep by one hour, and to ensure a quality nap, you can keep the spirit, but also in the winter before the arrival of energy preservation, refreshment. Especially for the elderly, with the increase in age, the elderly, the loss of blood and yin and Yang, there will be day not fine, night not close to the phenomenon of sleep, so you can go to sleep earlier in the evening, and adhere to the nap, even if you can not sleep, eyes closed to nourish the body is also good for the body.
11, eat more heat and calm the mind food
The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. In addition, as the climate gradually dry, the body lung meridian when the value, this time can eat more nourishing Yin moisten dry food, to prevent the dry evil damage. Such as pear, rock sugar, silver fungus, sage, duck and other foods that nourish yin and promote fluids, or astragalus, ginseng, squid, turtle and other foods that can benefit the health of qi.