How to take care of your health in winter

Winter is the cold and flu season, so in life we should how to health care, in order to have a healthy and strong body? We should start from the following aspects: 1, keep warm. Winter is the season of Yang Qi, everything is hidden, we should comply with the seasonal changes, to cold on the temperature, pay attention to warmth, reduce the exposure of the skin, in order to facilitate the sealing of Yang Qi, the reverse is hurt the kidneys. Especially the waist and knees, Chinese medicine believes that the waist for the kidney, to care for Yang Qi, must do a good job to keep the waist warm; knees because there is no fat protection, also vulnerable to cold, easy to cause damage to the knee joint, can not patronize the beauty, to the health of the hidden danger. 2, keep the air circulation. Because of the cold weather, many people like to close the window, so that the air does not circulate, oxygen is reduced, exhale more carbon dioxide, will make people dizzy, chest discomfort. Windows should often be opened to increase fresh air, you can take turns to open the window (to avoid the cold wind blowing directly on people) to keep the air fresh. 3, drink more water. Dry weather in winter, easy to make the mouth, nose, dry skin, drink more water is conducive to the replenishment of water. At the same time, sufficient water in the body can keep the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract moist, cold virus is difficult to reproduce quickly, reducing the occurrence of colds, even if the cold is also conducive to the elimination of cold virus. Drinking water can also reduce blood viscosity and speed up metabolism, so we must take the initiative to drink water. 4, early to bed and late to rise. The condition of the crowd try to do, “Huangdi Neijing” tells us: people’s health should be in line with the four changes, winter should sleep early and get up late, must wait for daylight, so that the winter gas should be, the way to maintain health, conducive to the sealing of Yang Qi, in order to care for people’s Yang Qi, winter does not advocate early exercise. 5, mild exercise, sweating is not easy too much. Mild exercise is the exercise center rate of 60-70% of the maximum heart rate (220 minus their age). Such as walking, jogging, taijiquan, etc., Chinese medicine believes that sweating too much, the greater the depletion of Yang Qi, is not conducive to the winter closed the way to maintain health. 6, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. Vitamins play an important role in the body’s immune system, vitamins are good for cold prevention, relief of cold symptoms, prevention of constipation, but also can produce fluid, moisten the lungs and relieve the symptoms of fire. 7, massage acupuncture points. It can prevent and treat symptoms such as cold, cough, sore throat, fever and vomiting that tend to occur in autumn and winter. Can be selected from the large vertebrae point (under the spine of the seventh cervical vertebrae), Fengmen point (the second thoracic vertebrae under the spine and then move 1.5 inches to the left and right), Fengchi point (the depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and oblique muscle, flat Fengfu point), Quchi point (bend the elbow into a right angle formed by the outer end of the transverse elbow, and the humeral epicondyle line midpoint), the middle finger or thumb can be used to press each point for 2-3 minutes. 8, drink more soup. Winter is a great time for tonic, eat more blood and flesh sentient products, such as a variety of poultry, beef, lamb, with radish, yam and other stews. The radish eliminates food, moves gas and water, and the yam strengthens the spleen and kidneys, all of which are good for winter eating. At the same time, beef and mutton can warm Yang and help the body to protect itself from cold. For patients with spleen and stomach Yang deficiency or coldness and blood deficiency and dysmenorrhea, they can be given angelica and ginger mutton soup: 500 grams of mutton, 45 grams each of angelica and ginger (the ratio of drugs can be reduced); for patients with Qi and blood deficiency, they can be given astragalus and angelica mutton soup to eat (astragalus and angelica can be in a 5:1 ratio). Drugs boiled into a paste for conditioning, tonic. 9, hot water foot bath. Every night before bed, adhere to the hot water soak feet, and do foot massage, is conducive to improving blood circulation, help sleep. Can be selected from the Chung Quan point (the front 1/3 of the foot), Taixi point (between the high point of the inner ankle and the depression between the Achilles tendon), Kunlun point (between the high point of the outer ankle and the depression between the Achilles tendon). Note: After bathing the feet should be rubbed with emollient to prevent dry skin.