How to maintain health and prevent disease during the spring equinox

First, is to pay attention to nourish the liver Traditional Chinese medicine theory that spring should be in the liver, summer should be in the heart, long summer should be in the spleen, autumn should be in the lungs, winter should be in the kidney. Spring is the season of high incidence of liver disease, need to pay attention to nourish the liver, coordinate the balance of yin and yang of the liver. Sweet foods can nourish the liver and benefit the kidneys, such as wolfberries, walnuts, peanuts, jujubes and cinnamon. Wine, on the other hand, can harm the liver, and it is even more inadvisable to drink alcohol in spring. Bubble some chrysanthemum tea, mint water can play a role in removing liver heat, or drinking electrolyte-rich beverages, such as Bao Mineral Power Water, is also a good drink in the spring. Second, is the yin and yang of food complementary food cold, hot, warm, cool, flat five properties. Such as in cooking fish, shrimp, crab and other cold food, the need to add onions, ginger, wine, vinegar and other warm seasonings to prevent cold dishes cold; and such as in the consumption of leeks, garlic, papaya and other yang-supporting dishes with eggs and other nourishing yin ingredients to achieve the purpose of yin and yang complement each other. Spring equinox, when the body’s blood and hormone activity is at its peak, but the spring changeable climate will make the body imbalance, inducing a series of diseases. For this reason, experts suggest that scientific and reasonable meals, help in the equinox season to regulate the body balance yin and yang. Third, is to eat more seasonal vegetables Each season is in line with its climatic conditions and the growth of seasonal vegetables, get the essence of heaven and earth, high nutritional value. Eat leeks with yang effect, can enhance the body’s spleen and stomach qi; bean sprouts, bean sprouts, lettuce and other ingredients, help to revitalize the body’s growth function; and consumption of mulberries, cherries, strawberries and other nutrient-rich fruits in late spring, can moisten the lungs, nourish the liver. Of course, in addition to paying attention to diet, the key to health is to improve their immunity. In the mind to maintain a relaxed and happy, optimistic state of mind. In terms of living, we should insist on proper exercise and maintain a normal sleep schedule. Pay attention to replenish water and electrolytes, in order to promote blood system circulation to help maintain body balance, to achieve the best effect of health. Disease prevention from the details in Chinese medicine, the equinox weather state is unstable, low temperatures in the morning and evening, not only easy to induce the elderly and weak and prone to diseases of the population, for a long period of time in the state of high-intensity work and high-stress state of the “sub-healthy people”, to pay attention to the prevention of the future may appear “not yet sick! “, it is recommended that the public pay attention to adjust their habits during this period of time. Such as as little as possible to crowded places, you can use the living environment for simple fitness exercises, such as climbing stairs, jumping rope, etc., exercise time is not easy too early. Wash up early when you can use light salt water gargling, every day the room window ventilation time is not easy too early, after 9 o’clock is more appropriate. Diet should save acid and increase sweet to raise the spleen It is reported that the spring diet about the folk have a lot of rumors, Chinese medicine also has a lot to say, commonly known as eating “spring”. Experts suggest that in this season, you can eat more jujube and other sweet foods to nourish the spleen, as well as honey, leeks, spinach, etc., less acid and spicy foods. In addition, at least 3 times a week should be supplemented with nut foods, such as walnuts, peanuts, almonds, peach kernels, etc., which helps to refresh and remove dryness, in addition to itching and so on. In the daily lunch, it is also appropriate to supplement the stewed food, such as carrot rib soup, white fruit chicken soup, etc., not only to supplement the human body in the seasonal transition in the need for water, but also increase the intake of protein, which helps to strengthen the body’s resistance. Clothing appropriate under the thick on the thin Although after the equinox, the weather gradually warmed up, but the temperature difference between day and night is still large, and from time to time there are still cold spells, the weather is more variable, more rain, and even cloudy and rainy. At this time, pay attention to add or subtract clothing. Clothing can be under the thick on the thin, pay attention to the lower limbs and feet warm, the best to be able to sweat slightly, in order to dissipate the winter latent cold evil. Elderly people and children generally have poor resistance, easy to catch a cold or rubella and other infectious diseases, at this time should pay more attention to the appropriate time to add or subtract clothing, appropriate amount of more clothes, do not cut clothes cut too fast.