Analysis of some common sense issues of spring regimen

The first of the twenty-four solar terms, spring is on February 4 of this year. Although spring has come, but as the saying goes, “the face of a child in spring – it changes as soon as it is said”, the first cold and first warm is the climate characteristics of early spring. The temperature rise makes the human body couples begin to become loose, the resistance to cold evil has weakened, so the early spring season, especially those living in the northern areas should not go to cotton clothing, the elderly and infirm dressing especially prudent, not suddenly reduce. The “Thousand Gold Essentials” advocates that spring clothing should be “thick on the thin”, “old old constant” also cloud: “spring freezing half pam, the lower body rather too warm, the upper body without harm slightly reduced, so nourish the vitality of Yang”. In spring, in terms of living, the human qi and blood is also like nature, need to stretch smoothly, which requires night sleep and get up early, free crown and hair, relaxed clothing, stretch the body, participate in more outdoor activities, overcome the lazy sleep state, so that their spiritual mood and nature to adapt, and strive to physical and mental harmony, full of energy. Spring health care should be in line with the characteristics of spring yang energy, the beginning of the birth of everything, pay attention to the protection of yang energy, focusing on the word “life”. According to the five elements of Chinese medicine, spring is wood, which corresponds to the liver. Wood has the characteristic of sprouting and growing without restraint, so the liver also prefers to develop and regulate, and to let out as much as possible. Therefore, in the spring spiritual health, we should refrain from anger and depression, be open-minded and optimistic, and maintain a good state of mind. At the same time, we should make full use of and cherish the time of spring when nature is “in full bloom”, taking advantage of the rising of Yang energy, the budding of all things, and the vigorous metabolism of the human body, so that the spring Yang energy can be declared and the metabolic function can operate normally through appropriate regimen. In terms of dietary regimen, we should take into consideration that the spring yang energy is first born, so it is advisable to eat spicy and sweet products that spread out, and not sour and harvested flavors. The Suwen-Zangqi Fa Shi Lun said: “The liver is the master of spring, …… liver bitter and urgent, eats sweet to slow it down, …… liver wants to disperse, eats pungent to disperse it, with pungent tonic, acid diarrhea”. In the relationship between the five organs and the five tastes, the sour taste into the liver, with astringent nature, is not conducive to the development of Yang Qi and liver Qi drainage, dietary regimen to cast its internal organs, that is, “against its nature so bitter, so its nature so desire. The desire is the good of the god of the organ, that is, the tonic. Bitter is the God of the organ is also evil, that is, diarrhea.” Clearly this relationship, you can purposefully choose some soft liver nourishing liver, dredge the liver and Qi herbs and food, herbs such as Shou Wu, Bai Shao, Wolfberry, Yu Jin, Dan Shen, Yuan Hu, etc., food selection of pungent warm hair dispersing dates, tempeh, green onions, cilantro, peanuts, etc. flexible recipe for meal selection. Spring is a grand festival since the Zhou Dynasty, the custom of “biting spring” has also been passed down for a long time, the day of spring is mostly used to eat radish, ginger, scallions, spring cakes, spring cakes with some “spring buds”. In spring, all plants send out bright green shoots, and there are many edible spring shoots, such as toon, bean sprouts, garlic seedlings, bean seedlings, lettuce and so on. Confucius said “from time to time, do not eat”, which means, not this season (things) will not eat. The classic work of Chinese medicine “Huang Di Nei Jing” also says to “eat the grain of the year”, that is, to eat seasonal food. There is no doubt that spring buds should be the seasonal food in early spring. As the temperature rises, various “warm diseases” (equivalent to mumps, hepatitis A, rubella epidemic hemorrhagic fever, A H1N1 and other seasonal epidemics in Western medicine) are on the rise. If we live, sleep, and eat in season, it is not difficult to prevent epidemics.