A. Why should we pay attention to kidney health care in autumn and winter?
It is late autumn and winter is approaching, so people are taking tonic to accumulate nutrition and strengthen their bodies. This is the conclusion of health scientists through long-term clinical practice, indicating that autumn and winter is the best time to protect the kidneys and prevent diseases and prolong life.
Chinese medicine believes that the kidney has the physiological function of hiding essence, main growth and development, main reproduction, main water metabolism, etc., and is therefore called the “innate essence”. The lack of essence in the kidneys is one of the important factors that cause the dysfunction of the internal organs of the body and produce diseases. Maintaining the kidney is important for promoting growth and development, preventing diseases and prolonging life, so it is crucial to supplement the kidney in autumn and winter.
Second, then how to protect the kidney health care?
1. Avoid cold and prevent disease
Winter is the season of “hiding”, “hiding” means nourishing the essence and storing vital energy. At this time should not disturb the body’s Yang Qi, it is appropriate to reduce outdoor activities, mainly indoor activities, and should be measured. It is advisable to go to bed early and get up late, avoid cold and warm, avoid exercising in the cold wind and snow in the early morning, you can change the morning exercise in the morning or afternoon. Can be taken at home or on the balcony to do exercises, boxing, running in place, small step dance, hand turn fitness ball and other ways. This is especially important for the elderly.
2, the cold exercise
In order to enhance the body’s ability to resist cold and disease, from the beginning of autumn that should start the cold exercise, daily outdoor activities for about 1 hour, and persistently. If you can take a cold bath is better, cold bath in the form of many, can choose: 1) cold water bath face: early in the morning when washing the face with cold water wipe the face, first with a wet hand towel and then a dry hand towel. After drying, rub the face, neck, ear ministries to red. 2) cold water body rub: first rub the face, neck, then rub the upper limbs, back, chest, abdomen. After wiping the upper body, put on clothes, and then wipe the lower body. 3) cold water foot bath: cold water foot wash, two feet rubbing each other, after washing the hands to rub the feet Chung Quan point. After winter, the room temperature should not be too high, keep at 16 ℃ ~ 18 ℃ is appropriate. And should always open the windows and doors for ventilation.
3, keep a relaxed mood
Winter sunshine time is significantly shortened, the human endocrine system will occur – a series of changes that interfere with the normal operation of the biological clock in the body, body fatigue, laziness, lack of concentration, boredom and other discomfort or unhappiness, known as “winter depression”, although not many people suffer from this disease, but there is a slight Although not many people suffer from this disease, it is common for people to have mild symptoms. Sunbathing can cheer people up and lift their spirits. For those with severe symptoms, in addition to sunbathing, “light therapy” can be performed, i.e., 3 hours before sunrise and 3 hours after sunset, under lights 4 to 5 times stronger than ordinary indoor lighting, and the symptoms of depression will disappear or be greatly reduced in 3 to 7 days. The best way to change your mood in winter is to be active, jogging, dancing, skating, playing ball, etc. are good medicines to eliminate winter depression and maintain your spirit.
4, scientific supplementation
Tonic should be scientific, and it should be different from person to person and from disease to disease, according to Chinese medicine to identify the evidence to select the prescription and make the cream. It can be summarized as follows.
1）Tonic for Qi: short breath, low voice, fatigue and weakness, spontaneous sweating, loss of appetite or gastric prolapse, prolapse of anus, uterine prolapse, frequent urination or incontinence, pale tongue with little coating, weak pulse and other Qi deficiency, ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, jujube, syrup, etc.
2）Tonic for blood: pale or yellow face, pale lips, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, numbness of hands and feet, pale tongue, thin and weak pulse and other blood deficiency evidence, available with Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, Colla Corii Asini, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Gui Yuan, Mulberry seeds, etc.
3）Tonic for Yang: cold fear and cold limbs, no thirst, white face and sweating, loss of appetite, deficiency of asthma, five shifts or loose ejaculation, clear and long urine, impotence, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, weakness of the waist and legs, pale tongue with white fur, thin and weak pulse and other Yang deficiency symptoms, available with Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, cinnamon, deer antler, deer antler gum, Xianmao, Cistanches, pecan flesh, Dulcimer, etc.
4）Tonic Yin: Yin deficiency such as afternoon hot flashes, hot hands and feet, sleeplessness, red cheek and night sweats, dry mouth and throat, yellow urine, constipated stool, red tongue with little or no moss, thin pulse, etc., can be used as raw earth, rehmannia, asparagus, wolfberry, sage, yu zhu, turtle shell gum, turtle shell gum, silver fungus, lily of the valley, etc.
5, emphasize food therapy
Winter diet should be warm, avoid cold. Health experts advocate taking hot porridge in the morning, dinner should be less food, in order to maintain stomach gas. Especially mutton porridge, glutinous rice red dates lily porridge, eight porridge, millet milk ice sugar porridge, etc. is most suitable. And you can eat medicine porridge warm kidney yuan, fill the essence. The essence in the kidney depends on the supply of water and grain essence in order to continuously fill and mature. Kidney deficiency through dietary regimen, its effect is better. There are a variety of kidney food. In winter, you can generally choose walnuts, Chinese wolfberry, dog meat, mutton, black sesame, longan meat and other warm foods. The kidney yang deficiency can choose to take lamb porridge, deer kidney porridge, leek porridge and other warm kidney Yang; kidney yin deficiency should choose to take sea cucumber porridge, groundnut porridge, Chinese wolfberry porridge and other nourishing kidney essence products.
6.Appropriate participation in sports
Pay attention to physical exercise in autumn and winter, in order to strengthen the muscles and bones, relax the tendons and activate the collaterals, smooth the blood vessels, enhance the body’s ability to resist disease, to achieve the purpose of strengthening the kidneys and body. Exercise when the amount of exercise should be appropriate, walking, jogging, doing fitness, playing Taijiquan are good ways to exercise, be persistent.