Breathing exercise and haze

  In late fall and early winter, the busiest season for respiratory medicine, unlike previous years – air quality has become the biggest “cause” instead of flu, and many patients mention that their condition is related to haze. Because of the fear of haze, many patients with chronic lung disease do not do much of the daily breathing exercises, and the pressure on the medication to regulate the air and drain the phlegm is much greater.  For the haze caused by the problem, it is felt that there are more psychological factors, haze is due to the formation of pollutants in the air is not easy to diffuse out, is the yin of heaven and earth is more condensed, so all look forward to the wind, the wind is Yang, good line and the number of changes, can blow the haze away. You should know that when the wind is not too strong, the main components of the haze – car exhaust and combustion materials are mainly concentrated in the source for more, woods or water, mountains, natural plants and trees, including soil have some ability to purify the air, where the air is still good, most of these places at least air quality is still to be stronger than indoor. The natural outdoor temperature stimulation of the skin surface is also a kind of exercise, the four seasons is nature’s gift to us, through the hot and cold temperature changes, exercise our organism. If the haze is overly stressful and reduce the exercise outside is also a great loss, the temperature is not adapted to easily make people have an external sensation. Not to mention that the indoor is not free of pollution! The weather does have a detrimental effect on one’s state of mind when it is gloomy, and one’s immunity decreases when one is depressed.  Indoor also has invisible pollution, our home furnishings, furniture, clothing, electrical appliances, all emitting their own odor or radiation, because the haze reduced window ventilation aggravated these invisible pollution, do not wait until someone testing or media publicity to realize these.  We need to understand that the process of survival is in the process of adapting to the natural environment, the law of nature is “survival of the fittest”. The problem of haze should be taken seriously, do not blindly panic, more importantly, is the mindset, too much worry will cause psychological haze, harmful to the operation of the body’s Yang Qi, the lung’s external function can not be properly regulated, which is also known as “emotional depression when the immune function decreases,” it said.  The respiratory state of people in a wide natural space and indoors is not the same, outside the eyes are open, the spirit is relaxed, breathing is naturally deep, the diaphragm-based respiratory muscle is a more effective exercise, can expand lung capacity, promote the lung turbidity, in the confined environment indoors this relaxation and depth is very difficult to achieve.  The lung is the master of the body’s qi, the division of respiration, the opening of the nose, and the external cooperation of the skin and hair. Chinese medicine treatment of lung disease is the most important is to regulate the qi, regulate the lift and opening and closing of the qi, every day in the house how this qi can be adjusted ah, “strategizing” thing only a connoisseur can do, ordinary people to have this ability will not get breathing disease it.  Outside to do breathing exercises is to adjust the gas, go out to meet different people, different scenery and phenomena is also in the adjustment of gas, meet acquaintances to talk a few words, happy to roar two voices, are in the adjustment of gas.  In the big environment, we should pay attention to the haze and urge the government and society to increase the efforts to control pollution and improve our living environment; in the small environment, I would like to give my patients some tips, put on a small anti-haze mask and go to places with relatively good air quality, such as small woods, water and grass, and insist on doing outdoor breathing exercises! It is important to improve respiratory function and increase immunity to respiratory diseases.