Cold season is traditionally an important period of health care, this period of time, the weather is suddenly cold and biting, and suddenly warm, the temperature is like a roller coaster up and down, most of the workforce and ushered in the most heavy workload of the year juncture, in this cold and hot uncertain, bumpy cold season, how to care for the body and mind, cold season how to health? 1, the temperature change is particularly important to protect the heart and brain. Winter is a cold, latent and closed season of life, winter health should follow the laws of nature, to convergence of Yin and Yang as the fundamental. During this period, the cardiovascular system diseases and respiratory system diseases are very easy to aggravate or attack. According to statistics, during the cold season, the incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke reach the highest level throughout the year. In addition, some poor vascular elasticity of hypertension patients, blood pressure fluctuations within a day in the cold season is often increased, and many patients suffering from old slow branch as long as a little inattentive, but also easy to relapse in this season. It is best to live in a warm room and minimize going out or exposure to wind and cold. From indoors to outdoors, but where the temperature difference is large, you may want to first adapt to the cold air in the porch, and then it is not too late to go out. 2, late at night before going to bed with hot water soak feet. The cold season is the heaviest time of the year, the first key to health is to keep warm! The warmth of the cold should pay special attention to the protection of exposed parts, such as the head and face, hands and feet. As the old saying goes, “Big cold, big cold, wind protection against the cold. This means that the cold season in addition to pay attention to the cold, but also to prevent the wind, clothing should also be with the temperature changes and increase or decrease at any time. Specifically, according to the different body type of each person to protect, for example: stomach cold spleen deficiency people are particularly susceptible to cold, it is recommended that such people better wear a bib to protect the spleen and stomach, you can also eat more yam, red dates and other spleen food; and kidney Yang deficiency, chronic back and leg pain patients may be aggravated by cold, you may want to use a waist support to prevent cold. In addition to keeping warm, the cold season people get up in the morning before going out, may wish to drink some hot drinks, such as: milk, soy milk, etc., to play the role of invigorating the spleen and stomach. 3, as the saying goes: “cold from the feet, cold from the legs”. In the winter night before going to sleep, hot water or medicinal soup can be used first bubble feet to achieve smooth blood flow, reduce muscle tension, improve the quality of sleep. And those who often read and write at night, sedentary to late at night, before going to bed should especially use hot water to soak feet. Before and after sleeping and bathing appropriate to drink water “Another focus of health during the cold is to nourish Yin!” The cold season is the driest period of the year, the average air humidity during the day is generally less than 50%, and sometimes only about 30% indoors, many people with “old” respiratory problems often have a cough phlegm, phlegm sticky, coughing phlegm is not clean feeling. For patients with cardiovascular disease, it is easy to cause increased blood viscosity. More seriously, if the blood vessel elasticity function decreases because of high blood pressure, old age, etc., it is also easy to induce heart attack, brain infarction, brain hemorrhage and other dangerous situations. 4, if the indoor heating or air conditioning often open, in addition to frequent window ventilation, it is best to use some air humidifier and so on, to improve the humidity in the air. At night when sleeping, if you use electric blankets, also try not to open overnight or open too hot. In addition, in winter, people should consciously increase the amount of water, do not wait for the mouth dry before thinking about drinking water. He suggested that before going to bed and after getting up, should first drink a glass of warm water. And before and after the shower it is best to drink a little bit of water each to replenish the body’s water loss. Cardiovascular patients avoid mood swings folklore has “warm body first warm heart, warm heart is warm body” saying. This means that only the heart and soul is strong, smooth qi, blood vessels and smooth, the body’s limbs and bones can be warm, the body can withstand the severe winter cold attack. Zhou Shigao said, the big cold health focus on “hide”. People should control their mental activities during this period, to keep the spirit quiet, peace of mind, chronic cardiovascular disease patients especially avoid excessive emotional fluctuations. It is worth mentioning: the cold season is right after New Year’s Day, before the Spring Festival, for office workers, it is the most heavy workload of the year, the human body is easy to fatigue, exhaustion and injury. Therefore, in this period, especially to pay attention to rest, keep the mood calm. For the elderly, we should pay more attention to avoid overjoyed or sad, keep a relaxed mood, a calm state of mind, so that the body’s qi and blood and smooth, so that “the righteousness of the internal, evil can not dry” to reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system diseases.