Prevent cold and damp outside and dry heat inside

Snow weather from cold to cold, precipitation in the northern areas of the form of rain to snow, while the southern region, although at this time “the cold is not very”, basically will not snow, but because of the rain and cold intertwined, wet and cold weather also began to increase. The snow festival health should be outside to prevent wet and cold, inside to prevent dry heat. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not comfortable with the idea of the actual weather. Du Changming, director of the Department of Dermatology at Nanjing Hospital of Integrative Medicine, reminds everyone that frostbite prevention should start at this time. According to Chinese medicine, the disease occurs due to a lack of yang energy and external exposure to the evil of cold and dampness, which causes the qi and blood to run poorly and stagnates blood stasis. Because cold and wet weather also accelerates heat dissipation from the body surface, areas with high humidity before and after the Snow Festival are often the target of frostbite for patients with plant nerve dysfunction, poor blood circulation in the extremities, sweaty hands and feet, lack of exercise, poor nutrition, anemia and some chronic diseases. To prevent frostbite around the time of snow, pay attention to physical exercise and improve the body’s adaptability to the cold. Pay attention to the whole body and local warmth, starting with thin gloves and warm, loose shoes and socks. Patients who are prone to recurrence of frostbite every year can try food therapy and herbal topical treatment under the guidance of a dermatologist for active prevention. Prevent dry heat raw radish cooked pear Snow time is the frontier of autumn and winter alternation, according to the traditional health concept, to eat more warm food. But nowadays, with the widespread use of heating facilities such as heating and air conditioning, everyone generally lives, studies or works in a room with high room temperature, and wears more, moves less, the hot indoor environment is easy to cause heat accumulation in the body. Li Fang, deputy chief physician of the respiratory department of Nanjing Hospital of Integrative Medicine, reminds that if you eat calorie-rich, fatty and greasy food at this time, it is easy to lead the lung fire, stomach fire and other “internal fire” of the human body to flourish. These internal “fire” is not removed in a timely manner, but also affect the anus and intestinal health, inducing heat constipation and other diseases. Usually we are used to cooked radish eat pear, after the snow festival, we may try to eat radish cooked pear. Why say so? Pear has the function of moistening lung and clearing heat, nourishing Yin and generating fluid. For dry heat cough type patients, cooked pear can increase the effect of cough, here is a simple recipe for your reference: 1 large pear, honey 60 grams. Dig a hole in the pear, remove the core, fill with honey, put in a large bowl, steamed and eaten with water. Take 1 to 2 times a day. Everyone usually eat white radish cooked. Raw radish can clear heat and produce fluid, cool blood and stop bleeding, resolve phlegm and stop cough; while cooked favors benefit the spleen and stomach, eliminate food and lower gas. So, from the point of view of clearing heat and generating fluid, raw is more effective. But also need to pay attention to: the spleen and stomach cold people do not eat raw radish, the best cooked after eating, so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort.