Solar term health preservation | Heavy snow: a suitable supplement for a quiet winter

Today is the heavy snow festival. There is a saying in Jiangnan that "after the heavy snow winter solstice, the baskets will not leak water." This is to the effect that after the heavy snow festivals, the gaps in the outdoor bamboo baskets are prone to freezing and the water will not leak.

The arrival of the heavy snow festival indicates that the coldest time of winter has officially entered. From the perspective of health preservation, “planting in spring, growing in summer, harvesting in autumn, and storing in winter”, doing a good job of heavy snow health can improve human immunity and resistance, and make good reserves for good physical functions in the coming year.

Nourishment and nourishment

Chinese medicine believes that December has reached a good time for tonic. When it comes to tonics, many people understand that they need to eat valuable supplements with high nutritional value. In fact, tonic is exquisite, and the purpose of health preservation can only be achieved by tonic "depending on the person, time and place".

First of all, it is necessary to maintain a proper regimen, which means that the regimen cannot be adjusted too much, nor too late. You should carefully study your physical condition and choose food tonic and medicine tonic. For example, people with weak physique and poor digestive function should choose "slow tonic", eat more "angelica mutton soup", etc., and eat more vegetables, avoid excessive tonic or emergency tonic. People with good physique should "supplement" and avoid eating greasy products to prevent internal heat from causing diseases. You can use "chicken stew with mushrooms" and "ginkgo stewed black chicken".

In the usual diet, eat more foods high in protein, vitamins, and fiber, and eat less foods high in fat and sugar. You can eat more lamb, beef, celery, white radish, potatoes, Chinese cabbage, spinach, apples, longans, etc. Avoid cold foods such as seafood and cold drinks.

In winter, the human body rarely sweats, so it is recommended to reduce the intake of salt to reduce the burden on the kidneys. It can appropriately increase the bitter food to strengthen the kidneys and nourish the heart. In addition, you can eat more black foods to nourish the kidneys, such as black rice, black dates, black wolfberry, black beans, black fungus, black buckwheat and so on.

The temperature is lower during heavy snow, but the colder the weather, the more water you need to drink. Drinking plenty of water is conducive to the supply of oxygen, breathing smoothly, and maintaining good physical condition. Drink warm and hot water in winter, and drink a glass of plain water after getting up and before going to bed.

Health coup to survive the winter

The climate is cold in winter, and the human body's metabolism is also at a relatively slow level at this time. Therefore, the winter regimen should focus on the word "Tibet".

In order to ensure that the physiological laws of the winter sun qi terminus are not disturbed, it is first required to be quiet and learn to control emotional activities. Don't be overwhelmed with sadness and joy, and recharge your energy.

In terms of daily life, it is advisable to "sleep early and wake up late" during heavy snowfall, go to bed early to nourish yang, and wake up late to consolidate yin. The best time for people to work and rest should be from 10 pm to 6 am the next morning. sleeping time. Dress modestly, too little or too thin can easily catch a cold. When dressing, pay attention to keeping the joints warm. Since the joints are mostly tissues with fewer blood vessels, such as tendons and ligaments, and the outdoor temperature is lower, it is easier to lose temperature, making the joints stiff and poor blood circulation, which can cause pain. Therefore, patients with arthritis must keep warm in the cold winter.

The temperature difference between morning and evening is huge, and the elderly should be cautious in their daily lives and exercise appropriately to enhance their ability to adapt to climate change. Exercise should fully warm up, choose jogging, brisk walking is the most suitable. Do not exercise too early in the morning, avoid strong wind, cold, heavy snow, fog and dew, and not sweat heavily.

Indoors should be ventilated frequently, and doors and windows should be opened during the day to allow air to flow outside. In addition, the room should be moisturized. If the room temperature is too high and the humidity is too low, it will cause physical discomfort and disease. In winter indoor moisturizing, apart from sprinkling some water on the ground every day, or mopping the floor with a wet mop to increase humidity, you can also put a basin of water near the heat dissipation facility to let the water evaporate slowly to keep the indoor air moist.