Winter beware "emotional a cold"

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Winter, when the cold air transit, cause a cold because of the number of catching a cold and were much improved, so, in winter always popular word of care with the words: "to wear more clothes, don't catch cold catch a cold!" In fact, into the winter, the man the spiritual and emotional also easy to "cold". According to Beijing each big psychiatric hospital statistics, in winter, the hospital MenZhenLiang depression are increased significantly. Depression is the most serious "emotion cold", and the general "emotion a cold", is just a minor mood disorder. Main show is in a bad mood, grief, pessimism, anxiety, reduce appetite, the sleep quality decline.

        Why winter easy to have "emotional a cold"? The reason is various, but almost all of the special climate related to winter.

        The days are short and the nights long winter, sunshine time shorten, this is the mood of the "flu" the main cause. Modern medical research is that, in the brain the bottom, have a kind of call the pineal gland body, can secrete a kind of "melatonin", the hormone can inviting sleep, make the person depression, give birth to depression huan of emotional. The summer and early fall, plenty of sunshine, the "melatonin" less secretion; After winter, because the sunshine time reduce, intensity is abate, the hormone secretion is more, thus make the thyroid element and of adrenaline is restrained, the human body cells would "lazy", the person's mood is easy to deep natural negative, spirit and easy to sluggish. This is the ancients says "day into xi people was".

        Flowers and trees, leaves of grass died fall winter scene, it's easy to make the person produces and desolate, anguish, ChuiMu feeling. In fact, the person of this kind of feeling in the fall, has created, "chilling showers from blue... early", we can fall in the southern song dynasty in the shower is feeling a feeling of become desolate. But in winter, with chilling all are missing, and few showers, it is more DongYu and continuous dark backdrop. Winter full of cold climate, and the climate made by phenological (tree, grassland, etc), and likely to cause the sentimentality of the "emotion a cold".

        According to medical research weather experts, in the low temperature conditions, metabolic and physiological function inhibition in state, easy to produce the endocrine function disorder, which can lead to depression, lack of concentration, can appear even flustered palpitations, the symptom such as insomnia, this is usually people say "cold symptoms of depression".

        In addition, low temperatures in the winter, dry and high pressure, for many physiological disease (such as coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma, cerebral arterial sclerosis) all have adverse effect, with these diseases, often can have a kind of fear. Winter is the season of high mortality rate, some patients often in a gien in the winter as a "candy," always afraid of the winter, so as to produce some negative emotions.

        How to prevent or mitigate "emotion a cold" disease? For patients with severe depression, want of course in the doctor's guidance for treatment; And for most of the patients, might as well take the following several "green therapy" :

        Increase indoor light and temperature. When YinYuTian or no sooner or later sun, try to open the home or the office of all lighting devices so that the house bright clear. People in this enough light under the condition of activity, can stimulate the mood, enhance the excitability, reduce or eliminate depression feeling. And in the temperature is lower, try to open indoor increasing equipment, in order to prevent "cold symptoms of depression".

        Choose the appropriate sports. Winter go out, to go less some yellow desolate desert vegetation, overlooking the; At the same time, often in the outdoor do some fitness activities such as jogging, tai chi, jump calisthenics etc, so as to arouse health sentiment, alleviate depression state.

        Pay attention to the psychological adjustment. "Emotion a cold" now that also is a kind of "emotion" disease, psychological adjustment is also very important. In the winter, to watch less emotional touching, full of frustrated the novel and drama mood; Also to be less nostalgia emotions, think more about the beautiful future. In daily life, don't care about trivial things, and will not participate in the dispute and unprincipled contest, so as to maintain good mood.

        Actively treating chronic diseases. Winter climate will emphasize certain condition, can be in the doctor's guidance, through the adjustment of medical scheme, drug type or the doses, at the same time, pay attention to improve protection and bedroom climate, in order to eliminate or reduce adverse impact. Old people also want to stick to the correct outlook on life, make the heart to open, reduce plant nerve disorder, and good health and longevity. (HuoYu good)