The beginning of winter means that the beginning of winter, Yin and extremely cold, collection of all things

Health is the beginning of winter collection and warm

WangGuoWei Beijing Chinese medicine hospital

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        "The beginning of winter" is 24 solar terms a solar terms 19, this year is on November 8. Chinese medicine practitioners that winter is enraged and all things the quarter of all collection. The human body is concerned, also in a relatively slow metabolism level. Traditional Chinese medicine health preserving that home: winter keeping in good health, cold temperature is increased the Yin, Yang, so that the relative balance of Yin and Yang, the body healthy.

        The modern medical science thinks, the winter low temperature environment likely to cause high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, arthritis, asthma attack. Chronic bronchitis and asthma patients in winter condition would gradually accentuation, encounter cold air stimulation will cause acute onset. Studies show that 77% of myocardial infarction patients and 54% of patients with coronary artery disease weather changes of temperature sensitivity high, especially in winter, the cold stimulation and high pressure due to the action, the highest incidence. Within a year, the cold winter is the highest peak of death. Winter keeping in good health, prevent disease should pay attention to the following respects.

        Spirit is "hide"

        In order to adapt to the severe winter, nature worm v sting hide, with the state got hibernate, so as to prepare to spring vitality. At this time the metabolism of the body also is relatively slow period, therefore, winter health on "Tibet". Mean, the people in the winter should maintain spirit quiet, want to be able to control your mental activity, god to hide inside, don't exposed to outside. Practice: one is to can cultivate bad mood, there will always be people who'll meet no untoward, must learn to cultivate emotional, it's day of wrath, ChongRuBuJing. For depression in the heart of bad mood, through the appropriate way let out, to keep peace of mind; Two is to extend the time of light. Because winter illumination time short, is also one of the reasons are depressed. When the night comes, the human brain the pineal gland of melatonin secretion enhancement, it can affect the person's mood, while light can restrain the secretion of the hormone; Three is spirit quiet many hobbies. Because the winter is the season of preserve one's health, collection, so should be with quiet activities give priority to, like a harp, chess, calligraphy, painting, collecting stamps, etc. In short, spirit health is very important aspect of winter keeping in good health, we should start with solar terms "the beginning of winter".

        The "cold" life heavy

        After into the winter, "early to lie up late in the sun, waiting for the" is the basic requirement of keeping in good health, meaning that people in the cold winter, be sure to early sleep late. Early to bed and to feed the human body sun be the spirit, keep warm body. Get up in the sun come out later time best, then the human body sun be the spirit rising rapidly, blood adrenal cortical hormone content is also gradually raised, get up at this time, the clear your mind and wit sensitive. And the morning air negative ions in high concentration, also very beneficial to human body. Office worker to get up early may be difficult, it will try to make early to bed, do not stay up late. Winter avoid by all means is closed doors and Windows, because people every day from respiratory tract of chemical substances from has 100 a variety of, in the sweat of chemical substances evaporation also has 150 a variety of, plus furniture surface paint, indoor decoration materials, plastic utensils and smoking, and cooking gas, such as lampblack diffuses in indoor, infringe upon our bodies, so to the appropriate window take a breath. Winter room temperature should be constant, this is because the room temperature is too low easy harm human body yuan Yang, indoor temperature is too high, and the big, go out activities related to easily. So should be held in room temperature 18 ℃ ~ 22 ℃ between as well.

        Winter cold is very important, especially to note back, feet warm. TCM holds that, back is human body sufficient sun bladder meridians main part ways. Sufficient sun by a host of bladder table, and the role of the attacks has defence into. So, once the cold, could damage the sun be the spirit of the human body, there was a feeling or disease recurrence, aggravated Chen phenomenon. For old people, children and people with stomach and 12 ulcerative colitis and disease of heart head blood-vessel, it is particularly important to the warm back. Back to keep warm the method is very simple, as long as wearing a close-fitting cotton (YaRong) vest. Folk have a saying, "cold from his feet life", because as a human body the farthest foot, fat thin, heat preservation ability is poor, and a foot of traditional Chinese medicine thinks acupoints and close to the internal organs, if foot catch cold catch cold can cause a cold, abdominal pain, waist and leg pains, dysmenorrhea, disease, so should pay attention to foot protection to keep warm. Methods: one is to wear nice shoes, played a tight, too loose, thin, socks to heat preservation of the cotton socks; 2 it is usually much activity foot, to promote local blood circulation; 3 it is before sleeping every night with warm water to soak the foot (temperature 50 ℃ ~ 60 in ℃ advisable), can eliminate fatigue, warm antifreeze, promote sleep.

        Food should be rubbing

        Winter cold threatening, human physiological activities need more heat energy to maintain. Chinese medicine practitioners that winter is human body should be the underlying sun be the spirit, that is to say the physiological activities of the human body for winter climate characteristics of the influence of the haul, slow down. Winter is our country for thousands of years to complete the traditional methods of physical prevention. Nourishing food in winter can make nutritional substance transformation to the largest extent energy storage body, nourish the five zang-organs. And because of traditional Chinese medicine thinks winter of the corresponding human body "kidney", and five of the kidney salty, salty, having a Yin blood, soft firm [role. According to "qiu dong nourish" Yin ", "" winter and kidneys" principle, winter appropriate amount feed more salty food, such as kelp, laver, jellyfish, etc. In addition, winter should feed more tepid protect Yang product to against the cold, such as eating mutton, beef, such as dog meat, still can eat more longan, walnut meat, walnut, chestnuts, big jujube, yam, edible fungus, etc. Of course, vegetables is also essential, such as beans, carrots, rape, mustard, chives, winter should eat less cold food, such as crabs, HaiHa, watermelon, grapes.

        Of course, dietary supplements to based on each person physical different and different. Such as the spleen deficiency, qi, the performance for the lack of power, shortness of breath, anorexia, abdominal distension, defecate partial loose, afraid of the cold, can choose enriching qi food, such as rice, big jujube, lentils, yam, carrots, chestnuts, etc. Some people came to after the beginning of winter cold limbs, afraid of the cold, the sweater, early in the QiuKu put on. TCM holds that most of this is Yang physique, sun be the spirit does not reach at the end of four (limbs) be caused by. Diet optional lamb, chicken, meat, walnut meat, big jujube, longan, etc. In short, the beginning of winter of supplements to health after rubbing is given priority to, to resist the cold winter's arrival.

        Exercise to keep warm

        Winter exercise is essential, because winter outdoor activities, can increase the quantity of heat to produce, regulate metabolism function, strengthen cerebral cortex excitement and temperature regulation. However, because it's cold in winter, a stiff limbs, so, exercise to warm up before the activity is very important. Such as stretching, jogging, light equipment the small amount of practice, make the body be tiny to sweat out, then high intensity exercise. Sports clothes to according to the weather condition and decide, always by warm against cold give priority to, especially after exercise in time to put on his clothes, lest catch cold. Exercise also according to the constitution, age of each different for each. Such as intentional cerebrovascular disease, should ban violent sports, such as play, mountain climbing, etc. People with respiratory system diseases in old people, such as bronchitis and emphysema and lung, should avoid cold stimulation, sports should choose the morning, afternoon sunshine in hou, lest cause acute disease outbreaks. The elderly are more should pay attention to keep warm, also should avoid to get up early to exercise, in case of cerebral blood shortage induced stroke formation. In general, the beginning of winter sports to insist, heat preservation is the key, sports content will vary from person to person.