Winter sunshine and depression

ChenFuXin Dali prefecture second people's hospital

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        For the seasons change and cause problems for the spirit of "seasonal affective disorder," winter depression is the more common form. The most typical winter depression performance including sleep and eating habits changing, continuing depressed, lose interest in the activities.

        Modern medical research thinks, cause winter depression etiology mainly in the winter sun less, the human body biological clock can not adapt to the sunshine time shorten changes in physiology rhythm disorders and endocrine disorders, appear emotion and mental disorders. In the brain called the pineal glands have seed, is very sensitive to sunlight. When the sun strongly, the pineal inhibition to the sun, secrete hormone reduced; And when the sun is low intensity, the pineal gland excited, secretes hormones much. This hormone can regulate the body other hormone levels of skill ". When it secretes for long time, the body of thyroid element, the adrenaline is secreted decrease, in the cells of the concentration is reduced, the two can arouse cell exciting hormone a fall, causes the cell to not active, human will depression, gloomy mood, it is easy to feel tired.

        Prevent winter depression, first to increase the time of light. A study found that when the night comes, the human body of brain the pineal gland secretion of the hormone melatonin follow enhancement, it will affect the person's mood, the light can inhibit the secretion of the hormone. So winter sunshine, do more outdoor activities, to prevent the depression have good results, at the same time, don't hang curtain indoor during the day and night to appropriately increase the brightness of the indoor lighting.

        At the same time, attention body nutrition balance. In cold winter, in the body to strengthen the oxidation process, in order to generate more heat to against the cold, winter need to provide enough heat to meet the body needs food, such as eating more meat in the high quantity of heat, eggs, and peanuts, legume food, can enhance warm ability, in the mood is low drink green tea, coffee and eat some bananas, chocolate, also have excited the nervous system, improve the function of the heart.

        In addition, strengthen physical exercise. Winter is a good time for all kinds of exercise, such as running, go quickly, such as boxing, ball games, through the movement, within the body's metabolism, the adrenaline secretion increased, can make the person mood cheerful and spirits, double cease day, also can go out to travel, such as the race, have a natural beauty, can make the open-minded, depression the feeling of sadness flies away.