The old spring 5 remind

Wang Haiting Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        As the saying goes, "spring is the spring", is helpful for the health. Chinese medicine, spring body or yang, if the spring rises, the new supersedes the old. Yang body strong machine, using scientific methods of health, can get twice the result with half the effort. The spring is a skin disease, cerebrovascular disease and other diseases of high incidence period, therefore, spring for the elderly is particularly important. Medical experts say, spring must be adapted to the climate and the physiological changes, the main attention should be paid to the following aspects:

        Cold and warm spring climate is sometimes hot and sometimes cold, the elderly metabolic function and thermoregulation ability is weaker, the cold easy to infectious diseases. Our country folk has" spring cover ", especially in the north not immediately off his coat, dress up should follow" under thick thin " principle, first put the jacket pants can lose some, later reduced, down rather hot not cold, it contributes to the maintenance of the yang. In particular suffering from chronic bronchitis, emphysema in the elderly, in early spring to try to keep the body" does not freeze not cold", so as to prevent catching a cold, thereby eliminating induced pneumonia, emphysema, pulmonary heart disease risk.

        Light diet is not to say do not eat fish, can only eat branny pharynx course. Here the " light" should be understood as the cooking method to less salt and oil, food choices to hunsu. Spring air frequent alternation, eat more warming meat, such as chicken, fish can regulate immunity, disease prevention. Chinese cabbage, rape, tomatoes and other fresh vegetables are rich in vitamin C, has antiviral effect; carrots, amaranth, yellow-green vegetables, rich in vitamin A, can protect and strengthen respiratory epithelial cell function, which can resist various pathogenic factors attack. These foods should be more food. In addition, eat small compared to the elderly, recommended to eat some stuffed pasta, there is the main deputy, have both meat and vegetarian.

        Low lying hyperactivity spring easily sleepy, some elderly people are sleeping. Chinese medicine," long lie ever". Because lying for a long time will cause the blood to move not free, the rigidity is not easy, weak body loss. Chinese pay attention to health should comply with the spring and summer season," Yang", "moving the sun". Good weather, sunshine is sufficient time, older friends may wish to go out, but do not be too strenuous exercise, should be given priority to in order to walk. Walking can make whole body blood smooth, Shujin Huoxue function, can accelerate the body's blood circulation and the new supersedes the old. Walking exercise need not set himself the step number or time, feeling tired, you should rest for a while. If you feel asthma or heart beating rapidly should rest stop.

        Regulating emotions spring is liver hyperactivity of Yang Sheng, easily irritable mood, to be open-minded, physical and mental harmony. Ease of mind to contribute to liver of catharsis, depression may lead to hepatic stagnation, affect the function of the liver, also make the neuroendocrine function disorder, cause psychosis, digestive system disease, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The old man was Yang is relatively insufficient, and the spring is Yang opportunity, such as sexual recklessness and sexual intercourse frequency, will the gas consumption of injury, further injury yang. Therefore, the elderly should be appropriate sexual abstinence in spring.

        Prevention of infectious spring is a respiratory infectious disease sends the season, because old people with poor immunity, so vulnerable. In the disease epidemic period, the elderly do not frequent access to shopping malls, theaters and many public places. Every day to eat a few flap raw garlic or in the indoor fumigating vinegar, have good effect in preventing respiratory infectious disease. May every day use salt water gargle, not only to help clean the oral cavity, but also to a certain extent, inhibit bacteria. In 500 ml glass add a tablespoon of salt, after dissolving can gargle.