Spring diet recuperation in geriatrics 
 
 
Chang Yiyong Huaiyang henan province people's hospital 
 
 
China's traditional Chinese medicine to 

    Volatile spring weather factors, combined with the fog haze weather hits, frequently for the elderly itself immunity is lower, is a great challenge to the health. Elderly meal is reasonable, choose the appropriate diet method, good care in spring.
 
    Blood pressure fluctuations: modern medicine found that climate change is easy to make the old spring increased blood pressure, symptoms such as headache, dizziness, insomnia. Diet nursing method is eat bananas or oranges from 250 to 500 grams per day; Or use the banana peel 100 grams, water frying generation of tea, drink frequently. Because the banana contains potassium can lower blood pressure. In addition, regular consumption of potassium lemon, pear, green beans, etc., is also good to the prevention and treatment of high blood pressure. Can also be used celery 500 grams of water decoction, add sugar is right amount, generation of tea; Or with celery 250 grams, red jujube 10, water frying generation tea; Or will have peanut soaked in vinegar, 7 days every morning on an empty stomach take 7 ~ 10. These are helpful to step down.
 
    Old chronic bronchitis: geriatric chronic bronchitis, also easy to attack in the spring, the diet of prevention and cure is to eat more has expectorant, spleen, kidney, lung foods, such as loquat, orange, pear, lotus seed, lily, big jujube, walnut, honey, help to reduce symptoms of chronic bronchitis. Diet should be given priority to with delicate, fasting, sea red, rich food. The saying goes "fire ShengTan fish, meat, Chinese cabbage and tofu". Excitant food such as pepper, pepper, onion, garlic and sweet, salty food also should eat less, so as not to stimulate the respiratory tract, aggravating illness.
 
    Heart cerebrovascular accident: spring temperature is not stable, pressure change is big, the climate is dry, blood viscosity will be increased, the blood flow at a slower pace, combined with vascular contraction time relatively longer, some people because of the hardening of the arteries in the elderly, in particular, it is difficult to adapt to the environment temperature change, easy to induce or aggravate the disease of heart head blood-vessel, such as myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident. Vitamin C and trace elements, can strengthen blood vessel elasticity, toughness and prevent hemorrhage, trace element iodine can reduce cholesterol, fat and calcium salt deposition in the vessel wall, prevent the formation of atherosclerotic lesions (seafood contain rich iodine); Magnesium can improve myocardial excitability, conducive to inhibit heart disorder (magnesium is found in green leafy vegetables). Appropriate eating whole grains and coarse fiber food, prevent constipation big pair has a harmful effect on the heart. Appropriate eating can ease the hardening of the arteries and step-down food, such as black fungus, tremella, juice, rice soup, vegetable juice, etc. Patients with high blood pressure prevention of cerebrovascular accident diet also note 4 avoid. One avoid high-sodium diet, eating less salt, daily amount should be less than 5 grams, for sodium can make blood pressure. 2 avoid high fat diet, because of the high fat food can increase the blood thick viscosity. 3 avoid sugar, eat less sweet food, because sugar is still in the body into fat, also increase blood viscosity. 4 avoid alcohol and cigarettes, make thick blood viscosity increased with nicotine, alcohol can induce lipid metabolic disorder.
 
    Geriatric depression: spring is the season of the most dangerous patients with psychological disease, the spring pressure is low, easy to cause the human brain hormone secretion disorder, changeful weather can cause a person's mood swings more frequently, including late-life depression is one of the frequently-occurring disease. Eating food containing tryptophan improve the depression. Color amino acid containing mainly in fish, chicken, cheese, beans, bean curd, oats, and eggs. Banana contains analogues, appropriate to eat can increase the calm and pleasant feeling. In addition, banana also contains vitamin B6, nicotinic acid, and magnesium, has the effect of antidepressants and sleeping. Eat more food containing rich in tryptophan, it is best with carbohydrates such as fruit with edible, can promote the absorption and utilization of tryptophan. To elevate mood is another important matter Ω - 3 fatty acids. Ω - 3 fatty acids can maintain a healthy mind and improve intelligence. Ω - 3 fatty acid is the best source of deep-sea cold water fish, such as salmon, tuna and mackerel, herring, etc. Suggest fish food to eat at least three times a week, especially deep sea fish meat. Another kind is rich Ω - 3 fatty acids in the food is a seed, such as pumpkin seeds, walnuts, flaxseed, hemp seed, sesame, sunflower, etc.
 
    Gastric and duodenal ulcer, gastric and duodenal ulcer disease is easy to attack in the spring, should avoid on food intake of creatine, purine base materials such as rich pork soup, chicken soup, fish soup, beef soup, and spinach, beans, animal innards and excitant dressing, because the food have strong stimulation the exudation of gastric juice, and easy to form gas produce bloating, increase the stomach burden. Diet control honey steam cooked, can be taken on an empty stomach before meals, 100 ml per day, taking three times; Also can use fresh green cabbage, wash and mash, with sterile gauze wring juice, take a little heat, 2 times a day, 15 days for one period of treatment; Or with 250 ml of milk and boil after call honey 50 grams, white and pink 6 g, make after drinking.
 
 
 
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