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This is the winter solstice, which is a very important festival, commonly known as "winter festival", "long solstice festival", "sub-year" and so on. Did you know that the winter solstice was one of the first of the twenty-four solar terms to be formulated — as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, China had used Tugui to observe the sun, measuring the winter solstice. Astronomically, the day of the winter solstice is also the shortest day and the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
"Today's day is very warm, which can be said to be an unusual winter solstice." Zhao Haiyin, chief physician of the Traditional Treatment Department of the Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out that from the perspective of health, the basic principles of "keeping warm" and "avoiding cold" should still be taken from the winter solstice.
Zhao Haiyin reminded that food supplements vary from person to person. Folk have such sayings as "this year's winter orders are supplemented, and the next year can fight tigers" and "three nine supplements one winter, and there is no pain in the coming year". Winter supplements are mainly divided into food supplements and medicinal supplements, which refer to supplementing the nutrients of the human body, regulating and improving the physiological functions of the human body, enhancing the body's disease resistance, and improving immune function. "Now, our living environment and nutritional conditions have been greatly improved and changed, coupled with the uncertain characteristics of the winter climate, especially in the warm winter, when eating hot foods such as mutton, it is not advisable to overdo and over-frequency to ensure the intake of vegetables and fruits and maintain a balanced nutrition." Zhao Haiyin said, "People with hot constitutions should pay more attention to moderation, and should not excessively covet fat and sweet taste, otherwise it is easy to lead to phlegm fever and depression, which is particularly harmful to people with hypertension and hyperlipidemia." ”
During the winter solstice, cold air is also busy "replenishing", and around this Friday, another wave of obvious cooling and strong winds will arrive. Experts once again remind that the temperature drops, for patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease and respiratory diseases, we must be particularly vigilant and beware of seizures. "After the winter solstice, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and it is close to the New Year's Day and the assessment at the end of the year, overeating, staying up late, stressing, emotional excitement, and not taking medicine on time are easy to lead to the onset of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases."
By the way, this warm winter solstice, have you ever encountered such a trouble - sleeping under the quilt until the second half of the night sweating, the chest area or waist and legs below the feeling of sweat, but the cover is less and cold; or walking on a sweaty, clothes are less and cold, is hot and cold and worried. So I consulted the "data" by myself and came to the conclusion that sweating at night is "night sweat", and "sweating" during the day. Experts pointed out that this is an out-of-context interpretation of sweating, and abnormal sweating should be diagnosed by the doctor system in the hospital.
As the chill becomes thicker, many people will have a feeling of chills in their hands and feet. In addition to drug therapy and non-pharmacological treatment methods such as moxibustion and patching, there is a more "cheap" and simple method of self-care: sunbathing, sunbathing! According to reports, basking in the sun in winter can help the human body obtain vitamin D and absorb calcium, which is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of rickets and osteoporosis. "It is better to sit with your back to the sun to avoid burning the eyes with the sun's rays; the time is moderate, with the skin slightly warm, and the rash is not available afterwards, in terms of the intensity of the sunshine in Shanghai, the average normal adult is 20 minutes to 30 minutes a day, and children and the elderly can be reduced as appropriate." Zhao Haiyin suggested, "After sunbathing, you should drink more water and eat fruits and vegetables to supplement vitamin C and inhibit the formation of melanin." ”
Xinmin Evening News reporter Gao Yang