It's cold today. Great cold is the last of the twenty-four solar terms, because "the reverse pole of cold is called great cold", so the great cold is the meaning of the weather is extremely cold.
The old people also often say, "Great cold, great cold, hug together", which shows the cold of the great cold festival. If you are not careful at this time, you may get sick.
"Great cold, meaning extremely cold weather, is the last of the twenty-four solar terms. At this time, the cold wave is frequent in the south, which is the cold period of the year in most parts of the mainland, with strong winds and low temperatures, and snow does not melt... Therefore, people often say, "Big cold and small cold, frozen into a clump." "After the cold, it means that the year is coming to an end."
At the end of the year, it is reincarnation. Do you think the year is going too fast? As the last solar term, the great cold is actually a reminder that spring is just around the corner. Since this is the case, we must take care of our bodies and be prepared to meet new luck with a healthy body. It also becomes more meaningful. Here, intimate experts have already drawn a health focus for us: will wear, will eat, really super simple Oh---
Will wear: wear the right, cold is no longer a surprise thing
There is a lyric that goes like this: Time is something that catches people off guard. Like time, the cold seems to be something that catches people off guard in winter. I obviously wear a lot, why am I still sick? Experts remind that wearing more must be worn correctly. Only by protecting the following 5 places can you wear it correctly. In these five places to prevent the invasion of cold, the cold will no longer be a surprise thing:
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Protects against neck cold
The neck is the "fortress" of the human body, all over the blood vessels and there are many important acupuncture points, in winter should be by wearing a scarf to wear a standing collar to protect the neck, keep warm at the same time can avoid the head and neck blood vessels due to cold and contraction, to achieve the purpose of preventing hypertension, cardiovascular disease, insomnia and other diseases.
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Anti-nasal cold
Nasal congestion without a word is a daily routine for many people in winter, especially for people with rhinitis, winter is simply too grinding. However, anti-nasal cold is not to wrap the nose with a scarf, but to advocate cold to control the cold - every morning and evening, before going out, rub your nose wings with cold water, which is conducive to enhancing the immunity of the nasal mucosa and has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of rhinitis. Proper rubbing can also improve blood circulation in the nasal mucosa, which can help relieve symptoms such as nasal congestion and sneezing.
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Protects against lung cold
In the winter, the wind and cold always make people blue and thin, shiitake mushrooms, so when there are slight symptoms such as runny nose and cough, some ingredients such as warm and warm and cold are used to boil into porridge to disperse the cold. The Qing Dynasty "Huizhitang Experience Fang" records that the immortal porridge: "A handful of glutinous rice is boiled into a soup, seven green onions and seven slices of ginger, boiled and mixed with half a cup of vinegar, cold and flu security kang."
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Protected against waist cold
Some "to be graceful and not to be warm" crushes like to wear low-waist pants, but they do not know that this will attract waist chills, freeze the kidneys, resulting in a decline in the cold tolerance of the entire body. Therefore, in winter, not only do you need to eat some warm, warm kidney yang food to supplement the kidney, but also through some daily rubbing to warm the kidney yang: after rubbing the heat with both hands, press the waist and eyes, pause for a while, and then rub down to the tail vertebrae. Do it 50-100 times at a time, morning and evening.
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Prevent foot cold
It is often said that the cold starts from the feet, and if you wear shoes that are not warm enough in winter, you feel cold all over your body. Winter night before going to bed foot bath helps to protect from the cold, but the foot bath is not simply hot water soaking feet, to do a few points and adhere to the effect: the water temperature is maintained at about 40 ° C, the water floods the ankle joint, each soak for 20-30 minutes, the skin is reddish after soaking, wipe dry and massage the toes and palms of the feet with your hands for 2-3 minutes.
Will eat: these ways to eat, we better understand Oh!
"Every festive season to gain three pounds" - Chinese most of the New Year's Day is at the table, coupled with the cold in winter, you need to consume more calories to keep out the cold, but if you want to eat while taking into account health, we have to "eat". Preferably, here are some ways to eat:
Eat plenty of cold food
Many people like to eat hot pot in winter, and the red oil is hot and sweaty, and they are no longer afraid of cold currents. Nutritionists say that spicy foods such as peppers, ginger, and pepper do have the effect of promoting blood circulation and driving away cold.
Eat more red food
Ruddy-colored foods are not only "hot" in appearance, but also play a cold-proof effect, and can help us refresh our minds and replenish our vitality. In the cold season, you may wish to try to brew and drink goji berries, cinnamon balls or ginger to drive away the cold and fever; relatives with weak qi and cold hands and feet can eat more red dates to make up for the deficiency.
Eat more black tea and black tea
During the cold season, the metabolism of the human body slows down, while black tea and black tea have the effect of raising and nourishing qi, which has health significance. Among them, black tea has a sweet and warm taste, high protein content, and can store yang and warm the abdomen. The nearly 100 kinds of enzymes contained in black tea can replenish qi and raise the sun, benefit the kidneys and reduce turbidity, while drinking tea can help digestion of the gastrointestinal tract, adjust the metabolism of sugar, fat and water, which is very suitable for people who "gain three pounds every festive season".
The best thing today: oats
If you say that you want to eat dumplings on the winter solstice and Xiao Han drinks Laba porridge, then Da Han should cook a bowl of oats for yourself. Oats have a good spleen and kidney opening effect, in line with the requirements of the spleen and stomach in the cold season, while oats help to reduce cholesterol and promote blood circulation.
In summary, attach two good porridge recipes for foodies' reference:
Wellness recipes
Shrimp skin oatmeal porridge
【Ingredients】 60g oats, 20g each of shrimp skin, seaweed, rice, and 1 egg.
【Method】 Put the oats and rice into a casserole dish, add water and bring to a boil over high heat, add shrimp skin and seaweed, reduce the heat to boil into porridge, add egg liquid and salt to mix well, and bring to a boil over high heat.
Guiyuan red jujube glutinous rice porridge
【Ingredients】 10g of cinnamon meat, 3 engraved dates, 60g of glutinous rice, rock sugar to taste.
【Directions】 Add cinnamon meat, red dates, glutinous rice, add 500ml of water to a boil on high heat, change to low heat and cook for 30 minutes, add rock sugar.
Will raise: Raise the right one, give you to enhance the body's immunity
The simplest way to maintain health and comply with the principle of "winter hiding" is to go to bed early and get up late, and sleep for an extra hour a day. Sleeping early can nourish the yang of the body, and getting up late can nourish the yin qi. In addition, the following small details can also help you strengthen your body's immunity.
Get up in the morning and rub your nose with cold water
Washing the nose with cold water every morning and evening is conducive to enhancing the immunity of the nasal mucosa and is a good way to prevent rhinitis. When washing the nose with cold water, rubbing the wings of the nose can improve blood circulation in the nasal mucosa and help relieve symptoms of allergic rhinitis such as nasal congestion and sneezing.
Soak your feet in hot water at night
The water temperature is preferably about 40 ° C, the water floods the ankle joint, soak for 20-30 minutes each time, add hot water from time to time to maintain the water temperature, and the skin is reddish after soaking. After soaking feet, dry and massage the toes and palms of the feet with your hands for 2-3 minutes. After doing it, it is best to go to bed within half an hour to ensure the effect of the foot bath.
Rub your hands around your waist to warm your kidneys
Rubbing your hands around your waist helps unclog the veins, strengthen your waist and strengthen your kidneys. The waist is where the "belt veins" (the meridians that surround the waist) are located, especially the posterior waist on both sides of the spine is where the kidneys are located. The kidneys like warmth and cold, and often massage can warm the kidneys and yang, and smooth the qi and blood.
At night, when you are fine, you can sit on a stool with your feet apart, about shoulder width apart. Rub your palms together dozens of times, and when you're hot, press against the lumbar eyes on either side.
Pause for a few seconds, then rub your palms up and down the sides of your lumbar spine—down to the long hole under the coccyx (between the tip of the coccyx and the anus), up to the end of the elbow behind both arms. 36 consecutive times.
Will be pressed: press correctly, the meridians are smooth and coldproof
Baihui acupuncture points - can lower blood pressure
The Hundred Clubs are the key points of the Chakra, the place where the Yangs gather, and communicate with the meridians of the various organs, so they are used to adjust the overall treatment of Yin and Yang. For nervous system diseases such as neuropathic headache, insomnia, forgetfulness, dizziness and other diseases, circulatory diseases such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, hypotension, etc., respiratory diseases such as chronic rhinitis, pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis, recurrent respiratory infections and so on have a preventive effect.
Period gate acupuncture - relieve depression
The focus of the great cold health is to regulate the liver and gallbladder meridians, so that it can not only raise the yang qi to prevent wind and cold, but also evacuate the depressed and depressed emotions in the heart.
The acupuncture points are the collection points of the liver meridians, which are specific acupuncture points where the qi of the internal organs converges on the chest and abdomen. Equivalent to the staff of the liver, when the liver encounters trouble, it will stand up to help the "general's officer" to give advice and solve problems. In the ancient Chinese medicine book "On Typhoid Fever", it is believed that this acupuncture point is the preferred acupuncture point for draining the liver and gallbladder, and has a good effect on conditioning the liver.
Taixi Cave - moisturizing and hydrating
The Taixi cave is located on the inside of the foot, in a depression between the back of the inner ankle and the tendon of the heel tendon. Massage twice a day for 10 minutes. When the cold weather is dry, the kneading time should be longer, because the dry is easy to hurt the yin, and rubbing more time can not only supplement the yin, but also prevent dry and hurt the yin. Massage Taixi acupuncture has the effect of nourishing kidney yin, suitable for people with yin deficiency constitution partial to kidney yin deficiency.
Will moxibustion: moxibustion right, replenish qi and rise to the sun through a warm winter
The great cold is the coldest time of the year, after which the yang qi gradually rises, so the moxibustion at this time should be mainly based on the kidney meridian, supplemented by the liver meridian.
It is necessary to further replenish the yang qi, but also to gradually pay attention to the smoothing of the liver qi to welcome the arrival of spring. Before and after the great cold, the following acupuncture points can be moxibustion:
Taixi Cave
This hole is located on the inside of the foot, in a depression between the back of the inner ankle and the tendons of the heel tendons. Moxi acupuncture Taixi acupuncture can clear heat, calm the spirit, strengthen the waist, play a role in nourishing the yin and kidneys, aphrodisiac and strengthening the waist.
Liver Yu acupuncture points
The liver Yu acupuncture point is on the back, when the 9th thoracic spine is under the spinous process, 1.5 inches apart. Moxibustion liver Yu, can replenish liver blood, soothe the manager's qi.
If the liver is functioning properly, it can effectively break down toxins in the body and assist other organs in excreting toxins.
Zhongfu Cave
The zhongfu acupuncture point is located on the chest, flattening the first intercostal space, on the outside of the subclavian fossa, and 6 inches next to the anterior midline. Moxibustion this acupuncture point can play a role in clearing diarrhea, lung heat, strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi.
"Explanation of the Seventy-Two Waiting Episodes of the Moon Order": "In the middle of December, see the former (Xiao Han)." ”
Like the little cold, the big cold is also a solar term that characterizes the degree of coldness of the weather. This season is the coldest time of the year, but it is also the last of the year, after which the yang gradually rises.
Due to the large smoke of moxibustion with moxibustion strips in winter, it will cause discomfort in respiratory patients such as rhinitis, pharyngitis, asthma, etc., it is recommended to use intelligent ancient moxibustion instruments.