【Health and wellness】Spring and March, this is called aging! Spring health care to learn

Source: China Traditional Chinese Medicine News

Author: Deng Yi, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

"Law in yin and yang" and "health maintenance according to time" are the specific application of the overall concept of the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" and the corresponding theory of Heavenly Man in health care, and are also an important part of the health care of the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic". The Great Treatise on the Four Qi Tones of The Su Qing pointed out: "In the spring and March, this is called Chen. Heaven and earth are born, all things are glorious, lie down at night and get up early, walk widely in the court, and be slowly shaped to make Zhisheng. Born not to kill, give and do not take, reward and do not punish, this spring should be, the way of health is also. The opposite hurts the liver, the summer is cold, and the elderly are few. ”

This passage not only introduces the natural changes and meteorological characteristics of spring in nature, but also introduces the health care methods that people should take in terms of life and living, spiritual sentiment, etc., and points out that the spring in nature corresponds to the liver of the human body, if it violates the way of health, it will cause liver damage, and it is also possible to affect the strong function of the human heart in the summer, the appearance of cold diseases, or the lack of growth and development.

According to the theory and method of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, combined with the understanding and practice of later generations, the specific measures for spring health are introduced.

Spiritual and emotional health

Mental pleasure, promote liver growth

The "Great Theory of The Four Qi Tones" pointed out that in the spring, we should "make Zhisheng, born without killing, give and not take, and reward and not punish", that is, in the spring, people should adapt to the characteristics of spring "life", adjust spiritual feelings, maintain pleasant and comfortable emotions, avoid depression, anger and other bad emotions, learn to give, even if someone makes a mistake, they should avoid bad emotions such as anger, so as to promote the growth and smoothness of people's liver qi.

If there is anger and other bad feelings, you can talk to relatives and friends, or write poems, write a diary, or run, play ball, cry behind closed doors, etc., so that bad feelings can be dispelled and released in time.

Outdoor activities, cultivate temperament

Spring is sunny, the wind and the sun are beautiful, birds and flowers are fragrant, and the natural world is derived from the qi, at this time people should be more outdoor activities, walking on the green scenery, cultivating temperament, so that their spiritual sentiments and the natural world of the qi in harmony.

Do not live alone and sit silently, so as not to generate depressed qi and hinder the relaxation of liver qi. For example, in the "Re-enactment of the Popular Treatise on Typhoid Fever", it is also proposed: "When this spring day is harmonious, it is advisable to be in a spacious place in the garden, to use stagnation to breathe, not to sit for a long time, to be depressed and biochemical." "In addition, walking in the spring to enjoy the scenery can also relieve people's feelings of winter depression."

Living and living health

Lie down early and get up early to prevent spring sleepiness

Many people always feel that they do not sleep enough in the spring, and they are drowsy and mentally weak during the day, such as Meng Haoran Shiyun's "spring sleep without knowing", this phenomenon is actually "spring sleepiness".

To improve spring sleepiness discomfort, it is necessary to lie down early and get up early, ensure 6 to 8 hours of sleep every day, and recuperate to meet the needs of more activities in spring.

Protect against wind and cold, prevent spring temperature

The "Su Qing And Four Qi Tone God Theory" says that spring "stale", all things arise, and various pathogenic bacteria and viruses also grow and multiply rapidly, and infectious diseases are prone to appear. In addition, from the perspective of the human body itself, because people spend winter indoors for a long time, the adaptability to the outside world will decline slightly in the spring, and the climate in early spring is changeable, cold and hot, coupled with the opening of people's pores in spring, so the human body is easy to feel external evils in the spring, especially in the early spring, causing epidemics, such as influenza, meningococcal meningitis, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, pneumonia and other diseases, which is what Chinese medicine calls "temperature disease" and "spring temperature".

The prevention of spring temperature needs to start from the following points: First, according to the seasonal climate change, increase or decrease clothing at any time, reduce going out, go less to crowded places, and wear masks when going out. The second is to strengthen physical exercise, strengthen the body, such as you can choose to practice the six-character health tips of the "Zi Zi Gong", adhere to long-term exercise can adjust the lung qi, has the effect of regulating cough, asthma, chest tightness. Third, usually prone to rhinitis, colds, tracheitis, pneumonia and other lung diseases, accompanied by fatigue, shortness of breath, sweating, mostly qi deficiency physique, daily can be used astragalus, goji berries each 10g, add water 1200mL, boil over high heat, cook for 10 minutes on low heat, and then put in chrysanthemums 6g, cook for 5 minutes on low heat, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar to taste, drink instead of tea, have the effect of tonifying the lungs and preventing diseases.

Diet regimen

Reduce acid and increase gan, not to be greatly replenished

Because spring, the liver is the "wood" line of the five elements, the same qi, the spring human liver function that is, the liver qi is often on the side, the liver is abnormally strong will hurt the spleen of the "soil", in order to avoid the liver is too strong to cut the spleen and stomach and cause spleen and stomach disease, should reduce the acid food that helps the liver and increase the sweet food that supplements the spleen and stomach.

Such as rice, sweet potatoes, potatoes, yams, eggs, duck eggs, chicken, duck, beef, lean pork, fresh fish, peanuts, sesame seeds, dates, chestnuts, honey, carrots, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, mushrooms, etc. are suitable for spring sweet food. Acidic foods such as tomatoes, oranges, hawthorns, lemons, pomegranates, olives, etc., should be eaten in the spring.

Spring lord hair growth, should not be a big supplement, especially should not use more big spices, such as ginseng, deer antler velvet, appendages and other beneficial qi and yang medicines, but also drink less liquor, eat less mutton, so as not to help yang heat and fire. At the same time, in the spring, you should not eat cold foods such as cold drinks too early, so as not to hurt the stomach and damage the yang and affect the digestive function of the spleen and stomach.

Eat more vegetables and eat hair with caution

In spring, especially in early spring, you can eat vegetables with hair growth in moderation, such as toon, leeks, cabbage, celery and other spicy divergences, or spring shoots, ginger sprouts, bean sprouts, bean sprouts and other kinds of sprouts. This can promote the growth of liver qi and help qi and blood to go outward, so that qi and blood are strong, the internal organs are strong, and it also helps to improve the discomfort of spring sleepiness.

Spring "aging", everything recovers, some old diseases such as hypertension, asthma, skin diseases and allergic diseases are easy to recur at this time. Therefore, such patients should be cautious about eating hair in the spring. It is generally believed that lamb, rooster, leeks, coriander, fennel, green onions, ginger, liquor and other spicy hot things, as well as chicken, eggs, pork head, fish, shrimp, crab and other foods that are all all foreign proteins for the human body are hair objects and need to be eaten with caution.

Exercise regimen

Spring should be moved, promote yang hair growth

The "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" believes that spring corresponds to the human liver, and the liver hides blood and the main fascia, which is closely related to human movement. Through exercise, the yang qi in the body can be slowly expressed, so as to play a role in the health care of unblocking the meridians, dredging the qi and blood, and regulating the internal organs and improving health. Spring exercise helps the body to generate yang qi, can improve the body's metabolism, reconcile qi and blood, enhance blood circulation and cardiopulmonary function, regulate the function of the central nervous system, improve the ability to think, full of spirit, and make muscle strength enhanced, muscles and bones more flexible.

Spring is less yang, moderate exercise

Spring is at a time when the yang qi has grown but has not yet flourished, and the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic is called "Shaoyang", so spring is suitable for exercise, but it should be moderate exercise. Specifically, according to the personal physical condition, you can choose some rhythmic and slow sports, such as walking, jogging, kite flying, tai chi, Yi Jian Jing, baduan jin, five birds play and other fitness techniques, or not too intense ball sports, etc., to integrate the body and mind into nature, the unity of nature and man, self-cultivation, strong fitness. The Great Treatise on the Four Qis of Su Qing is called "lying down at night and getting up early, walking widely in the court", and the Qing Dynasty medical scientist Shi Chengjin also said that the three spring moons are the time when all things happen, and it is advisable to walk frequently to meet the limbs.

Editor: Wang Di

Source || Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine