Hunan Daily, June 23 (All-media reporter Zhou Yangle correspondent Li Hefeng Luo Yiling Wu Zizi) Summer is coming, how should the elderly respond? Is there the best regimen for the elderly? The Health Education Publicity Center of Hunan Provincial Health Commission specially invited Professor Xiao Changjiang, director of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Associate Professor Zhang Ting of the Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Center to popularize the three issues and five principles of summer health care for the elderly.
How should the elderly adjust their lifestyle to maintain their health?
First, adjust your schedule. Summer days are long and nights are short, the elderly should adjust the work and rest time according to the laws of nature, go to bed late and get up early, it is recommended to go to bed at about 11 o'clock in the evening and get up at about 6 o'clock in the morning.
Second, regulate the diet. In the summer heat, the elderly are most likely to be injured and exhausted, coupled with the expansion of capillaries on the surface of the body, the blood is mostly concentrated on the surface of the body, the gastrointestinal blood is relatively insufficient, and it is more prone to indigestion and loss of appetite. Therefore, the diet of the elderly should be light, and the daily diet should be based on some easily digestible and nutritious foods. In addition, due to excessive sweating in the summer, a large amount of protein, vitamins, calcium and zinc will be excreted with sweat, and the elderly should also eat some fish, shrimp and egg foods appropriately, but eat less "red" meat.
Is the hot summer age suitable for sports?
You can exercise, but pay attention to the way of movement, the time of exercise, etc. In the hot summer, you should not travel a long way, you should find the nearest place.
The exercise method is best for walking, and the lower intensity sports such as swimming, tai chi, fitness dance, and radio exercise are also more appropriate; Exercise time is best to exercise in the early morning or early evening when the weather is cool to avoid heat stroke. At the same time, exercise in moderation and do not overtidinate. After the end of exercise, do not drink a lot of cold boiled water, you can drink some salt boiled water appropriately to avoid electrolyte disorders caused by excessive sweating.
For summer health, exercise is also an indispensable one, Chinese medicine believes that "moving is born yang", exercise can stimulate the yang of the human body, play a role in health and disease prevention. However, in summer sports, we should pay attention to avoiding long-term outdoor exercise to prevent heat stroke. It is recommended that the elderly can play indoor sports such as badminton, table tennis, tai chi, standing pile, baduanjin, and eight kong gong in summer. In addition, swing sports are also very beneficial to the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis, especially table tennis is also more suitable for the elderly.
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, what principles do the elderly need to follow in summer health care?
For the elderly to spend the summer safely, they should grasp the five principles from the perspective of Chinese medicine.
First, healthy spleen dehumidification. Wet evil is a major evil in summer, coupled with the low spleen and stomach function of the elderly in summer, often feel bad appetite, easy diarrhea, white and greasy tongue and other symptoms, so should often take healthy spleen and wet things. Generally, more spleen aromatic wet and lightly infiltrated wet products, such as herbs, lotus seeds, perrin and so on.
Second, clear the heat and cool off. Summer temperature is high, summer heat is evil, the human heart fire is more prosperous, so it is commonly used to have the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying and purifying the heart, such as chrysanthemums, mint, honeysuckle, forsythia, lotus leaves, etc. to dispel the heat.
Third, nourish the lungs and kidneys. Chinese medicine believes that according to the law of the five elements, in the summer, the heart is hot and the lungs are golden and the kidneys are weak, and attention should be paid to nourishing the yin of the lungs and kidneys. You can choose goji berries, raw land, lilies, mulberries, etc., which can prevent sweating too much and consuming jin qi.
Fourth, winter diseases are cured in summer. The so-called summer treatment of winter diseases, that is, the human body and the outside world are full of yang qi in the summer, and external treatment methods such as internal Chinese medicine and acupuncture are used to treat some diseases that occur in winter. If you use fresh sesame flowers to often rub frostbite, you can prevent frostbite in winter; The ointment is applied to the acupuncture points to treat asthma and rhinitis in winter.
Fifth, nourish the heart. Summer temperature is high, easy to upset, so the elderly should nourish their hearts, live in the moment, try not to worry, nervous, worry, but also to avoid irritability and anger, maintain a good psychological state.
[Editor-in-charge: Yu Rong]
[Source: Hunan Daily]