Department of Metabolic Diseases, Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jia Xiaoling
White dew is the day with the largest temperature difference between day and night in the year, from this day the temperature will decrease day by day, the yin gradually increases, although it is not as thick as the humidity and heat of summer, but the cold is born from this, cold and wet invade the bones. At this time, it is the most likely time to suddenly fall ill, cold and autumn dryness, yin and evil into the body, so health conditioning is the most critical.
Do the following
Less sick in autumn and winter
First, dress in white and stop the "autumn freeze"
"White dew" is the watershed between heat and cold, representing the end of the summer heat. After entering the Bailu solar term, the temperature drops rapidly, the rain begins, the sunshine decreases, and the season changes from summer to autumn. At this time, we can no longer stick to the "autumn freeze", we must start to keep warm, especially these parts must pay attention.
1. Head
"The head is the meeting of the suns", the head is cold, prone to headache, because the cold and evil rush straight to the meridians, damage the yang, meridian qi and blood are not through, if not through, it is painful, so we should pay attention to the warmth of the head, so if you need air conditioning to cool down during the white dew, you must pay attention to protect the head and avoid direct blowing.
2. Feet
Feet are all over the acupuncture points, related to the whole body, once cold, it is easy to bring cold to the whole body, resulting in poor blood circulation, and even damage to the kidneys, therefore, the feet can not be cold, after white dew insist on wearing shoes and socks every day, do a good job of foot warmth. At night, you can use hot water to soak your feet, or mugwort leaf fried water to wash your feet, which can warm up the body and help you sleep.
3. Waist and abdomen
There are kidney Yu and Meimen and other points in the waist, which belong to the bladder meridian and the tu vein. Du Pulse is known as the "Sea of Yang Veins" and controls the Yang Qi. If the waist is cold, it will damage the pulse and deplete the yang; The navel is a divine acupoint, which belongs to the ren vein and is an important acupuncture point of the human body. Once Shenque is cold, it will hurt the dirty qi, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal prolapse, dysmenorrhea and other symptoms. Therefore, it is not advisable to expose the waist and abdomen when the weather is cool, and avoid wearing short clothes. When sleeping at night, you should also cover the quilt, strengthen the warmth of the waist and abdomen, and beware of cold and evil entering the body.
4. Shoulders
Most of the joint problems are due to cold evil into the body, especially the shoulder and neck position that modern people have serious problems. The cold and humidity are heavy during the white dew season, at this time the shoulder and neck need to be protected, it is not suitable to wear suspenders, sleeveless clothes, and the entire shoulder should be covered to keep warm when sleeping at night.
Second, white dew diet, moisturize the lungs and strengthen the spleen
1. Moisturize the lungs and prevent dryness
White dew season, dry climate, the human body will appear tight skin, dry hair, chapped lips, dry stool and other autumn dry phenomenon, dry easy to hurt the lungs, diet should eat more nourishing yin and dry lung products, such as lilies, silver fungus, honey, autumn pears, grapefruit, pomegranates, grapes, etc., drink more water, it is recommended that the daily water intake in autumn is more than 500ml more than in spring.
2. Regulate the spleen and stomach
In the white dew season, cold and wet are heavy, it is advisable to "clear supplement", beware of excessive nourishment, excessive satiety and injury to the spleen and stomach, should eat foods with strong spleen, clear heat and moisture, such as mung beans, red beans, jujubes, lotus seeds, yams, etc. Meat can choose duck meat, goose meat, duck meat, goose meat is cool, high protein content, fat, carb appropriate amount, is the first choice for supplementation. Also try to avoid cold and stimulating foods, such as watermelon, winter melon, bitter melon, etc.
Third, white dew movement, dynamic and static combination
White dew season, autumn high air, pleasant climate, is the best period for outdoor sports, so it is necessary to exercise properly during the white dew period. You can choose the exercise method that suits you according to your physical fitness, do your best and do what you can.
Exercise follows these principles:
1. Moderate principle Moderate exercise is conducive to promoting metabolism, improving dopamine secretion, happy mood, and enhancing physical fitness. After white dew, you can do low-intensity 30-60 minutes of aerobic exercise every day, not sweating or slightly sweating, such as walking, tai chi, jogging are very suitable.
2. Long-term principle of exercise after white dew should adhere to the long-term principle, can not fish for three days and dry the net for two days, at least three times a week 30-60 minutes of aerobic exercise is best, long-term adherence, can improve immunity, great benefits to the body.
3. Combination of movement and static While "moving", we should also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, such as listening to light music, walking, meditation, etc. to relax, that is, "quiet". So as to achieve the purpose of sports conditioning, dynamic and static combination.
In addition to the above points, after white dew, you can also choose to get up early and go to bed early, acupressure point massage, patting meridians and other ways to maintain health, it is recommended that the whole family work together to maintain health and wellness, laying a solid foundation for disease prevention in the cold season of autumn and winter.