When you wake up in the morning, your body tells us about its health in a variety of ways. Some signs may indicate good physical condition and longevity.
Full of prunes
Typically, after a full night's sleep, when you wake up in the morning, you should feel energized, energized, and your whole body in good shape.
If you feel dizzy, tired, weak, or difficult to wake up after waking up, it may be caused by staying up late the night before or insomnia, or it may be a sign that there are some health problems in your body.
For example, nocturnal sleep apnea, high blood pressure or orthostatic hypotension, anemia, etc. If symptoms such as visual rotation, nausea, and vomiting occur, the possibility of otolithiasis, Meniere's disease, or even cerebrovascular lesions cannot be ruled out. Prompt medical attention should be sought.
Normal appetite
After a full night's sleep, the body consumes energy while not eating, so it is common to feel hungry and appetite will be relatively good.
If you wake up in the morning and experience uncomfortable symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting, you need to be vigilant. This can be a manifestation of digestive disorders such as gastric motility, dyspepsia, gastritis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, etc.
Normal urine
The first urination in the morning is not only a product of the body's metabolism, but also an important indicator of health status. The color, smell, and condition of urine can all reflect health problems.
Healthy morning urine has the following 4 characteristics:
1. Color: pale yellow
Normal urine is yellowish. If the urine is abnormally colored such as red, dark brown, or soy sauce, it is necessary to be alert to the possibility of urinary system (kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra) disease.
2. Smell: Faint ammonia smell
Normal urine has a faint ammonia smell, but if a large amount of garlic is ingested, the urine may have a pungent odor. However, if urine smells like apples, diabetic ketosis may be present, or if urine smells foul, it may be a bacterial infection caused by a urinary tract infection and requires prompt medical attention.
3. No foam, no precipitation
Normal urine usually has no foam or precipitation. If the urine is foamy like an egg stirred with water, it could mean that there is a problem with the kidneys.
4. Smooth urination and moderate urine output.
Bowel movements are normal
Waking up in the morning and eating breakfast are the most frequent periods of activity in the large intestine, and it is more appropriate to choose these two times for regular bowel movements.
After the bowel movements are complete, it is best to observe. If the stool has the following 5 characteristics, it means that the bowel movement is relatively healthy.
Healthy stools have the following 5 characteristics:
1. Color: Brown or yellow
In general, normal stools are brown or yellow. If the stool appears black, red, or white, it is a cause for alarm.
Black stools: When there is less blood in the intestines and at a slower rate, the blood stays in the intestines for a longer period of time, and the stools that pass are usually black.
Red stools: If there is a lot of bleeding, the blood stays in the intestine for a short period of time, and the stool is usually red.
White stool: clay-colored stool, which may be caused by hepatobiliary or pancreatic diseases of the biliary tract, resulting in poor bile secretion, resulting in lighter or even whitish stool.
If abnormal stool color occurs only accidentally, don't worry too much, but think back to whether there have been special circumstances recently, such as ingestion of certain foods or medications, such as blood iron supplements, oral activated charcoal, eating a lot of vegetables, eating duck blood or dragon fruit, etc., which may be causing changes in stool color.
2. Character: strip-like soft stool, non-adhesion
Healthy stools are usually soft, sticky stools that don't stick together, float on the surface of the water, and can be cleaned after flushing. Pasty or non-dry, lumpy stools are also normal.
3. Smell: with a slight odor
The normal smell of stool is generally mildly foul. Meat-loving people may have a stronger smell of stool, while vegetarians will have a milder stool.
4. It is ideal to have 1~2 bowel movements a day.
5. Defecation is completed within 5 minutes, and there is no residual feeling.
Healthy stools should be able to pass naturally and smoothly within two minutes, and the whole process should take no more than 5 minutes. It is normal to feel relaxed after a bowel movement and there is no residual feeling of defecation.
Get up and do 6 things
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the morning is a critical period for the transformation of yang and yin energy. If you do the following 6 things in the morning, you won't have to worry about your health throughout the year.
First thing: 3 minutes to get up
Waking up too quickly can lead to adverse reactions such as dizziness or increased blood pressure, which is not friendly to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, to "take your time" when you wake up in the morning, you can try this 3-minute wake-up method: first lie in bed for 1 minute, then sit against the head of the bed for 1 minute, then wait for 1 minute with your legs down, and finally get out of bed.
The second thing: stretch and wake up the body
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stretching the waist helps to dredge yang energy, and can also stretch the upper limbs, cervical spine and chest, making people feel awake and comfortable. After getting up, you can try the stretching and lazy waist method recommended by Wu Shihua, a distinguished expert of the Central Health Bureau: when stretching, the body should be stretched as much as possible, the limbs should be straightened, and the muscles of the whole body should be forced; during the stretching process, the whole body should inhale as much as possible; when relaxing, the muscles of the whole body should be relaxed, and at the same time, try to exhale as much as possible to eliminate the turbidity in the body.
The third thing: comb the gallbladder meridian
"In spring and March, comb your hair one or two hundred times a day, and your longevity is high. "Combing the gallbladder meridians on both sides with a meridian comb in the morning can stimulate more than 20 acupuncture points on the head. Insist on 1~2 minutes a day, which can not only promote qi and blood circulation, but also make you more awake.
Thing 4: Levator ani exercise for 3 minutes
With your legs shoulder-width apart, your hands are naturally stretched out on either side of your thighs, relax your whole body, focus on the anal area, and perform a 3-minute levator ani exercise. The perineal point is located near the anus, and when you practice levator anal exercises, the perineal point rises and falls and beats. The yin and yang meridians of the human body converge on the perineum and are regulated by it. Practicing levator ani exercises in the morning can reconcile the yin and yang qi of the body and enhance the circulation of qi and blood.
Thing 5: Drink a glass of warm water
In the first glass of water in the morning, plain water is a better choice. Water should be drunk in small quantities and many times, with no more than 100 ml of water at a time.
Thing 6: Enjoy a nutritious breakfast
Breakfast is best served between 7:00~8:00. Breakfast should contain carbohydrates, protein, lecithin, vitamins, and minerals. Based on the above principles, here are two recommended vitality breakfast options:
1 cup of milk + 1 egg + 2 slices of whole wheat bread + 1 tomato;
1 cup of soy milk + 1 roast cake with beef lettuce + 1 small handful of nuts (such as walnuts, pine nuts, etc.).