In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. What kind of daily living habits should people keep in order to meet the health regimen and be beneficial to human health?
Have you found that in winter, you suddenly suffer from back pain, swollen legs, and bad cervical spine?
Did you know that it’s not because of the wrong medicine that you have chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness and brain fever every day?
Do you know that in winter, the hospital is like a vegetable market, with a steady stream of patients and patients lying in the corridor with IV drips?
When it comes to the word "winter", most people can think of it right away-the biting wind penetrates the defense of the down jacket and pierces you in a cold war. The upper and lower teeth froze so hard to fight, breathe and shake hands with winter. Become a warm baby to carry with you.
Streets in winter
Why does winter come, our bodies will have various problems one after another?
A tree has a root, just like a person has a kidney. The kidney is the innate foundation of the human body, and it loves warmth and is afraid of cold. When the winter enters, the function of the kidneys begins to weaken, first the skin is dry, then the cough gets worse, headache, dizziness, and runny nose. Finally, the heart, brain, spleen, stomach, liver and lungs began to have problems.
Have you ever heard the saying "Follow the four seasons to adapt to the cold and heat"?
This means that the way of health preservation should conform to the four o'clock laws: spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage.
Four o'clock health preservation, liver nourishment in spring, heart nourishment in summer, lung nourishment in autumn, kidney nourishment in winter, four seasons nourish spleen .
So, now is the best season to nourish the kidney.
Why is winter the best season to nourish the kidney?
The human life process is a cycle of spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage. This corresponds to the human liver governing growth, heart growth, lung growth, and kidney storage.
In the winter in nature, no vitality can be seen on the surface, the trees are also withered, and the animals fall asleep. In fact, the vitality is hidden, and the trees are withered.But the underground roots are full of vitality, and animal hibernation is also to reduce energy consumption and preserve living substances. Therefore, the characteristic of winter is-Tibetan
. Among the five internal organs, the kidney is dominant in winter. Therefore, winter is the season of hiding and nourishing the kidney.
Snowy
Everyone has heard of "Ruixue Zhaofeng Year". Have you ever wondered why Ruixue must be a good year?
Because the white snow covers the earth, it adds a warm clothing to the earth, and it also bury the earth’s yang under the ground. In the coming year, the glacial rivers will thaw and the spring flowers will bloom and the green land will recover. When the earth’s yang comes out, it must be A good harvest year.
Human beings are the same as the natural world. In winter, the human body must also be sealed, and Yang Qi is stored in the body. After the spring, the body will become more healthy.
Benefits of nourishing the kidney in winter
In winter, the yin is prosperous and the yang declines, and the yang in the body is weakened and cannot resist the invasion of external evils. It is easy to cause sudden diseases such as " coronary heart disease , angina pectoris, cerebral infarction, stroke, asthma, rheumatism"
timely nourish the kidneys and seal the yang in the body to ensure sufficient yang in the body and a smooth winter.
Winter tonic
The cold in winter is pressing, and it is most likely to hurt people's yang. Especially if there are elderly people in the family, the yang energy will be greatly weakened due to the high age. Therefore, the elderly must take good care of their bodies in winter and pay attention to supplementing Yang Qi and resisting stress and evil.
How to nourish the kidney in winter?
1: Eat
You can eat some foods with kidney function, such as walnuts, chestnuts, longans and so on.
Black food can strengthen the kidney, such as black rice,Black sesame seeds, black fungus, silky chicken and the like are also willing to choose warm porridge for use.
In addition, the diet should be light, low-fat, low-salt, and rich in vitamins. Especially chronic kidney disease patients should also strictly control their protein intake.
2: Acupoints
① Rub Sanyinjiao: Use your thumb to press the Sanyinjiao acupoints on both sides (3 inches above the inner malleolus) a little harder, and rotate them 20 times on both sides.
②Knead Yongquan acupoint : Use your thumb to slightly press the Yongquan acupoint on both sides of the foot (the depression in the front 1/3 of the sole of the foot), and rotate it 30 times on both sides. ③Knead Taixi acupoint : Use your thumb to press the left and right ankle Taixi acupoints (the midpoint between the tip of the medial malleolus and the waist) with your thumb slightly, and rotate them 20 times on each side. ④Knead Guanyuan acupoint : Place the left palm on the Guanyuan acupoint (3 inches below the navel), and knead it 20 times in each direction. ⑤Knead waist and eyes : both feet are shoulder-width apart, press both sides of the abdomen with both hands, thumb forward, press to the waist with your middle finger (under the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra, 3 inches of depressions on the side), rotate and press 30 times each . ⑥Knead Mingmen acupoint : Use the palms of both hands to rub the Mingmen acupoint (between the spinous processes of the second and third lumbar vertebrae) 20 times, and feel the best local warmth.
3: Exercise
activates the bones and joints to replenish kidney qi and increase warmth. Proper physical exercise according to your own situation to enhance your physical fitness.
Therefore, winter is the best time to replenish the body. Many people do not want to move after a busy day, and proper relaxation is also very important!
Especially in winter, dredging the meridians and removing dampness and cold can improve the body's immunity and make the body stronger, and it can also speed up the body's circulation and metabolism to prevent toxin blockage.
While being physically and mentally healthy, it can also make our skin more elastic.The delicate feeling of the skin is better.
