"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" emphasizes that health preservation should follow the four-time rule of "spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage". As the saying goes, "the plan for a year lies in spring." The health regimen in spring determines the state of health in a year, that is "Chunsheng" is the cornerstone of "summer growth", "autumn harvest" and "winter storage". It can be seen that spring health is the top priority of four seasons health preservation. The vernal equinox has passed, marking the halfway through spring, and health preservation should be on the agenda.
1. Insist on going to bed late, getting up early, and taking a nap at noon
Going to bed late and getting up early is in contrast to "sleeping early and getting up late" in winter. "The rain in the beginning of the spring, get up early and go to bed late", that is to say, as the days in spring get longer and the nights get shorter, the sleep mode should be changed from "sleeping early and getting up late" in winter to "sleeping late and getting up early" in winter. However, sleep late ≠ stay up late. It is better to go to bed at 22 o'clock and not exceed 23 o'clock. It is better to get up early at 6 o'clock, not more than 7-8 o'clock. It is more expensive to go to bed and get up on time. Although the human body's yang tends to be on the body surface in spring, and the blood supply required by the muscle surface increases, " " appears, but it cannot be an excuse for us to sleep in. In addition, there is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "a nap is worth a thousand dollars". Because the yang energy is the most abundant in the noon, it is the heart meridian. At this time, a small rest can help to nourish the yin and calm the heart, and can also drive away the "spring sleepiness". Minutes are better.
2. Diet to reduce acidity and increase sweetness, and to avoid the cold
Tang Dynasty Sun Simiao pointed out that "in spring, it is advisable to save acid and increase sweetness in order to nourish the temper". In the Song Dynasty, the health preservationist Chen Zhi’s "Book for the Elderly for the Elderly: The Ninth of the Spring Season" said, "Spring, the liver is prosperous, and the liver belongs to wood, and its taste is sour. Wood can overcome the soil. The taste of the diet should be sour and sweet to nourish the temper." In addition, "Suwen·Zangqi Fa Shilun" has long proposed that "the liver is in anxious state, and if you eat in a hurry, you can relax it, the liver is eager to relax, and if you eat in a hurry, you can relax it."
is visible,Diet regulation should follow the principle of "spleen and liver regulation". Representative sweet foods include rice, millet, , oats, yam, spinach, carrots, pumpkin, jujube, longan, etc.; in spring, yang is nourished, and Xin is divergent. Cold is the main source of heat, cold and yang, and eating more Xin is beneficial to the growth of Yang; in addition, Xin enters the lungs, lung gold inhibits liver wood, it is easy to stagnate liver qi in spring, and Muwang opposes gold. To relieve the stagnation of liver qi, pungent flavors represent foods such as green onion, ginger, garlic, leeks, toon, bean sprouts, shepherd's purse, etc.
3. Avoid strenuous exercise, with gentleness
In spring, the Yang Qi rises, but the cold spring is very cold, so it is not suitable for strenuous exercise to prevent Yang Qi If you consume too much, you can choose walking, jogging, mountain climbing, Baduanjin, Tai Chi, etc. In addition, the liver controls the tendons, and you can also stretch the limbs and relax the tendons and bones. Regardless of the type of exercise, the principle of gentleness and gradual progress is the principle of persistence.
4. Quit anger and avoid depression, internally adjust the spirit and emotions
Spring should be on the liver, the liver governs venting and regulating emotions, too much venting is irritable and irritable; Shu is prone to negative emotions such as tension, anxiety, depression, and sadness, so mental illnesses usually recur or worsen in spring. Traditional Chinese medicine teaches that "all illnesses are born of qi". Professor Hao Wanshan told us that "you don't get sick if you don't get angry." This all reflects the influence of emotion on health. To borrow a sentence from Professor Hao Wanshan, "It is instinct for people to have emotions, and it is the ability for people to control emotions. Everyone must know instincts and constantly improve their skills." In the spring, we can do more things to make ourselves happy, get close to nature, relax our body and mind, encounter negative emotions, accept it and find a suitable way to relieve catharsis, not to be depressed, and to keep our mood comfortable.
5. Clothes should be loose, comfortable and warm.
"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" mentioned that was "slowly shaped" in the spring of March.It is emphasized that wearing loose and comfortable, soothing the body, is conducive to the growth of yang, and should not be restrained, so it is not suitable to wear tight clothes in spring. In addition, due to the gradual growth of yang in spring, the yin and cold are not exhausted, the temperature is changeable and the temperature difference is large, so Chinese medicine emphasizes "spring cover", not prematurely greedy cool and reduce clothing, clothing is based on the principle of thin upper and lower thickness, first reduce The top and the bottom are reduced. Because is cold from the feet, especially needs to pay attention to keeping the lower limbs warm.
6. It is windy in spring, pay attention to avoiding wind and evil outside
Wind can create and harm everything, "Wind is the longest of all diseases", "The first of six evils", and it is windy in spring, and the temperature is changeable. It’s easy to unknowingly feel the evil wind that causes colds and other discomforts. Therefore, the ancients compared it to "the wind of thieves." For example, "Suwen· " put forward "the evil and the wind, avoid it sometimes". The wind is a yang evil, and it is easy to attack the yang position. The yang position of our human body is mainly on the head and back. Chinese medicine says that "the head is the meeting of the suns and the top is above the summit. Only the wind can reach." Therefore, the most vulnerable parts of the human body to be injured by the wind are the head, neck and back, so you can wear a hat or scarf to avoid wind and cold.
The health preservation of Chinese medicine always revolves around our daily daily life, diet, exercise, plus internal flirtation and external protection from evil spirits. It can be described as the "five carriages" of traditional Chinese medicine. So the little thing about health preservation in spring, have you GET it yet?
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