Starting today, the Cold Dew solar term will enter, the day is hot, the night is cool, and the hot and cold are alternately. What health tips are there in this season? Chief physician Fang Hong and attending physician Zhan Chengyan of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preventive Health of Longhua Hospital introduced to everyone that cold dew belongs to the fifth solar term in autumn. Because the temperature becomes lower, dew becomes cold. During the cold dew season, the day is hot and the night is cool, the yang energy gradually fades, the yin energy gradually becomes stronger, the rain water gradually decreases, and the weather is dry, so during the cold dew season, you must pay attention to "raising and harvesting" - maintaining the yin essence in the body and accelerating the yang energy in the body. The biggest feature of the climate in the south is that the "dry" evil is in power, and the dry evil is most likely to damage the lungs and stomach. Therefore, the main content of Chinese medicine health preservation is to nourish yin and prevent dryness, moisten the lungs and benefit the stomach.
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Common diseases prevention
Cold dew solar term temperature gradually drops, and the "dry" evil is in effect, which is most likely to damage the lungs and stomach. Therefore, colds, slow branches, asthma, and other respiratory diseases are high in incidence, and digestive diseases such as stomach pain and diarrhea are high in incidence.
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Health and health care needs to pay attention to the following aspects
Clothing and daily life
Home cold dew, the weather turns cold, and the cold at night is even worse. As the saying goes, " white dew body is not exposed, cold dew is not exposed, feet are not exposed", pay attention to keeping warm and not barefoot. Developing the habit of soaking feet in hot water before going to bed can not only prevent respiratory diseases such as colds, but also relieve and eliminate fatigue.
diet
In the cold dew season, "autumn dry diseases" such as dry mouth, dry throat, dry skin, and dry stools are prone to occur. According to the principle of "dryness when moistens it" in traditional Chinese medicine, the diet is mainly warm foods. You can choose fresh fruits and vegetables that nourish the spleen and stomach, moisten the lungs and nourish the yin: such as pears, grapes, bananas, etc., carrots, yam , winter melons, lotus roots and other vegetables, as well as beans, fungi, kelp, seaweed, etc. Eat less spicy foods, such as chili, ginger, onion, and garlic.
People with weak spleen and stomach need to eat less raw and cold food, and drink more hot porridge to strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach.
acupoint health care
For diseases that are prone to autumn, massage the corresponding acupoints frequently, which has the effect of preventing and treating the disease. Regularly pressing Fengchi, Hegu , and Quchi points can prevent colds; Regularly pressing Yingxiang point can open the nasal orifices and prevent and treat rhinitis ; Regularly pressing Zusanli point can strengthen the spleen and stomach and enhance immunity. Regularly pressing Sanyinjiao can cure dysmenorrhea, headache, and improve sleep.
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Recommended recipe: Lotus root, black fungus rib soup
Ingredients: lotus root, fungus , appropriate amount of ribs
Preparation: Wash the ribs and blanch them, remove them and put them in a hot pot of soup, add green onion and ginger, simmer for 1 hour under low heat, then add the fungus and lotus root pieces, stew until the lotus root is cooked and seasoned, and then stew for 20 minutes.
Efficacy: Moisturize dryness and nourish yin, strengthen the spleen and stomach
Reporter: Wu Huixiong
Editor: Yang Yixiu
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