Health care refers to a lifestyle that maintains good health, delays aging and prevents diseases through a series of methods such as reasonable diet, scientific exercise, correct work and rest, and good attitude. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" pointed out: "The ancients, those who know, the law is in yin and yang, and in the number of techniques, eating and drinking modestly, living regularly, and not working in vain." Therefore they can walk with God, and spend their days and years to the end, and live a hundred years of life. This is the health rule that generations of doctors have adhered to, and it is also the general program of Chinese-style health preservation and Chinese-style longevity secrets.
With the continuous improvement of modern living standards, people pay more and more attention to life and health, so the role of health care in prolonging human life and ensuring good health is becoming more and more prominent. Now that it is the cold winter season, how to do a good job of health care in the cold season, so that everyone has a healthy body and a good attitude is particularly important.
There is a "Husband born in spring and long in summer, harvested in autumn and hidden in winter, and this is the great scripture of the way of heaven." "Spring is born and summer grows, autumn harvest and winter storage are the natural laws of the growth of all things in nature, and they are also the natural laws of life. The principle of "Heaven and Man Corresponding" is put forward in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", which shows that if we want to achieve longevity and prolongation, physical health must also conform to nature and society, otherwise, if we violate the laws of nature, we will have no chance with longevity and health. "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing: The Four Tempering Divine Treatises" says: "In winter and March, this is called closed. The water ice and the ground are not disturbed by the sun. It pointed out that winter is the season when life is lurking and everything is hidden, when the season is cold, the earth is frozen, and the earth is cracked, and it also points out the program of winter health care for us. Therefore, I will talk about the precautions for winter health care from the following four aspects.
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1. Sentiment. Emotion refers to emotion and emotion, which is the external reflection of emotional changes in the process of mental activity, and has a close relationship with people's physiological and pathological changes. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are seven emotions of "joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and surprise", so the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" says: "All diseases are born from qi." He also said, "Anger is above, joy is slow, sorrow is dissipated, fear is anger, shock is chaos, and thoughts are over." "If the emotional activity is abnormal, it may cause chest tightness, shortness of breath, palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness, dizziness, headache, menstrual irregularities in women, and in severe cases, symptoms such as depression, anxiety, irritability, and even sudden death may occur. We have all seen the Three Kingdoms, and the migraine that Cao Cao suffered from was a headache caused by nervousness and anxiety. Therefore, in daily life, maintaining a good attitude and avoiding excessive mood swings is especially important for physical health.
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2. Exercise. Sports health care is an important way to maintain health and prevent diseases, the ancients had a saying that "exercise is to get sick, and physical activity is to leave the disease". Hua Tuo once said: "If you are shaken, the valley will be dissipated, the blood will flow, and the disease will not be born." Cai Yuanpei said: "People's health depends not only on diet, but also on exercise. Zhang Yingchangyun of the Qing Dynasty: "I don't see idlers with long energy, but I see people who work hard." It can be seen that reasonable exercise can make people feel relaxed and happy, energetic at work, sweet and deep in sleep, enhance appetite for food, refresh and happy. However, it is important to note that winter sports should also be about methods and timing. "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" says: "In the winter of March, this is called closed. The water ice and the ground are not disturbed by the sun. Lie down early and get up late, and wait for the sun. "Because the weather is cold, sometimes windy and foggy, it is not advisable to wake up too early. Wait for sunrise to get up after sunrise, morning and evening are not suitable for exercise, and exercise should be done in the afternoon when the weather is sunny and there is sun. In addition, it is not advisable to do strenuous exercise, and some low-intensity aerobic exercises can be done appropriately, such as walking, tai chi, Baduanjin, etc. At the same time, you can bask in the sun more, because in winter, people are in a state of "yin and yang decline", so it is necessary to strengthen the back to keep warm, and bask in the sun more, which will help the yang energy to rise, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening the body.
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3. Dietary therapy. Traditional Chinese medicine has a deep understanding of the relationship between dietary regulation and health and longevity, and generations of physicians have attached great importance to the role of dietary regulation in health and longevity. "Pipe" said: "When living, eating and drinking, cold and summer are suitable, then the body is good and the life is beneficial;."Living from time to time, eating and drinking, and discomfort in cold and heat will cause the body to be tired and lose life. It shows that only by maintaining the balance of yin and yang, paying attention to conditioning, eating modestly, and living regularly can we achieve physical health, vigorous spirit and longevity. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that winter corresponds to the kidneys in the five internal organs and black in the five colors, so winter health should be based on nourishing the kidneys, and eat more black foods, such as black beans, black sesame seeds and other products that nourish the kidney.
Sun Simiao, a physician in the Tang Dynasty, said: "Food can expel evil and calm the viscera, please the mind and refresh the will to be rich in qi and blood", "and the medicine is strong, like a royal soldier", "the medicine is biased, making the viscera uneven and susceptible to external troubles". Evidence of weakness of the spleen and stomach can include less abdominal distention, irregularity of stool, edema of the face, lack of qi and subtle speech, thin limbs, poor disease resistance, and even all kinds of diseases. It can be treated with food supplements at the light level, and with prescription medicine.
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Fourth, medicinal diet. As early as thousands of years ago, there were records in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing Suwen" that "five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for help, five animals are for benefit, and five vegetables are for filling". As the saying goes, medicine is not as good as food, and Chinese medicine pays more attention to the homology of medicine and food. The Eastern Han Dynasty medical saint Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" has a recipe for "Angelica ginger mutton soup". There is a proverb that "make up for the winter season, fight the tiger in the coming year", "make up for a winter this winter, and there will be no pain in the coming year". Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to "preventing disease", a good medicinal diet can not only maintain health and prevent disease, but also promote appetite, so appropriate drinking such as the popular in the Central Plains Nanzhao spring and summer to detoxify the pork ribs herbal tea, autumn and winter nourishing spring water herb goat medicinal soup, cold five bone soup and other medicinal diets represented by the diet is a kind of food culture of Nanzhao people, and there are angelica ginger stewed mutton, ginseng stewed chicken, astragalus stewed pigeon and other medicinal diets, at the same time with ointment is also a good choice.
Therefore, mental health is essential if you want to achieve the highest level of health care physically. Academician Zhong Nanshan once said: "Half of health is mental health, and half of disease is mental illness." It can be seen that it is very necessary to cultivate a positive, optimistic and cheerful, kind and tolerant good character and character, so that the heart is calm and happy, and the worries and anxieties are reduced, which is the guarantee of health and longevity. (Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC Nanyang in Henan Province, President of Nanyang Shuguang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Qi Zhanzhan)**People's Political Consultative Conference Daily (December 27, 2023, 7th edition).