Every time you finish eating, do you sit on the couch playing on your phone, watch TV, or immediately lie down and rest? In fact, after a meal is also a very important period for health, and it is beneficial to the body when used well. Today, I will share with you some health preservation methods and tips after meals, and you will definitely see the effect if you stick to it.
Do a good job of maintaining health after meals, pay attention to these pointsRinse your mouth after eatingAfter eating, it is easy to leave some food residues in the mouth, and if it is not removed in time, it often causes bad breath, or tooth decay and periodontal disease. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to oral hygiene after eating and insist on developing a good habit of rinsing your mouth after eating.
In the Han Dynasty Zhang Zhongjing's "Jin Kui Yaolu", there is a saying that "after eating, you should rinse your mouth and count it, so that your teeth are undefeated and your mouth is fragrant". Gargling after meals keeps the mouth clean, the teeth strong, and prevents diseases such as bad breath and tooth decay.
Compared with the modern direct and convenient gargling with toothpaste, there was no toothpaste in ancient times, so the ancients used salt water, tea or medicinal water to rinse their mouths.
Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty recorded the method of gargling with salt water in the morning in the "Preparation for Emergencies", that is, "every dan with a twist of salt in the mouth (Na), with warm water to contain ......."Articulate".
Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty advocated gargling with tea: "I have a way to cherish it, every time I eat, I rinse my mouth with strong tea, and the greasy is gone, and the spleen and stomach do not know; Whoever has flesh between his teeth, he gets tea and soaks it, but he shrinks and does not take it off, and he does not bother to pick and thorn, and his teeth are rinsed. Su Dongpo believes that rinsing with tea water can remove bad breath and clean teeth at the same time.
Rub your belly after eatingIn "Qianjin Yifang", it is said: "On weekdays, when you have a snack and a meal, you think you have a hot hand and rub your belly", and it is also said: "After eating, you also rub your belly with a hot hand".
The specific method of rubbing the abdomen after eating is as follows: after eating, from left to right, it can be done continuously.
Twenty or thirty times. This method facilitates abdominal blood circulation and promotes gastrointestinal digestion.
Regular abdominal rubbing after eating is not only beneficial to digestion, but also good for the health of the whole body, and is a simple and effective health preservation method.
Take a walk after dinnerAfter eating, it is not advisable to rest in bed (sofa) immediately. It is advisable to do some calm and gentle activities after meals to be beneficial to your health.
As the saying goes, "If you take 100 steps after a meal, you can live 99". It is also said in "Regency Pillow China": "Stop eating, walk hundreds of steps, and benefit people." Moving the body after eating is conducive to gastrointestinal peristalsis and promotes digestion and absorption, and walking is the best way to move.
If you take a walk after a meal, the effect is better. "Qianjin Yifang" summarizes it as: "After eating, rub your abdomen with hot hands, walk one or two hundred steps, walk slowly, don't make your breath short, walk, return to bed, stretch your hands and feet, don't sleep, and be calm." This is a relatively complete set of post-food health preservation methods, which have been used by many generations in later generations, and have been proven to be effective in practice.
It should be noted that you should not walk briskly or do strenuous exercise after eating.
Listen after a meal**In "Shou Shi Bao Yuan", it is said that "the spleen is good**, and when you hear the sound, you will move and grind." Taoists also have a saying that "the spleen is ground when it is happy".
Listening to some soft and upbeat music after meals is conducive to increasing appetite and strengthening digestive function, which can cultivate temperament, make vitality return to the roots, and forget worries.
After the meal, there is no hurry.
After a meal, it is a critical stage of nutrient absorption, and there are three things that are not urgent.
01 is not in a hurry to lie down.
Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, said: "Lying down when you are full of food is a hundred diseases." "Lying down when you are full means that you can't wait to lie down and rest as soon as you have eaten a full meal. Food is not digested in the abdomen, and stagnation is a disease. Therefore, it is advisable to take a proper walk after meals, the so-called "walk 100 steps after meals, and live to 99". It can not only promote digestion, but also make the body fluid flow, which is beneficial to the body's health.
02Don't be in a hurry to exercise.
Just after eating, there is still a lot of undigested food left in the stomach and intestines. At this time, a lot of exercise can easily cause stomach prolapse. Therefore, in "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", it is said that after eating, "the limbs move slightly to warm the clothes".
This means that you should not rush to exercise after a meal, let alone exercise vigorously. After eating for about half an hour, you can go out for a walk and a walk. Exercise to the point where the body is slightly warm, and it is enough.
03 Don't be in a hurry to eat fruit.
The Yellow Emperor's Neijing says: "Five grains are for nourishment, five animals are for benefit, five fruits are for help, and five vegetables are for filling." "Whole grains, vegetables and meat can provide the most basic nutrients for the human body. Eating some fruit after a meal is more helpful to replenish vitamins and dietary fiber. However, eating fruit immediately after a meal can add a burden to an already full stomach. You can wait for the food to digest for a period of time before supplementing appropriately.
These 4 manifestations appear after eating, which may be gastrointestinal damage After eating, the stomach and intestines begin to work, and at this time, some symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort that are usually hidden are likely to be revealed. If you have the following 4 problems after eating, you need to pay attention.
01 Flatulence
People who have flatulence after eating may be related to eating too quickly and gobbling up. If symptoms do not improve despite changing the pace of eating, chronic gastritis, gastric prolapse or other diseases should be considered.
02 Diarrhea
Diarrhea immediately after eating, a slight cold or improper eating will occur, sometimes there is a urge to defecate but no stool when going to the toilet, and the person is not emaciated, which may be related to chronic allergic enteritis.
03 vomiting
Vomiting after meals is frequent, and gastroscopy is recommended. In addition to changing bad eating habits, you can also take some gastric motility drugs or gastric mucosal protectors.
04 Hiccup
There are many types of hiccups, most of which are caused by indigestion, and chronic gastritis, reflux esophagitis and other conditions can also cause frequent hiccups.
In addition, if there is sudden and persistent hiccups, accompanied by symptoms such as weight loss and loss of appetite, it is necessary to pay attention.
Text**: Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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