As the saying goes: "The spring neck is long, the early warms up, the spring neck is short, and the spring is cold." Spring neck refers to the period from the beginning of the spring solar term to the time after the weather warms up.
When the beginning of spring is before the Spring Festival, the spring neck is short; The beginning of spring is after the Spring Festival, that is, the spring neck is long.
In the year with a short spring neck, the warm-up is early, but it is prone to "inverted spring cold"; In the year when the spring neck is long, although the recovery is slow, there will be no more weather phenomena such as sudden temperature drops.
It just happened that this year was the beginning of spring before the Spring Festival, although the spring neck was short, after a warm spring, but after the Spring Festival, we must always pay attention to the weather changes.
The characteristics of "inverted spring cold" are strong wind, cold and humidity. Therefore, children with poor physique and easy to get sick with repeated colds must take care of their spleen and stomach before the spring cold to avoid "being hit".
The following obvious symptoms are present at the beginning of the cold and cold:
1. Afraid of cold, sneeze when it blows a little cold wind.
2. Headache and muscle aches.
3. Slight cough, no phlegm.
4. Nasal congestion and runny nose.
At this time, you can relieve the cold and avoid getting sick.
An ancient recipe that can be made at home, only need to use two common ingredients, cook it during the day, drink it warmly into the stomach, and the spleen and yang will be mobilized, mobilize qi and blood, sweat and relieve the surface, and you can prevent the cold evil from entering the inside.
Therapeutic food sharing
Soup with green onion and soy sauce
Ingredients: green onions, light tempeh.
Method: Soak the light tempeh in water for 20 minutes, then add water to the pot and add the soaked tempeh.
After boiling on high heat, turn to low heat, add green onions, and cook for more than 5 minutes before turning off the heat.
The green onion and white pass the upper and lower yang energy, dispel wind and cold, and enhance immunity.
Light tempeh relieves the table, removes annoyance, and promotes depression, not only can be used for wind and cold, but also for wind and heat cold.
In the early stage of a cold, if you have no appetite and your child's stomach is swollen, you can also eat light tempeh to eliminate food with your stomach.
Tempeh is made from black beans, which, in the view of traditional Chinese medicine, return to the spleen meridian and kidney meridian, which can detoxify water and help the spleen to be corrected.
After drinking the green onion soup, don't let the child blow the wind and get cold, be sure to do a good job of keeping warm, and it is best to sweat a little, indicating that the cold evil on the child's body surface has been driven away.
It's okay if you don't sweat, and then drink for the rest of the day.
It is worth noting that the green onion soup is only suitable for the early stage of wind chill and cold! If the child is already in the heat or the cold has entered, this small method is not suitable.
Tuina aid
Of course, if you want to prevent your child from getting sick at the root and improve your immunity, it is not enough to rely on diet alone.
If parents have enough free time, they can do more pediatric massage for their children to meet their health needs.
1. Open the gate of heaven
Opening the Heavenly Gate refers to using the thumbs of both hands to thread the surface, from the top of the forehead to the center of the eyebrows on both sides, that is, the atrium acupoint.
This technique can play a role in dispelling wind and relieving the surface, dispelling wind and cold, and can be used to relieve headache, fever and other symptoms caused by wind and cold.
2. Tuikan Palace
Tuikan Gong refers to the threaded surface with the thumbs of both hands, from the center of the eyebrows to the eye sockets, that is, from the center of the eyebrows to the temples, and then from the temples to the center of the eyebrows, that is, the atrium acupoints.
Co-massage can play the role of dispelling wind and relieving the surface, dissipating cold and dehumidifying, and can be used to relieve symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose caused by wind and cold.
3. Rub the sun
Rubbing the sun is to use the thumbs of both hands to thread the surface, from the temples to the center of the eyebrows, and then from the center of the eyebrows to the temples.
Pressing and kneading together can play a role in dispelling wind and relieving the surface, dissipating cold and dehumidifying, and can be used to relieve headache symptoms caused by wind chill and cold.
The child's condition is developing rapidly, parents should pay attention to the child's mental state at any time, if the diet and massage can not help the child improve, must seek medical attention as soon as possible to avoid delaying the condition.