Health preservation, also known as "rejuvenation" and "health preservation", refers to strengthening the body, preventing diseases, improving health, and prolonging life under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the harmony between people and the environment, and the most distinctive of them is the 24 solar terms health care. Nowadays, with the aging of the population, the health care of the 24 solar terms is particularly important for the health and longevity of the elderly.
RainwaterIt is the second of the 24 solar terms, and it falls around February 19 of the Gregorian calendar every year. Characteristics of rain solar terms: the days are getting longer, the sun is warmer, the temperature tends to rise, the sunshine and precipitation are gradually increasing, and the evil of cold and dampness is most likely to plague the spleen. Therefore, while paying attention to nourishing yang qi and nourishing the spleen and stomach, the health preservation before and after the rain solar term should pay more attention to the dampness and drive away the cold, so as to prevent the evil of cold and dampness from damaging the spleen and stomach.
For the elderly, you can refer to the following health care
Lifestyle and health
Older people are susceptible to cold and dampness. Therefore, health preservation should be routine, combining work and rest, in order to strengthen the spleen and stomach, and recuperate the day after tomorrow.
1.Sleep and rest: The elderly should live sometimes, work and rest evenly, go to bed early and get up early. Wash your feet with hot water before bedtime. Don't be too full for dinner, avoid drinking strong tea and coffee. Pay attention to the sleeping position, when sleeping, you should "lie like a bow", lie on the right side, and the direction should be east of the head and west of the feet.
2.Spring cover to keep warm: "Dry and cold frozen meat, wet and cold into the bones". When it rains, the weather is cold and warm, so the elderly should not be in a hurry to take off their winter clothes, but should pay attention to cold protection and warmth. Especially for people with joint pain, it is necessary to pay more attention to keeping the shoulders, waist, legs and other parts warm.
3.It is not advisable to wash your face and hands with cold water: according to the Chinese Five Elements Theory, water corresponds to the kidney, the main bone of the kidney. In the rainy season, the elderly should not wash their faces and hands with cold water, otherwise the dampness and cold are easy to invade the joints, and the cold and dampness will remain in the hands and cause soreness and deformation; Cold and dampness remain in the head, which is easy to cause headaches.
4.Moisture and disease prevention: excessive humidity due to excessive rain in the rainy season. Due to the reduced function of the spleen and stomach, the elderly are prone to symptoms such as indigestion and loss of appetite. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the maintenance of the spleen and stomach, strengthen the spleen and promote dampness, so as to prevent spleen and stomach diseases.
Emotional health
The rainy season weather is changeable, which is easy to cause emotional fluctuations, irritability, insomnia and dreams in the elderly, which in turn affects physical and mental health, and is also easy to induce attacks such as hypertension, heart disease, and asthma. Therefore, the elderly should try to adjust their mentalityLose your temper less and smile more.
Diet regimen
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the "acquired foundation" and "the source of qi and blood biochemistry", and the diet should be balanced, drink more water, eat less greasy, spicy, and cold food, and eat more sweetness to nourish the spleen, you can choose red dates, honey, lotus seeds, coix seeds, etc. At the same time, it strengthens the spleen and dampness.
Coix seed codonopsis porridge
Ingredients: 30g of coix seeds, 15g of codonopsis, 200g of japonica rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Preparation: Take 30g of coix seeds, wash them and soak them in cold water for 2 hours; 20g of Codonopsis, wash and cut into thin slices, wash 200g of japonica rice, put the three into a pot, add 1000ml of water. After boiling, change to a simmer and simmer for half an hour** rock sugar to taste.
Efficacy: Dispel dampness and replenish qi, nourish the spleen and stomach.
White fungus walnut porridge
Ingredients: 15g of white fungus, 15g of walnut kernels, 200g of japonica rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Preparation: Soak the white fungus in warm water 2 hours in advance. Add an appropriate amount of water to the white fungus, walnut kernels and japonica rice, change to simmer after boiling, and season with rock sugar for half an hour.
Efficacy: Nourish the spleen and stomach, nourish yin and regulate qi, and prolong life.
Meridian health
1.Acupuncture point health
Acupuncture point selection: Yinling Spring, Yangling Spring.
Positioning: Yinling Spring Point is located on the inner side of the calf, in the depression between the medial lower edge of the tibia and the medial edge of the tibia, between the posterior edge of the tibia and the gastrocnemius muscle, belonging to the foot Taiyin and spleen meridians; The Yangling Spring acupoint is located on the outside of the calf, in the depression below the front and bottom of the small head of the fibula, which belongs to the Zushao Yang and gallbladder meridians.
Operation: Kneading: Use your thumb or middle finger to knead the Yinling Spring and Yangling Spring points clockwise for about 2 minutes, and then press and knead counterclockwise for 2 minutes, and operate the acupoints on both sides at the same time. 2 times a day, 1 course of treatment for 10 days.
Moxibustion: moxibustion or warm acupuncture 5 7 strong, moxibustion 10 20 minutes.
Efficacy: Strengthen the spleen and water, clear away heat and dampness, soothe the liver and gallbladder and promote gallbladder.
2.Strong kidney water
Operation: Rub the palms of your hands and then put them on both sides of your waist, and massage your waist up and down until you feel warm, about 64 times each time. When exhaling, add anal contraction exercises, relax as you inhale, and repeat about 49 times.
Efficacy: Kidney and water rejuvenation.
3.Nourish yang energy
Operation: Massage the abdomen before going to bed to maintain the yang energy in the body. The method is: lie on your back on the bed, take the navel as the center, and massage the belly with the palm of your hand in a clockwise direction about 64 times.
Efficacy: Promote digestion, eliminate spleen and stomach dampness and toxin; Keep your abdomen warm and good for your sleep quality.
Exercise for health
Stretching the waist with deep breathing: it has the effect of spitting out the old and absorbing the new, promoting qi and blood, passing through the meridians and joints, and invigorating the spirit. It can also increase the elasticity of muscles and ligaments and delay aging.
Outdoor activities: Older adults should choose suitable outdoor activities. For example, walking, tai chi and other relaxed exercises can relieve the liver and regulate qi, physical and mental health.
Baduanjin: Baduanjin chooses two sessions: "Shaking the head and tail to remove the heart fire" and "Regulating the spleen and stomach", 1 time a day, 49 times each time.
Levator ani exercise: It has the effect of strengthening the kidney and boosting yang energy.