The sting is the third solar term in the 24 solar terms, the weather is getting warmer, the spring thunder is moving, waking up the insects lurking in the soil, so it is called "stinging". It is also mentioned in the "Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Lunar Order": "On the February Festival, everything is unexpectedly shocked, and the earthquake is thunder, so it is called a sting." It was the stinging insect that ran away in shock. "The sting season, the alternation of winter and spring, warm and cold, is also the season of frequent diseases, in order to ensure good health, how to prevent disease and maintain health? Protect from the cold and keep warm.
The stinging solar terms and yang qi are gradually born, the climate is getting warmer and warmer, and viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms also begin to multiply in large numbers, which is easy to cause some infectious diseases, such as influenza, measles, encephalitis, conjunctivitis, mumps, etc.
As the climate warms, many people habitually take off their warm clothes, but because the cold air is still not weak, the temperature difference between morning and evening and noon is large. If the wind and cold cause the body's resistance to decrease, susceptible to colds, for individual people with weak physique may even induce bronchitis, asthma, myocarditis and other diseases, so "spring cover" is very important, to know how to increase or decrease clothing as appropriate with the temperature rise and fall.
In addition, people who are frail should reduce their exposure to public places, pay attention to personal hygiene, keep indoor air fresh, and get more sunlight appropriately. If possible, you can go to the hospital or epidemic prevention station to get the flu vaccine.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) says that "righteousness is stored in the body, but evil cannot be done", and it is recommended that the public usually rub the Fengfu acupoints and take Chinese medicine such as "invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen" under the guidance of a doctor, which can help improve the body's ability to resist diseases and evils. Diet.
In the sting season, the diet should be light and moisturizing. You can eat more pears, the folk are known as "stinging and eating pears" custom, the living clear the heat of the six intestines, and the cooked nourishing the yin of the five intestines.
You can also eat more spicy and "hair-growing" foods, such as celery, coriander, chopped green onions, shiitake mushrooms, ginger, peppercorns, etc. Garlic has antibacterial and bactericidal effects, and you can eat two or three cloves a day.
In addition, since the color of spring is "green", the public should eat more green vegetables in the season, such as cabbage, cabbage, Shanghai green, etc., and can also eat some black foods such as black fungus and black sesame.
Modern nutrition believes that eating more protein-rich foods, such as eggs, milk, lean meat, tofu, soy milk and other foods, can enhance the body's immunity; Eating more vitamin-rich fresh vegetables can also boost immunity, such as: peas, broccoli, green peppers, onions, seaweed, etc. It is best to cook lightly, and eat less spicy food. Exercise exercises.
During the sting season, the temperature tends to be warm from cold, and people should increase the amount of exercise appropriately to promote the body's metabolism.
It is recommended to choose moderate intensity aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, jogging, cycling, etc., which can enhance the body's endurance and immunity. In spring, you can also choose to go out, go outing, kite flying and other activities.
Usually, you can also cooperate with rubbing your hands, rubbing your chest and abdomen, beating your back, and patting your whole body to promote the human body to dredge qi and blood and generate yang energy.
It should be noted that the sting is also the season when the peach blossoms are in full bloom in various places, and it is a period of frequent occurrence of peach blossom ringworm. Temper your emotions.
In the theory of the Five Elements of Tibetan Elephants in Traditional Chinese Medicine, spring corresponds to the liver, the liver stores the blood, the body uses yin and yang, and the joy and qi are smooth, which is closely related to the emotional activities of the human body. When the spring is getting stronger, people's liver qi is also getting stronger, and the emotions are easy to be stirred, so we should take a positive self-cultivation method to avoid emotional impatience.
To nourish the liver in spring, we should try to keep our mood happy and avoid recklessly moving the liver fire, otherwise the liver qi will be too strong, and we will be prone to dizziness, stroke and mental diseases. It is recommended that citizens increase outdoor activities in spring, communicate and chat with friends more, listen more to cultivate temperament, be good at talking, and maintain emotional stability. Sleep and living.
The Yellow Emperor's Neijing mentions: "In spring and March, heaven and earth are born, and all things are glorious." Lie down at night and walk early, walk widely in the court, and walk slowly with your hair in order to be ambitious. "In the spring, when everything recovers, people should go to bed early and get up early, take a walk slowly, and make the spirit happy and healthy.
Before and after the sting, the cold qi gradually decreases, the yang qi rises, the human blood vessels dilate, the blood flowing into the brain decreases compared with winter, and the excitability of the central nervous system is weakened, which is the cause of "spring sleepiness". When they are tired, they can stretch their waists more to speed up blood circulation, move their limbs, joints and muscles to reduce their drowsiness. It can also be rubbed in the depression behind the ear to refresh the mind.
Here are some tips for improving sleep:
1.Sleep at a fixed point every night to fix the sleep circadian rhythm;
2.Relax your mood and calm your mind before going to bed;
3.Soak your feet in hot water before going to bed to promote the flow of blood and qi, warm and replenish the internal organs, and calm the nerves.
Only a good sleep can have a healthy body and abundant energy to devote to work and life.
Author: Wu Haibo.
Text: Wu Haibo (Deputy Director of the Department of Neurology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) Photo: Data map of this newspaper Editor-in-charge: Tang Wenjia.
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