Introduction: According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, in winter, the Yin Qi turn flourishing, grass and trees wither, insects hide in soil, all things tend to rest in a state of hibernation, recuperation. In this season, the Yang Qi of the human body also hides inside as the change of nature, metabolism turns slow relatively. Therefore, health preservation in winter should conform to the law of nature.
Preserve health in winter should hide the Yang
In winter, do not disturb Yang Qi and destroy the physiological function of Yin and Yang conversion of the human body, early sleep could help to raise the Yang Qi of the human body, maintain and warm body. Better get up after the sun comes out, at this time the human body Yang Qi rises rapidly, the adrenal cortex hormone content in the blood also rises gradually, get up at this time, then the mind is clear, witty and sensitive.
Get up and enjoy the sun shine. The short of the sunshine and lack of light in winter is also a factor leading to depression. When night falls, the pineal gland increases the production of melatonin, a hormone that affects mood, and light can suppress its production.
Prevention cold and protect 7 parts.
With the change of season, the temperature turns cool, some parts of the human body are particularly sensitive to the temperature drop, should pay attention to cold prevention and health care.
✵Head: the head is the part with most vigorous Qi flowing and blood circulation, it is the part where Yang Qi concentrated, but also afraid of a cold. As a result of low temperature, human vasoconstriction, head catch a cold easily to have a headache, a cold, rhinitis, and other diseases, the elderly easily affected by cerebral apoplexy. So frail elderly people better wear a hat when going out, pay attention to keep warm.
✵Shoulder: in the cold season, the Yang Qi of human body is not enough, shoulder blood circulation is not good, especially in sleep the shoulder exposed to a cold, easy to cause shoulder joint pain, and even suffer from periarthritis, bring inconvenience to life.
✵Stomach: a cold in the stomach may cause relapse or aggravation in patients with gastric problems. The person with thin body stomach wall is thinner, catch a cold easily lead to convulsion, in mild case affected by stomachache and dyspepsia, in serious case affected by vomiting, diarrhea, etc.
✵Belly button: the belly button has always been the fortress of health care, and is an important region, the belly skin thin and sink, no subcutaneous fat tissue, vulnerable to cold pathogen attack, the belly button cold will cause abdominal pain, diarrhea. Especially those fat people with big waist size dress neglect the belly button, better protect it from the wind and a cold, vulnerable to the invasion of a cold and wet will cause disease.
✵Waist: the waist bears weight most, with the most frequent activity, for the person suffers from lumbar muscle strain, lumbar intervertebral disc protrusion, catching a cold will make disease aggravation, better pay attention to prevent wind chill to avoid dampness. The temperature turns cool, the temperature difference between day and night is big, should add clothes timely, pay attention to the waist when sleeping, body in perspiration should avoid the wind, protect the waist.
✵Legs: the knee is "skinny" and lacks the protection of muscle and fat. It doesn't have an adequate heat supply. Its temperature is lower than in other parts of the body. Joints are afraid of the wind and cold, cold easily cause leg pain, numbness and arthritis.
✵Feet: the feet are away from the heart, thin fat layer, poor heat preservation, less blood supply, cold feet can cause cold, asthma, bronchitis and other relapses of an old disease. When the temperature is low, keep your feet warm.