Winter is the best time to replenish the kidneys, Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys are salty, so that in winter you can eat more salty, bitter taste of the physical, so that the kidneys can be very good to play a protective role. In addition, due to the cold weather in winter, so this time the diet should be warm best, but not too hot, never eat some cold or sticky hard food, this is not only not conducive to digestion, but also will seriously damage our spleen and stomach health.
The old saying also tells us that in the morning in winter, we should not be able to empty stomach, which is not conducive to the health of the body. It is advisable to take some ginger in moderation every morning, so that it can play a role in driving away the effect of cold.
The daily diet must pay attention to scientific diet, more intake of some contain vitamins in kind, such as radish, greens, spinach and bean sprouts and so on are very good choice. Winter want to better health care body, then through the diet is a very effective method, you can moderate more take some beef, mutton, etc., so that the body can play a very good role in health.
Second: regular life
To develop a good habit for health has a very important role, and this is also an effective method of health. Chinese medicine believes that in the winter time must adhere to the principle of early to bed and late to rise, and finally get up after dawn. Early to bed at night can be very good to help the body volume of Yang Qi, so that the body to maintain a warm state, to avoid the symptoms of cold,
Additionally should pay attention to the body's warmth, never be able to wear less clothes for the sake of beauty, especially some of the patients suffering from cardiovascular disease, otherwise it is very easy to be cold leading to angina pectoris or myocardial infarction. The choice of clothes must pay special attention, in addition to warmth, but also should choose the material soft, loose, so that can better stretch the body. It is recommended to soak your feet in warm water before going to bed every day, which not only warms the body, but also has the effect of tonifying the kidneys.
Third: strengthen the exercise
Winter weather is cold, especially some temperatures to minus a few degrees in the north, the morning and evening time is best not to outdoor activities. However, to make the body healthy, the elderly winter health must not be able to not exercise, so for the body resistance is a very huge blow. However, winter sports are not what we recognize as running and dancing.
Winter exercise for the elderly should start small, so that not only can good maintenance of the body, but also not easy to cause damage. Every morning or before going to bed are knocking teeth, about fifty on it; tongue can also be in the mouth of the left and right circle, and then saliva into two or three times slowly take the swallow; also in the daytime when there is time to exhale, inhale; night time when the bath can not only be a little bit of a rinse, but can be scrubbing. In addition, some tai chi, walking is the best choice for the elderly to exercise.
Elderly people need to pay special attention to exercise in winter, due to the cold climate in winter, and the night is long and the day is short, this time in the outdoor exercise time also need to be also something else to pay attention to. Elderly people can not stay indoors all day without going out, it is easy to lead to insufficient body irradiation, reduce resistance; if you can be outdoors in the cold air activities, then it can effectively enhance the body's neuromodulation, and for the hematopoietic function has a very good improvement, the body will be the more healthy.
But, it is best not to exercise outdoors in the morning and evening, but should choose after 10:00 a.m. and before 4:00 p.m., this time not only is the sunlight exposure is relatively strong, the elderly are not prone to disease. In addition, it is best not to sweat a lot when exercising, otherwise it is easy to catch a cold after contact with the cold air, which is very harmful to the body of the elderly. At the same time, you should also avoid exercising in windy, rainy and snowy weather.
Winter is one of the most suitable seasons for health, the elderly should also seize this good opportunity to try to improve their physical resistance, scientific exercise, diet, and develop good habits, which not only reduces the possibility of disease, but also the body will be more energetic, with the effect of prolonging life.