Reasonable rest When brain cells are in intense activities, they will feel insufficient oxygen supply. After a long time, they will feel dizzy and tired Therefore, the most important way to strengthen the brain is to use the brain intermittently and ensure rest. If middle-aged and elderly people work at their desks for a long time, they should stretch their whole body, yawn, stretch, or close their eyes for a few minutes to relax brain cells, adjust brain function and eliminate tension and fatigue. Stretching and yawning are the most convenient and simple exercises and can be done at any time. Studies have shown that this is an effective recovery mechanism after the body has rested for too long. Yawning and stretching for only a few seconds will cause most muscles of the whole body to contract strongly, and the blood stasis will be washed back to the heart, which will increase the circulating blood volume of the whole body and make the brain get more blood and oxygen supply.
Ventilation Many people have this experience. When a person stays in an environment with poor ventilation, noisy people, full of smoke and dirty air for a little longer, he will feel groggy, unresponsive and his memory will decline. Therefore, middle-aged and elderly people who often engage in mental work must live in a well-ventilated living room environment and have regular ventilation to avoid noisy indoor people and smoking.
Massage and combing hair should make full use of some small actions in life to achieve the purpose of increasing intelligence and strengthening the brain, such as massage and combing hair, which will produce benign stimulation to acupuncture points such as Baihui, Taiyang and Fengchi on the head, promote blood circulation, coordinate pulse, improve oxygen supply to the brain, and be beneficial to the adjustment of cerebral cortex function, eliminate fatigue, cheer up and enhance memory.
Finger movement is closely related to the brain through meridians. Research shows that finger movements, such as playing fitness ball, fitness circle, playing walnuts, knitting, etc., can play a role in dredging meridians, dredging qi and blood, stimulating the recovery of brain function, promoting thinking, improving intelligence and lowering blood pressure. Long-term persistence is also very beneficial to the prevention and treatment of scapulohumeral periarthritis, hypertension, coronary heart disease and neurasthenia. In China, chopsticks for eating are also the best products for strengthening the brain and improving intelligence. It is very beneficial to learn to eat with chopsticks as early as possible in childhood.
Reading and studying "the brain is smart, and it is lazy not to think for a long time." Scientists at all times and all over the world actively advocate the diligent use of brains to enhance brain power and delay aging. A large number of data confirm that people who use more brains in their early years have 50% higher intelligence in their later years than those who use less brains. Even in old age, as long as we often study, read books and read newspapers and constantly supply new information to the brain, human brain cells will remain very active to maintain the sensitivity of brain thinking activities.
Ensuring sleep is the physiological protection mechanism of all living things. When people sleep, all physiological activities of the body will become slow, and the energy consumption of whole body metabolism will be greatly reduced, which can accumulate new energy for the next day. Ensuring adequate and high-quality sleep and proper lunch break is of great significance for eliminating brain and body fatigue, restoring brain power, enhancing organism vitality, improving human immune function and preventing cancer. Therefore, I especially remind you not to be too addicted to nightlife and night shift.
In addition, it is of great significance to maintain a cheerful and optimistic mood and a peaceful mentality, pay attention to self-cultivation, pay attention to the law of life, quit smoking and drink less, abstain from sexual intercourse, accumulate essence and nourish the kidney.