Pay attention to keep warm and properly "spring cover"
During the period of fright, many people shed their winter clothes early and put on single clothes and shoes, which may easily lead to colds. The temperature rises, the rain increases, the humidity increases, all kinds of bacteria and viruses grow actively, and the incidence of influenza, meningitis, rubella, hepatitis A and allergic diseases is high. People can eat more fresh vegetables and protein's rich food to strengthen their physique and resist the invasion of foreign evils. Eat some onions, garlic, mint, coriander and other products that have the functions of preventing and treating colds, resisting viruses and killing bacteria. For people who are weak, sleepy and prone to catching a cold, we should pay attention to keeping warm, increase or decrease clothes in a timely and appropriate manner according to the weather changes, and appropriately "spring cover".
Emotional regulation and liver maintenance
When frightened, the qi of liver yang in the human body gradually rises, and the yin blood is relatively insufficient, which is prone to the phenomenon of excessive liver fire. Hypertension patients are prone to dizziness and headache aggravation in spring, especially before and after fright, some elderly people are prone to anger, leading to stroke, myocardial infarction and other diseases. Young people are prone to acne, fear of heat, sweating and other symptoms because of the sudden rise of yang. Therefore, when you are frightened, you should pay attention to emotional health care, try to prevent negative emotions such as anxiety and depression, eliminate them through discovery and transfer, and don't get angry. Exercise can choose jogging, Tai Ji Chuan, meditation and other air conditioners. In addition, people can also eat some liver-protecting products, such as leeks, shepherd's purse and other liver-protecting vegetables.
Spring is coming, adjust your schedule.
Before and after the fright, the yin-cold qi gradually drops, the yang-qi rises, the human blood vessels relax, the blood supply to the brain decreases compared with that in winter, and the excitability of the central nervous system weakens, which often makes people feel lazy, inattentive, prone to fatigue and often want to sleep. This is the so-called "spring sleep" phenomenon, so there is a famous sentence in ancient times that "this morning in spring, I woke up briskly" At the same time, because the days are long, the nights are short, and the sleep time is relatively reduced, health promotion advocates people to get up early appropriately to adapt to natural gas.
What are the misunderstandings to be avoided?
Myth 1: The misunderstanding of nourishing liver by patients with chronic liver disease.
1. nourishing the liver is to eat more Chinese medicine for nourishing the liver?
In fact, "nourishing" mainly refers to aftercare and developing a healthy lifestyle, not tonic. Relying on drugs alone is far from achieving the purpose of nourishing the liver.
2. "Make up the pollution with pollution" can nourish the liver?
Generally, moderate consumption of a small amount of animal liver may have a certain therapeutic effect on patients with liver yin deficiency. However, because the liver is the largest detoxification organ of human beings and animals, it contains a lot of cholesterol and some toxic and harmful substances. Eating in large quantities will increase the burden on the liver, which is more likely to cause various complications in patients with chronic liver disease.
Myth 2: "Spring Cover" is improper.
People often say that "spring covers autumn and freezing". But most young people think that they have strong firepower and can resist foreign invasion. They took off their winter clothes early and put on their clothes and shoes. Old people and children cover their heads in spring because of freezing and cold. When they are sweating, they don't want to take off their clothes to cool off. Therefore, the "spring cover" needs special attention:
1. Don't rush to collect clothes in winter, and then change them when the temperature is stable;
2. Take a thin coat when you go out, and change clothes at any time according to the temperature difference;
Don't cover your head, so as not to sweat, which may easily lead to a cold.
Myth 3: Roll up your trouser legs too early.
"All diseases start from the cold, and the cold begins with the first step." Feet are closely related to all organs of the whole body. Feet are located at the end of the human body, far away from the heart. When the human body prevents excessive heat dissipation, peripheral blood vessels contract, blood flow is blocked, and the foot temperature drops significantly, it is more vulnerable to external evils.
The season of fright is still hot and cold, sometimes it is very cold at first, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is too big; Heavy rainfall and high humidity, rolling up the trouser legs too early will make the pathogenic wind, cold and dampness invade the human body from the ankle along with the meridians, resulting in pain and discomfort in all joints of the human body, which will be difficult to heal for a long time.
Myth 4: Sleeping too much is not sleepy?
Modern medicine believes that "spring sleepiness" is a temporary physiological phenomenon caused by the rising temperature in spring, and fright is the fastest season among the 24 solar terms, so spring sleepiness is more obvious. Many people often simply think that as long as they sleep more, they will not be sleepy.
In fact, too much sleep does not conform to the characteristics of spring, but will inhibit the rise of yang, making people more sleepy and listless, and the result is that the more you sleep, the more sleepy you are. In spring, you can stay up late, get up early, walk slowly, or go to the countryside to relax and fly kites. While enjoying the natural scenery, you can exercise all parts of your body, speed up blood circulation and promote metabolism, so as to really relieve spring sleepiness.
Myth 5: The diet is fat, sweet and delicious.
Modern people's diet in spring is rich and sweet, but light, which leads to excessive liver wood and inhibits the digestive function of the spleen and stomach. At the same time, it leads to the instability of human body's defensive qi, and various exogenous pathogens frequently invade the body, causing various acute diseases, and the recovery in the later stage is far away and cannot be cured quickly.
Chinese medicine believes that eating less sour taste can prevent excessive liver qi, and sweets can nourish the spleen and stomach, but this "sweetness" is not the same as sweets, but a part of ingredients with moisturizing characteristics. If the understanding is wrong, taking too much sugar, especially in patients with chronic liver disease, can not be metabolized in time, which will increase the burden on the liver and gallbladder and further worsen the condition.
Food recommendations during fright.
Chinese chives
Although there are leeks in all seasons, leeks in spring are the best, which can prevent excessive liver qi in spring and affect the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach.
Small prescription: leek and cistanche porridge
Raw materials: japonica rice 100g, cistanche deserticola10-0/5g, and fresh leek 50g.
Practice: Wash the leek and cut it into sections, and cook it with japonica rice and cistanche deserticola to make porridge, and adjust salt and warm clothes.
Efficacy: This porridge can tonify kidney and yang, strengthen spleen and nourish stomach, and is suitable for premature ejaculation, cold pain in waist and knees, frequent micturition, nocturia, physical weakness, internal injury due to strain, aversion to cold, weakness of spleen and stomach, constipation due to yang deficiency, etc.
bamboo shoots
Bamboo shoots contain more vitamin A and vitamin C, which helps gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevents sebum excess. Bitter bamboo and fresh bamboo shoots have anti-inflammatory and heat-clearing effects and prevent colds.
Small recipe: bamboo shoots and medlar soup
Ingredients: 250g of bamboo shoots, 30g of medlar, 250g of lean pork, 4g of salt, 0g of onion and ginger10g, 6g of sugar and 50g of white oil.
Practice: Wash lean meat, remove fascia and cut into 2-inch-long shredded pork; Cut bamboo shoots into filaments of equal length, and wash Lycium barbarum for later use; Heat the wok with vegetable oil, put shredded pork and shredded bamboo shoots into the wok at the same time, cook wine, pour clean water, add Lycium barbarum, add sugar and salt to taste after boiling, and serve.
Efficacy: This medicated diet has the functions of nourishing viscera, moistening skin, tonifying middle warmer and benefiting qi, and is suitable for blurred vision, sallow complexion and emaciation. Use with caution for patients with food allergy and gastric ulcer.
mulberry leaf
Mulberry leaves have nourishing and anti-aging effects similar to ginseng, which can effectively relieve the emotional excitement and bad temper of the elderly during menopause and reduce senile plaques.
Small cookbook: Mulberry Leaf sweet potato porridge
Raw materials: fresh mulberry leaf 100g, sweet potato and japonica rice each 100g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: Wash the mulberry leaves and sweet potatoes, then cut the sweet potatoes into small strips, put the mulberry leaves in a cotton bag, add japonica rice to cook porridge, and mix well with rock sugar.
Efficacy: This porridge has the effects of expelling wind and clearing heat, invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, in which sweet potato can invigorate spleen and stomach, tonify deficiency and benefit qi, and is rich in sugar, protein, cellulose and various vitamins. When sweet potato and rice flour are mixed, a more comprehensive protein supplement can be obtained.
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Mint is cool and pungent, and it is a medicine for clearing the brain, soothing the liver and relieving depression. Has the functions of both medicine and food. When it is brought into medicated diet, it can dispel evil spirits, relieve fatigue and make people feel fragrant.
Small recipe: mint pork liver
Ingredients: fresh mint leaves 30g, pork liver 250g, day lily 25g, cooking wine, starch, sugar, onion, ginger, garlic and salt.
Practice: wash the mint leaves and cut them into filaments; Wash pig liver and slice it, and grab it evenly with starch, salt, soy sauce and sugar; Wash the day lily and cut it in half; Pour vegetable oil into the pot, heat it to 60%, add onion and ginger until fragrant, then add pork liver and stir-fry until it changes color, then add mint leaves, day lily, salt and soy sauce and stir-fry until cooked.
Efficacy: This dish can dispel wind, induce diuresis and detoxify, and is suitable for hyperactivity of liver yang, headache due to excessive liver wind, red eyes, swelling and pain, edema and constipation.
The writer is Fang Hong, director of the Department of TCM Prevention and Health Care, Longhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.