What are the dietary and health preservation methods for spring

Spring has arrived, and more and more people are paying attention to health preservation. Spring health preservation requires attention to clothing, food, housing, and transportation. What are the methods for spring diet and health preservation? Now let me tell you the answer.

Spring dietary health methods

1. Spring diet should nourish yang

Yang qi has a protective effect on the human body, which can make our body healthier, have a higher immune system, and avoid the invasion of natural dampness and evil. Spring diet should nourish yang, which refers to eating more foods that can warm and nourish the human body, making the yang energy in the body more abundant, so as to increase resistance and resist the invasion of evil energy on the body. In daily life, onions, garlic, and chives can be said to be the preferred vegetables for nourishing yang. In addition, wild vegetables such as polygonum and artemisia are also vegetables for nourishing yang. Li Shizhen proposed in the Compendium of Materia Medica that "spicy vegetables such as onions, garlic, chives, polygonum, artemisia, mustard, etc. should be eaten together".

2. Spring diet should eat more sweet and less sour

When spring comes, people should eat less sour food and more sweet food. The benefit of doing so is to nourish the spleen and stomach qi of the human body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of our postnatal life and the source of traditional Chinese medicine for the body's qi and blood. Good spleen and stomach function has the effect of prolonging life for us. In spring, it is the season of liver qi, and liver function tends to be stronger at this time. According to the theory of the Five Elements in traditional Chinese medicine, the liver belongs to wood, and the spleen belongs to earth. The earth and wood will mutually restrain each other. If the liver qi is strong, it will damage the spleen, thereby affecting its digestive and absorption functions. Therefore, in spring diet, it is important to eat less sour foods to prevent excessive liver qi and damage to spleen function. At the same time, eating more sweet foods can help nourish the temperament, so it is important to eat more sweet foods such as red dates and yams.

3. Eat more vegetables in spring diet

After the cold winter, it is easy to experience insufficient intake of vitamins and trace elements, such as oral ulcers, glossitis, angular inflammation, and certain skin diseases that often occur in spring. These are all caused by eating too little fresh vegetables. The arrival of spring is the season when vegetables are in high demand, and it is even more important to eat a variety of fresh vegetables.

4. Spring diet is suitable. Eat more foods that are hot inside the body.

What is hot inside the body? It refers to the presence of stagnant heat or phlegm heat in the body, which accumulates in the body. After spring, it is absorbed by the wind and will spread outward. Mild cases can lead to dizziness, physical distress, coughing, limb weakness, etc; In severe cases, it can lead to warm diseases and even affect the health of internal organs. Why does it cause internal heat? This is because in winter, people tend to choose hot and steaming foods in their diet, such as hot rice, hot soup, etc. Sometimes they also drink some alcohol, and wear thick clothes such as cotton coats. Although it is warm in winter, it can easily accumulate a lot of heat in the body.

Precautions

1. Open windows for ventilation three times a day

Although the climate has warmed up, the cold of late spring still makes many people close their doors and windows tightly for warmth, without paying attention to ventilation. This can easily breed bacteria and germs. During the day, it is recommended to open windows frequently for ventilation and maintain fresh air and sufficient sunlight.

2. Going to bed and getting up early keeps the flu away from me.

Spring is windy and strong, which increases the chance of inhaling bacteria and germs in the human body. Therefore, it is important to maintain sufficient rest and sleep for spring health, as a person's rest and sleep directly affect their resistance level.

3. Pay attention to nourishing and protecting the liver

Nourishing the liver in spring is the top priority, with spring being the most important throughout the year, and the liver of the five organs is in season in spring. Therefore, in spring health, attention should be paid to nourishing and protecting the liver. It is advisable to eat some liver nourishing foods such as jujubes, honey, goji berries, bananas, grapes, strawberries, seaweed, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc. In spring, it is also important to eat less acid to prevent excessive liver qi.

4. Pay attention to disease prevention

In spring, the climate changes from cold to warm, and the vitality of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms increases, which can easily invade the human body and cause diseases. Therefore, in spring health, it is important to pay attention to disease prevention, strengthen physical exercise regularly, and improve the body's immunity.

Taboos

1. Avoid using detoxifying pills when getting on fire

In spring, many people are prone to getting on fire, and some people use gunpowder indiscriminately when they get on fire, which is the biggest "fire extinguishing" taboo. In fact, some seemingly "internal heat" symptoms in daily life are not internal heat, such as constipation, which may be a manifestation of physical weakness. So, in spring, it is important to identify which fire is on the body and then prescribe the appropriate fire accordingly.

2. Avoid improper "spring covering"

Many people know how to cover up in spring and autumn, but when it comes to doing it, there are two extremes: young people rely on strong firepower to not cover up, and wear single clothes and shoes early on; The elderly and children are prone to covering their heads, sweating and stubbornly refusing to take off their clothes.

3. Avoid eating too sour or spicy

"Spring and summer tonifying yang" is a health guideline advocated by medical classics such as the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon. In the relationship between the five organs and five flavors, sour taste has a astringent effect, which is not conducive to the generation of yang qi and the release of liver qi. Eating too sour or too spicy can damage the yang energy.

4. Avoid feeling low.

Due to the relationship between mental illness and abnormal secretion of some neurotransmitters or hormones, fluctuating temperatures can easily cause changes in endocrine activity in people with a history of mental illness, leading to emotional fluctuations and triggering various severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.