What are the methods of spring health preservation for five people

What are the methods for spring health preservation? Traditional Chinese medicine experts point out that health preservation varies from person to person, and people with different constitutions have different patience with seasons. Therefore, before health preservation, it is necessary to find which constitution one belongs to. There are relatively few absolutely typical Five Elements. According to the principles of wood generating fire, fire generating earth, earth generating metal, metal generating water, and water generating wood, many people may possess two similar Five Elements physical characteristics. Below, traditional Chinese medicine experts will introduce the spring health preservation methods of the Five Elements. Let's take a look together.

Golden shaped person: prone to asthma and cough, should do a good job of "spring cover"

Physical characteristics: relatively thin body shape, but wider shoulders and backs, square face, straight nose and wide mouth, thin limbs, agile movements, and fair skin color.

Diet: It is advisable to eat more foods that are beneficial for the spleen, lungs, kidneys, and liver, as well as medicinal and edible items such as lilies, Huaishan, ginseng, and white fruits.

Eight Treasure Cake for invigorating the spleen can be selected from Tonic Diet: 250g sticky Rice noodles, 250g fresh yam, 50g lily, 15g polygonatum odoratum, 30g thick, 20g white lentils, 30g poria cocos, 4 pieces of dark plum, moderate sugar. Cut the Ume into shreds for later use. Fresh yam is washed and sliced. Jade bamboo, lilies, water chestnuts, white beans are washed and placed together with fresh yam in a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook until cooked. Mix the poria cocos ground powder with sticky Rice noodles, add granulated sugar and appropriate amount of water to make a slurry, put the boiled fresh yams, lilies, sticky beans and white lentils into the slurry, mix them, put them into a plate to steam, and sprinkle them with dark plum. It has the effects of invigorating the spleen, tonifying the kidneys, moistening the lungs, and generating fluids.

Mental adjustment: During the Spring Equinox solar term, the weather changes greatly, and people with golden shapes are prone to feeling lung diseases such as external pathogenic asthma, allergies, and coughing. Maintaining a quiet mood, staying alert, avoiding depression, is beneficial for liver qi harmony and blood qi peace.

Exercise: Pay attention to insulation, do spring exercises, sweat to increase exercise volume, choose dynamic exercises such as jogging, badminton, football, etc.

Fire shaped people: calm the heart, stabilize the mind, benefit the kidneys and nourish the liver

Physical characteristics: red skin, thick back, thin face, small head, evenly distributed shoulders and abdomen, small hands and feet, stable steps, and quick personality.

Diet: Bamboo shoots, mushrooms, Job's tears, Huaishan, peanuts, potatoes, Eucommia ulmoides, Achyranthes bidentata, etc. You can eat more foods and medicinal foods that strengthen the spleen, lungs, kidneys, and liver.

The Tonic Diet can choose peony Congee: 15g white peony, 10g poria cocos, 100g japonica rice, 10 dates, 15g achyranthes bidentata, and appropriate maltose. First, add proper amount of water to white peony, tuckahoe, jujube and achyranthes bidentata, boil the juice on low heat, take out the dregs, add water, and put in japonica rice, boil it on high heat, and then boil it on low heat to make porridge. Adding an appropriate amount of maltose while eating has the effect of invigorating the spleen and kidneys, nourishing yin and softening the liver.

Mentality: At this time, the mood is prone to irritability, which can easily lead to the onset of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension and stroke. Fire shaped people should calm down, maintain an optimistic and easy-going attitude, avoid impatience, and nourish the kidneys and liver.

Exercise: Spring should not be suppressed. It is recommended to do more outdoor activities such as spring outings and outings. Tai Chi, Eight dan Brocade, chess, fishing, and other sports can be used.

Wooden man: Soothing the liver, strengthening the spleen, and regulating yin and yang

Physical characteristics: pale skin, small head, long face, wide shoulders, straight back, weak body, flexible hands and feet.

Diet: It is recommended to take more products that nourish the spleen and liver, nourish the liver and kidneys, promote the healthy movement of the spleen and stomach, and promote the smooth flow of liver qi, in order to prevent excessive liver qi from affecting the spleen. In terms of diet, you can eat more ginger, scallions, buckwheat, bamboo shoots, yam, potatoes, pork, fish, eggs, etc.

The Tonic Diet can choose orange peel crucian carp soup: a tail of crucian carp (about 250 grams), 100 grams of lean pork, 10 grams of ginger, 10 grams of orange peel, 3 grams of pepper, salt and Shaoxing wine. Remove the internal organs and gills of the crucian carp, wash the lean meat of the pig, cut ginger into pieces, wash and slice, peel and shred, fill the belly of the crucian carp with ginger, peel and pepper, put it in a clay pot with lean meat of the pig, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over low heat for 1 hour, and add salt and Shaoxing wine to eat. It has the effect of invigorating the spleen, regulating qi and removing dampness.

Spirit: Maintain optimistic and cheerful emotions, avoid depression and anger, and participate in outdoor activities.

Exercise: During exercise, wooden people can participate in refined centered exercises such as Tai Chi, which helps maintain the balance of yin and yang in the body.

Water type person: easy to suffer from bitter mouth, tonify spleen and kidney

Physical characteristics: overweight, short, large head, wide chin, large abdomen, dark skin, slightly larger waist and buttocks, short fingers, dense black hair, and fear of cold.

Diet: It is recommended to eat more foods and medicinal and food products that have the effects of strengthening the spleen and kidneys, warming the middle and removing dampness, such as sand kernels, French summer tea, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, etc.

The Tonic Diet can choose Pork Tripe Atractylodes Rhizoma Soup: 1 Pork Tripe, 60g Atractylodes Rhizoma, 45g Ginger, 15g Pepper, and appropriate amount of refined salt. Wash the pork belly clean, remove the fat, boil it in boiling water, and let it dry for later use.Put Atractylodes macrocephala, stewed ginger, and pepper into the pig's belly, sew the pig's belly together, puncture a small hole on the outside of the pig's belly, add water, boil over high heat for 2 hours, and season with salt. Take out the pork belly, cut it into pieces, and drink soup to eat the pork belly. It has the effects of warming the middle and dispelling cold, nourishing the spleen and nourishing qi, especially suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.

Mental health: With more precipitation, people with watery bodies are prone to symptoms such as dampness, drowsiness, and bloating in the stomach. It is advisable to calm the mind and follow the natural law of yin and yang balance in the spring solar terms.

Exercise: Pay attention to insulation, follow the spring season, and avoid external evil attacks. You can increase the amount of exercise and choose exercises that are combined with movements, such as Tai Chi, Tai Chi Sword, jogging, dynamic ball sports, etc.

Earthly person: gastrointestinal discomfort drinking black bean carp soup

Physical characteristics: yellow skin, round face, large head, rich shoulders and back, large abdomen, strong thighs and shins, small hands and feet, full muscles, uniform body, stable walking.

Diet: Eat more foods and medicinal products that have the effects of soothing the liver, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the kidneys, and dispelling dampness, such as roses, Huaishan, sand kernels, malt, water chestnuts, and Zhiyu kernels.

The Tonic Diet can choose the soup of crucian carp with amomum and black beans: 150g fresh crucian carp, 3g amomum, 30g black beans, 6g tangerine peel, ginger, onion, and refined salt.Scrape off the scales and gills of fresh crucian carp, cut off the internal organs, wash them, put the sand kernels into the fish belly, and put them together with tangerine peel and black beans in a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add ginger, scallions, and salt, and cook until the soup is fragrant. It has the effect of awakening the spleen, stimulating appetite, and promoting diuresis.

Mental adjustment: Earthly people are prone to infection with dampness due to insufficient yang energy in their organs, resulting in discomfort symptoms such as bloating, nausea, and diarrhea. Calm down, maintain an optimistic mood, and avoid liver depression and spleen stagnation.

Exercise: Engage in more outdoor activities, such as slow jogging with basketball, badminton, table tennis, etc., without getting tired.

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