Nourishing kidney: less salty and more bitter
Winter is when the kidney meridian is strong, and the kidney is salty, the heart is bitter. From the theory of the five elements, salty is better than bitter, kidney water inhibits heart fire. If you eat more salty in winter, it will make the kidney water more active, so that the strength of the heart Yang is weakened, so the diet should be less salty and bitter.
Daily nourishing kidney three methods: cold face, warm teeth, hot feet, can protect kidney Yang.
Cold face, that is, wash your face with cold water at about 20 ° C, which can refresh your brain, excite your brain, promote facial blood circulation, and enhance the body's resistance to disease.
Warm teeth, that is, about 35℃ warm water to brush and gargle. Chinese medicine believes that "teeth are the kidney", protecting the teeth is to protect the kidney.
Hot feet, that is, before going to bed with 45℃~50℃ hot water to wash feet. As the saying goes, "cold starts at the foot", which means insufficient blood supply, less heat and poor thermal insulation. Therefore, every night should insist on hot water feet, promote the blood circulation of the whole body, enhance the ability to prevent disease.
Nourishing stomach: less cold and more warm
Winter supplements should be cold to warm the stomach. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the winter climate is in the process of "Yang dissipates Yin long", if accidentally caught cold, it will make the cold evil in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in gastrointestinal discomfort.
Should eat more warm, hot food, in order to improve the body's cold tolerance.
Rest: Go to bed early and get up late
Winter living
"Huangdi Neijing" recorded, "in March winter, sleep early and get up late, must wait for the sun" "This winter should be, the way to keep."
Pay attention to the living environment
In winter, people close doors and Windows in order to keep out the cold, coupled with the use of heating facilities, making the indoor air dry and dirty, easy to cause respiratory diseases. Therefore, while controlling the indoor temperature, attention should be paid to keeping the room clean, air circulation and humidity appropriate.
Get enough sleep
After winter, the day is short and the night is long, and the elderly should adapt to the changes, add clothes in time, and adjust the rest time. It is generally believed that 7-9 hours of sleep is appropriate in winter, and it is recommended to go to bed early and get up late.
Keep your bowel movements open
As the saying goes, "If you want to live forever, your gut will always be clear." Due to less activity in winter, the elderly often can not maintain daily stool, but for a long time without stool, the intestine will absorb harmful substances in feces, and promote the development of some age-related diseases. Therefore, it is recommended that the elderly try to maintain regular bowel movements every day or every other day.
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Winter supplement, remember three three
Three kinds of "dishes"
White radish, digestion and fire
Winter climate is very dry, people are easy to anger, emotions are also easy to get excited. In this climate, the point of acute blood pressure is more likely to rise, if appropriate to drink some white radish juice can clean up the internal fire, do not let the mood produce too much volatility.
White radish can be qi, digestion, in addition to the lung, detoxification.
Yam, invigorating spleen and stomach
Winter is suitable for eating root vegetables, such as yam is a good root vegetable. Yam strengthening spleen, stomach, lung, moderate effect, not cold and not dry, qi without stagnation, Yin without greasy, flat qi Yin.
For people with poor gastrointestinal function, eating yam can play a better role in improving the gastrointestinal effect.
Lotus root, clearing heat and strengthening spleen
Raw lotus root food can clear heat and moisten lung, cool blood stasis; Cooked eating can strengthen spleen and appetizer, stop diarrhea and strengthen essence, brain. Eating in winter can not only clear heat and moisten dryness, but also "upper and lower ventilation", which is a good product.
Raw lotus root can be squeezed juice and fresh pear juice, sugar cane juice and other mixed drinking; Cooked can be made into fresh lotus root stewed ribs.
Three kinds of fruit
Winter prone to dry mouth, constipation, sore throat and other "fire" symptoms, so increase water, vitamin intake is more important, should eat a little more fruits and vegetables.
Sugar cane, clear heat moistening dryness
Sugarcane taste sweet cold, is a very good "fire" food, has the role of clearing heat moistening dryness. Sugar cane cool and refreshing, rich in sugar, water and vitamins beneficial to human metabolism and other nutrients, the most suitable for winter to eat, to help you douse the body dry fire.
Sugarcane can be eaten by the general population, but it should not be eaten by those with spleen and stomach deficiency and stomach pain.
Pear: Moistens lung and loosens bowels
Pear has the effect of nourishing Yin and clearing heat, generating fluid and moistening lung, clearing heat and reducing fire, etc. It has a better preventive effect for the common minor problems in autumn and winter, such as fever and fluid injury, tiredness and thirst, dry sore throat, lung dryness cough, intestinal dryness constipation and other diseases.
Pear taste cold, weak spleen and stomach, easy diarrhea, hands and feet cold people eat less raw pears.
Grapefruit: Lower qi to eliminate phlegm
Pomelo has the effect of strengthening spleen and relieving food, moistening lung and relieving cough, lowering qi and eliminating phlegm. Modern research has also found that pomelo meat is very rich in vitamin C, which can improve immunity, promote digestion and help defecate.
Children in winter dry throat, itching, cough, you can eat some grapefruit.
Three bowls of soup
Gordon Euryale chicken soup: nourishing qi and nourishing stomach
Cold days must warm the stomach, recommended to drink Gorgon seed chicken soup. The seed of Gorgon euryale is a good product for nourishing stomach, which has the effects of invigorating qi, appetizing and quenching thirst, strengthening kidney and invigorating essence.
It can be stewed chicken or lean pork with gorgon euryale seed.
Chestnut mutton soup: tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons
Mutton is hot, it has the effect of tonifying kidney and strengthening Yang, warming Qi and blood, appetizing and invigorating spleen; Chestnuts can nourish the stomach and spleen, tonifying the kidney and tendons, and it is more suitable to drink this soup in winter.
Mutton warm hot, excessive consumption will promote the development of some diseases, generally eat 50 grams to 100 grams a day.
Sweet potato ginger soup: benefit qi moisten intestine
Sweet potato has the function of invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, moistening the intestine and relaxing the bowels. With warm and cold dispelling ginger, it can play the role of invigorating qi and moistening intestines.
Such a bowl of warm sweet soup is suitable for people who are weak and have no stool.
