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Today ushered in the first of the 24 solar terms-beginning of spring.
"Stand, built also. Spring begins and is established. "Keeping in good health in beginning of spring is a wonderful beginning for a whole year.
The sunrise wind and hangover wake up, and the mountain family is happy for the rest of their lives.
The snow is abundant in the past three years, and the suburbs are warm and green in spring.
-(Song) Excerpts from Lu You’s beginning of spring Day
Spring cattle spring staff, infinite spring breeze to the sea.
Then with the spring workers, dyed pink like meat red.
-(Song) Excerpts from Su Shi’s "Minced Magnolia beginning of spring"
There are three periods in beginning of spring: "when the east wind thaws, when the stinging insects start to vibrate, and when the fish get cold".
The east wind warmed up and the earth began to thaw. After five days in beginning of spring, the dormant insects slowly woke up in the cave. After five days, the ice in the river began to melt and the fish began to swim on the water.
☆ Health should protect the liver ☆.
The three months of spring are the season of bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new and sprouting life.
The attribute of five elements in spring is "wood". "Mu Yue Qu Zhi", that is, upward growth and outward stretching, has the characteristics of growth and rising hair, and the functional characteristics of "liver" in five internal organs are similar to those of gasification in spring.The liver has the function of regulating emotions and dispersing qi, so spring corresponds to the "liver" in the five internal organs.
In order to relieve liver qi, people should get up early, dress loosely and exercise properly in this season to make their spirits relaxed and keep their vitality in the body.Don’t be overworked or angry, otherwise it will easily damage the liver. Please put away three ways to nourish the liver.
one Sleep nourishing liver
After beginning of spring, the days became longer and the nights became shorter. In order to adapt to this day and night change,You can go to bed late and get up early appropriately, but you should also pay attention to "getting up early is not before the crow, and getting up late is not after sunrise". Generally, you should go to bed no later than 23: 00, and it is best to go to bed at 22: 00.Ensure sleep during this period, which is beneficial to the maintenance of liver and gallbladder.
2 Exercise nourishing liver
Huangdi Neijing says that in spring, "lying at night and getting up early, striding in the court" requires that people should take proper exercise in the morning in spring, thus contributing to the regulation of liver-qi and the growth of yang.Baduanjin, a fitness skill, is a very suitable choice for middle-aged and elderly people. Practicing Baduanjin regularly is an effective way to keep the liver healthy.
three Eat sweet and nourishing the liver
In spring, the yang rises, and the metabolism of the human body is also vigorous. Neijing holds that "acrimony and sweetness diffuse into yang", so it is advisable to eat more acrimony and sweetness in spring diet to help the liver-qi disperse and avoid sour products.
Sweet and sweet herbs can be dispersed into yang to nourish the liver,Warm food is good for protecting yang, such as onion, coriander, leek, jujube and peanut.Blue food often enters the liver meridian, which has the effect of clearing liver fire.Those who are prone to hot spring can eat more green vegetables, such as celery, spinach, cucumber and bell pepper.
☆ Prevention of Four Diseases in beginning of spring ☆
It’s early spring in beginning of spring, so it’s chilly in spring, so it’s not advisable to cut clothes too quickly. Moreover, because people’s liver qi rises, it is easy to cause recurrence of old diseases at this time, especially the following four diseases, and everyone must pay attention to prevention.
1 Hypertension
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the onset of hypertension is too related to the rise of "liver qi" and "liver yang". Spring is the season of liver and wood. Anyone with hyperactivity of liver yang is particularly prone to headache and dizziness in spring.
Therefore, once patients with hypertension feel dizzy and head pain, they should not only monitor their blood pressure, but also adjust their antihypertensive drugs in time under the guidance of doctors, and pay attention to a light diet.Control the intake of salt, cholesterol and fat, strictly quit smoking and limit alcohol, and prevent and treat hypertension and its complications. This kind of patients, in the diet, should mainly prevent liver yang from rising too much, and eat more foods such as acidic convergence.
2 peptic ulcer
Huangdi Neijing holds that liver qi is easy to attack the stomach and suppress the spleen, so spring is also a season of recurrent gastric and duodenal ulcers, which may cause symptoms such as bloating in the upper abdomen, pain, frequent belching, acid regurgitation and loss of appetite, and even bleeding and perforation.Therefore, the spleen and stomach should be fully nursed back to health in spring.
3 mental illness
There is a folk saying in our country that "cauliflower is yellow and idiot is busy".Spring is the season of high incidence of mental diseases, so we should pay attention to the prevention and treatment of mental diseases in spring, pay more attention to psychological care and care, and never interrupt drugs without authorization.
fourChronic liver disease
Spring is the best time to nourish and protect the liver, and it is also the season with frequent liver diseases. At the same time, spring is also the best time to treat liver diseases. Liver wood is flourishing in spring, and the qi of liver wood is flourishing. At this time, effective treatment can achieve twice the result with half the effort.Drink less, be less angry and move more, so that the whole body and mind can return to a natural state, which is conducive to nourishing the liver.
Beginning of spring today.
A new year has begun.
May you enjoy a wonderful holiday.
Live up to spring.
Find infinite vitality!
(Source: Healthy China)
