The climate warms in spring, all kinds of grass sprout, ten thousand trees wake up, and animals gradually wake up from hibernation. All life changes from the winter’s vigor and relative quietness to germination and prosperity. Therefore, “The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” says: “In the third month of spring, this is called growth and development, the heaven and the earth are born, and all things are prosperous.” /p>
The main wind in spring, in addition to the spring windy in the narrow sense, is characterized by easy violation of the body surface due to the characteristics of wind, which is manifested as good walking and changing. Since the spring makes the main wind rise, the diseases are also manifested as exogenous diseases, respiratory diseases and skin diseases. In fact, there are indeed many such diseases in spring. In addition to exogenous diseases and allergic diseases caused by wind pathogens, in late spring, rheumatism caused by both wind and dampness increases, such as joint pain and sciatica.
In addition, traditional Chinese medicine attributes the mental and nervous system diseases to the disturbance of wind and yang or the dryness of wind and phlegm to clear the orifices. Therefore, strokes and mental disorders also occur frequently in the spring. There is a folk saying “cauliflower is yellow, idiots are busy”, which is the truth. Spring diet and health care should be properly arranged according to the above-mentioned climate and disease characteristics. In addition to conforming to the word “sheng” in daily life, the diet arrangement should also conform to the word “sheng”.
For daily living in spring, it is advisable to get up early and exercise frequently
Human is a kind of creature in nature. In addition to the changes of nature, human beings, as the spirit of all things, should also intentionally conform to this change of nature. How to adapt? At this time, everything in the world is full of vitality, and people’s mental state should also be full of vitality. In spring, due to the rising temperature, the peripheral blood vessels of the human body expand, blood flows to the body surface, and the brain is in a relatively ischemic state, so people are prone to drowsiness and sleepiness. “Chun Mian does not realize the dawn”, probably comes from this.
So people are easily sleepy, should they sleep more and snooze? no. According to the ancient people’s health-preserving experience and the law of vitality between heaven and earth, not only can’t sleep more and snooze, but also should get up early and exercise diligently. Therefore, the “Huangdi Neijing” requires us to “lie down at night and get up early, walk widely in the courtyard, and be clothed in a slow shape, so as to make our aspirations live, do not kill when born, do not take away when you are born, reward but do not punish, this spring. The answer is the way to keep in good health.” This passage means that people should not only get up early, relax their limbs, take a walk outside to exercise, but also be full of vigor and vigor in their mental state.
Spring diet, it is advisable to eat more “buds”
In spring all things sprout buds, “buds” The most embodies vitality, so the ancients often choose sprouts as food in their meals, such as toon sprouts, soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, artemisia, bamboo shoots and so on. Patients with liver disease, in order to adapt to the natural characteristics of the liver should be in the spring and promote the hair, Chinese medicine also intends to use raw malt or spring wheat seedlings as bait in the prescription, which should also be the word “sheng”.
“There are three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo, and the spring river is the prophet of plumbing. Did you know that these are the foods that are in line with the Spring Festival. In addition to eating sprouts, the ancients also based on the theory of the five elements and five flavors in the Spring Festival, and proposed that “the liver is green in color and should be eaten with sweetness. Japonica rice, beef, jujube, and sunflower are all sweet.” two). Why is it proposed to eat sweet in spring? Because sweet is warm in nature, it can help yang qi grow and hair, and because sweet taste belongs to earth, earth produces gold, metal produces water, and water produces wood, which can nourish the liver. “Huangdi Neijing” lists the above foods as sweet and warm in nature and taste. It should be noted that the sunflower is sunflower (the leaves and petioles are purple or bright red, also known as winter amaranth or slippery vegetable). This type of food can be eaten in the spring according to daily eating habits or recipes, and it is good for health.
Because the spring is the main reason, you should also eat some foods that are cool and cool, such as mulberry leaf tea, chrysanthemum tea, Uncaria tea, cassia seed tea, etc., to relieve wind and clear heat. , You can also eat fresh wolfberry head, wolfberry seedlings, celery, Artemisia tuberosum and other cool and liver-friendly vegetables.
(Xinhuanet source: Medicine) Health Network
In addition, in the spring, the wind and phlegm are easy to rise. People with high blood pressure and those who are prone to stroke should also avoid foods that help heat up the yang and move the wind, such as fatty, sweet, and spicy foods. Seafood, mutton, donkey, old rooster, pig head meat, etc., so as not to cause chronic diseases.
Spring health recipe
Toon sprouts mixed with tofu
Half a catty of tender toon sprouts, wash and scald with boiling water, squeeze out the water, chop finely, put into the plate. Cut tender tofu 2 into cubes and place them on the toon sprouts on the plate. Sprinkle some fine salt, and in a small bowl, add 2 tablespoons of cold soy sauce, a few drops of vinegar, half a tablespoon of sesame oil, and appropriate amount of sugar. Stir well, pour it into a plate, and serve with meals.
Yangchun Soup Point
3 taels of winter bamboo shoots, minced and blanched for later use; 3 taels of soil yam, peeled and diced, set aside; 1 kg of grass chicken soup, 1 catties of mushroom soup, water starch Appropriate amount, tender wild pea shoots 2 taels.
Boil the grass chicken soup and mushroom soup, add minced winter bamboo shoots and diced yam, add water starch after cooking, stir and cook until it becomes a thin paste. In the soup, add an appropriate amount of salt, drizzle with sesame oil, and sprinkle with a small amount of soaked wolfberry. The color is green and the fragrance is delicious.