Tips to prevent colds

Cold is a common disease symptom among people. Because our immune system is relatively low, viruses and bacteria can easily infect and invade us. So people will catch a cold and have a fever, and after that they will feel weak and listless. So we often need to exercise to improve our immunity. Usually we can find some tips in life. What are the tips to prevent colds?

1. Disease prevention

Reason: The cold winter climate can easily induce recurrence or aggravation of chronic diseases, so you should pay attention to keeping warm. In order to keep warm, windows are opened less frequently for ventilation, and air circulation is insufficient, which provides conditions for the growth of various bacteria.

Secondly, the air in winter is not humid enough, both indoors and outdoors, and dry nasal cavity will give bacteria more opportunities to take advantage. Again, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is large in winter, and the human body needs more energy to adapt to the temperature change, so it is more susceptible to bacterial invasion.

Method: Especially prevent the adverse stimulation to the body caused by strong winds and cold weather, and prepare emergency medicines. At the same time, we should also pay attention to cold-resistant training, improve the ability to resist cold and disease, and prevent the occurrence of respiratory diseases.

2. Adjust your mind

Reason: Winter is a lifeless season, and people are very lazy. Everything is lifeless, and it is easier to fall into depression in winter. Why do we often feel listless, irritable, and stressed when winter comes?

This is a symptom of winter depression, commonly known as the "winter mental flu". It is a common psychological disorder that everyone may be in at some point in their life, and this symptom is more likely to occur in winter.

Method: The best way is to choose some sports activities of varying intensities according to your own health condition, such as jogging, skating, dancing and playing ball. These are good remedies to eliminate boredom and regulate the spirit.

3. Drink water

Reason: The climate is dry in winter and the human body is very prone to dehydration. Drinking boiled water regularly can not only meet the body's needs, but also play a diuretic, detoxifying and waste elimination role. Although sweating and urination decrease in winter, water is still needed to maintain the normal functioning of cells in the brain and various organs of the body.

Method: In winter, the daily water intake should be no more than 2000-3000 ml.

4. Go to bed early

Reason: Sun Simiao, a famous medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, said: "In winter, it is not suitable to go out early in the morning and return late at night, as it will offend the cold." Go to bed early to nourish the yang energy and get up late to consolidate the yin essence. There is a saying: feel sleepy in spring, tired in autumn, take naps in summer, and sleepy for three months in winter. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that spring is for growth, summer is for growth, autumn is for harvest, and winter is for storage. Winter should be a season for recuperating and gathering strength.

Method: To maintain health in winter, you must ensure adequate sleep, which is beneficial to the hiding of Yang Qi and the accumulation of Yin essence; after the beginning of winter, remember to "nourish the body" when adjusting your daily life.

5. Sweating

Reason: Outdoor activities can promote heat generation, regulate metabolic function, and enhance cerebral cortex excitement and body temperature regulation function. To maintain good health in winter, you need to exercise your muscles and bones appropriately and sweat a little to strengthen your body. Physical exercise should be a combination of static and dynamic movements. When running or doing exercises, you should only sweat slightly. Excessive sweating will cause you to lose energy, which goes against the principle of storing yang energy in winter.

Method: Exercise should also vary according to individual physique and age. For example, people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should avoid strenuous exercise such as playing ball and climbing mountains;

People with respiratory diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, cor pulmonale, etc., should exercise in the morning and afternoon when there is plenty of sunshine to avoid cold stimulation and prevent the induction of acute illness. The elderly should pay more attention to keeping warm and avoid getting up too early to exercise to prevent insufficient blood supply to the brain from inducing stroke.

6. Tonic

Reason: Winter is a season of "hibernation". In traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney is responsible for storage, which means winter is the time to nourish the kidney. By taking supplements and nourishing the kidneys in winter, you can make the kidney "essence" more abundant, so that you can be in better health and less likely to get sick next year. This is the idea of ​​TCM to prevent illness before it occurs.

Method: To maintain health in winter, you need to take scientific supplements. For people with weak Yang energy, choose lamb, dog meat, chicken, etc. People who suffer from both qi and blood deficiency can use goose meat, duck meat, black chicken, etc. For people who should not eat raw, cold or dry food, wolfberry, red dates, fungus, black sesame, walnut meat, etc. should be chosen.

When taking medication, you must follow the doctor's instructions and each person has his or her own method. When taking supplements in winter, in order to allow the gastrointestinal tract to adapt, it is best to first choose beef stewed with red dates, peanut kernels and brown sugar. You can also cook some ginger, jujube and beef soup to adjust the spleen and stomach function.

7. Foot protection

Reason: There is a saying among the people that "cold starts from the soles of the feet". Because the feet are the farthest part of the human body, with thin fat and poor ability to keep warm, and traditional Chinese medicine believes that the acupoints on the soles of the feet are closely related to the internal organs, if the feet get cold, it can cause colds, abdominal pain, back pain, dysmenorrhea and other diseases, so you should pay attention to keeping your feet warm. Keeping your feet healthy in winter means keeping fit.

Method: Wash your feet with warm water every day. It is best to massage and stimulate the acupoints of your feet at the same time. Walk for more than half an hour every day to exercise your feet. Rub the soles of your feet every morning and evening to improve blood circulation.

8. Drinking tea

Reason: The benefits of drinking tea in winter: Drinking tea can refresh the mind, invigorate the spirit and enhance memory. Excite the central nervous system and increase athletic ability. Stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion, increase appetite and eliminate bad breath. Eliminate fatigue and promote metabolism.

Tea contains many vitamins and trace elements needed by the human body, especially green tea can prevent and fight cancer, and has a good health care effect on the human body. People who have been engaged in computer work for a long time should drink tea more often.

Method: Black tea is the best tea to drink in winter. Black tea is sweet and warm, which can nourish the body's yang energy. Black tea is rich in protein and sugar, which can generate heat and warm the abdomen, enhance the body's ability to resist cold, and can also aid digestion and remove greasiness.

9. Drink porridge

Reason: In winter, to maintain good health, you should eat hot porridge in the morning and eat less for dinner to nourish the stomach. When the weather is cold, getting up early in the morning and drinking a bowl of hot porridge can help keep warm, increase the body's ability to resist cold, and prevent colds. For people with sore throat, inflammation and pain, warm porridge can moisturize the throat and effectively relieve discomfort.

Method: Glutinous rice and red dates porridge, eight-treasure porridge, millet porridge, etc. are most suitable. You can also eat longan porridge for calming the mind and nourishing the heart, chrysanthemum porridge for clearing heat and improving eyesight, crucian carp porridge for regulating the stomach and intestines, poria porridge for strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, sesame porridge for nourishing essence and nourishing yin, walnut porridge for nourishing yin and consolidating essence, jujube porridge for nourishing qi and nourishing yin, white fungus porridge for moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, and radish porridge for digesting food and reducing phlegm.

10. Ventilation

Reason: In winter, homes usually keep doors and windows closed, resulting in poor indoor air circulation. People always breathe in this space, which will produce a large amount of carbon dioxide and lack of oxygen. The human body will experience dizziness and chest tightness, so more ventilation is needed.

Method: Open windows for 20 minutes every morning, noon and evening to keep the indoor air fresh. Experiments show that every ventilation can remove 60% of harmful gases in indoor air. In addition, it is necessary to maintain a suitable indoor temperature to avoid large temperature differences between indoors and outdoors. Generally, the indoor temperature should be controlled at 16-22℃.