Is it good to drink more hot water in winter?

It is indeed okay to drink some hot water in winter, but many friends don’t know this! Drinking hot water in winter can help lose weight. Some patients may be prone to pharyngitis or nasal inflammation in winter. At this time, they will feel uncomfortable in the throat mucosa or nasal mucosa. Drinking some hot water at this time can effectively relieve conjunctival congestion. In addition, women can drink some hot water before and after menstruation in winter, which can also calm and soothe the body.

People have the habit of taking supplements in winter and spring, but due to differences in physical constitution, some people are eager to take supplements, which will lead to irregular diet and thus cause what Chinese medicine believes in "getting angry". The five sense organs are located on the head, in the upper part. Once you get angry, you will be the first to suffer. After sweating and other consumption in summer and autumn, the human body enters a state of "yin deficiency" with a loss of "yin fluid" in winter and spring. Once supplements are taken, most of them are "qi tonic" or "yang tonic" items, which not only fail to benefit the body, but instead cause imbalance and deviation in the body, destroying the "yin and yang" balance. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the balance of yin and yang. The human body can remain healthy under this state of balance of yin and yang, which is the optimal state of "yin ping yang mi" as described in traditional Chinese medicine.

The climate in the north is dry and the air humidity is low in winter, so you should replenish water. "If you drink less water, there will be less water available to the heart, leading to insufficient blood supply, and your heart health may be damaged," said Liu Kan, a doctor at Pingdu People's Hospital. "Therefore, as the weather gets colder and winter arrives, it is still essential for the human body to replenish water, especially for patients with cardiovascular disease. Without water, the blood viscosity will be high, and even some blood clots will appear, making the blood vessels narrow, prone to symptoms such as thrombosis, and easily causing cardiovascular disease. If middle-aged and elderly people can insist on drinking an appropriate amount of water every day, it will be of great benefit to improving blood circulation and preventing and treating cardiovascular disease.

In winter, due to the drop in temperature, the functions of our digestive and endocrine systems decline, so too many toxins are easily accumulated in the body. In this case, if we drink some hot water, it can raise our body temperature and even cause sweating, which helps our body release excess toxins.