10 health-preserving methods to enhance your resistance to cold

In winter, with the arrival of cold air, many diseases such as colds, bronchitis, asthma, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis are prevalent. In order to improve the body's ability to resist cold and resist disease, what preparations do we need to make?

1. Add more water

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.

Method: Daily water intake should be no less than 2000-3000 ml.

2. Sweating a little

Outdoor activities can regulate metabolic functions, enhance cerebral cortex excitement and body temperature regulation functions. Moving your muscles and bones appropriately and sweating a little can help you strengthen your body.

Method: Exercise should also vary according to individual physique and age. People with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should avoid strenuous exercise such as playing ball and mountain climbing; people with respiratory diseases should choose to exercise when there is plenty of sunshine to avoid catching cold and prevent acute attacks of the disease. 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.

3. Prevent "spot" diseases

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. At the same time, the air in winter is not humid enough, whether indoors or outdoors, and dry nasal cavity will leave more opportunities for bacteria to take advantage.

Method: Prevent the adverse effects of strong winds and cold weather on the body 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.

4. Adjust the spirit

As soon as winter comes, I feel listless, irritable, and stressed. This is a symptom of winter depression, commonly known as the "winter mental flu."

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

Sun Simiao, a 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 this will expose you to 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 is the season for recuperating and storing energy.

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.

6. Make up for the "points"

Winter is a season of “hibernation”, and the kidney is responsible for storage, which means winter is the time to nourish the kidney. In winter, nourishing the kidneys with tonic food can make your body healthier and less prone to illness.

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. Before winter tonic, it is best to stew beef with red dates, or you can cook beef soup with ginger and jujube to regulate the spleen and stomach function.

7. Protect your feet

Because the feet are the farthest part of the human body, they have thin fat and poor ability to keep warm. 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 promote blood circulation.

8. Drinking tea

Drinking tea in winter can refresh the mind, invigorate the spirit, enhance memory; excite the central nervous system and increase athletic ability; stimulate gastric juice secretion, help digestion, increase appetite, eliminate bad breath; eliminate fatigue and promote metabolism.

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 some porridge

Eat hot porridge in the morning and eat a light diet 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.

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 strengthening the stomach and intestines, poria porridge for strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, sesame porridge for nourishing essence and yin, walnut porridge for nourishing yin and consolidating essence, jujube porridge for nourishing qi and yin, white fungus porridge for moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, and radish porridge for digesting food and reducing phlegm.

10. Open the “point” wind

In winter, homes usually keep doors and windows closed, resulting in poor indoor air circulation. People always breathe in this space, which will cause a large amount of carbon dioxide to be produced, and the human body will experience symptoms of hypoxia such as dizziness and chest tightness.

Method: Open windows for 20 minutes every morning, noon and evening to keep the indoor air fresh. Avoid large temperature differences between indoors and outdoors. Generally, the indoor temperature should be controlled at 16-22℃.