Tips for keeping healthy in spring

A year's plan begins with spring. Spring is the first season of the year and the season when all things grow. We are prone to some diseases in spring, so we must know how to maintain our health in spring. Health preservation is closely related to the season. The health preservation methods we adopt in different seasons are different, and the principles of health preservation are also different.

So what principles can we follow for health preservation in spring? We need to know some rules for health preservation in spring and strictly follow these rules, so that we can ensure good health in spring.

Tips for keeping in good health in spring: February 4th is the beginning of spring. The Beginning of Spring is the first solar term of the year.

"Li" means beginning. The beginning of spring marks the beginning of spring when all things come back to life. At this moment, the willow buds that are "as tender as gold and as soft as silk" and the grass leaping in the soil are waiting for "the spring breeze to blow and grow again", and "the year is coming to an end with less ice and frost, and the grass and trees know that spring has arrived", which vividly reflects the natural characteristics of the Beginning of Spring.

With the arrival of the Beginning of Spring, people noticeably feel that the days are getting longer, the sun is getting warmer, and the temperature, sunshine, and precipitation also tend to rise and increase. People begin to "welcome the spring" according to the old calendar customs. Taiwan, my country also designates the beginning of spring as "Farmers' Day", which is the last day of rest after the slack season in winter. As the folk saying goes: When the rain comes at the beginning of spring, get up early and go to bed late. Farming activities begin from here, and people also go out to enjoy the spring and experience the most subtle and magical spring.

Health preservation in spring should conform to the characteristics of spring when Yang energy grows and all things begin to come into being. We should pay attention to protecting Yang energy and focus on the word "birth". According to the natural attributes, spring belongs to wood, which corresponds to the liver. (This is the Five Elements Theory, which uses the characteristics of the Five Elements to explain the physiological characteristics of the five internal organs. For example, the liver likes to be regulated and has the function of dispersing and venting, and wood has the characteristic of growth, so the liver belongs to "wood"). The physiological characteristics of the liver are to release and vent, and in terms of will it is anger, and it hates depression and likes to be regulated and vent.

In terms of mental health preservation in spring, we should avoid violent anger and even more so depression. We should be open-minded, optimistic, and maintain a good attitude of peace of mind. At the same time, we should make full use of and cherish the time when nature "starts to grow" in spring, when Yang energy rises, all things sprout, and the human body's metabolism is vigorous. Through proper regulation, we can make the spring Yang energy spread and the metabolic function function normally.

In spring, the human body's qi and blood need to be stretched and unobstructed just like the natural world. This requires us to sleep late and get up early, take off our hats and let our hair down, loosen our clothes, stretch our bodies, participate in more outdoor activities, overcome fatigue and sleepiness, adapt our spirit and emotions to nature, strive for harmony between body and mind, and be full of energy.

Desire is what the spirit of the organ likes, which is also tonic. Bitterness is what the spirit of the organ hates, which means it causes diarrhea. "Once this relationship is clarified, we can purposefully choose some herbs and foods that can soften and nourish the liver, soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as Chinese wolfberry, turmeric, salvia miltiorrhiza, and corydalis, and foods that are pungent, warm and dispersing, such as jujube, fermented black beans, onions, coriander, and peanuts, so as to flexibly formulate the recipe.

Another aspect of spring health care is disease prevention and health care. Especially in early spring, when the weather turns from cold to warm, various pathogenic bacteria and viruses begin to grow and multiply. Warm and hot toxic evils began to become active, and diseases such as influenza, meningitis, measles, scarlet fever, and pneumonia, which are described in modern medicine, also occurred and became prevalent. To avoid the occurrence of spring diseases, the first preventive measures are to eliminate the source of infection; second, open windows frequently to allow indoor air to circulate and keep the air fresh; third, strengthen exercise to improve the body's defense capabilities. In addition, pay attention to the health of your mouth and nose to block the path of warm evil from attacking the lungs first.

We introduced above that health preservation and seasons have a very close relationship, so we have to choose different health preservation methods in different seasons. Spring is the beginning of the year, and we must know how to preserve our health in spring. The above article introduces in detail the health preservation tips in spring, and I hope it will be helpful to everyone.