after the beginning of autumn, it becomes cool in the morning and evening, but you can still feel & ldquo; Autumn Tiger & rdquo; The power of. Maybe because of this, you won’t feel that summer is over, but you really need to change the way to maintain your body.
pay attention to food, drink and daily life in autumn
traditional Chinese medicine believes that autumn is a transitional period for the elimination of Yang and Yin. Lung dominates autumn, and lung qi deficiency reduces the human body’s tolerance to adverse stimuli and is prone to sadness; The lung governs the collection, so the lung should be maintained as the principle and supplemented appropriately in order to live a long and healthy life.
Professor Li Yuehua of geriatric center of Xiyuan Hospital, Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main points of health preservation in autumn are as follows.
living : go to bed early and get up early. Pay attention to adding clothes to prevent lung injury due to cold.
exercise : increase outdoor sports. Autumn is a good season to go out for exercise. Everyone can choose different projects according to their own situation, such as mountaineering, Tai Chi, swimming, cycling, etc., which can promote cardiopulmonary function.
diet: less caprylic acid. Eat more sour, such as apples, oranges, hawthorn, kiwi fruit, etc., can astringe lung qi; Eat less spicy food such as onion and ginger to avoid spreading diarrhea. Tremella, tofu, lily, honey, glutinous rice, japonica rice, bean sprouts, etc. also have the effect of moistening the lung. In addition, in autumn, you can take appropriate tonic. You often eat yam, chicken soup, bone soup, etc., but do not take excessive tonic, which will hurt the spleen and stomach.
drink water: at least 600 ml per day. Dry autumn makes people’s skin evaporate more than 600 ml of water every day. You must replenish water in autumn. Usually, in autumn, you should drink more than 500ml of water every day than in other seasons to maintain the normal humidity of lungs and respiratory tract, but you should pay attention to a small amount for many times.
practice: clap your chest to practice breathing. Before going to bed every night, sit in a chair with your body upright, your knees naturally separated, put your hands on your thighs, relax your whole body, inhale in your chest, raise your hands, pat your chest from top to bottom with your palms from both sides, and pat it from bottom to top when exhaling for about 10 minutes.