nourish the lung, take a deep breath and swallow more Tianjin
. The whole body’s breathing depends on the lung, but the lung is the earliest organ of aging in the human body. Studies have shown that our vital capacity begins to decline slowly from the age of 20. At the age of 40, you will suddenly find that you may be panting when you climb a few steps. This is the alarm sent by the weak lung. The decrease of vital capacity and oxygen delivery capacity will make people feel tired during physical activities; In addition, the amount of alveolar interstitial fiber increases, the expandable capacity of the lung decreases, the vital capacity decreases, and the maximum ventilation decreases, so as to reduce the respiratory function of middle-aged people. In addition, in middle age, due to the inhalation of dust and chemicals for many years, coupled with the harm of cigarettes, the protective effect of respiratory mucosa will be weakened day by day, and respiratory tract infection is more likely to occur.
best recuperation season: autumn. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five zang organs should correspond to the four seasons, and the autumn corresponds to the lung. Autumn emphasizes nourishing Yin, and the focus of Nourishing Yin is to nourish lung yin, prevent dryness and moisten lung.
recuperation methods: practice breathing, swallow more Tianjin and eat Tremella. First of all, you can practice the chest breathing of birds and the abdominal breathing of turtles, so that the abdomen and respiratory system can be well exercised. Secondly, it’s best to swallow saliva when breathing. Don’t spit out the saliva when breathing deeply. Eat melon seeds less and peel them by hand as much as possible, because frequent eating melon seeds is most likely to damage body fluid. For people who smoke or live in cities, it is best to eat more food that moistens and clears the lungs. Pears, grapes, lilies and Tremella are all good. In addition, at that time in autumn, outdoor vigorous walking and mountain climbing are good lung exercises, which can well strengthen cardiopulmonary function.
nourish the stomach and reduce the amount of food.
people are based on Stomach Qi, internal injury to the spleen and stomach, and all diseases arise. As the saying goes, & ldquo; Gastrointestinal disease-free longevity & rdquo;, This shows the importance of the stomach to the human body. Modern people have high work pressure, many social activities and irregular life. In addition, they like smoked and roasted, high salt and spicy food, and love tobacco and alcohol. As a result, the pressure on their stomach is increasing. Moreover, it is more and more obvious as they get older. A health survey of more than 20000 middle-aged men over the age of 40 in Taiwan shows that 90% of them have abnormal gastroscopy, ranking first among all diseases. Most middle-aged people suffer from gastric diseases, especially gastric ulcer. With the increase of age, the mucosa naturally began to shrink and thin, showing a state of chronic gastritis. In this sense, it is urgent to nourish the stomach in middle age.
best recuperation season: long summer. Long summer in summer (Gregorian calendar 7 & mdash; In August), the spleen and stomach should be cultivated, and the long summer should be dominated, including ripening and digestion. It is a good period for the spleen and stomach to digest and absorb nutrition.
recuperation methods: reduce the amount of food, eat less cold, and eat yam. People over the age of 40 should gradually reduce their food intake. Excessive eating will not only affect gastrointestinal function and lead to increased blood lipid, but also cause memory loss and premature brain aging for a long time. Secondly, the spleen and stomach are most afraid of & ldquo; Cold & rdquo;, Therefore, eat less cold food and try to eat food close to the body temperature, which is conducive to the maintenance of the spleen and stomach. In addition, people with weak spleen and stomach can eat more yams, Atractylodes macrocephala and Euryale ferox. They can stew meat or cook porridge with these foods. Some seasonal beans, such as string beans, Dutch beans and white lentils, are also good food for nourishing the spleen and stomach.
bone and joint nourishing and diligent leg training
30 years old, the rate of muscle failure is greater than the growth rate. After the age of 40, people’s muscles begin to decrease at a rate of 0.5% to 2% a year. Bones begin to age at the age of 35. At the age of 80, people’s height will be about 5cm lower than when they were young.
best recuperation season: four seasons. Exercise musculoskeletal muscles, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, should be adhered to all year round.
recuperation methods: protect joints, stretch and practice more legs. After middle age, sports are the most taboo. Try not to try sports that do great harm to joints. Moderate sports such as fast walking, swimming and Tai Chi are more suitable for middle-aged people. Second, you can do more stretching, such as sun worship and twisting in yoga; The horizontal bar is also very effective. Third, say & ldquo; Old legs grow old & rdquo;, After middle age, we must practice leg strength. You can squat and shake your legs. In addition, we should pay more attention to supplement foods high in calcium, such as milk and sesame, or supplement calcium tablets in an appropriate amount.
nourishing the heart and staying up late to measure the pulse
western medicine believes that the heart begins to age at the age of 40. As the body gets older, the heart’s efficiency in delivering blood to the whole body begins to decrease. Men over the age of 45 and women over the age of 55 are more likely to have a heart attack.
best recuperation season: summer. In summer, we should pay attention to cultivating the heart. The heart is fire and dirty, and the heart qi should be in summer.
recuperation methods: take pulse, stay up late less and eat breakfast. If you are over middle age, you’d better take your pulse once a week. Be alert if it’s too fast or too slow. Second, try not to stay up late, & ldquo; Night owl & rdquo; Most of them look bad. 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. is the golden time to Nourish Qi and blood. Third, breakfast must be good. Eating well in the morning can make up the water tower and nutrition tower of life, so as to have enough Qi, blood and brain flexibility.
nourishing the kidney rubbing the soles of the feet eating walnuts
once they are middle-aged, some people will feel very tired, can’t sleep well at night and have no spirit during the day; Often dizzy and tinnitus, poor memory; To make matters worse, hair began to fall off in large quantities; Some people always feel sore back and weak limbs; Some people urinate too much at night and have to go to the bathroom several times a night. Most of these phenomena are caused by deficiency of kidney qi《 According to the Yellow Emperor’s Canon of internal medicine, when men are 40 and women are 35, there will be a phenomenon of gradual deficiency and decline of kidney qi.
best recuperation season: winter. In winter, the kidney dominates the order. It is appropriate to supplement Yang Qi and maintain kidney qi. Moreover, in the cold winter, cold evil first invades people’s kidney. Only when the kidney is full of Qi can we stop the disease.
recuperation method: eat more black and rub the soles of your feet. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black food enters the kidney and can choose to eat black rice, black beans, black sesame, etc. People with kidney deficiency can eat more walnuts and medlar. In addition, soak your feet with warm water before going to bed every day, massage the right foot with your left hand and the left foot with your right hand, 100 times each, which has the effect of strengthening the kidney and nourishing yin. At ordinary times, you can massage Shenshu points on both sides of the back waist to nourish kidney qi.