Is there any way to refresh yourself?

Strategy 1: Herbal tea helps me wake up

Tea has always been considered the first choice for refreshing. Maybe you are limited to simple green tea, black tea or ordinary tea. In fact, many fashions And delicious herbal tea is also a good companion for us to refresh ourselves.

◆Mint Tea

Drinking mint tea is the most recommended way to refresh yourself. It has recently been recommended as a healthy drink by the American "Fitness" magazine. It has a pungent and cool taste and mainly contains volatile oil. The main components of the oil are menthol, menthol, menthone, mentha balm, mentene, limonene, etc. It has the effects of dispersing wind and heat, eliminating filth and detoxification. However, mint can reduce the amount of maternal milk and is irritating to a certain extent, so it should not be used by lactating or pregnant women or children.

1 rock sugar mint tea

Ingredients: 5-10 mint leaves, rock sugar or honey, juice

Preparation method: add the freshly bought Chinese mint leaves Wash with cold water and put it into a tea cup. Add 200 ml of hot water and cover it for 15-20 minutes until the aroma of the medicine comes out. When it cools, add rock sugar, honey or juice according to personal preference to make the tea more delicious. Improved taste.

Efficacy: According to recent studies, peppermint can prevent spasms, relax muscles, and reduce muscle stiffness and pain. Mint tea can stimulate the movement of food in the digestive tract and help digestion. It is especially suitable for gastrointestinal discomfort or after eating too greasy food. Office workers who work in front of the computer should drink a cup of refreshing mint tea when they feel depressed, which is helpful to refresh themselves and relieve stress. In addition, because mint has a unique aroma, gargling or drinking mint tea will not only leave a scent on the teeth and cheeks, freshen the breath, but also eliminate gum swelling and pain.

2 rose mint tea

Materials: 4-5 dried rose buds, a small amount of mint (two or three coins is enough)

Preparation method: dry the Put the roses and mint into the cup together and cover it for 10-15 minutes. The refreshing effect will be better when the tea is cooled.

Efficacy: People's emotions are prone to fluctuations in spring, and roses are often loved by office women. They have the effect of activating blood circulation, removing blood clots, and soothing emotions. Mint can dispel fatigue and make people feel refreshed. , and the sweet and pure fragrance of roses can dilute the bitter taste of mint, killing two birds with one stone.

3 Mint Chrysanthemum Tea

Materials: Mint 3 qian, chrysanthemum 2 qian

Preparation method: Put chrysanthemum and mint into a tea cup, cover and brew 5-10 minutes is enough.

Efficacy: Chrysanthemum can clear away heat, detoxify and relieve fatigue. Drinking it together with mint, which has a refreshing effect, can make the effect better.

◆Chrysanthemum and Ginseng Tea

Materials: 4-5 dried chrysanthemum buds, 2-4 qian for ginseng

Preparation method: Chop the ginseng into fine pieces. Add chrysanthemum buds, cover with hot water and soak for about 10-15 minutes.

Efficacy: Ginseng contains saponins and multiple vitamins, which have a good regulating effect on the human nervous system, can improve human immunity, and effectively get rid of fatigue, while chrysanthemum has a fragrant smell, can dispel fire, and brighten the day. Purpose: The combination of the two has a refreshing effect, but people with high blood pressure should not use ginseng, and ginseng should not be taken with tea, coffee, and radish.

◆Lavender lemon tea

Ingredients: 5-6 dried lavender buds lemon slices or lemon juice

Preparation method: dry lavender buds Put lavender buds and lemon slices into a tea cup, add boiling water and cover for 5-10 minutes. If paired with lemon juice, add it after the tea turns light green and cools down.

Efficacy: The aroma of lavender is loved by the majority of women. Since ancient times, it has the effects of nourishing, relieving stress, and eliminating fatigue. Lemon has the effects of diuresis, promoting digestion and blood circulation, and relieving headaches, and Its light fragrance can be invigorating, but pregnant women should not drink tea containing lemon.

Strategy 2: The scent of medicine drives away fatigue

You always feel listless and inefficient at work in spring, but you don’t like the refreshing tea that you need to drink every day, what should you do? ? It doesn't matter, you can make your own sachet, just wear it on your body every day or put it next to your desk.

Recommendations for making a simple sachet: take 3 grams each of borneol and camphor, 15 grams of galangal, and 30 grams of cinnamon. Mix and mash these four kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, and sew the spare cloth for making the sachet into a small bag. , just load the prepared medicine. After a period of time, if the smell in the sachet may weaken and the refreshing effect will also decrease, you should replace it at this time.

Efficacy: The reason why the sachet can refresh you is because the unique traditional Chinese medicine aroma in the sachet acts on the brain or nasal mucosa to regulate the nervous system and invigorate people. According to research, the aromatic smell emitted by the medicine in the sachet can stimulate the nasal mucosa and increase the content of the antibody-secreted immunoglobulin A (SlgA) on the nasal mucosa. The increase in its content allows the virus to spread on the nasal mucosa and respiratory mucosa. It is not easy to survive, thus greatly reducing the chance of people catching a cold

Strategy 3: Traditional Chinese Medicine self-massage

1 Massage the temples of the head

Massage method: four fingers together First massage the upper and lower eyelids, then move the massage fingers from the corners of the eyes to the temples, and massage for a few minutes. When massaging, it is best to maintain a stable mood, lift your chest and tighten your abdomen, so as to achieve a certain effect.

Efficacy: We are all familiar with the temple. The correct location of the temple is about one-third from the tip of the eyebrow to the ear. Touch the most depressed part with your hand, which is the temple. Regular massage of the temple can stimulate the brain. It improves blood circulation and relieves fatigue, and the operation is very simple and suitable for doing at any time.

2 Massage the Yongquan point on the sole of the foot

Massage method: First, select the acupoint correctly. Yongquan point is what we often call the center of the foot. It is located on the bottom of our foot, in the depression at the midpoint of the second metatarsal space. Equivalent to the junction of the front 1/3 and middle 1/3 of the palm of the foot. The best time to massage is before going to bed every night. The massage methods include acupressure, rubbing, etc., about 50-100 times each time, to heat the palm of the foot. Lord.

Efficacy: This point is the starting point of the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin. The kidneys store essence, have the physiological functions of absorbing, storing, and sealing essence, and are in charge of the growth, development, and reproduction of the human body. Massaging the Yongquan point can produce good effects on the kidneys through the transmission of meridians, regulate the endocrine and autonomic nervous systems, and refresh the mind.

3 Common Wrong Ways to Refresh ourselves

There are many incorrect ways to refresh ourselves in life. It can indeed restore us to a certain extent to a certain extent, but if it lasts for a long time, What will be the effect of using these methods to get rid of fatigue?

1 Use tobacco and alcohol to refresh your mind

It is undeniable that tobacco and alcohol can refresh you. The main mechanism is to stimulate the cerebral cortex through certain chemicals in tobacco and alcohol, thereby keeping the brain Excitement may be okay occasionally, but it is wrong to use it as a way to eliminate worries and fatigue in the long term. In addition to bringing great harm to your body, long-term smoking and drinking can also reduce people's immune system and energy. Dispersion makes fatigue more likely.

2 As long as you sleep more, you will feel better

The lack of energy in spring is not because people’s sleep time will be correspondingly extended in spring, but because they are unable to adapt to the change of climate. of. People's sleep time has a relatively scientific scope. The sleep time of adults is about 8-10 hours a day. If you sleep for too long, the cerebral cortex will be in a state of suppression, and you can't seem to wake up. Instead, he became dizzy.

The best suggestion is to get up early every day and exercise. The temperature in spring is suitable for getting up early. After the body is exercised, it can expel part of the inertia of the body, improve immunity, and refresh the mind.

3 Coca-Cola coffee drinks are more effective in refreshing people

Cola coffee contains the chemical component caffeine, which can refresh the mind and keep people excited. It can be useful to different people. It is said that cola coffee drinks have different effects. For people who need to concentrate, they can have a refreshing effect. For people with more complicated work, they can feel excited at first, but feel tired after a while. In addition, women who often drink cola can also cause osteoporosis, heart, liver and other diseases, which should be paid attention to, so cola coffee cannot be used as a regular way to refresh themselves