The cold dew season is approaching, how to maintain health in late autumn?

White dew does not reveal the body, and cold dew does not reveal the feet?

The weather is transitioning from "cool" to "cold", and the dew on the ground is even colder and is about to condense into frost.

At this time, we must pay attention to keeping warm and keeping warm, so as to prepare for a healthy and safe autumn and winter.

Cold Qi is a yin evil that is most likely to damage people’s Yang Qi, which is the source of life energy.

Once the cold Qi damages the Yang Qi, various metabolic functions will be reduced, which will harm the health of the body.

Therefore, during the cold dew season, we must pay attention to health care and do a good job in physical health.

The cold dew is coming, focus on maintaining health, do five things to drive away the cold and activate blood circulation, from autumn to winter!

The first thing: Drink hot tea to warm the stomach and drive away the cold

In the cold dew season, there is a custom of drinking cold dew tea.

At this time, drink a cup of hot tea to use heat to drive away cold toxins. It will not only warm the stomach and drive away cold, but is also beneficial to your health.

Tea can improve the ability of the spleen and stomach to transport water throughout the body, which is beneficial to health.

So, after the cold dew, it is a good choice to drink more hot tea to warm the stomach and drive away the cold.

Red perilla leaf tea, soaked in water and drunk, can relieve spleen and stomach qi stagnation, promote digestion, and protect gastrointestinal health.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that red perilla cotyledons have a stomach-warming effect and can relieve spleen and stomach qi stagnation, chest tightness, diarrhea, and vomiting. It can be used to treat stomach cold syndrome, etc., and has good curative effects.

In the cold dew season, drinking a cup of it is not only good for stomach health, but also promotes the peristalsis of the intestinal wall, helps digestion, and prevents constipation caused by autumn dryness. Chicken head ginseng tea, soaked in water and drunk, can nourish qi and yin, strengthen the spleen, moisten the lungs, nourish the kidneys, and prolong life.

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Research shows that the polysaccharides contained in chicken head ginseng have antioxidant effects in vitro and have a direct scavenging effect on oxygen free radicals.

Frequently soaking it in water and drinking it can replenish kidney qi. If kidney qi is sufficient, it will help protect yang qi and reduce the occurrence of diseases.

Second item: Drink hot soup to dispel cold and moisturize dryness

Since the cold dew season, the rain is getting less and less, the weather is dry, the day is hot and the night is cool, and dryness is serious.

At this time, drinking some soup can not only dispel cold and warm the body, but also moisturize and nourish, which is a good choice.

Beef and white radish soup

Ingredients: beef balls, white radish, salt, pepper, celery, ginger

Method

1. Cut the white radish into cubes, mince the celery, and shred the ginger; 2. Put the radish in a casserole, add 750 ml of water, and cook until the radish becomes transparent; 3. Add the beef balls, boil, and boil for 5 minutes, then add the chopped radish. Good shredded ginger; 4. Sprinkle in pepper, add salt, add celery to taste and garnish

Sichuan clam, snow pear and white fungus soup

Ingredients: snow pear, Sichuan clam, white fungus , rock sugar, wolfberry

Method:

1. Soak the white fungus, remove the stems and tear into pieces;

2. Wash the Sichuan clam and wolfberry. Put it in the soup pot;

3. Pears, with skin on, cut into small pieces, also put in the soup pot;

4. Add 2-3 liters of water to the soup pot, heat it over high heat Bring to a boil and remove the foam;

5. Add rock sugar, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20-30 minutes.

The third item: Soak your feet to drive away the cold. Cold comes from your feet. After cold dew, soaking your feet in hot water is a good choice.

Soaking your feet in hot water can drive away cold air, relax your muscles, activate blood circulation, and warm your whole body.

When soaking your feet, pay attention to the following points:

The amount of water for soaking your feet should be a little more appropriate, so that it does not cover your ankles.

The water temperature for foot bathing should not be too hot or too cold. The optimal water temperature for adult foot bathing is around 38℃~43℃, which is slightly higher than the human body temperature. The best water temperature for footbathing is for the elderly and children. The optimal water temperature is around 35℃~40℃.

The time for soaking your feet should not be too long. It is appropriate to soak your feet until your whole body is slightly sweating, about 30 minutes.

It is appropriate for the elderly to soak their feet for 20 minutes, and for children to soak their feet for 15 minutes.

Add Sichuan peppercorns to foot soaking water to remove dampness and drive away cold.

Wrap 10 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in a cotton cloth, tie it tightly with a rope, add water and boil for 40 minutes, then soak your feet in this water.

People who are afraid of cold and prone to cold hands and feet can use ginger to soak their feet.

Generally, take 15-30 grams of ginger, flatten it, put it into a pot, add half a pot of water, cover the pot and cook with hot water for 10 minutes.

After cooking, pour out all the ginger water, add an appropriate amount of cold water, and bring it to about 40°C without scalding it.

The fourth item: fruits, steamed and eaten

After the cold dew, the weather not only gradually turns colder, but also relatively dry.

At this time, eating more fruits is very beneficial to moisturizing the lungs and fighting dryness evil.

However, many fruits are cold in nature. Some people with weak spleen and stomach and weak constitution will have difficulty digesting and absorbing fruits after cold dew, and may even cause diarrhea.

At this time, you might as well steam the fruit and eat it.

Eating apples raw can better maintain the vitamin C in apples. But after apples are cooked, the content of polyphenols and natural antioxidants will increase, which can also achieve the effects of lowering blood sugar, anti-inflammatory and sterilizing.

Steamed apples have a soft texture, sweet and sour taste, and are helpful in speeding up the body’s metabolism and improving health.

Pear can moisten the lungs and relieve cough. In the dry autumn and winter seasons, many people will peel a pear for themselves and eat it. But pears are cold in nature. Eating raw pears when the weather is cold will make you feel more cold. You should not eat raw pears when exogenous wind-cold causes cough.

But cooked pears can remove the coldness, the pear skin will become slightly bitter, and the effect of removing dryness and moisturizing the lungs is fully released.

The lignin in pear seeds is originally an insoluble fiber, but it will be dissolved in the intestines after heating, pulling harmful cholesterol out of the body.

The fifth item: Basking in the sun

Baking in the sun is a simple and effective way to replenish Yang energy.

Regular exposure to the sun not only helps to dispel cold, but is also beneficial to the internal organs.

In addition, regular exposure to the sun can reduce the risk of influenza viruses and other common respiratory diseases.

The Du Vein on the back is where all the yang meridians converge and governs the yang energy of the body.

Bask in the back sun to make the Du Vein have a relatively high temperature, which is helpful for maintaining Yang Qi.

The appropriate time for basking on the back is about 40-60 minutes. A small amount of sweating and slight drowsiness are the best.

In the sun, open your hands toward the sun, or raise your hands with your palms facing the sun.

Frequently sunbathing your palms can relieve fatigue, promote sleep, and help calm the mind and calm the mind.

The sun is between 6 and 10 o'clock. The infrared rays are relatively strong and the ultraviolet rays are weak. They are relatively mild and suitable for basking on the feet.

Expose your ankles and bask in the soles of your feet in the sun to help drive away cold and reduce cramps.