Winter Solstice Health Points and Knowledge Principles
The winter solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms, and it is also a relatively traditional festival.It’s getting longer and longer, so people have to keep healthy on this day.The main points and principles of winter solstice health are to maintain good living habits, keep out the cold, consolidate the root and protect the qi, and maintain ventilation.
Healthy food for winter solstice
1.Chinese cabbage
As we all know, Chinese cabbage is a food rich in vitamin C and vitamin E, which is very helpful for skin care and beauty.Chinese cabbage is very rich in crude fiber, which not only has the effect of moistening the intestines and detoxification, but also stimulates the peristalsis of the stomach and intestines, which is very helpful for digestion and convenience.
2.Chinese yam
Chinese yam can strengthen muscles and bones and moisten the fur.Huaishan is an excellent food and medicine ingredient, which can provide the human body with a sufficient amount of mucoprotein, so as to achieve the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach, and benefiting the lungs and relieving cough.It is worth noting that Chinese yam is a moisturizing ingredient, and people with strong moisture should not take it alone, and most people can eat it.
3.Chicken leg mushrooms
Chicken leg mushrooms can benefit the spleen and stomach and increase appetite.Chicken leg mushroom is named after it looks like a chicken leg.It is delicious and nutritious.It is regarded as a "rookie in bacteria".Regular consumption can effectively increase appetite and help improve the body’s immunity, especially suitable for winter solstice.Chicken leg mushrooms contain very high nutritional value, among which maltase and tyrosinase can promote digestion and help lower blood pressure.In addition, chicken leg mushrooms are rich in compounds, which have strong preventive and therapeutic effects on anti-cancer and anti-cancer, and are especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to eat healthily.
4.Tremella chicken soup
10 grams of Tremella, J00 grams of chicken, salt and other condiments.Soak the white fungus in water to soften, then add water to the chicken and cook it, bring to a boil over high heat, change to low heat, cook for half an hour, and add seasonings.
5.Stewed radish with mutton
200 grams each of white radish and carrot, 250 grams of mutton, appropriate amount of ginger, cooking wine and salt.Peel, wash and cut the carrots and white radishes into pieces, wash and cut the mutton into pieces and blanch in boiling water to remove the blood for later use.Put water in the casserole, boil it on high heat, add mutton, ginger, cooking wine, simmer on low heat until it is six mature, add radish and simmer until the mutton is overcooked, add salt and monosodium glutamate and serve.
Health care items on the winter solstice
1.Daily life
The first step in the winter solstice health care is reflected in the daily life.We should go to bed early and get up late, and wait for the sun to appear before going out for activities.At the same time, also wear close-fitting warm clothing to protect against the cold.In addition, if you can take a good nap before and after the winter solstice, it will play an important role in health preservation.
2.Keep the indoor ventilated smoothly
The climate is cold and the temperature is low on the winter solstice.Many people are used to closing the windows when they are at home in order to keep warm and cold.This practice is unscientific..If you stay in an unventilated room for a long time, the carbon dioxide in the room will increase sharply.In addition to the decomposition products of sweat and the elimination of bad gases from the digestive tract, the indoor air quality will be greatly reduced, which will cause people to experience dizziness and loss of appetite in such an environment, which is not conducive to human health.Therefore, during the winter solstice, windows should be opened as much as possible to ensure that there is a certain amount of fresh oxygen in the room.
3.Consolidate the body and protect the qi
Winter makes the climate colder, the yang qi of heaven and earth is hidden, and it should be used by the human body.Winter is also the best time for the human body to recharge.At this stage, human beings should not only pay attention to health preservation in daily life, but also pay attention to the winter tonic of diet and medicine.Medicinal health care should be based on consolidating the foundation of innate and protecting acquired qi.The so-called "innate foundation" means that the kidney is the innate foundation and the root of life.Kidney qi is abundant, the body’s metabolic capacity is strong, and people’s aging speed is slow; the so-called "acquired qi" refers to the spleen and stomach as the acquired qi and the source of qi and blood biochemistry.The nutrients needed for the body’s life activities are supplied by the spleen and stomach.
4.Keeping warm
The winter solstice is the beginning of the "number nine".The diet is mainly warm, such as glutinous rice, dog meat, jujube, longan, sesame, leek, fungus, etc., and less cold foods such as cold drinks and seafood; pay attention to keeping warm when going out, and the elderly should try their best to keep warm in the morning and evening when the temperature is low Go out less, keep warm and exercise moderately.
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