The arrival of the Snow Festival indicates that the weather will become colder, and at this time of year people should pay attention to health care in order to regulate the body. So let's take a look at how to take care of your health in the snow?
Tune your mind
Before and after the snow, the weather is often cold and dark, people's mood will also be affected by it, thus affecting the normal physiology of the human body, so that the internal organs of Qi and blood function disorders, leading to the occurrence of disease. Therefore, winter should pay attention to emotional conditioning, maintain an optimistic state of mind.
Nourish the kidneys
The basic principle of winter health is "hiding", and the body's metabolism is slower after the Yang energy is closed, so we have to rely on the kidney, the driving force of life, to ensure that life activities adapt to the changes in nature. Therefore, it is advisable to consolidate kidney energy and strengthen the regulatory function of the body during winter.
Clear fire and moisten dryness
Snow Festival, the outdoor cold, indoor will take a variety of heating measures, coupled with people dressed tightly, the body's heat does not get out, it is easy to produce "internal fire", which is often said to be on fire. It is recommended to drink more hot soup and choose a light diet at this time.
Increase warm food
Snow Festival, the weather is dry, the temperature is low, the human body cold exuberant. Therefore, you need to add some more to make the body "hot" food, such as mutton, goose, beef and other warm food and black fungus, black sesame and other black food.
Increase bitterness to nourish the heart
Winter diet should not eat too much salty food, so as not to make the already hyperactive kidney water more hyperactive, resulting in the weakening of the heart Yang. Therefore, the winter diet should be less salty and more bitter, to resist the kidney water, nourish the heart Qi, in order to protect the heart and nourish the soul, to maintain the balance of the body's yin and Yang.
