Modern women not only have to be busy with their careers, but also with their families. They constantly drink coffee to stay alert during work. Often skipping breakfast and having lunch with either boxed meals or instant noodles. After work, they either go out for dinner or go to bars. Or they just sit in front of the TV after finishing their meal. As a result, poor dietary structure, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, and other unhealthy lifestyles deplete their blood and harm their health. This not only endangers women's health, but also damages their appearance. So how can we ensure that the qi and blood flow smoothly? Try these methods, stick to them, and you will definitely see changes.
1. Dietary Therapy
In daily life, it is advisable to eat more high-quality protein, essential trace elements (such as iron, copper), folic acid, and vitamin B12, which are rich in "hematopoietic materials". Nutritious foods such as chicken, black-bone chicken, pig blood, pig liver, sea cucumber, eel, spinach, carrots, mountain vegetables, longan meat, walnuts, red dates, black sesame seeds, red beans, lotus seeds, eggs, and red quinoa. They all have the function of nourishing and promoting blood circulation.
2. Exercise Therapy
Exercise is also an essential part of therapy. It can promote blood circulation, accelerate metabolism, and enhance the hematopoietic function of bone marrow. You can choose activities such as running, yoga, hiking, qigong, health-preserving exercises, and fitness aerobics. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine believes that "excessive use of eyes harms blood". This means that excessive use of eyes can deplete the qi and blood in the body, leading to insufficient blood. For professional women who work in front of computers for long periods of time and people who work with their eyes for long periods of time, special attention should be paid to resting and taking care of their eyes to prevent depletion of qi and blood caused by excessive use of eyes.
3. Meridian Therapy
Regular head, face, and foot massages can help dissipate stagnant blood and maintaining health. Consistently applying moxibustion to acupoints such as Guan Yuan, Qi Hai, Zu San Li, and San Yin Jiao also has certain anti-aging effects.
4. Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy
Traditional Chinese medicine therapy is also a good method. For example, commonly used blood-nourishing herbs such as angelica, chuanxiong, safflower, cooked rehmannia, peach kernel, codonopsis, astragalus, polygonum multiflorum, goji berries, yam, donkey-hide gelatin, salvia, and rose, can be used together with blood-nourishing foods to make delicious medicinal meals. The effect of nourishing qi and blood will be doubled.
5. Mind and Emotion Therapy
A pleasant mood and optimistic attitude not only enhance the body's immunity, but also benefit mental and emotional health. At the same time, it can stimulate the hematopoietic function of bone marrow, make the skin ruddy, and give the face a radiant glow.
