Spring is a high-risk season for various diseases, and it is very necessary for the elderly to take good care of their health. Let's take a look at the specific health care measures with the editor!
Remember Three Points for Elderly Spring Health
1. Control Desires
Spring is a season suitable for nurturing yang energy. At this time, excessive sexual activity can easily deplete the essence and further damage the yang energy.
Even young people may not be able to handle it, let alone the elderly. Therefore, for the sake of physical health, the elderly should control their desires and avoid frequent sexual activity.
2. Avoid Cold
Spring gradually warms up, and some elderly people feel that their bodies are strong, so they start to dress lightly when the weather gets slightly warmer. They believe that they are healthy and will not catch a cold.
This behavior is incorrect because at this time, one should adhere to the principle of "keeping warm in spring" and not reduce clothing too early. Otherwise, in this fluctuating weather, it is easy to catch a cold.
3. Limit Sour Food
"Limit sour food" means that one should eat less sour food and more sweet food in daily diet. In spring, there is obvious hyperactivity of liver yang in the body. If one eats sour food at this time, it will further aggravate the excessive liver yang.
Excessive liver yang is not a good thing because it can easily damage the spleen and stomach, leading to digestive disorders.
What Soup Should the Elderly Drink for Spring Health
【Pork Blood Spinach Soup】
Take 500g of pork blood, cut into slices, and 500g of spinach, wash and cut. Cook the soup together and season it. Drink it once a day or every other day.
Efficacy: This soup has the effect of nourishing and promoting circulation. It is most suitable for weak individuals and elderly people with constipation or hemorrhoids.
【Kelp and Phoenix Tail Herb Soup】
Use 24g of kelp, 24g of phoenix tail herb, oil, and salt as appropriate. Wash the phoenix tail herb and soak the kelp until soft, then cut into sections.
Put 3 bowls of water in the pot, add the ingredients, and cook until there is one bowl of water left. Season and drink.
Efficacy: This soup can nourish the liver and kidneys, clear heat and dampness, and relieve wind and detoxification. It is suitable for hypertension, dizziness, headaches, and other symptoms caused by liver wind hyperactivity.
【Mung Bean Sprouts and Pork Blood Soup】
Use 250g of mung bean sprouts, 250g of pork blood, 2 cloves of garlic, a small amount of cooking wine, chopped spring onion, ginger, salt, and MSG as appropriate. First, remove the roots of the mung bean sprouts and wash them.
Cut the pork blood into small square pieces and wash them with water. Heat a small amount of oil, sauté minced garlic, spring onion, and ginger.
Add the pork blood and cook with cooking wine, then add water and bring to a boil. Add the mung bean sprouts and cook for another 2 minutes. Season and serve.
Efficacy: This soup is red and white, fragrant, refreshing, and nutritious. It has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing heat, detoxifying, moistening the lungs, and replenishing blood.
It is suitable for cough, hemoptysis, headache, iron-deficiency anemia, as well as preventing and treating cotton dust lung and silicosis.
