As the weather turns cooler in autumn, the lungs are susceptible to cold air and discomfort, so it is important to nourish the lungs in autumn. So let's take a look at how to nourish the lungs in autumn.
Diet for lungs
Autumn lung should eat more yam, lily, silver fungus, honey, sesame, beans, lotus, walnuts, peanuts, white radish, pear and other foods. Through dietary regimen is to achieve the effect of the production of lung and lung, the supplementation of Qi and lung.
Lily almond and red bean porridge: cook the right amount of lily, almond and red bean together into a porridge, and mix in the right amount of sugar, which has the effect of nourishing Yin and lung.
Loquat and Chuanbei drink: Boil loquat leaves, fresh pear skin and Chuanbei together with water, mix with appropriate amount of rock sugar and take the juice to treat dry mouth and cough.
Smile often to promote the lungs
In Chinese medicine, it is said that "laughing often is good for the lungs". Modern medical research has also proved that laughing is indeed the best kind of "exercise" for the organism, and different degrees of laughing have appropriate coordination effects on the respiratory organs, chest, abdomen, internal organs, muscles and other organs. Especially for the respiratory system, laughing can make the lungs expand, people in the laughing will also unconsciously deep breathing, clean the respiratory tract, so that breathing smoothly. In addition, when people laugh, they can absorb more oxygen into the body, with the smooth blood line throughout the body, so that every cell of the body can get enough oxygen.
Tips: Although laughing can get rid of disease and fitness, but must be moderate, especially those suffering from hypertension and arteriosclerosis and post-surgery patients should not laugh loudly, laughing. Pregnant women should not often laugh, so as not to cause violent abdominal convulsions resulting in premature birth or miscarriage.
Breathing to clear the lungs
Moderate breathing movements can help to clear the lungs. Here are two relatively simple breathing methods to clear the lungs.
Abdominal breathing: stretch out your arms, try to expand your chest, and then use your abdomen to drive to breathe. The purpose of this breathing method is to increase lung capacity, which is especially beneficial to the recovery of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema.
Lip constriction breathing method: quickly inhale a full breath, exhale like whistling slowly "blow" out, the purpose is to let the air in the lungs stay longer, so that the lung gas exchange more fully, bronchitis patients can often do.
The above-mentioned breathing method is best practiced every morning and evening, each group of times can be measured.
Massage to protect the lungs
Press Yingxiang point: Yingxiang point is located in the nasolabial groove and the junction of the nose, the outer thumbs of both hands rubbed against each other, there is a sense of heat, with the outer thumbs along the bridge of the nose, both sides of the nose up and down massage about 60 times, and then, massage the nose on both sides of the Yingxiang point 20 times. Do one or two groups each morning and evening.
Knock lung points: lung points are located on the back of the body, when the third thoracic vertebrae under the spinous process, the left and right side of the two-finger width. Every night before going to bed sitting on a chair, the two knees naturally apart, hands on the thighs, head is closed, the whole body relaxed, intention to keep the Dantian. Inhale in the chest, hold both hands into a hollow fist, tap the lung point on the back dozens of times, while lifting the hand with the palm from both sides of the back from the bottom to the top pat, for about 10 minutes.
This method can relieve the Qi in the chest, has the effect of strengthening the lungs and nourishing the lungs, and helps to discharge the phlegm in the body, and can pass the meridians in the back and prevent colds.
Exercise for lung health
Lung health qigong: the main collection of autumn, so the exercise should be appropriate to static work. For example, in the daily dinner 2 hours after the first 10 to 15 minutes of slow walking, and then find a quiet environment, relatively open place, stand and relax the whole body, eyes slowly forward flat, feet open and shoulder width, palms together palms up, placed in the navel about 3 centimeters below the position, inhale when the abdomen, and then slowly exhale to relax. Practice for half an hour, it is very helpful for lung health.
In addition, cold tolerance exercises, such as washing your face with cold water and showering, are effective in preventing respiratory diseases such as typhoid, cold and bronchitis. In addition to cold water exercise, you can also choose some aerobic exercise programs that help to improve cold resistance exercise, such as mountain climbing, autumn and winter swimming, etc.
