Eat warm and not dry

Winter diet is very important. In winter, people like to eat warm food to resist the cold. For example, if you eat venison and antler, you will feel warm after eating, and by the way, you can nourish your kidneys.

But be careful of patients with gastrointestinal disease, gout, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, etc., should avoid eating spicy hot pot. And you can't eat cold foods, and negative fruits and vegetables, because it is easy to cause cold attacks inside and outside the body.

Avoid sleeping with your head covered

 In winter, it is cold, and the blanket is usually thick. Therefore, the air in the blanket is not smooth, coupled with the body odor and sweat from the human body, the carbon dioxide in the exhaled breath, and the harmful gas discharged from the intestines, resulting in turbid air in the blanket.

If you sleep with your head covered, the oxygen saturation in the body will decrease. In severe cases, it will affect the physiological function of the large intestine. When you wake up the next morning, you will experience dizziness, lethargy, loss of appetite, and memory loss.

Be aware of temperature differences and prevent colds

The temperature in early winter begins to change from warm to cold, and people are not used to it and cannot adapt, so the incidence of colds is high. Because the temperature is extremely low in the early morning, you should pay attention to bed early in your life and get up late to avoid cold.

The diet should be warm tonic, avoid cold

The gastrointestinal tract is rich in nerve cells, so it is more sensitive to external cold air stimulation. If the temperature is too low or eating too much cold food will cause adverse reactions in the digestive tract, such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. In winter, you must pay special attention to the maintenance of the stomach and intestines. Do not eat raw or cold foods. You can eat more warm foods such as lamb, which is beneficial to health.

Lying early in the morning and getting up late in the evening, nourish the kidney and prevent cold.

Preventing cold and strengthening the kidney is the key to health preservation in winter. Go to bed early in winter, go to bed no later than 11 o'clock every day, and ensure 7-8 hours of sleep. Frail patients and those with low autoimmunity should pay more attention to increasing sleep time.

Pay special attention to the warmth of three parts in winter. One is a warm head. When the head is exposed to cold stimulation, the blood vessels will contract and the head muscles will be tense, which can easily cause headaches, colds, and even gastrointestinal discomfort. The second is back warmth. Cold stimulation can affect local muscles or afferent internal organs through acupuncture points on the back, which can easily cause symptoms such as cough, stiff neck, and back pain. The third is warm feet. Once the foot catches a cold, it can reflexively cause the capillaries in the upper respiratory tract mucosa to constrict, slow down the movement of cilia, and decrease resistance. It is easy to catch a cold and cough.

diet

 (1) It is better to warm up

 Winter is the season for tonic. Foods suitable for winter tonic are: lamb, dog meat, beef, chicken, goose, duck, eel, walnuts, chestnuts, red ginseng, astragalus, red dates, codonopsis, angelica, red beans, leeks, coriander and so on. According to the individual's physical condition, choose the appropriate food tonic. However, it is not advisable to take too much or too frequent tonic, so as not to absorb it and cause waste, or cause other fever diseases due to excessive supplement.

 (2) Avoid cold and cold

Foods that are too cold in winter will affect the spleen and stomach's transport and chemical functions, causing cold stomach pain or cold bowel diarrhea and other diseases. Therefore, bananas, watermelons, mung beans and other foods should be eaten less in winter.

Three, physical therapy

Warm water brushing: gargle with warm water of about 35 degrees Celsius in winter, which is beneficial to dental health, and achieves the purpose of protecting teeth and reducing periodontitis, gingivitis and other oral diseases.

Wash your face with cold water: Wash your face with cold water in the morning in winter, which can not only improve facial blood circulation, enhance the body's ability to keep cold, prevent colds and rhinitis, but also enhance skin elasticity. However, the cold water temperature should not be too low, preferably slightly higher than 10 degrees Celsius.

Hot water feet: Soak your feet with hot water at 55-70 degrees Celsius before going to bed in winter, which can relieve fatigue and help sleep, improve blood circulation in the feet, and prevent frostbite.