Qingming Health Guide: Follow the season and take care of your body and mind

During the Qingming Festival, the temperature rises and rain increases, so you need to pay attention to your health.Soothe the liver and strengthen the spleen, prevent dampness and cold.Core content includes:Eat a light diet, exercise moderately, regulate emotions, prevent diseases and allergies.The diet should be based on seasonal vegetables, such as shepherd's purse and toon; moderate sports such as hiking and Tai Chi are recommended for exercise; avoid depression or irritability emotionally; and pay attention to pollen allergies and flu prevention.Secondary content involves work and rest adjustments and the health application of traditional customs (such as mugwort fumigation).

Diet preparation: mainly light food, using spring vegetables skillfully

Qingming diet should beLess sour and more sweet, eat more spleen-strengthening foods such as spinach and yam, and avoid greasy and spicy foods.Liver fire tends to be strong in spring, so you can drink chrysanthemum tea or mint water to clear the liver and improve eyesight.In the traditional custom of "eating green food during the Qingming Festival", mugwort glutinous rice cakes, shepherd's purse dumplings, etc. are both suitable for the occasion and aid digestion.It should be noted that people with allergies should eat wild vegetables with caution to avoid causing discomfort.Recommended recipes:Chinese toon scrambled eggs(Chinese toon is rich in vitamin C),Lily lotus seed porridge(calming the nerves and moisturizing the lungs).

Sports and daily life: combination of movement and stillness, moisture-proof and warm

Movement withSoothing aerobicMainly, such as walking and Baduanjin, to avoid excessive sweating and consuming Yang.Practice yoga or stretching indoors on rainy days.In terms of daily life, get up early to comply with the rising Yang Qi, but you need to pay attention to the "spring cover", especially taking good care of the joints and abdomen.In humid areas in the south, you can boil moxa leaves and soak your feet in water to get rid of the cold, or smoke moxa sticks to remove moisture (such asNanyang Ai Rong FactoryProduced moxa).People with allergies are advised to wear masks when going out to reduce pollen exposure.

Emotional care: relieve depression and calm the mind

Mood is easy to fluctuate in spring, which can be solved byOuting, admiring flowers, meditatingWays to relieve stress."Huangdi Neijing" mentions that "in the third month of spring, sleep at night and get up early, and walk in the courtyard", emphasizing relaxation of body and mind.To avoid overthinking and damaging the spleen, you can listen to light music or communicate with relatives and friends.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver governs emotions, and appropriate pressureTaichong point(at the first metatarsal space on the top of the foot) helps relieve irritability.

Comprehensive suggestions: combine tradition and modernity

Qingming health needsAdapt measures to local conditions: In the north, you can drink pear water to prevent dryness, while in the south, you can drink pear water to prevent dryness.Combining traditional methods (such as moxibustion) and modern medicine (such as vitamin supplementation to enhance immunity).Recommended products:Tong Ren Tang Chrysanthemum Cassia Seed Tea(clear liver fire),Yunnan Baiyao Mugwort Patch(Removing dampness and relieving pain).Pay attention to allergen testing and flu vaccination.Through multi-dimensional adjustment of diet, exercise, and emotions, we can achieve the health-preserving effect of "correspondence between nature and man".

Quote sources:

1. Spring health theory of "Huangdi Neijing"
2. China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine's "Twenty-Four Solar Terms Health Preservation Guide"
3. Nanyang Ai Rong Factory (Ai Zhu Products)
4. Tong Ren Tang (Chrysanthemum Cassia Seed Tea)
5. Yunnan Baiyao Group (Ai Ye Tie)