Warm reminders about climate and solar terms, and precautions for late spring cold

The late spring weather is cold and the climate is changeable. Many common diseases in this season are ready to take advantage of it. At this time, making timely adjustments to your daily life, diet and other aspects can help you. To survive the late spring cold healthily, let’s take a look at the precautions for late spring cold.

Note 1: It is not advisable to do strenuous exercise

The weather changes greatly during the late spring cold season, especially in the north, where it is still relatively cold. Therefore, it is not advisable to do too strenuous exercise. , in order to allow the liver qi to rise slowly and gently, and avoid losing control of the liver qi due to excessive consumption of energy (middle qi) in the body, causing the liver qi to escape too much all at once and cause symptoms such as fever and internal heat. You can do some relaxing exercises such as walking and Tai Chi.

Note 2: Do a good job of covering up in spring

The weather is cooler in late spring, so you should pay attention to dressing according to the temperature. At the same time, do not eat too much cold food or drink herbal tea. Instead, eat some warmer sweets to nourish the spleen and stomach and prevent the spleen and stomach from getting cold. Just as Sun Simiao, the king of medicine in the Tang Dynasty, said: "In spring, it is better to reduce acidity and increase sweetness to nourish the spleen."

Note 3: Pay attention to adjusting your diet and eat more flavored foods such as celery

In the cold season of late spring, dietary adjustments are based on the warmer weather in spring, cooler mornings and evenings, increasing wind evils, and dryness of the mouth and tongue. Therefore, we should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits to replenish body moisture and eat less greasy food. You can eat more dates, lotus seeds, yams, leeks, spinach, etc. Northerners mostly use porridge as their dietary therapy, which can be made into yam porridge, lotus seed porridge, red date porridge, etc. During this season, we should eat less warm foods such as mutton.

During the "late spring cold" season, people need to prevent typhoid fever and colds. They should not only keep warm and prevent colds, but also add garlic, onions, celery and other flavored foods to their diet. Benefits for multiple respiratory infections, heart attacks and strokes. At the same time, Chinese medicine believes that vegetables such as onions, ginger, garlic, and celery can dispel wind and cold and help the human body to kill bacteria and prevent diseases. Garlic, in particular, has a greater effect.

Note 4: Be calm

Meditating will make the qi and blood stable, which will neither disturb the blood nor damage the heart qi. Only when the heart qi is abundant can the spleen be nourished, and nourishing the spleen can strengthen the stomach. The weather in spring is changeable, so you must maintain a calm and normal state of mind. At the same time, one must be pure of heart and have few desires, and not work rashly in order to nourish one’s vitality.