Health preservation begins with stretching. Do you agree with this sentence?

Health preservation begins with stretching. Do you agree with this sentence? According to the theory of TCM, the solar terms in beginning of spring are the turning point from nourishing yin in autumn and winter to nourishing yang in spring and summer.

Liver should be nourished in spring, and health begins with learning and stretching. Many people have this experience, just getting up in the morning or getting tired from work, stretching exercise has unspeakable comfort. In fact, this is a conditioned reflex to human health, especially to liver health. When the human body is sleepy, blood circulation is slow.

At this time, if you stretch your limbs, stretch your waist and abdomen, and take a deep breath, it will play a role in bringing forth the new, invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation, dredging meridians and joints, and invigorating the spirit. Stretching has a certain technical content. Stretching makes the body stretch as much as possible, the limbs are straight, and the muscles of the body must be hard. When stretching, try to inhale; When you relax, you should relax all your muscles and exhale as much as possible, so that the exercise effect will be better. For the elderly, doing this action often can also increase the flexibility of muscles and ligaments and delay aging.

After getting up, do a stretching exercise: lie on the bed, face the ceiling, gently stretch your whole body, stretch your hands up as close as possible to your ears, keep your knees slightly open, straighten your legs, and stretch your fingers and feet as much as possible. Then focus on abdominal breathing, inhale and exhale twice, 15 seconds.

Health care should be scientific, vary from person to person, let nature take its course, and adopt a way that suits you according to your specific situation. The purpose of health preservation is to prolong life and improve the quality of life. I call my regimen "one, two, three, four and five" for short. "One" means health first. Clarify the purpose of health, enhance the awareness of health care and explore the road to health. Bacon said: "Health is human nature."

Spring in Beijing came early this year, full of warmth and romance. At this time, Wang Guowei, a famous TCM health expert, chief health science expert of China TCM Society and vice president of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told people that spring is a season of rising yang and vitality, and it is also a good time to start a new round of health preservation, and different types of people have different health preservation in spring.