Slight cold and freezing, 3 points to keep warm and protect the kidney, and more exercise. These three actions strengthen the kidney, nourish the yang and prevent diseases.

65438+10.5 is the "slight cold" in the 24 solar terms. There is a saying in the 24 solar terms: "Slight cold, December Festival. The cold was still small at the beginning of the month, so it was cloudy. It will be big in half a month. " After entering the slight cold, it means that the coldest day of the year is coming.

Proverbs: heat is at three volts, and cold is at three or nine. Although slight cold means "it's getting cold, but it's not cold yet." However, because it is around the coldest March 9 of the year, the folk proverb: "It is 239 when it is cold, and it is shivering with cold", which just shows the cold degree of solar terms. Therefore, there has always been a saying among the people that "a slight cold is better than a severe cold".

Zhang Zhenzhong, a Chinese medicine expert from kidney disease hospital, Beijing Medical University, said that the prevention of mild colds should focus on keeping warm and nourishing the kidney, protecting the three parts from the cold, eating warm food can drive away the cold, exercising in winter can promote blood circulation, and proper moxibustion can enhance resistance. Doing three actions often can benefit qi and kidney, enhance immunity and prevent colds.

It's cold, keep warm and drive away the cold.

1, head and neck protection. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "cold is blood stasis" and "cold is yin evil". When the weather is cold, the blood vessels will contract, and the blood circulation will slow down, resulting in a decrease in blood supply to the brain. The head is the "meeting of all yang", and the twelve meridians's yang meridians reach the head, which is vulnerable to the invasion of yin and evil. So keeping your head and neck warm is the first priority. Remember to wear a hat and scarf when you go out, and dry your hair as soon as possible after washing your hair, so as not to catch a cold and cause headaches, dizziness and even cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Usually, warm palms can be used to rub the cervical Dazhui point for twenty or thirty times until local fever occurs, which can tonify yang, dispel wind and cold, promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals.

2. Protect your back. Chinese medicine believes that "the waist is the house of the kidney", and the kidney likes warmth and hates cold. The waist and back are the circulation parts of bladder meridian and du meridian, and it is easy to damage the yang if you catch cold. The key to protect the waist and kidney is to keep the waist warm. You can bask in the sun every day, massage waist points such as Yao Yan and Shenshu, and tonify kidney and strengthen yang.

3. protect your feet. As the saying goes: cold starts from the feet. Feet are farthest away from the human heart, activities in winter are reduced, and cold easily invades through the soles of feet. And the acupoints on the soles of the feet can imply the internal organs of the whole body. Besides wearing thick shoes and socks, you can also soak your feet and massage Yongquan point before going to bed to promote blood circulation and sleep.

Moderate exercise can relax muscles and promote blood circulation.

As the saying goes, if you are lazy in winter, drink more medicine. The slight cold solar term is in the "March 9" cold weather. Cold can make people feel stiff joints and lazy to exercise, while moderate exercise is beneficial to blood circulation, exercise bones and muscles, and promote the rise of yang.

In the slight cold season, the temperature is cold in the morning, which is not suitable for outdoor activities. After the sun comes out, if it is a calm sunny day, you can go outdoors for moderate exercise. It is not advisable to do strenuous exercise in winter, but you can just feel hot and slightly sweaty. You can choose suitable exercise methods according to your physical condition. Baduanjin, Tai Ji Chuan and Taiji Sword are all good choices, such as walking, jogging, doing exercises, skipping rope and kicking shuttlecock. Experts emphasize that the best exercise time should be 1 0-1and 14-16, and exercise for 30 minutes to1hour every day, 2-3 times a week.

Eat warm food to warm and nourish Yang Qi.

Winter is a good time to eat mutton and chicken, especially for people with yang deficiency, duck and goose are the best supplements for people with yin deficiency. It is advisable to stew to keep the heat; Avoid eating sticky and cold food.

Tonifying kidney in winter, eating more black food, such as black rice, black sesame, black jujube, black fungus, black-bone chicken, etc. , can supplement essence, improve immunity and maintain vigorous energy.

It is suitable to drink hot porridge in winter, such as mutton porridge, to warm up the yang; Grain porridge, nourishing the heart and removing troubles; Walnut porridge, nourishing yin and solidifying essence; Sweet potato porridge, nourishing liver and kidney; Jujube porridge can make people feel warm and energetic; Yam porridge tonifies kidney and nourishes blood.

Moxibustion in March and September can supplement Yang Qi and enhance immunity.

As the saying goes, "It's three days in winter in Xia San", and moxibustion for three or nine days has many benefits. (1) Health care and fitness. In winter, the body's immune system will decline. Moxibustion can regulate the qi and blood of the body, stimulate the immune function of the human body, promote metabolism and strengthen the body. (2) Warming meridians to dispel cold. Qi and blood have the characteristics of "warming leads to movement, and cold leads to coagulation", while the pure yang heat and medicinal properties of moxa fire can dispel dampness and turbidity, dispel cold and return to yang, thus achieving the functions of warming meridians, dispelling cold, promoting qi circulation, removing stagnation and relieving depression.

If the drugs with pungent warming, expectorant, dredging channels, and relieving asthma are used, the acupuncture points will be continuously stimulated, and the curative effect of the drugs will be improved, so as to achieve the functions of warming yang and benefiting qi, eliminating cold pathogens, warming spleen and kidney, and enhancing the body's disease resistance.

Slight cold protects the kidney and does three actions.

Traditional Chinese medicine has the principle of "liver in spring, heart in summer, spleen in summer, lung in autumn and kidney in winter", and health preservation in winter should be "nourishing kidney to prevent cold". These three actions, qi and kidney.

1, bite your teeth and swallow. Tapping teeth has a good kidney-tonifying effect. There is a folk proverb in our country: "Thirty-six plans are the best policy, and you won't lose your teeth until you get old." Especially in winter, it is beneficial to kidney and kidney.

Tooth is a part of human skeleton, and tooth looseness is related to deficiency of kidney qi and qi and blood. Frequent knocking on teeth can tonify kidney, stabilize essence, balance yin and yang, dredge qi and blood, dredge meridians, and thus enhance health. The regimen of chewing teeth and swallowing saliva can be carried out all year round, not only in the cold season, but also in perseverance.

2, often press Yongquan. In the health care massage method of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that correct massage of Yongquan point can cure all diseases. The meridians of the kidney start from the foot, and Yongquan point in the heart of the foot is its main point. Yongquan point is a big point for human longevity, and regular massage can make people energetic.

Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is an important organ with multiple functions in the human body. Huangdi Neijing said: "The kidney comes from the spring, and the spring is full of heart." That is to say, the qi of the kidney meridian is like the source water, which comes from the foot and pours out to irrigate all parts of the body and limbs. Regular massage of this acupoint can make people full of kidney essence and energy, and all diseases are not born.

3. Lift the heel and press Shenshu point. Naturally, your legs are shoulder width apart, stand on tiptoe, lift your heels, put your bare hands on Shenshu point, and rub the point repeatedly by shaking your knee joint up and down until your waist is slightly hot. Doing it for 3~5 minutes every day can relieve fatigue, warm the body and strengthen the kidney.

A group of Foot Sanyin Meridians including Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridians, Foot Jueyin Liver Meridians and Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridians are distributed in the inner thigh. Lift heel can dredge channels and collaterals, stimulate middle qi, and achieve the function of tonifying kidney and consolidating the foundation. Massage Shenshu is also beneficial to kidney health care, warming yang and tonifying kidney.