Dr. Yu Gui, an expert on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: How to maintain health in the cold of 24 solar terms?

"A bird that stays at night is surprised to fly wild goose, and it's just a matter of static dust. It is windy and frosty in the north, and the clouds overwhelm the snow in Nanshan. You can't know the efficacy of tea until you sleep less, and you have to send wine to compete for luxury when you have a cold. Yan Bing is old enough to smoke snuff, and he is still reading with my robe. " This is "Sitting at Midnight" by Song Dynasty poet Wen Tong, which describes the changes of scenery in cold season. On a cold night, the poet heard birds singing outside the window, lonely geese moaning, the north wind whistling and the snow was coming. Poets can't sleep when drinking tea, and they fight for luxury when delivering wine. Enjoy the peace and read alone at night. At the same time, it also rewards deceived friends and deeply misses them.

Yu Gui, an expert in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and a clinician of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, brought you a set of "guidelines for keeping out the cold and keeping fit".

Four essentials of health preservation in severe cold

The great cold in 2022 was the fourth day of April 9. The Great Cold is the last of the 24 solar terms. "Yi San Li" says that "extreme cold is called great cold". Great cold refers to extremely cold weather. The cathode will glow, and as soon as the cold is over, spring will come. Great cold corresponds to sixty-four hexagrams. Above the pro-hexagram is Kun hexagram, representing the land, and at the bottom is the opposite hexagram, representing water. There is land on Zeshang. There are two yang hexagons below and four yin hexagons above. The sun be the spirit began to grow, waiting for the opportunity, until beginning of spring, the following three hexagram all become yang hexagram, just have the "spring in March, this is called hair Chen" in Neijing.

Keep warm and cold, and avoid related diseases caused by colds.

In the cold season, it is freezing. Cold causes vasoconstriction and high blood pressure, which easily leads to cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage. Cold leads to coronary artery contraction and cardiac spasm, aggravates cardiac ischemia and induces myocardial infarction in severe cases. Lung governs fur, cold and cold drinks will hurt lung. A cold can easily induce respiratory diseases such as pneumonia and asthma. Cold dominates abstinence, and cold coagulation causes pain. Cold can easily cause joint pain.

It is an important measure to keep warm in the cold, avoid going out to exercise in the cold morning and avoid going to cold places.

Exercise slowly, avoid excessive activity and ensure adequate sleep.

In winter and March, this is called closing Tibet. In the cold season, avoid strenuous activities and excessive sweating, which will damage yang and body fluids. Moreover, after sweating, the pores are open, and cold pathogens are easy to invade. You can do some moderate activities indoors, such as Tai Ji Chuan, Baduanjin and Wuqinxi. In winter, the yang should be sealed for use next spring. It is advisable to go to bed early and get up late, so that the sun be the spirit can get a full rest. Don't stay up late to damage the yang. If you have friends with insomnia, you can use Chinese medicine to recuperate.

Yang deficiency and blood stasis can be treated by acupoint application of drugs.

Friends with yang deficiency and blood stasis are prone to cold, cold hands and feet, joint pain of limbs and other symptoms in the cold season. Drugs with the functions of warming yang and dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can regulate meridians by stimulating Dazhui and Shu Fei, so as to achieve the purposes of warming yang and dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Acupoint application is simple, safe and effective. For diseases that are easy to aggravate in winter, winter diseases are treated in winter.

Physical weakness can be supplemented with ointment under the guidance of TCM syndrome differentiation.

As the saying goes, "winter supplements, spring kills tigers." Winter is a good time for tonic. Friends with weak constitution and chronic diseases can take nourishing liver and kidney, calming the heart and nourishing the heart, warming yang and tonifying the kidney, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, nourishing yin and clearing heat, invigorating the middle energizer and invigorating qi, nourishing yin and nourishing blood, soothing the liver and regulating qi, etc. According to their different constitutions.

In the cold season, paying attention to the above four points can reduce the occurrence of diseases, spend the cold healthily and safely, and welcome the arrival of spring.