Spring climate is changeable, hot and cold. It is a season with high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, cerebral thrombosis, stroke, etc. the maintenance effect can be achieved by simple methods! Medical Meteorology shows that the peak incidence of many diseases is closely related to cold air southward and cooling duration, such as cold, dyspepsia, glaucoma, myocardial infarction, stroke, etc.
Spring cover time: in terms of time, first, we should seize the time to prepare for the cold air forecast by the weather station 24-48 hours before it arrives. If the temperature picks up, we will have to cover it for another 7 days or so. If we reduce it too fast, we may get sick. Generally speaking, spring should be covered until the Qingming season.
Spring temperature: 15 degrees
The critical temperature of spring is 15 ℃. The research shows that 15 ℃ can be regarded as the critical temperature of covering and not covering for the majority of the elderly or the weak and sickly people who need to cover in spring. That is to say, when the temperature lasts above 15 ℃ and is relatively stable, it can be left out.
Spring Wu is not wearing a padded jacket, but covering the whole body is easy to make the body weak. The location of Wu is important:
In early spring, the four parts of the wrist, waist, calves and navel need to be covered well.
1. The first key of chunwu
Wrist: guard the blood vessels of the whole body (▲ the original acupoint of the heart meridian at the wrist - Shenmen) the heart is in charge of the blood vessels of the whole body and warms the whole body by delivering Qi and blood. The original acupoint is the acupoint which is in charge of the vital energy of the viscera and the motive force of life, and can strengthen the viscera. So the first key part of chunwu is Shenmen acupoint.
Location: Shenmen point is on the wrist transverse line, the inner side of the tendon under the wrist on the little finger side of the hand.
Indications: chest pain, constipation, anxiety, palpitation, insomnia, anorexia and other diseases, which is one of the important acupoints in the heart meridian of human hand Shaoyin.
Usually, when you are free, you can press Shenmen acupoint 30 times repeatedly with the tip of your thumb, which can remove fidgety and calm your mind. When pressing and rubbing the acupoint, the strength does not need to be too large, nor does it need to pursue the feeling of acid swelling.
2. The second key of chunwu
Waist eye: all will be well if the kidney is good. Waist eye is also an important part of spring Wu. The root of human Yang is in the kidney, and the waist is the house of the kidney. When kidney yang is weak, the waist will be soft and cold. Frequent urination or mental fatigue are easy. Massage waist Shenshu Point can nourish yin and strengthen Yang, invigorate kidney and strengthen waist.
Location: Shenshu Point is located under the second lumbar spinous process and the width of the left and right fingers. Hot compress with hot water bag or moxibustion can warm kidney yang.
Methods: in addition to point pressing, you can clench your fist with both hands, place the protuberance of metacarpophalangeal joint of index finger on Shenshu points on both sides, press and knead clockwise for 9 times first, and then press and knead counterclockwise for 9 times, and do this 36 times in a row.
3. The third key of chunwu
Crus: gather Yang Qi, pain in one year! Many old people are prone to migraine or small abdominal pain, even nausea, vomiting and eye pain. This performance belongs to liver yang deficiency. At this time, we should focus on protecting the outside of the legs, and more hot compress can be applied to the foot, the point of crying and the point of Yang assist.
Location: the point of foot close to the weeping point is the end of the sewing between the fourth toe and the little toe. The method of acupoint selection is to push the finger from the sewing between the four toes and the little toe to the instep direction. When it is pushed to the edge with bones, it is the point of foot close to the weeping point. Yang auxiliary point is located on the outside of the lower leg and four inches above the ankle joint.
4. The fourth key of chunwu
Navel: starting the stillbirth can prolong life! The navel is called Shenque point in traditional Chinese medicine. Warming the navel can stimulate the Yang of the spleen and stomach. Especially for those who are afraid of cold and love diarrhea in the stomach, special attention should be paid to the warmth preservation of this part.
There are three health care methods of Shenque point:
Kneading Chinese Medicine
Every night before going to bed, warm your hands, put them on your navel at the bottom left and top right, and turn them clockwise (opposite for women), 360 times each time.
Gas gathering method
Sit upright, relax, close your eyes slightly, turn your right hand to the Shenque, and concentrate the real Qi energy in the universe into your navel to feel warm.
Abide by the law
Relax, sit around, close your eyes, remove distractions, and focus your mind on the Shenque for more than half an hour each time. After a long time, you will gather your mind into the Qixue, in which the real Qi will occur, and the fetal breath will start slowly.