Today's equinox! During the golden period of the year to replenish the kidney and dispel dampness, the whole family must do this, and if you miss it, you will lose a lot!

"Spring equinox", which means "impartiality", is a watershed in the whole spring, after the spring equinox, the world is clear, so the health of this solar term is particularly important.

March 20th, is the spring equinox in the 24 solar terms, the spring equinox is the middle of the 90 days of spring, at this time the severe cold has gone, the temperature rises faster, the willows on the shore are getting green, the warbler flies and the grass grows, it is the most active period of human body functions.

Scientific research has found that March and April are the best time of the year for health preservation, that is, after the spring equinox.




The golden period of liver nourishment

Drink shepherd's cabbage and white grass drink



Traditional Chinese medicine has a saying that "the four seasons have their own emphasis", and spring nourishment is the time when the liver is prosperous, and nourishing yang and benefiting the liver is the most important.

Diet nourishes the liver:

In spring, it is advisable to reduce acid and increase sweetness, and eat more sweet foods such as jujube and honey. In addition, you can drink some shepherd's cabbage white grass drink, take 30 grams of fresh shepherd's cabbage, 50 grams of white grass root, decoction in water, 1 day 1 substitute tea.

Massage to nourish the liver:
You can often press the liver acupoint (under the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 inches next to the Du pulse) and the Taichong point (in the depression of the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones between the instep and big toe).




The golden period of kidney protection

Lie with your hands back on your back



The weather in spring is pleasant, which is a good time for patients with poor kidney function to nourish and recuperate. However, because spring is the time when yang energy is generated, it is wonderful to tonify the kidney, and the action of lying down before going to bed has such an effect.

Lie with the back of your hands on your waist: Before going to bed, put the backs of your hands close to your waist and lie on your back on the bed, after 5~10 minutes, the heat will gradually spread throughout the body.



Before going to bed, after the person's hands are close to the second kidney, the heat of the palms directly warms the second kidney, forcing out the cold qi in the kidney, and through running, it becomes sweat and excretes from the body.

Especially from 10:30 to 11 o'clock in the evening, it is the end of the sea and the beginning of the child, at this moment the earth qi is the most vigorous, the earth qi is inhaled through the inner labor palace, and directly injected into the second kidney through the outer labor palace, accompanied by the heat of the two palms and the qi of the five elements, warming the two kidneys.

At first, the palms will be numb and swollen when pressed by the waist, but after 3-5 days, they will be able to adapt and disappear, and the legs will feel relaxed and flexible. People who are often heavy drinkers will still ooze sweat beads from their brains, and some will sweat from their waists, which is a good sign that the kidney qi is gradually filling!




The golden period of dampness

Drink the soup of the four gods for half a month



March is a month with a relatively lot of rain, when the climate is humid, cold, repeatedly changeable, and the air humidity concentration is large, so the body can not escape the invasion of moisture, so March is also a very important step for the body to remove dampness.


After the spring equinox, it is recommended that you try the famous spleen and dampness food recipe of traditional Chinese medicine - Sishen Soup. Among them, the "four gods" refer to barley, lotus seeds, yams, and poria cocos, and the ratio of the four ingredients can be kept at 1:1:1:1.

In the soup of the four gods, there are not only Poria cocos to dissolve dampness, but also coix seeds to clear heat, barley seeds can also convert moisture into liquid, and there are yam lotus seeds to replenish deficiency, and can calm the water, to achieve the function of calming the nerves, so that the dampness is no longer harmful, so as to regulate the body as a whole and achieve health.

The soup can be boiled separately or added to any other soup you want to cook and boiled together, as the taste of the soup is sweet and bland, and it will not affect the taste of the other soups. You can also cut the ingredients of the Sishen soup into small cubes when cooking porridge, and cook porridge with glutinous rice or rice, and stick to it for a long time.




The golden period of detoxification

Eat jealousy and mix fungus to detoxify



If you don't detoxify in spring, your body will be blocked for a year. The fat, toxins and heat accumulation of the winter are "sequestered" in the body and are difficult to excrete, so fat reduction and detoxification are the top priority.

Drink 3 glasses of water  
Drink 400~500ml of warm water every morning; Drink 400 ml of warm water in the morning and afternoon; Drinking 100~200ml of warm water at night can reduce blood viscosity and help remove toxins from the body.

Walking 6,000 steps  
briskly Walking briskly is good for preventing constipation, and sweating profusely after exercise is the best way to detoxify the skin.




The golden period for weight loss

Eating more legumes can help you lose weight



Spring weather starts to warm up and doesn't need more heat to cope with the cold outside, so it's a golden time to lose weight! The specific recommendations are as follows:

Exercise for more than  half an hour


Studies have shown that the first 30 minutes of a workout consume water and sugar in the body, and it takes 30 minutes before you start burning fat.

Eat more legumes  

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada, found that legumes such as soybeans, peas, and lentils are rich in dietary fiber, and eating them regularly can help reduce weight loss and cholesterol levels.

Combined with diuretic and swelling reduction diet  

Here we recommend eating orange peel and red bean paste. Take the red beans and soak them for a few hours and cook them. Place the boiled red beans in a food processor and add the ponzu sauce. Stir the red bean paste, mix it with yogurt, and add some candied orange peel, it tastes very good.




The golden period of skincare

Peach blossoms into porridge for beauty and beauty



The growth of yang qi in spring is conducive to the metaplasia of qi and blood and the generation of essence and blood, which is the golden stage for skin maintenance.

Tapping the meridians  

Stand up straight and use your empty fists to slap from the sides of your buttocks along your thighs to your knees for two or three minutes at a time.

Peach blossoms  in spring


Peach blossom is warm, can improve skin dryness, freckle removal and whitening. Peach blossoms can be used to make tea or porridge. Take 2 grams of peach blossoms (dry product), 100 grams of japonica rice, 10 grams of brown sugar, soak the peach blossoms in water for 15 minutes, add japonica rice, simmer the porridge, add brown sugar and mix well when it is about to become porridge.

The vernal equinox is a critical time of the year to balance yin and yang. Share it with old classmates and friends, send spring equinox blessings and the most complete spring equinox health strategy~