Take care of these 4 "switches" and get less sick in spring





In spring, it is always joyful and worrying: the flowers and grass are out, but the next day you may suddenly catch a cold...... Why is that? In this spring, there are 4 major spring sick switches that must be controlled, and these small problems can stay away from us~


Expert opinion

Professor Xi Zhaoqing, a senior expert of the Famous Medical Hall of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a provincial famous Chinese medicine doctor


Switch 1:
Dry your back and turn on the cold switch


Governor Patrol, the sea of yang veins. The vest is connected to the heart and lungs, and the evil of wind and cold can easily invade the human body through the back, and once the vest is cold, it will lead to lung cold, causing symptoms such as cold and cough.


Dry your back outdoors and turn on the cold resistance switch


In the sunny outdoors, you can take off the thickest coat appropriately, let the sun bask the back, keep it for about 30 minutes, which can not only play a role in sterilization, but also make the back warm, so that people's hearts will feel very steady, and the overall body feels more easy to warm, especially suitable for some middle-aged and elderly people and women whose hearts are always empty and their bodies are not easy to warm.


Switch 2: Legs and feet,
rub the soles of the feet, and turn on the resistance switch


In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that "cold starts from the feet", because the ground temperature is low in early spring, it is easy to get cold when the feet come into contact. The blood circulation in the lower half of the human body is worse than that of the upper body, and it is susceptible to wind and cold, so the cold is mostly born from the bottom.


Tips>>>> Rubbing your feet and massaging the soles of your feet often before going to bed, and scalding your feet with hot water before going to bed at night can prevent colds and improve immunity.


Before getting up and going to bed, rub your feet and turn on the resistance switch


There is a spring point on the center of the foot, which is the starting point of the Zushao Yin and Kidney Meridians, and has a certain health care value. Acupuncture or massage of this acupoint has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the kidneys, and nourishing the five internal organs.


▲ kneading method: press and rub the Yongquan acupoint


There are many nerves in the center of the foot that lead directly to the brain. Rubbing the heart of the feet stimulates the heart nerve of the foot to make the brain feel comfortable and relaxed, whether it is a physical worker or a mental worker, rubbing the heart of the foot before going to bed every night can eliminate fatigue, make the capillaries of the feet dilate, blood circulation is accelerated, supply more nutrients and oxygen to the feet, make the metabolism of the legs and feet strong, increase the strength of the action, and act vigorously.


Switch 3: Knee:
Shoot four points and turn on the bone strengthening switch


The main tendons of the knee, more "covering" the knee can prevent the occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis, tracheitis and other diseases.


Note>>>> pay attention to the warmth of the knees, and if necessary, you can put on knee pads to strengthen the warmth.


Pat your knees at four o'clock and turn on the bone building switch


This method is the method of Guo Chengjie, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, and the rehabilitation technique of muscle atrophy and patellar malacia: one-handed four-point kneading method. Teacher Guo Chengjie said:


I used the following method, and I didn't take any medicine, of course the medicine is useful, and the method of pressing the knee joint is very effective, and it is beneficial to everyone. If you are 40 or 50 years old, start health care, which will be good for you in the future. I'm in my 90s, and my knee joint is not particularly good, but it's not bad.



▲ The inner and outer knees (the two eyes below the knee fossa), the sea of blood (the inner side of the two fingers above the knee), and the beam mound (the outer two fingers above the knee) are pressed hard, which is very effective for patellar malacia.


Rub the knee joints in one technique:


▲ Kneading method


Switch 4: Abdomen,
rub the abdomen in the morning and evening, and turn on the digestion switch


The temperature hasn't fully risen yet, and the girls' navels are already on. This is actually very unhealthy, and the cold will be inhaled into the body. Diarrhea will come to the door.


High-waisted pants and long clothes >>>are also very beautiful, and wearing them can reduce the chance of diarrhea.


Rub your abdomen 36 times in the morning and evening


Spring digestion is not good, easy to have diarrhea, many people only blame the spring germs, in fact, it has a lot to do with their gastrointestinal cold. In addition to not wearing some clothes that expose the waist and belly button, you can use the method of regular abdominal rubbing to relieve some old problems in the gastrointestinal tract.



The method of kneading the abdomen is also very simple, the simplified version only needs to be used, the hands are folded and aimed at the navel, and then rubbed 36 times clockwise, 36 times counterclockwise~ There may be a gurgling sound in the stomach when rubbing, which is normal, as long as the abdomen has not undergone major surgery or other organic lesions within 1 year, you can rest assured that you can rub the abdomen.


Bonus: In spring, what should I do if I get a wind chill?


1. Boil porridge with ginger and brown sugar to drink

For those who feel the wind chill, you can make porridge with ginger and brown sugar. "Ginger can diffuse wind and cold, sweat and relieve the surface, brown sugar can replenish blood, and the two are mixed with porridge to warm the stomach."


2. Radish porridge

White radish is used to quench thirst, used to cook porridge to dissolve phlegm and clear siltation, and can be eaten by the elderly and children.


3. Cool mint tea

The elderly can also drink cool mint tea, using mint, bupleurum and chrysanthemum to make tea, which can play a role in dispelling wind and clearing heat.


4. Goji berry chrysanthemum tea

Goji berries and chrysanthemums are brewed and drunk, which can soothe the liver and brighten the eyes, and have a certain effect on preventing wind and cold.


Spring is coming~ Don't forget to pass it on to your friends! Send them the first best health wishes of this spring!