How To Eat In Spring, Summer, Autumn And Winter? Our Ancestors’ Four-season Health Regimen Will Help You Avoid Getting Sick Less Often.

When spring comes, many people feel weak and sleepy during the day, but find it difficult to fall asleep peacefully and restlessly at night.

In the summer, the air conditioner blows cold air and I eat cold watermelon, but I always feel that my body feels heavy and my appetite is not very good.

In autumn, it is dry and irritable, and in winter, my hands and feet are cold, and I catch a cold easily.

Maybe you are wondering if your physical condition is really bad, so you have started various foot soaking procedures, taken various health supplements, and spent a lot of money, but the results have been extremely limited, ridiculously insignificant, and not worthy of praise.

In fact, the problem may not be that you are not supplementing enough, but that you are in a "tit-for-tat" state with God's rhythm.

The ancestors often said, "If you follow the seasons, all kinds of diseases will not occur, but if you go against the seasons, minor diseases will continue one after another." This statement sounds like a cliché, but behind it is an ancient wisdom that follows the rhythm of nature, and is not a mysterious theory.

True health care does not rely on expensive medicinal materials or blind supplements, but is like adjusting a precise clock. Just by making small adjustments to daily details such as diet, work and rest, and dressing according to the changes of the seasons, the body can enter a virtuous cycle, suffer less pain, and suffer less disease.

Don’t rush to “clear the fire” in spring, focus on “rising the sun”

Spring is the season when all things grow, and the Yang energy in nature begins to rise upward and outward.

In traditional Chinese medicine theory, spring corresponds to liver .

When spring comes, many people are easily irritable, their eyes will become dry, their skin will be allergic, and they may even get acne. Their first reaction is to "get angry", and then they will drink a lot of herbal tea and chrysanthemum tea to "clear the fire".

Often the result is exactly the opposite of what was originally expected. The fire energy fails to show a downward trend, and the person becomes more tired and sleepy. This is because those excessively cold foods suppress the yang energy that should supposedly grow upward during spring.

The correct approach is actually very simple. The core is to "help Yang" rather than "suppress Yang".

When it comes to dressing, you must keep in mind the saying "spring covers you and autumn freezes". Don't change into thin clothes too early, especially the waist, abdomen, ankles and back of the neck. They are particularly vulnerable to the wind and cold, so be sure to protect them!

In terms of diet, you can eat more foods that have growth-promoting Qi, such as leeks, spring bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, Chinese toons, etc. At the same time, moderately reduce the intake of sour foods. This is because sourness has a convergent effect, which is detrimental to the expansion of liver Qi.

In life, try to go to bed early and wake up early, and often go outdoors for walks, play and enjoy the spring scenery to make the body and mind happy. It encourages the body to gradually "wake up" in accordance with the natural rhythm, and the liver qi remains smooth, so that the mind is naturally in a cheerful state.

Don’t just be greedy for coolness in summer, nourishing the heart and removing dampness is the core

The temperature is hot in summer, the human body sweats more, and Yang Qi circulates outward. In this case, the burden on the heart is relatively heavy.

Nowadays, people have developed such a habit that in the summer, it is impossible to do without air conditioning; iced drinks, watermelon and cold noodles have become a daily fixture; when the whole body is sweating profusely, taking a cold shower immediately will feel particularly refreshing.

But this method of "cooling with cold" is precisely damaging the fundamentals of the body.

The cold air from the outside will close the pores, causing the sweat and metabolic waste that should be discharged to remain in the body, thereby forming moisture. As time goes by, it will damage the spleen and stomach, causing a loss of appetite, making people feel heavy, and listless.

The key to maintaining health in summer lies in "nourishing the heart" and "removing dampness".

When using air conditioners, it is not appropriate to set the temperature too low. It is recommended to maintain it above 26°C, and to prevent the air outlet from blowing directly towards people.

After sweating, you should dry it with a dry towel first, and wait for the sweat to stop naturally before blowing or taking a shower.

During the noon period, you can have a short rest lasting between a quarter of an hour and even half an hour. This situation is helpful in maintaining your heart, and it can also relieve the drowsiness that comes in the afternoon.

In terms of diet, you can eat some bitter foods in moderation, such as bitter melon, lotus seeds, and mung beans and adzuki beans, which have diuretic effects. However, you must strictly control the intake of raw and cold foods to ensure the good transportation and transformation functions of the spleen and stomach, so that moisture can be smoothly discharged.

Don’t blindly "stick to autumn fat" in autumn, the most important thing is to moisten the lungs and prevent dryness

This season is autumn, and the yang energy in nature begins to converge, and the climate becomes dry. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, this corresponds to the lungs.

Many people, as soon as autumn enters, begin to think about "gaining autumn fat" and gorge themselves on supplements. However, it turns out that this is actually a misunderstanding.

Warm tonic, in the dry early autumn, can easily aggravate the "dryness evil" in the body, causing dry mouth and tongue, dry and itchy skin, coughing, constipation and a series of other conditions.

The themes of autumn health care are "moistening" and "harvest".

In terms of diet, it is necessary to "reduce pungency and increase acidity" and eat less spicy and stimulating foods such as chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns and ginger. Otherwise, body fluids will be depleted due to excessive dispersion.

You can eat more foods that have the properties of nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs, such as pears, white fungus, lily, yam, honey, etc.

When dressing, don't add thick clothes too early. Moderate "autumn freezing" can help exercise the body's cold tolerance, thereby preparing for winter.

In terms of work and rest, we should implement the pattern of going to bed early and getting up early, and wake up together with the chickens. This can make the lungs clear and peaceful, and then smoothly spend this period of changing seasons.

Don’t worry about "consuming yang" in winter, closing the yang is a great supplement

In winter, the weather is extremely cold, the earth is frozen, everything in the world is dormant, and the yang energy in the human body is also hidden inside. This is a critical stage for protecting the kidneys and accumulating physical energy.

If in winter, you stay up late like in summer, do strenuous exercise, or wear too thin clothes for the so-called style, you are over-consuming and dissipating the yang energy that should be stored.

This will cause the Yang Qi to grow less vigorously in the coming spring, leading to a sluggish mental state and a decline in resistance, which is what people commonly call "spring sleepiness" and aggravates it.

The secret of health preservation in winter lies in "hiding".

In terms of daily life, you should go to bed early and get up late, and be sure to wait for daylight to appear to ensure you have adequate sleep. Do not force yourself to get up too early.

You must pay special attention to keeping your waist and back warm, and pay special attention to keeping your abdomen warm. At the same time, you must also pay attention to keeping your feet warm. You can eat more foods that have the effect of warming and nourishing the kidneys, such as walnuts, black sesame, black beans, mutton, etc.

When exercising, it is appropriate to choose soothing and gentle types, such as Tai Chi, Baduanjin and walking. The body should be slightly warm as a limit and avoid sweating profusely. Otherwise, it will be in a situation of "opening the skin", which will cause the loss of precious Yang Qi.

After all, there is no mysterious secret to maintaining good health, nor does it require spending all your money on supplements.

It is more like a life attitude, a wisdom of living in harmony with nature.

We spend all our energy and energy to adopt various methods to adjust, but from time to time we often tend to ignore the most fundamental principle of "accommodating the four seasons".

Once you violate the rhythm of the seasons, your body will sound the alarm through various discomforts. When you learn to follow the pace of the solar terms and adjust your diet, work and rest, and mood, many minor problems will naturally and quietly go away.

Eating food that adapts to the seasons, following a regular work and rest pattern, adding or removing clothing according to temperature changes, and living every ordinary day properly is the most practical and effective care for the body.

If you treat your body with care, your body will naturally reward you with long-term stability and health.

Looking back on the past, have you ever experienced those situations where you took off your long johns too early in early spring, were greedy for ice-cold drinks in midsummer, and blindly nourished your body in autumn and winter?