Give you a health calendar for the whole year! So practical!

Nourish your kidneys and prevent cold in January

Principles of health preservation: nourish yin and kidneys to prevent cold in autumn and winter.

Pay attention to exercise: take more walks, jog, etc., and keep warm to prevent respiratory diseases.

Dietary tips and taboos: Reasonable tonic can replenish qi, blood and body fluids in time. Eat more lamb, chicken, turtle, walnut kernels, jujube, longan meat, yam, lotus seeds, lily, chestnuts, etc. The above foods all have the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, warming the kidney yang, strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm, and relieving cough and nourishing the lungs. Of course, people with a hot constitution and prone to getting angry should take it slow and eat less. Avoid ice cream and cold foods.

In February, Yang Qi is generated and it is appropriate to cover up in spring

Principles of health preservation: nourish yang in spring and summer, and keep appropriate cover in spring.

Daily life: "Rains arrive at the beginning of spring, so get up early and go to bed late." The climate is still dry after the beginning of spring, so it is necessary to replenish water.

Dietary precautions: Eat more spicy and warm foods such as jujube, fermented black beans, onions, coriander, peanuts, leeks, shrimps, etc. Avoid spicy food. In spring, when Yang energy is just beginning to emerge, you should eat spicy and sweet foods that disperse the energy, and avoid sour and astringent foods. Because sour taste enters the liver and has a astringent nature, it is not conducive to the generation of Yang Qi and the release of liver Qi. Therefore, dietary adjustments should be in line with the needs of the internal organs.

In March, sleep late and get up early, eat sweet food to nourish the liver

Principles of health preservation: nourish yang in spring and summer, and nourish the liver in spring.

Daily life: In spring, everything comes back to life. You should go to bed late and get up early, and take a slow walk. This will make you happy and healthy.

Dietary taboos: Eat more sweet foods, such as jujube, rice crust, yam, leek, spinach, shepherd's purse, chicken, chicken liver, etc. Eat less acidic foods, such as tomatoes, lemons, oranges, etc. In spring, eat more foods that can warm and replenish yang energy. Sun Simiao, the King of Medicine in the Tang Dynasty, said: "In spring, it is better to reduce sour food and increase sweet food to nourish the spleen." Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of acquired constitution. In spring, the liver should be in charge. Excessive liver qi can damage the spleen. Therefore, in spring, we should pay attention to eating more sweet and less sour food to nourish the spleen.

Adjusting Yin and Yang in April

Principles of health preservation: tonify the kidney and regulate yin and yang.

The key to health preservation: To keep a good mood, choose exercises that are gentle and have a combination of movement and stillness, such as outing, exercises, and Tai Chi. In terms of diet, you must eat at regular times and in regular amounts to prevent overeating.

Dietary taboos: Eat more spinach, shepherd's purse, onion, fruit, yam, wolfberry, rabbit meat, and eat less spicy, greasy, and very cold foods, such as chili peppers, fatty meat, sea fish, shrimps, etc.

May Focus on Heart

Health preservation principles: According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, the period before and after the beginning of summer is beneficial to the physiological activities of the heart. People should adapt to the changes in weather at the turn of spring and summer and pay special attention to the heart.

Mental care: At the time of "Beginning of Summer", you should maintain a good mental attitude and avoid excessive joy and anger which may damage the heart yang.

Dietary precautions: Eat more foods that clear heat and remove dampness. Such as red bean, coix seed, mung bean, winter melon, loofah, water celery, black fungus, lotus root, carrot, tomato, watermelon, yam, etc. Avoid eating fatty, sweet, and greasy foods, as well as spicy and hot foods, such as raw onions, raw garlic, and chili peppers.

June: Go to bed late and get up early

Health preservation principles: Pay attention to strengthening your physical fitness and avoid seasonal diseases and infectious diseases, such as heat stroke, mumps, and chickenpox.

The key to health preservation: go to bed late and get up early to adapt to the fullness of Yang energy and facilitate the circulation of Qi and blood.

Dietary precautions: The principle is to eat light and nourishing food. It is advisable to eat vegetables, beans, fruits, such as pineapple, bitter gourd, watermelon, lychee, mango, mung bean, red bean, etc. Avoid spicy and greasy foods.

Combine work and rest in July to protect Yang Qi

Health preservation principles: protect Yang energy.

Health tips: For people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, it is necessary to ensure adequate sleep and increase indoor ventilation, especially in hot and humid weather, pay attention to using physical cooling. Also pay attention to food hygiene to prevent intestinal infectious diseases. It is very important to prevent heatstroke in summer. Manual laborers and people working outdoors should drink more water at this time.

Dietary precautions: The diet should be light. Vegetables should be more green leafy vegetables, bitter gourd, cucumber, etc. Watermelon is the best fruit. Avoid spicy and greasy foods.

August Peace of Mind

Health preservation principles: prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature.

Health tips: "Autumn Tiger" is warm and dry, which damages the body's body fluids and is prone to symptoms such as dry skin, dry eyes, dry throat, lack of body fluids, yellow urine, and constipation. The elderly are also prone to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents at this time.

Mental care: Mental care after the "Beginning of Autumn" should achieve inner peace, tranquility of mind, and a good mood. Avoid sadness and sorrow in order to adapt to the peaceful atmosphere of autumn.

Daily life: You should start your life by “early to bed and early to rise, and wake up with the rooster”.

Yin and Yang balance in September to prevent autumn dryness

Principles of health preservation: balance of yin and yang, yin and yang are balanced.

Health tips: Be in a good mood and exercise. Preventing autumn dryness is also very important.

Dietary precautions: Eat more American ginseng, adenophora, lily, almond, Fritillaria cirrhosa, winter melon, cucumber, radish, pear, etc. You can also use green onion, ginger, cardamom and coriander to prevent and treat colds.

Avoid eating: fish and shrimp, such as hairtail, shrimp, leek, pepper, etc.

October: Control your emotions and nourish your Yin essence

Principles of health preservation: nourish yin in autumn and winter. In autumn, the body's Yin energy must be maintained. When the weather turns cold, the body's Yang energy is restrained and the Yin essence is hidden inside, so the main focus should be on maintaining the Yin essence.

Mental care: Pay attention to controlling your emotions, avoid sadness, do more happy and enjoyable things, maintain a good attitude, and spend the autumn safely. The organ corresponding to autumn is the lung, so at this time we must prevent dry evil air from invading the human body and damaging the lung's yin essence.

Dietary precautions: Eat more sesame, glutinous rice, polished japonica rice, honey, chicken, beef, fish, jujube, yam, etc. to enhance physical fitness. Eat less onions, ginger, garlic and spicy foods.

In November, go to bed early and get up late to protect Yang Qi

Principles of health preservation: conserve energy and strengthen physical fitness.

Mental care: In November, one should maintain a calm mind, protect the Yang energy, avoid over-consuming the Yin essence, and maintain a good attitude.

Daily life: Go to bed early and get up late, ensure adequate sleep, and keep your back warm. This is conducive to the hiding of Yang energy and the accumulation of Yin essence. You should also pay attention to keeping warm when dressing. In terms of diet, follow the principle of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter".

Dietary taboos: Eat more beef, mutton, black chicken, soy milk, milk, radish, etc.