“You can’t take a bath during menstruation” and “you can’t eat rabbit meat during pregnancy” – after reading all kinds of health preserving golden sentences on the website, I suddenly felt that my IQ was tight. In this era when iPhones are updated every year, are the health maxims in your head still at the 1.0 version?
Most of the old Chinese sayings and proverbs have been personally verified by doctors of all ages and verified by many people again. For example, “eat a good breakfast, eat a full lunch, and eat less dinner”. The diet should be “hot without burning the lips and cold without freezing the teeth”. The common saying in personal hygiene is “rinse early rather than late”, “misfortune comes from the mouth, and disease comes from the mouth”. These old sayings are still meaningful today. Unfortunately, there are also various strange health rumors in the circle of the ancients, and they have been spread for hundreds of years. Why do these “truths”, which have been popular for thousands of years, now test IQ so much?
Hao Qiang: Master of medicine, attending physician of Beijing St. Mark’s Hospital, once served as a member of the “Cheng Xinnong famous traditional Chinese medicine studio” of the 3 + 3 torch inheritance project of Beijing Administration of traditional Chinese medicine.
there is a change in your daily life, and the old saying is unnecessary.
The living style of the ancients was to work at sunrise and rest at sunset. Various living facilities were backward. Under such circumstances, many practical maxims were summed up at that time. But, living in an apartment with central air conditioning, do we still have to listen to the proverbs of the era of earthen houses? You’re such a liar!
For example, the ancient measures for preventing cold and keeping warm were very backward. In order to resist the cold, people got up and fell asleep according to the rising and setting of the sun in winter. The rule summarized is “lying down early and getting up late must stay in the sun”. Under the modern living conditions, especially for people living in cities, the use of heating and air conditioning, this kind of work and rest law, can be completely ignored. Only in winter, do not carry out too many outdoor activities when the weather is too cold.
diet has been upgraded, and old words have become empty words
There are quite a lot of health preserving sayings about diet, but comparing our recipes with those of the ancients, do you know which to listen to and which to cross out? Recently, someone in my circle of friends organized “autumn fat posting”. Please, isn’t this the season to lose weight? Why should I post autumn fat? That is because the ancients had less food in spring and summer, and the hot weather led to loss of appetite, so energy intake was insufficient. After entering autumn, the grain is mature, the fish is fat, the food is more, and the weather is also cooler. Therefore, it is necessary to supplement energy and store fat to fight the severe winter that follows.
But now, sticking autumn fat is all about making excuses. There is sufficient food supply in all seasons, and no special supplement is required; On the other hand, the conditions for avoiding summer heat and cold have also been greatly improved. Energy is not lost in summer, and fat does not need to be increased in winter to resist cold.
with the development of science and technology, the old saying has become wrong
With the development of technology, we are more and more able to see the essence through the phenomenon. As for the health maxims summarized by many ancients due to their limitations, it is now possible to judge whether they are right or wrong. For example, “you can’t take a bath during menstruation”. This is because in the past, people could only choose to take a sitz bath when taking a bath. When taking a sitz bath, pathogenic microorganisms easily entered the body. During menstruation, the immunity of the female reproductive system was weak. In this case, reproductive system infection was easy to occur. In modern life, we have a shower, so, do you still plan to cover your feet for 6 days?
The truth and falsehood of nine classic old people’s sayings
1, eat radish in winter eat ginger in summer, don’t bother the doctor to write a prescription
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Refresh suggestion: it still conforms to reality and can be retained in its entirety.
This sentence is very consistent with the principle of health preservation. From the perspective of natural law, radish in winter belongs to seasonal vegetables, and eating more radishes conforms to the law of nature; Summer is the season of ginger picking and digging. It has the function of antibacterial sterilization and preventing intestinal infectious diseases.
On the other hand, according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the weather in winter is dry, and radish has the effect of moistening the lungs and generating saliva. Summer is the best season to maintain the Yang of the human body. Ginger has hot and spicy characteristics. In addition, people often eat cold food in summer. Ginger can nourish Yang, warm the stomach and nourish the stomach.
2. If you want children to be safe, you must distinguish between hunger and cold.
half right and half wrong
Refreshing suggestions: it has certain reference significance, but it is still necessary to raise children scientifically and grasp the scale.
Children’s digestive function is not fully developed, and eating too much will cause digestive dysfunction, so it’s better to be full at seven or eight. But we should not be too hungry, so as not to affect the growth of children due to insufficient nutrition supply. Dressing a little less can stimulate immunity, but the cold must be moderate, otherwise excessive cold will reduce immunity.
3. It’s better to store in a pot than to have a full stomach.
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Refresh suggestion: although it is an old saying, it is very practical for reality and should be remembered in daily life.
Compared with malnutrition, modern urban people have more problems with excess nutrition and overeating. If you eat too much, on the one hand, it will reduce the peristaltic capacity of the gastrointestinal tract and reduce the digestive capacity; on the other hand, it will make the energy supply exceed the needs of the body, resulting in obesity and other problems. Therefore, whether at home or abroad, do not eat too much because there are too many meals. When you are full, you should not force yourself to eat so as not to waste.
4, one mouthful of soup before dinner, no need to go to the pharmacy
half right and half wrong
Refresh suggestions: you can refer to them, but don’t have to obey them.
Drinking a small amount of soup before meals can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and form an environment conducive to digestion in the stomach. When eating hard food, it will not harm the stomach and is conducive to health. But if you drink too much soup before dinner, it will dilute the gastric juice, which is not conducive to the digestion of protein and fat, resulting in indigestion. Therefore, pay attention to the quantity of this soup before dinner.
5, white hair can’t be pulled out, one can grow to ten
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Refresh suggestion: verified unreasonable, please delete.
White hair will not grow longer and longer. The hair follicles surrounding the hair have actually been formed when the embryo is formed. Although it is not necessary that one hair follicle grows one hair correspondingly, if the hair in a hair follicle is pulled out, the same number of hair will grow correspondingly. Therefore, the argument that “one hair follicle grows ten” is not tenable.
6, don’t sit on stone in winter, don’t sit on wood in summer
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Refresh suggestion: still practical, it is recommended to keep in mind
Sitting on stones in winter, the cold may enter the human body, causing damage to Yang Qi. In summer, the weather is humid, and the wooden chairs that look dry actually contain quite a lot of moisture. If you often sit on the wooden chairs that are placed in the open air, it may cause moisture to invade the body from the vagina and induce diseases.
7. It’s better to get in the sun every day than to take a prescription.
half right and half wrong
Refresh suggestion: decide whether to listen according to the actual situation.
This sentence is somewhat biased. Basking in the sun can kill mites on the surface of clothes on the one hand, and on the other hand, when the skin is stimulated by ultraviolet rays, it will produce melanin, which is conducive to the conversion of vitamin D and thus promote the absorption of calcium. However, in the current situation of strong ultraviolet rays, serious light pollution and high incidence of smog in cities, it is also necessary to choose a good time to bask in the sun. When the sunshine is strong, too much sunshine may cause skin cancer.
8, walk a hundred steps after dinner and live to 99%
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Refresh suggestion: there is a health hazard and needs to be adjusted.
If you take a walk immediately after dinner, because people’s blood is mainly distributed in the digestive system just after eating, exercise will make blood flow to the limbs, reduce the blood flow of the digestive system, and reduce the secretion of digestive juice, which is harmful to food digestion and nutrient absorption. On the other hand, if you eat more and walk immediately after eating, it is easy to pull the ligament that suspends the stomach, which is at risk of gastroptosis. Therefore, it’s best to take a rest after dinner.
9, spring covers autumn, no miscellaneous diseases
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Refresh suggestion: slightly adjust according to your personal living environment.
“Spring covering” means that when winter turns to spring, do not take off your cotton padded clothes too early, so as to prevent the body from getting cold and causing a decline in resistance, allowing bacteria to attack the body, causing various respiratory diseases and infectious diseases in winter and spring. “Autumn freezing” means that after the arrival of autumn, we should not add clothes and cotton immediately when the temperature drops slightly. We should properly freeze, exercise and improve our adaptability to low temperature.
But everything has a degree. If you still cover too much or wear too thin in late spring and late autumn, this kind of “spring covers autumn freeze” is too much.
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