What are the benefits of drying your back?

It can dispel the cold of spleen and stomach and help improve digestive function.

Taking shelter from the wind and drying your back can warm your back and promote health. When it's warm in spring and summer, you can often bask in the back, which can supplement the human yang. In the Qing Dynasty, it was pointed out that "the back is yang, and the heart and lungs govern it". Sunbathing the back can also dredge the back meridians, which is of great benefit to the heart and lungs. In addition, drying the back in spring can dispel the cold of the spleen and stomach and help improve the digestive function. The best way to bask in the sun is to wear a vest and bask in the sun while exercising. It is best to bask in the sun before 9 o'clock. At this time, the sun should not be too strong or too long, and it is appropriate to 1 hour. When basking in the sun, you can also take off your hat and let the sun enter the human body from Baihui point above your head, which is more effective.

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"Always keep your back warm" means that the elderly should pay attention to keeping their backs warm in their daily lives to avoid being attacked by cold pathogens and inducing diseases. Modern Chinese medicine research has confirmed that there are many acupoints on the back and feet of human body, which are the channels of internal and external environment. Cold stimulation can affect the functions of muscles, bones and internal organs through these acupoints, making people sick.

The organs of the elderly are aging and the yang is weak. If you can prevent your back from catching cold, you can help the elderly to spend the winter safely. Elderly people suffering from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis, asthma, allergic rhinitis and gastric and duodenal ulcers should pay special attention to keeping their backs warm. When the weather gets cold, it is best for the elderly to wear a tight cotton vest or leather vest in addition to the ordinary cotton-padded jacket.

People's Network-Warm back in autumn and winter, sun back in spring and summer! Lifting your back is equivalent to lifting your whole body.