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What are the benefits of using a scarf in winter? How do scarves protect health?

Many people wear scarves in winter. Scarf is not only fashionable and beautiful, but also has a good warm effect. Scarves can be matched to prevent wind. Many women and men usually wear scarves. Wearing a scarf has many advantages. What are the benefits of using a scarf in winter? How do scarves protect health?

1. What are the advantages of using a scarf in winter?

1, to prevent colds

When the weather is cold, people are extremely vulnerable to cold, especially when they come home from work. If the wind blows, the cold wind will directly enter the body along the neck, which is easy to cause a cold. At this time, if you have a scarf, you can stop the wind from entering your neck.

Step 2 protect the cervical spine

Chinese medicine believes that wind-cold is the most likely to invade the human body and cause diseases. Neck skin is delicate and has little fat, which is the most difficult part of the body to resist the cold, so autumn and winter are the high incidence seasons of cervical spondylosis. At this time, a scarf can protect you from the cold and prevent cervical spondylosis.

Step 3 protect your back

Sitting in front of the computer for a long time can easily cause neck muscle stiffness. If the cold wind invades the back from the neck and catches cold, it will easily cause muscle spasm pain, and it will also cause shoulder and even waist pain. Therefore, it is good for your back to have a scarf around your neck at this time.

4. Promote blood circulation

If the neck is not exposed to wind and the back is not exposed to cold, the whole body blood circulation will be smooth, thus effectively alleviating the fatigue caused by work or study. Therefore, autumn and winter health care needs a scarf!

Of course, in addition to keeping your neck warm in winter, you must pay attention to keeping all parts of your body warm and wear as much as you want. Usually, you can do more exercise when your constitution is cold. When you are resting in the office, you can shake your legs and stand up and press leg press, which can promote blood circulation and increase calories for your body.

2. How to regulate cold hands and feet?

(1) Massage Yangchi Point

Yangchi point is an important point that dominates the whole body blood circulation and hormone secretion. As long as you stimulate this acupoint, you can quickly smooth blood circulation and warm your limbs. Stimulating Yang Chi Point should be done slowly, long and slowly. It is best to use both hands. Press the Yangchi point of one hand with the middle finger of the other hand first, and then press the Yangchi point of this hand with the middle finger of the other hand.

(2) Jujube ginger tea

Take jujube 10 a day, 5 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of brown sugar, decoction instead of tea, 1 time a day, and keep taking it.

Because jujube is sweet and warm, it has the functions of tonifying the middle warmer, nourishing blood and calming the nerves, while ginger is pungent and warm, which has the effect of warming the middle warmer and dispelling cold. Drinking jujube and ginger soup regularly can promote blood circulation and improve the symptoms of cold hands and feet.

(3) Pay attention to keep warm

Pay special attention to keep your legs and feet warm. If the lower limbs are well kept warm, the whole body will feel warm. Don't wear too tight clothes, because too tight clothes will hinder blood circulation. Taking a bath before going to bed at night can not only promote the circulation of vascular endings, but also help sleep.

(4) Moderate exercise

Getting up early in the morning to do exercise can speed up blood circulation and metabolism, and you will be full of energy all day and not be prone to chills. Simple climbing stairs and jumping in place are helpful to strengthen the ability of thermoregulation.

(5) Reasonable diet

Supplement more vitamin e; Eating more foods containing nicotinic acid and B vitamins can dilate peripheral blood vessels; Eat more isothermal foods such as nuts and carrots, and avoid eating cold food, ice products or drinking cold drinks; Eating spicy food such as pepper and mustard can promote blood circulation.