The elderly need to maintain health in winter:
Regular life
According to Su Wen · Four Qi Tune Theory, in winter and March, if you lie down early and get up late, you must wait for the sun. Go to bed early to nourish your yang and keep your body warm; Get up late to nourish milk gas and make it at sunrise to avoid cold and seek warmth. Clothing should be warm, loose and soft.
Diet regulation, scientific and reasonable
The taste of winter diet should be less salty and more bitter, because the kidney is the master of salty taste, and the heart is the master of bitter taste. Salty can overcome bitterness, so it can nourish the heart and strengthen the kidney. The diet should be warm, but not overheated. Avoid eating cold and sticky food to prevent damage to the spleen and stomach. As the folk saying goes, don't be hollow in winter, and don't be full in summer. Therefore, ginger can be simmered a little in the morning to keep out the wind and cold.
Strengthen exercise and build up physique
Traditional Chinese medicine has always said that food is better than qi. If you move in winter, don't make a disease; If you are lazy in winter, drink more medicine. Air supplement or movement is movement. In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and the sun is weak. You should exercise outdoors more to make up for the lack of sunlight.