How to take care of a yang-deficient constitution. Five recommended methods of taking care of yourself.

　　Yang deficiency constitution is a common constitution. Simply put, it means insufficient Yang energy. Symptoms such as cold hands and feet, chills, and weakness in limbs often occur, which poses a great threat to our daily lives. So how should we take care of this Yang deficiency constitution? Let’s listen to the introduction of an old Chinese doctor.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yang deficiency is a further development of qi deficiency. Therefore, people with insufficient yang energy often show poor mood and are prone to sadness. Therefore, they must strengthen mental conditioning and be good at regulating their emotions to eliminate sadness, prevent panic, joy and anger, and eliminate the influence of bad emotions.

　　1. Emotional adjustment and photography

　　You should maintain a positive attitude, treat adverse events in life correctly, and adjust your negative emotions in a timely manner.

　　It is advisable to enjoy exciting, high-pitched and heroic music, such as "Yellow River Cantata" and so on.

　　2. Diet and maintenance

　　It is advisable to choose foods that are sweet and warm to nourish spleen yang and warm kidney yang, such as mutton, chicken, hairtail, eel, shrimp, sword beans, leeks, fennel, walnuts, chestnuts, cashews, pine nuts, black tea, ginger, etc. Eat less raw, cold, bitter, and sticky foods, such as snails, crabs, kelp, seaweed, celery, bitter melon, winter melon, watermelon, bananas, persimmons, sugar cane, pears, mung beans, broad beans, green tea, frozen drinks, etc. Even in the middle of summer, don’t overeat cold foods.

　　Reference dietary prescriptions: (1) Angelica, ginger and mutton soup: Angelica, ginger and mutton have the effects of warming yang and nourishing blood, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and are suitable for people with yang deficiency constitution. (2) Stir-fried walnut kernels with leeks: Raw walnut kernels and leeks have the effect of warming the kidneys and supporting yang, and are suitable for people with yang deficiency and cold pain in the waist and knees.

　　3. Daily life adjustment and photography

　　The living environment should be in mild and warm colors, and it is not suitable to work and live in a dark, humid, or cold environment for a long time. Pay attention to keeping your waist, back and lower limbs warm at ordinary times.

　　Maintain a certain amount of activity during the day and avoid dozing off. Try not to drink water before going to bed, and urinate completely before going to bed.

　　4.Sports and health care

　　It is advisable to engage in soothing and gentle outdoor activities in a sunny environment, and try to avoid exercising in windy, cold, and snowy environments.

　　Sunbathing and air bath are better ways to strengthen the body and strengthen yang. You can also choose Baduanjin, and after completing the entire set of movements, add "Five Labors and Seven Injuries to Look Back" and "Climb the Feet with Both Hands to Strengthen the Kidneys and Waist" 1 to 3 times.

　　5. Acupoint health care

　　(1) Acupoint selection: Guanyuan and Mingmen.

　　(2) Positioning: Guanyuan (position indicates Qi deficiency). Mingmen is located in the waist, on the posterior midline, in the depression under the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra.

　　(3) Operation: Mild moxibustion can be used on both points (see Qi deficiency), once a week. Guanyuan point can also be kneaded with the base of the palm (to see Qi deficiency). Press and rub each point for 2 to 3 minutes, 1 to 2 times a day. It can also be combined with the waist and kidney rubbing method to warm the kidneys and help yang. Use the thenar, heel of the palm or the back of the fist to rub the lumbosacral areas on both sides for about 10 minutes each time, until the skin is warm, once a day.

　　The above introduces five ways to take care of Yang deficiency constitution, and I hope it will be helpful to you.