March 6th, 2011. "Insects awaken", the 3rd small Spring season arrives PART 2

 1.Low in Yin：Skinny, palm and the bottom of the feet tend to get warm easy, feeling irritated easy, sleep less, dry feces, dark yellow urine, low tolerance for heat, like cold food and drink.

    

          Health tips: 

• Mental cultivation:These type of people tend to be very irritable and easy to get frustrated or angry.  This is a result of low in Yin energy, which causes the "fire" to bother the mind. These people need to do more mental cultivation, such as meditation or Qi Gong. Work on self disciplines and learn to calm down. Do not attend too much competitive sports or activities. 
• Environment: If possible be at beach, forest of mountain area in spring and summer to balance the Yin Yang energy. 
• Food: Take more lite food such as sticky rice, sesame, honey, dairy, tofu, fish, and vegetables. Avoid dry, spicy food.
• Exercise: avoid heavy exercises,  focus on balancing the kidney and liver energy, Tai Chi is the recommended activity.

2. Low in Yang: Pale and puffy, hands and feet are usually cold, urine is thin and long, don't like cold, like warm.

         

          Health tips: 

• Mental cultivation:This type of people tends to be depressed easily and has lots of fear and sadness. To adjust that, try to socialize and do more joyful activities.
• Environment: These type of people cannot adjust or tolerant the weather too well. Try to stay in warmer place in winter and preserve extra Yang energy (heat) in spring and summer. Be in the sun more whenever possible and avoid air conditioner. 
• Food: Take food that nourishes the Yang energy such as lamb, chicken or even deer meat. And if possible, consult an herbalist for herbal remedies for strengthening the Yang energy.
• Exercise: Try to do exercise in all seasons to strengthen the Yang energy. Best activities include "sunlight shower" and "air shower".

3.Blood Stasis: Face and lip color tends to be darker, dry skin, and dark circle around the eyes. 

          

          Health tips: 

• Mental cultivation:This type of people tend to have emotional "blockages", therefore it's very important for these people to be more optimistic. Good mood makes the energy and blood run better and smoother. This will make the energy in all meridians runs better thus change the blood stasis condition. Conversely, anguish and depression will make the stasis condition more severe.
• Food: Take more food that increase the blood and energy flow such as black bean, rape plant, mushroom and vinegar. Also hawthorn and peanut rice soup if possible.
• Exercise: Do more exercises that benefit heart and blood vessels such as jogging, dancing, and Tai Chi. If possible seek medical massage therapy that helps with meridians and whole body blood flow.

4.Phlegmatic Dampness: Over weighted, with loose fat on the body, likes to eat fat and sweet food, easily gets tired and hard to move around.

          Health tips: 

• Environment: Avoid damp environment, and be extra cautious during damp seasons. 
• Food: Take food that strengthens the spleen energy and dissolve the phlegm such as white radish, purple haricot, horsebean,onion,  dried purple seaweed, water chestnut, dates, pearl barley and small red beans. Avoid fat, food that are too rich, sodas, and alcohol. And don't eat too much per meal. 
• Exercise: These type of people tends to be overweight and easy to get tired. Best exercises include walking, slow running, dancing and some ball sports. But make sure to be persistent.  Increase the intensity gradually and this will make the loose muscle structure tight and health.

After all, no matter which type of condition are you, as long as you have faith in yourself, and do the right things, everyone is able to improve their body and health condition, and live the best out of their life.