Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the relationship between nature and man. We take care of the body and adjust it at any time according to our own constitution, external climate and weather changes. No matter how I look at it, I feel that the "spring cover" of "spring cover and autumn freeze" violates this principle, although It’s an old saying, but it needs to be taken out and analyzed carefully.
In the past two days, I met a few patients who caught a cold. I asked an aunt why they caught the cold. The aunt said: "Isn't it 'spring cover'? I wore a down jacket when I went out, and I sweated profusely. As soon as the wind blows, you catch a cold." This is quite a typical thing. Many people will refer to the principle of "spring covering" when dressing at this time. Sweat all over, but there are places on the body that cannot be covered, such as the forehead, which is full of sweat, and when the wind blows, it will catch a cold.
What's going on here? The old saying is generally true, right? Why is this "spring cover" wrong?
This starts with the original meaning of the words.
What kind of season is spring? Yang qi grows hair, the yang qi that has been stored in the body for a whole winter begins to grow outward at this time, and the body begins to feel warm. When the weather is hot, it is easy to feel hot and sweat easily. However, after all, spring is a season of alternation between cold and heat. In such a season, there will be a large temperature difference in a day. For example, it is relatively cool in the morning, but at noon, it will make people feel hotter, and at night, it will be cold again. Some people feel that it is so warm at noon, so they reduce their clothes, but at night, it becomes cold again. It is easy to be frozen in this way, so as the old saying goes, "spring cover".
I saw a lot of young men in Beijing who are now wearing suits with only a shirt inside. I passed by a real estate agency in front of my house that day, and I saw young men standing in front of the door, all wearing shirts and suits. This dress is very chic at noon, but not in the morning and evening, the weather is very cold, and Beijing is still below zero at night, so it must be easy to suffer from frostbite. Many people ask me these days: What should I do if I have a stomachache? When I inquired carefully, almost without exception, they were wearing too little, and the spleen and stomach were cold.
"Chunwu" also has a connotation, which is the traditional Chinese medicine believes that in spring, yang qi grows, and at this time, yang qi should be protected. If it is frozen, it will hurt yang qi, and it will affect our entire rhythm of the year. This is also reasonable. For example, I have seen some girls who put on very cool shoes very early. At this time, the ground is actually very cool, especially in the morning and evening. The problem, I have seen suffering from nephritis because of this.
This is the principle of spring covering, which has reasonable elements and is a reminder to our lives.
However, it doesn’t matter if it’s too dogmatic, like the aunt in front of her, covering her face all day, which is wrong, because it’s still hot at noon, and if she’s sweating, it’s easier to catch a cold at this time. Therefore, there is a limit to this covering, and you must not say that covering is wearing too much.
What I want to mention here is: this is especially true for children. Many people dress their children too much. Every time a child moves, they are sweating. Can they not catch a cold?
So, my conclusion is: "spring cover" is just a reminder, telling us to pay attention to the cold in spring, we have to be flexible, spare more clothes, take off when it's hot at noon, and put it on when it's cold in the morning and evening, as time goes by Adjust, don't be too dogmatic. However, shoes cannot be changed at will, so it is recommended to wear warmer shoes, rather than being hot, and not freezing your feet. Spring cover, my suggestion is to cover the shoes.
