The key to filial piety towards the elderly is to enrich and stabilize their hearts.
Nowadays, many empty nest elderly people, the younger generation, go out to earn money and leave their parents at home, which leads to a phenomenon of holiday sickness. When we were on duty in the emergency department of the hospital before, every New Year's Eve, there were always constant calls for help. Why?
Because of the customs in our country, 'whether you have money or not, go home for the Chinese New Year'. During the Chinese New Year, children from other places come back, even those from overseas come back home. The child returned home, and the old man was happy. His emotions suddenly surged, and he made a big table of dishes and started drinking. As a result, it led to heart and cerebrovascular problems, which is called holiday sickness.
So, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the phrase 'often go home and take a look' needs to be accompanied more by the elderly, rather than just going home to take a look. It is important to frequently go home and help the elderly with some tasks, while also being flexible. It is not to say that drinking or eating meat for the elderly is filial piety, but to provide them with spiritual comfort from within, and to give them a warm feeling in their hearts. Do not let their emotions be unstable or extreme. So, for the elderly, the first thing to pay attention to is diet, and there are three points to pay attention to in their diet.
1. It should be light.
Mainly light, eat grains and cereals, especially yam and millet, which are particularly good for the elderly. Yam and millet are nourishing for the stomach and very good for the health of the elderly.
2. Do not drink alcohol.
It's best for the elderly not to drink alcohol. I treated a patient during the Spring Festival one year, who suffered a stroke due to drinking alcohol during the festival. Many elderly people nowadays have high blood pressure and blood lipids, and alcohol consumption is on the rise. Can drinking alcohol prevent stroke? So elderly people with a history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases must pay attention and not drink alcohol.
3. Health products.
Many children go home for the Chinese New Year and buy a lot of health products for the elderly to express their feelings. This is a very bad habit because health supplements, including ginseng, bird's nest, cordyceps, and various nutritional powders, should be used under the guidance of a doctor and have biases. Grain is flat and anyone can eat it without any problem. But biased things are not acceptable, they must be used according to the constitution, and cannot be generalized.
If the elderly can pay attention to these three points in their diet, their health and longevity will achieve a relatively satisfactory result.
Someone said that after a year of not seeing each other, as children, I feel guilty for not buying anything for my parents when I go home. In fact, there are many ways to express filial piety. As children, besides spending money, giving parents a massage can make their hearts warmer. Here are three simple methods that can help elderly people alleviate and prevent many diseases.
1. Remove the headband.
Pulling the head muscles is very simple. It is to help the elderly comb their hair by hand. When you encounter an area that the elderly person says is painful, you can rub it open with your hand, rub it in circles, and then rub it. This will disperse the area and promote blood circulation. This is the first step to prevent cerebrovascular disease.
2. Make a happy package.
As mentioned earlier, the pericardial meridian runs through the middle finger and is located in the middle of the arm. Generally, elderly people have some tender points in this area. Rubbing these tender points can not only enhance the relationship between the elderly and their children, but also prevent some common diseases in the elderly.
3. Assist the elderly with foot massage.
Foot massage is very easy to learn, and most people can master the basic principles after learning for eight hours. What are the benefits of doing plantar exercises? Let the spirit settle down. Foot massage can promote the flow of qi and blood in the brain, calm the mind, and also tonify the kidneys. This is because there is a acupoint on the foot called Yongquan, which can be pressed more frequently for the elderly to nourish the kidneys.
Another great function of doing foot massage is to promote yang energy, allowing yang energy to reach the hands and feet, and improving the health of the elderly. The most important criterion for measuring a person's longevity is whether their feet are warm. We all know that as people age, their legs age first, and the symptoms of leg aging are that their feet start to feel cold, numb, and numb. If we use massage to keep the feet of the elderly in a warm state, the yang energy will always be unobstructed. On the one hand, it can delay aging, and on the other hand, it can prevent many lower limb problems.
These three points are very easy to achieve. Generally speaking, they can be completed in about half an hour. Doing them every night not only communicates emotions, but also prevents diseases for the elderly. While doing this, you can chat with your parents more. Their favorite thing to say is how you were when you were a child. They like nostalgia, so you can follow them to reminisce and let them return to their youthful state. Then help them look forward to the future, and the elderly's mentality will be cheerful, naturally joyful, peaceful, and enjoy family happiness. This is the desire to raise parents and make them happy. This is the method of filial piety and respect for the elderly by children.
Older people like to exercise and go for a walk and exercise in the park in the morning, which is good for their health. In fact, in daily life, exercising is anytime, anywhere, no matter when. I have summarized a few very simple methods that everyone can do a few times whenever they think of them. It can also help the body gradually become stronger.
1. Clap your hands to cure all diseases.
There are a total of six meridians on our hands, and we can often clap our hands to connect these six meridians. If we clap for 10-20 minutes every day, our hands will turn red and our qi and blood will flow smoothly. This is a very simple exercise method for the elderly.
2. Abdominal breathing.
As mentioned earlier, deep breathing, using the stomach to breathe, massaging the internal organs, achieves the effect of strengthening the internal organs.
3. Beat your feet three miles.
There is a saying in ancient times that goes, 'Beating your feet three miles is better than eating old hens.' Nowadays, we advocate vegetarianism, so we won't eat hens anymore. Let's slap your feet three miles! Zusanli is located three inches below the calf's nose outside the knee joint, with the tibia pointing outward by a flat finger.
When can we take a photo? Before going to bed, you can also take a pat while washing your feet, because the time for washing feet is 5-10 minutes. After taking a pat for 10 minutes, your immunity will increase.
Another method in Zusanli is moxibustion. The school I used to attend was Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In that era, the school's environment and conditions were not good in all aspects. Every year, we had to distribute holiday health products to the old professors. However, the economy was very tight at that time, and there was nothing to distribute. Moreover, we had to achieve the effect of promoting health. What should we distribute? Send an AI note. After distributing the mugwort sticks, these retired school employees and their families were required to burn their feet for three miles every day. Results After moxibustion, the overall incidence rate decreased in the second year. After moxibustion on Zusanli, the body's immune system will be enhanced, digestive ability will be improved, qi and blood circulation will be good, and various diseases in the body will heal on their own.
Disclaimer: This article is a sharing of health knowledge. The drugs, prescriptions, acupuncture and moxibustion and other treatment and health preserving methods mentioned in this article should be applied under the guidance of professional doctors, and should not be applied by yourself. We are not responsible for any issues arising from improper use.