The body appears these “signals”, middle-aged and elderly people can not be ignored!

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People to middle-aged and old age body will appear all kinds of problems, a little inattention is very easy to let the small problem into a big problem. When the body sends out some kind of discomfort signal, you should pay attention to it in time, and make timely adjustments to the situation.

01 Leg cramps in the middle of the night

At night you lie in bed sleeping soundly, and suddenly your legs start to cramp. Cramps this kind of thing in the elderly must not be taken lightly, this situation can be done:

First, hot towels, hot towels can effectively promote blood circulation flow in the legs, relieve the swelling of the leg muscles, hot compresses with the palm of the hand gently massage the leg muscles, focusing on the massage of the Sanyinjiao points, the foot Sanli points and Chengshan points, can effectively relieve the tightness of the muscles.

Second, insist on soaking feet before going to bed, soaking feet can not only relieve the pressure of the day, for middle-aged and elderly people can also play the role of soothing tendons, promote blood circulation, relaxation of the role of the nerves.

02 Sweating a lot in summer

Sweating can regulate a person’s body temperature and eliminate some of the body’s toxins, but too much sweating is prone to problems such as lack of mental energy, loss of appetite, and body fatigue. Once this happens we can:

First, pay attention to diet and supplement salt. It is said that disease enters by the mouth, so we must pay attention to diet in our daily life, especially middle-aged and elderly people with weakened spleen and stomach function should pay more attention. Try not to eat cold, cold food, especially in the summer is not to cool to drink cold drinks; recommended to eat more kelp, seaweed, oysters and other high iodine content of food, usually pay attention to replenish the protein, eat less spicy food, should be light.

Secondly, replenish qi and blood, exercise. At the same time adhere to the body is essential, choose to move the limbs in the early morning or evening, pay attention to the intensity of the exercise, you can choose to practice Tai Chi, softball and other low-intensity sports.

03 Cold hands and feet

Cold hands and feet mainly because the body is too heavy cold, insufficient qi and blood, liver depression and stagnation, to which you can take the following methods:

First, more sunshine, maintain body temperature. When the weather is good, you can go outdoors to sunbathe, not only calcium can also warm the body. In winter, middle-aged and elderly people go out to wear good insulation performance of clothing to go out, with a hat and gloves, pay attention to the cold and warmth, it is recommended to go out with a thermos cup filled with hot water.

Second, moderate exercise, pay attention to diet. In the case of physical conditions allow, you can do some exercise, such as jogging, Tai Chi, square dance, etc., slightly sweating, can promote blood circulation and metabolism, enhance cardiopulmonary function. In addition to not consuming cold food in daily diet, you can supplement protein appropriately and eat more iodine-rich food.