Spring fatigue doesn't just bring tiredness, lethargy, and listlessness—it can also disrupt daily life, work, and studies. Worse, it may trigger health issues like anemia, brain hypoxia, liver disease, sleep apnea, heart disease, and diabetes.
The following two groups are particularly prone to spring fatigue:
1. Individuals with weak spleen and stomach function
Symptoms include fatigue, drowsiness, dizziness, loss of appetite, and nausea.
2. Individuals with excessive liver fire
Those with chronic liver fire may also experience spring fatigue due to physical weakness during this season.
So how can spring fatigue be addressed? How can it be alleviated?
It is believed that dietary therapy and exercise can help eliminate spring fatigue.
I. Dietary Therapy
Dietary Key Points
First, focus on consuming protein-rich foods while also increasing intake of fruits and vegetables. Remember: avoid overly greasy or excessively cold foods.
White Broad Bean Porridge
Ingredients needed:
30g white broad beans, 15g lotus seeds, 10g white fungus, 100g rice.
Method:
1. Rinse the white broad beans, lotus seeds, and rice thoroughly. Soak the white fungus in water until softened.
2. After soaking, rinse the white fungus and cut it into small pieces.
3. Place all ingredients and an appropriate amount of water into a slow cooker. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for approximately two hours.
Method:
Place all ingredients in a pot, add sufficient water, bring to a boil, then simmer. Serve as a tea.
Two-Grain Red Date Porridge
Ingredients:
100g glutinous rice, 500g Job's tears, 50g red dates.
Method:
1. Rinse glutinous rice thoroughly, soak in water for two hours, then mash.
3. Combine all ingredients in a pot, add sufficient water, and simmer into porridge.
4. After cooking, season to taste with salt, MSG, ginger, etc.
II. Exercise
During this season, the lazier one becomes, the more prone they are to drowsiness—and the more sleep they get, the less energetic they feel.
To combat spring fatigue, engage in moderate exercise such as jogging, calisthenics, hiking, or Tai Chi.
In daily routines, adopt an early-to-bed, early-to-rise schedule. Take frequent outdoor walks or enjoy spring outings.