What are the benefits of health gymnastics for middle-aged and elderly people?

Health gymnastics for middle-aged and elderly people is a kind of exercise to exercise health. It is suitable for people of this age to practice every day. We often see people dancing in the square. There are many types of dances, but some people are not familiar with dance and have no talent. Therefore, health gymnastics for middle-aged and elderly people is the best. The movements of this set of exercises are simple and not complicated, but each movement exercises different joints. So what are the benefits of health gymnastics for middle-aged and elderly people?

This health exercise is a fitness exercise for middle-aged and elderly people promoted by the State Sports Commission. There are 66 sessions in total. It takes about 1 hour to complete them all carefully. It works through kneading, rubbing, pressing, hitting, turning, shaking, swaying and kicking, which makes dozens of acupuncture points and reflex areas throughout the body play corresponding roles, thereby increasing blood circulation, activating joints and meridians throughout the body, and preventing colds, insomnia and stiff neck. It has certain effects on the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, headaches, low back pain, and eye pain.

For example, the 23rd section, "Shaking the Waist", can invigorate the waist and strengthen the kidneys, and has a therapeutic effect on kidney deficiency, waist soreness, and back pain; the 39th section, "Supporting the Abdomen", can vibrate the abdominal viscera, adjust the internal organs, prevent and treat habitual constipation, and has a certain effect on gastrointestinal diseases and can play a role in weight loss; the 56th section, "Mo Yu Yao", can prevent and treat tearing and keratitis, and has a therapeutic effect on myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, and cataracts. Section 63, "Rubbing the carotid artery", can prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular sclerosis, and have a brain-strengthening effect. Only by doing it yourself can you experience its effect.

In winter, the elderly can take a small cup of ginseng wine or astragalus wine every morning to prevent wind, cold and promote blood circulation. People with cough and asthma can eat a few walnut kernels (do not remove the thin skin on the kernels) before going to bed every night, and then put a piece of ginger in your mouth, chew slowly and swallow it slowly. This can relieve cough and asthma. Eating stewed hen, lean meat, tendons, and drinking milk, soy milk, etc. regularly can enhance your physical fitness. Cook mutton and radish together, then remove the radish, add 15 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 15 grams of Morinda officinalis, and 15 grams of wolfberry and cook together. Eat the mutton and drink the soup, which has the effect of invigorating yang and warming the body. Take two soaked sea cucumbers, cut them into slices, add 10 dates and rice to cook porridge, add salt to season and eat. It has the effects of nourishing the stomach and spleen, replenishing the kidneys and blood, warming the back and dispelling cold.

It is best for the elderly to strengthen their spleen and stomach before taking supplements, and do a good job of "basic supplements", especially for those who need medication. The so-called "foundation" is to lay the foundation and strengthen the spleen and stomach functions so that they will not be "too weak to be replenished". Gorgon fruit is the best choice for basic tonic. You can stew it with gorgon fruit, red dates or peanut kernels and brown sugar, or stew it with beef, mutton, etc. You can also take some gastrointestinal regulating medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Coix seed, lentils, and tangerine peel first. In addition, the elderly should not take tonic food when they suffer from external diseases such as colds, fevers, coughs, etc., so as to avoid retaining evil and becoming an enemy. They should continue to take tonic food after the acute disease is cured.

What are the benefits of health gymnastics for middle-aged and elderly people? The above article analyzes the benefits of this set of exercises to the body, and the benefits of each set of movements are also different. During the exercise, it is also necessary to pay attention to diet and nutrition. As people age, their bones change greatly, making accidents more likely to occur. Once safety issues are guaranteed, physical exercise will also be beneficial. At the same time, the elderly should also go out frequently, which will allow them to breathe cleaner.