The people of the Celestial Empire have believed since ancient times that drinking hot water means taking an important and decisive step toward good health. Almost all Chinese indulge in boiling water. What is the meaning of the habit and should we borrow it?
The Chinese have always demonstrated enviable longevity, they know many secrets and secrets of maintaining excellent health. An important component is maintaining the balance of the components in the body - water, fire, air, metal and earth. If we talk about water, in this country it is recommended to drink hot water. Why is that? Let's try to figure it out.
Why should one drink responsibly?
It is well known that 70% of the human body consists of water, and the lymph and blood consist of the same 98%. If there is less fluid in the lymphs than it should be, the body begins to become clogged with waste products - they stop being removed and begin to systematically clog the body.
But that's not all. Even bones and muscles are 30% and 80% water, respectively. Therefore, the balance of liquids is extremely important, it is necessary to drink for health, and not the least role is played by the purity of water, its composition. One person should drink two or three liters per day (specific figures depend on height, body weight, physical condition and many other variables).
Strangely enough, even the temperature of the fluid consumed matters. Boilers or kettles, titans and other heating devices are almost ubiquitous nowadays. In the Middle Kingdom, in addition to this, people like to make hot baths, tea-baths and just "empty" hot water.
Why drink hot water?
Why drink it?
Hot liquid helps accelerate metabolic processes and increases the separation of gastric juice and pancreatic secretion, and at the same time facilitates the drainage of bile, which stimulates the stomach and intestines. When you drink hot water, it helps reduce toxins in the body and allows your body to remain functional longer. All in all, you are younger and healthier.
The Chinese believe that all diseases are related to hypothermia. Therefore, instead of teraflu and other cauldricks, they start treatment by drinking hot water. The consumption of hot water actually contributes to the condition of the respiratory system of the human body. In addition, in this way mucus and phlegm are expelled more quickly. And the short-term rise in temperature with a cold promotes expectoration of sweat, so you need to drink a lot, too, to compensate for the fluid loss.
On top of that, hot water helps a person cope with stress and rapid fatigue. If you combine external and internal water treatments, the body will come back to normal faster than usual.
Hot baths are a great way to overcome anxiety and sleep problems. Here, too, there is a simple and clear explanation: the blood vessels from the heat expands, the pressure decreases and then gradually increases, resulting in brain tissue gets more oxygen per unit time, which is very useful for tired people and their bodies.
Additionally, drinking boiling water stimulates immunity and increases resistance to diseases and viral infections.
How to drink hot water correctly?
It is best to start your day with a glass of hot - heated to 50-60 degrees - water, which will give a start to the gastrointestinal tract. The optimal solution would be to drink alkaline mineral water, whose acidity exceeds 8.8.
There are devices that make the water alkaline. It is critical not to bring it to a boil, but only to warm it - so oxygen and other useful gases will not leave the liquid.
How can you teach yourself to drink water?
If you still have not developed the habit of drinking your own norm, you should begin to accustom yourself to this useful thing slowly, gradually, starting with a glass or two and gradually, increasing by 50-100 milliliters, to bring to the above-mentioned parameters.
Do not drink a lot at once - if you gush out a liter in one sitting it will strain your kidneys and cause edema, and instead of stabilizing the alkaline and water balance of the body it will only cause increased sweating and urinary system. And once the fluid is eliminated, you'll start feeling thirsty all over again.
Do you suffer from edema? This is not a reason to deny yourself healthy habits. It is only necessary to make the necessary adjustments and do not drink too much (and do not whip, but we know by experience - it is impossible) after 7 pm. You should take most of your daily fluid intake before dinner
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