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Medical Service

1.What eye problem do you have?

您的眼睛哪里不舒服？

2.In one or both eyes?

单眼还是双眼？

3.Is there any secretion from the eyes?

眼部有分泌物吗？

Traditional Chinese medicine

For women's abdominal pain, Xiao Jian Zhong Tang (Minor Center-Fortifying Decoction) governs.

妇人腹中痛，小建中汤主之。

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5 natural ways to boost your mental health during stressful times

Updated June 2, 2020

Life today is razor's-edge tense. If your regular coping methods aren't measuring up, there are science-backed actions we can add on our own to ease anxiety, depression and stress — all done naturally, no doctor's note required.

现在的生活非常紧张。如果你常规的应对方法不起作用，我们可以自己采取一些有科学依据的行动来缓解焦虑、抑郁和压力——这些都是自然的，不需要医生的处方。

Get enough exercise

充足的锻炼

If you had to choose just one thing to do to better your mental and physical health, choose to exercise on a regular basis.

如果你不得不选择一件事来改善你的身心健康，那就选择定期锻炼。

Scientists believe exercise increases blood circulation to the brain, especially areas like the amygdala and hippocampus — which both have roles in controlling motivation, mood and response to stress. For one thing, it releases endorphins, the body's feel-good hormones.

科学家认为，运动可以增加大脑的血液循环，特别是像杏仁核和海马体这样的区域，它们都在控制动机、情绪和对压力的反应方面发挥作用。首先，它释放内啡肽，一种让身体感觉良好的荷尔蒙。

Focus on sleep

专注于睡眠

There's another benefit of exercise — it will improve your sleep quality, one of the best things you can do to ease stress and boost your mood. There's an additional benefit to a better snooze. You'll be protecting your heart, improving your brain and reducing your desire to snack.

运动还有另一个好处——它可以改善你的睡眠质量，这是你能做的最好的事情之一，可以缓解压力，提升你的情绪。更好的小睡还有一个额外的好处，它会保护你的心脏，改善你的大脑，减少你吃零食的欲望。

Deep breathing

深呼吸

Something as simple as taking deep, slow breaths can do amazing things to our brain and therefore our stress, experts said.

专家说，一些简单的事情，如缓慢深呼吸，可以对我们的大脑及压力产生惊人的影响。

Deep breathing realigns the stressed-out part of our bodies, called the sympathetic system, with the parasympathetic, or "rest and restore" system, explained Ackrill, an editor for Contentment magazine, produced by the American Institute of Stress.

美国压力研究所出版的《满足》杂志编辑阿克里尔（Ackrill）解释说，深呼吸使我们身体中压力过大的部分，即交感神经系统与副交感神经系统或“休息和恢复”系统重新协调。

Take up yoga, tai chi or qi gong

练瑜伽、太极或气功

Two traditional Chinese exercises, tai chi and qi gong, have also been shown to be excellent stress reducers. Both are low-impact, moderate-intensity aerobic exercises that contain a flowing sequence of movements coupled with changes in mental focus, breathing, coordination and relaxation.

太极和气功这两种中国传统运动也被证明是很好的减压方法。两者都是低冲击、中等强度的有氧运动，其中包含一系列流动的动作，加上精神集中、呼吸、协调和放松的变化。

Meditation

冥想

Meditation and mindfulness are two excellent ways to lower stress.

冥想和正念是两种很好的减压方法。

Source: CNN

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1、minor [ˈmaɪnər] adj.较小的;次要的;轻微的;小调的;小音阶的

n.未成年人;辅修科目;辅修课程

v.辅修

2、amygdala [ˌæmɪgˈdɑlə] n.（大脑）杏仁核

3、hippocampus [ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəs] n.海马

4、motivation [ˌmoʊtɪˈveɪʃn] n. 动机

5、endorphins [ɛnˈdɔrfɪnz] n. 内啡肽

6、snooze [snuːz] n.小睡

7、sympathetic system 交感系统

8、parasympathetic system 副交感神经系统

9、aerobic [eˈroʊbɪk] adj. 有氧的

10、meditation [ˌmedɪˈteɪʃn] n.冥想

11、mindfulness [ˈmaɪndflnəs] n. 正念减压法

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