1, summer fitness tips
1, clothes
The solar terms in summer are in the alternating period from hot to cool, and the natural sun qi tends to converge. Don't rush to add thick clothes at this time. The meaning of "covering spring and freezing autumn" is to keep the body temperature from rising in autumn, thus helping to converge the sun's qi. But when you go out at night, you should add clothes to protect the sun and avoid cold entering the body.
Step 2 eat
Eat more foods that nourish yin and moisten dryness, avoid the harm of dryness, increase more acidic foods and strengthen liver function. Try not to eat cold fruits such as watermelon, and eat less barbecue food, otherwise it will aggravate the harm of autumn dryness to human body. In autumn, you can eat more seasonal fruits, such as apples, pears, grapes, cantaloupes and peaches.
Summer solar terms are also suitable for eating foods that clear away heat and soothe the nerves, such as tremella, lily, lotus seeds, honey, yellow croaker, celery, spinach, glutinous rice, sesame, beans, milk, etc., and appropriately increase the intake of high-quality protein, such as eggs, lean meat and fish. Eat less spicy food such as ginger, onion, garlic, leek and star anise.
Step 3 be alive
After the summer heat, the temperature gradually drops, the temperature difference between day and night increases, and the ups and downs of yin and yang of the human body also change. At this time, the daily routine should be adjusted accordingly. Pay attention to going to bed early and getting up early. Going to bed early can avoid the chill of autumn, and getting up early helps to stretch your lungs. Close the doors and windows when sleeping, and cover your abdomen with a thin quilt to prevent the autumn wind from catching cold in your spleen and stomach. As long as the room temperature is not high during the day, it is not appropriate to turn on the air conditioner. You can open the window to let the air flow and discharge the humid and turbid air left indoors in summer.
4, line (practice)
Exercise should not be too much, try to choose activities with less exercise to avoid sweating a lot, so as not to hurt yang and yin essence. You can choose to do broadcast gymnastics, play Tai Ji Chuan and take a walk. In addition, after summer, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time for people to swim and climb in the countryside, to broaden their minds, exercise and cultivate their sentiments.
5, thinking (feelings)
Autumn wind and autumn rain are very sad, and the climate characteristics at this time can easily lead to depression. How to overcome the bad mood in autumn? First of all, we must maintain mental peace and reduce the impact of cold on the human body; Reduce mental excesses, thus protecting the lungs and clearing qi. Try to get rid of distractions to achieve a state of inner peace.
2, summer diet instructions
1, summer tonic needs to be slow.
When the temperature is high in summer, people's appetite drops, but in summer, people's appetite is greatly improved. But at this time, nourishing needs to be carried out slowly, and it is not appropriate to eat big fish and big meat directly. We should do it step by step. Might as well eat some red beans, barley, lotus seeds, melon and so on. First, then slowly regulate the stomach, and then raise fish.
2, you should eat more porridge in summer.
Although the temperature has dropped in summer, the moisture in the air is much lower than that in summer, which is very dry. So pay attention to eat more porridge water, fruit juice, honey water and so on. Summer, especially Sydney, radish, soybean milk, fresh milk, bananas, sweet potatoes and sesame paste, is very suitable for dry autumn.
3. Pay attention to cleaning in summer.
In summer, you need tonic. You can consider choosing some ingredients and medicinal materials with the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. There is a prescription in the workshop called Qingbuliang. The materials are generally mung beans, yam, lotus seeds, gordon euryales, coix seed, etc. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and strengthening the spleen. You can add some lean meat to make soup.
4. It is advisable to eat salty food in summer.
Summer solar terms, hot summer is coming to an end. After summer, the temperature drops gradually, and the temperature difference between day and night increases gradually, but the temperature is still high during the day. At this time, the diet should benefit the kidney and liver, moisten the lungs and nourish the stomach. Eat salty food, such as water chestnut, shage, kudzu root, etc.