Huangdi Neijing puts forward the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter". After germination and growth in spring, the yang gradually fills up in the long summer, and continues to show a trend of outward development.
At this time, the body surface is full of yang, while the body yang is relatively insufficient. Therefore, even if you feel warm or even hot, you should pay attention to protecting the yang. If you eat a lot of cold food, such as sashimi, iced drinks, shower with cold water after sweating or suddenly enter an air-conditioned room, it is very easy to damage the yang, especially the spleen and stomach.
On the contrary, if we can seize the opportunity, while it is sunny in the long summer and sunny in the small summer, and the summer heat is not very good, we can raise the yang and achieve the effect of "treating winter diseases in summer" by reducing or eliminating diseases that are prone to occur or aggravate in winter. This is especially important for people with cold constitution.
In summer, the spleen and stomach are deficient in cold, and many people will have various symptoms such as abdominal distension, not thinking about diet, irregular stool, unfavorable urination and edema. At this time, you can eat more spicy food, besides ginger, you can also eat some mutton, beef, onions, cinnamon and so on.
In summer, the spleen and stomach are weak and easy to get wet, and the humidity in the environment is also high. In many places, it is sauna day every day, like a steamer. At this time, you can eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. For example: Gordon Euryale seed, red bean, coix seed, wax gourd, white radish, etc. You can also drink a little soup, like Cantonese people, which can not only absorb the burden on the spleen and stomach, but also keep healthy porridge.
From nourishing liver in spring to dehumidifying in summer. In summer, there is a lot of rain and high temperature, which is the stage where moisture is prevalent in the environment and the most difficult season for moisture in the human body to be discharged.
Spleen is the foundation of the afterlife, but it is most afraid of moisture. When the humidity is heavy, the spleen can't transport effectively, which will further increase the humidity and people will easily get sick. There is also a saying among the people that "the humidity is heavy and all diseases come", so it is very important to prevent moisture in summer.
For people with high humidity, the simplest thing in summer is to keep the indoor environment dry. Due to the increase of rain in summer, the humidity at home is higher than that in other seasons, so it is very important to eliminate the humidity in the environment. Whenever the weather is fine, take out the sheets and quilts to bask in the sun and keep the room ventilated and dry.
Diet should be controlled to ensure the intake of low-fat food. Meat can produce phlegm and remove dampness. If you eat too much, you will accumulate a lot of water in your body. Wet foods like cucumber, watermelon, cantaloupe, beer, etc., don't be greedy to avoid moisture leakage.
Chinese medicine believes that the five elements belong to fire in summer, the five flavors correspond to bitterness, and the five internal organs correspond to the heart. The heart fire in long summer is easy to flourish, and symptoms such as aphtha, acne, upset and constipation appear. Bitter food is helpful for clearing away heat and purging fire, and alleviating the above symptoms. So you can eat bitter food such as bitter gourd and chicory properly.
On the other hand, heart fire is strong in summer, which is easy to inhibit lung qi. You can eat some spicy food appropriately, such as ginger, perilla, coriander, onion, etc., to help lung qi disperse. At the same time, it can warm the spleen and stomach, dispel cold and dampness, make up for the deficiency of Yang Qi of spleen and stomach in summer, and help to prevent diarrhea and loss of appetite in summer.
It should be noted that the choice of five flavors of food should not only be adjusted according to the season, but also take into account personal physique.
For example, those who are prone to dampness, heat and yang suggest eating some bitter food properly;
People who are physically weak and afraid of cold, live in indoor air-conditioned environment for a long time, and have little exercise should not eat more, but mainly eat spicy food, which will help to warm the lungs and stomach and smooth the circulation of qi;
For people who exercise outdoors and sweat a lot in summer, they can eat some sour food properly, which will help to quench their thirst, such as tomatoes, lemon tea and dark plum drinks.
Summer is hot and humid, so exercise and health preservation need to avoid the scorching sun. Excessive sweating will damage body fluids. Exercise should be done in the morning and evening. The best place is in rivers, streams, ponds and tree-lined places, and indoor exercise is also a very good method. The project focuses on relaxing exercise. Including tap dancing, ballroom dancing, Qigong, Baduanjin, swimming, fishing, back exercises and so on.
Summer health should also pay attention to sleep time. Chinese medicine believes that sleeping in summer should match the characteristics of long days and short nights in summer, and go to bed late and get up early appropriately to make physical activities conform to the growth trend of all things.
Of course, going to bed late and getting up early doesn't mean staying up late. You should postpone your sleep for an hour or two on the basis of the original sleep time, and at the same time ensure that you have at least 6 hours of sleep time.
In addition to going to bed late and getting up early, you can also appropriately increase the nap time in summer. This can not only supplement sleep properly, but also make the body relax briefly, so as to have more energy to adapt to the seasonal characteristics of long days and short nights, and avoid overloading the cardiovascular system.
Summer is a season full of vitality, and it is also a season suitable for nourishing the heart.
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