The general program of the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic on summer health preservation is: "Xia San Moon, this is a beautiful show. Heaven and earth are in harmony, everything is flashy, lying at night and getting up early, and facing the sun insatiably, so that you can't get angry and vent your anger. If you love the outside, this summer should be the way to grow up; On the contrary, it is sad, autumn is malaria, few people harvest, and they are seriously ill in winter. "
In April, May and June of summer, in this season, the yin and yang of heaven and earth are interlinked, and everything blooms and bears fruit. In order to adapt to this environment, people should go to bed late and get up early in life, don't hate the long day and complain that the weather is too hot, and should keep a happy mood instead of getting excited and angry easily. The spirit should be as rich and vigorous as the vegetation in nature, with lush foliage and flowers.
In summer, when the sun is hot, the body will sweat, so that the yang in the body can be communicated and vented. Although the weather is hot, you should rest in a cool environment for a long time, but you should go outdoors properly, as if you especially love the outdoor environment. This is the method and principle to adapt to the summer atmosphere. If you violate this rule, your heart will be hurt and malaria will occur in autumn. Why is this? Because the length of summer is the basis of autumn harvest. If you don't keep healthy in summer, you don't have enough long breath, and your convergence ability is poor in autumn, diseases such as malaria will occur, and your condition may get worse in winter solstice.
Key points of summer health care: clearing fire, nourishing yin and benefiting qi
Chinese medicine believes that summer qi corresponds to heart qi, and it is the official of the monarch and the master of the human body. Hot weather is more prone to heart fire. If heart fire is strong, it will cause many uncomfortable symptoms. Chinese medicine believes that
"The tongue is the seedling of the heart", once the heart is full of fire, the tongue will have obvious flushing, sores on the tongue and frequent ulcers. Excessive heart fire can be divided into real fire and virtual fire.
Excess fire: excess fire caused by pathogenic heat, stagnation in phlegm fire or emotional injury, and excess fire caused by five emotions.
The main manifestations are recurrent oral and tongue ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, fever, upset and irritability. Drugs such as Coptidis Rhizoma and plumula Nelumbinis can be used for clearing away heart fire.
deficiency fire
In summer, the body mobilized all the reserves of last winter, and the yin essence often became the weak link. Coupled with overwork, it consumed the sad yin blood. Once the yin essence is insufficient, it is easy to appear yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, which is manifested as upset, insomnia, fatigue, low fever, night sweats, dry mouth and bitter taste. Such people need to nourish yin and clear away heat.
You can use some cold medicine or dry medicine, such as rehmannia, lily, bamboo leaves and so on. You can choose watermelon, strawberry, tomato, mung bean and so on. Here is a simple dietotherapy method: use Ziziphus jujuba seed 15g, Lycium barbarum 10g and Schisandra chinensis 10g to boil water to drink, nourish the heart yin and achieve the effect of reducing fire.
The human body has its own natural drug storehouse, and meridians and acupoints are the largest drug storehouse in the human body. Acupoint massage to clear heart fire, the specific method is:
Take the mausoleum to clear away heat and fire.
Take Taixi to nourish kidney yin, and the fire and water will extinguish themselves.
Take the door to soothe the nerves and relieve the troubles.
You can press the above points with your fingers for 3-5 minutes continuously or once.
The meridian flow time of heart meridian is noon 1 1 ~ 13, which is the highest temperature in a day, and it is also the time when hand yin deficiency and heart meridian are in season. The heart meridian is the most vigorous and the heart qi is the most easily damaged, which is called "strong fire eating qi" by Chinese medicine. It is the hottest at noon, with qi and blood discharged from the body surface and blood supply to the brain relatively reduced. Especially after lunch, the blood supply to the digestive tract increases, and the blood supply to the brain even decreases, which is the easiest to get sleepy. A proper lunch break can rest the heart and brain and keep them energetic.
Summer health songs:
Summer is hot and humid, so it is necessary to prevent rheumatism and heatstroke.
It is not suitable for camping at night, and the air conditioning fan is wet.
Wash with cold water when sweating, and just lie down in the wetland.
Yin Qi invades the human body, causing enteritis and dampness.
High temperature fumigation in summer, to prevent heatstroke injury.
Replenish water in time to avoid exhaustion of body fluids.
Avoid sun exposure or strenuous exercise.
You can choose fishing, walking, traveling and Tai Chi swimming.
Summer diet is light, eat less greasy and cold.
Drink some hot tea and soup, and pay attention to food hygiene.
Look at the stars in summer night and keep a good mood.