Methods 1: Massage acupoints to nourish the lungs.
Sitting in the front chair before going to bed every night, your knees are naturally separated, your hands are on your thighs, your eyes are closed, your whole body is relaxed, and you want to stay in your abdomen. Inhale in the chest, make fists with both hands, and pat the chest acupoints dozens of times, so that the family can pat the back and spine from bottom to top for about 10 minutes. It can relax the qi in the chest and has the effect of strengthening and nourishing the lungs.
Method 2: The diet should be spicy.
Sun Simiao put forward in "A Thousand Daughters' Prescription": "On the seventy-second day of summer, we can save suffering, increase excitement and nourish lung qi". Heart fire is in season in summer. Although bitter food has the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving asthma and diarrhea, it will help heart fire and control lung fire. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat too much to avoid excessive heart fire. Because heart fire can block lung gold, pungent taste belongs to lung meridian, so despite the hot weather in summer, people can still eat spicy food, such as onion, ginger, garlic and so on. There is also a folk saying that "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", which has the functions of dispersing stagnation, promoting qi circulation, promoting blood circulation, dredging orifices and eliminating dampness, and can replenish lung qi.
Method 3: Keep warm and avoid cold in life, and eat less cold drinks.
Some people don't leave the electric fan or air conditioner all day. Cold air will invade the human body from the skin and pores, which will easily damage the healthy yang of the lungs, leading to the decline of immunity of the upper respiratory tract, and bacteria and viruses will easily take advantage of it. Others like to drink iced cold drinks. Putting fruits and vegetables in the refrigerator before eating will damage the spleen and stomach, consume yang and cause various diseases. The most common diseases are cough and asthma, pharyngitis, tracheitis, vomiting and diarrhea, spleen and stomach disorders, female dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, joint pain, headache and cervical pain. Therefore, keep warm and avoid the cold in summer, the air conditioning temperature should not be too low, the blowing time should not be too long, eat less cold food and drink more warm water.
Method 4: Exercise reasonably and keep fit.
Proper exercise can improve human immunity, resist diseases, especially aerobic exercise, strengthen human breathing and blood circulation, increase human vital capacity and heart expansion. It's hot in summer, so don't do strenuous exercise. When the weather is cool in the morning and evening, outdoor sports should be carried out, and less or moderate sports should be chosen, such as walking, jogging, Tai Ji Chuan and swimming.
Method 5: Treating winter diseases in summer.
In summer, the body and the outside world are in a vigorous state. At this time, some diseases that are prone to occur in winter can be treated by oral Chinese medicine combined with acupoint application, acupuncture and other external treatments. For example, three-volt plaster is applied to acupoints in winter to treat rhinitis and asthma.