Chinese medicine believes that "the heart and summer qi are in harmony", and modern people attach great importance to the health care of the heart. Health preservation in summer focuses on mental adjustment, maintaining a happy and stable mood and avoiding adding fuel to the fire.
We pay attention to the maintenance of the heart meridian. In fact, the heart governs the interior and the small intestine governs the exterior, and the heart and the small intestine are mutually exterior and interior.
Huangdi Neijing: "The pulse of heart and hand lacking yin starts from the heart, belongs to the heart system, and the lower diaphragm collaterals the small intestine. Its branch: asphyxia from the heart system, which is the eye system. Its straightness: from the heart system, up to the lungs, down to the armpits, down to the meridians, down to the Taiyin heart, down to the elbows, down to the arms, down to the tips of palms, down to the palms and down to the little fingers. 」
The small intestine belongs to fire yang, and it is most afraid of catching cold. Small intestine meridian is the meridian in charge of neck and shoulder. The neck, shoulders and back of modern people are stiff, stiff and sore. Generally, the small intestine is cold, and the flow of qi and blood is stagnant, which indirectly affects the vitality of the heart, and the back is uncomfortable and the chest is uncomfortable. When you are tired, your heart beats straight, you feel chest tightness and you can't breathe well. Therefore, for the safety of the heart and the health of the neck and shoulders, we should also take good care of the small intestine meridians in summer.
In the summer of these two years, when I get up in the morning, I often feel hard, numb and painful in my back, shoulders and neck. I feel very comfortable when I take a bath and boil hot water. Later, I learned that the small intestine was blocked by cold, and sometimes when I want to straighten my waist, I feel that my spine is very heavy and uncomfortable.
Later, I got rid of the habit of sleeping on a summer mat.
Wear a long-sleeved coat in an air-conditioned room to protect your back.
Get up in the morning, bask in the sun, rub the Shu points on your back, and obviously feel a lot of relaxation on your back.
The key to dredge the small intestine meridians is to dredge the acupoints that are easily blocked by blood stasis: Tianzong, Shouzhen and Houxi.
Houxi acupoint, when you go out for a walk, aim at the acupoints of your two hands and collide with each other, which will make you feel sore.
Tianzong point and Shouzhen point, I sometimes press each point for two or three minutes; Cupping once a week is also an option.
It is very hot in summer. In an air-conditioned room, don't blow your back straight at the tuyere, protect our necks and shoulders, and then preserve our heart function.