The diet is mainly light, such as mung bean soup, red beans, coix seed water, etc., which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, eliminate dampness and diuresis. You can eat more and eat less spicy and greasy food.
Nutrition should be balanced to ensure protein and energy intake; If the weather is hot and your appetite is poor, eat more fruits and vegetables to supplement vitamins. You can bear hardships. Bitter gourd, bitter vegetable and bitter buckwheat can relieve fever, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite.
The weather is very hot, sweating a lot, and it is easy to consume gas and hurt yin. Therefore, it is also essential to replenish qi and nourish yin. Yam, jujube, honey, lotus root and fungus are all good choices. After a cold, you can drink ginger tea to sweat and dispel the cold.
Second, nourishing the heart and "nourishing the spirit"
Chinese medicine believes that summer is hot, and it is easy to have a strong heart, and symptoms such as impatience, upset and insomnia appear. Therefore, we should pay attention to the aftercare of the mind in summer, so as to be calm and naturally cool. As the old saying goes, "Keeping quiet is the first priority of taking pictures."
Huangdi Neijing requires "to make people's aspirations not angry". Anger will make your heart burn more vigorously, and exhausting kidney yin will make kidney yin lose money. Tao Te Ching also said: "Invisible desire keeps the mind from being chaotic". Too much desire leads to anger, and sexual life should be reduced.
Third, exercise should be moderate.
Don't sweat profusely during exercise, and don't bathe in cold water immediately after exercise, hoping to cool off temporarily. Because cold water will suddenly shrink the pores that are heated and expanded, so that the heat in the body cannot be emitted, which may easily lead to heatstroke and damage cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Therefore, strenuous exercise should be avoided in summer, and it is recommended to take a walk in the morning and evening. People often say that "dog days in summer" is not to let everyone exercise regardless of time, place and occasion. In summer, the human body consumes a lot of energy, so it is best to do some moderate exercise and pay attention to drinking a small amount of water many times.
Fourth, blowing air conditioning should be moderate.
It's too hot in dog days, so air conditioning is essential for people. But when blowing the air conditioner, be careful not to blow directly at the cervical vertebra, and don't go directly into the cold air-conditioned room when sweating, otherwise it will cause disease.
The air conditioning temperature should be appropriate, and it is recommended to be around 26 degrees Celsius; When blowing air conditioning, always open the window to ensure indoor and outdoor air convection and ventilation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wind-cold can easily lead to stagnation of qi and blood, causing joint pain.
After the advent of air-conditioning, summer was artificially turned into winter, and people crowded into air-conditioned rooms all day, making "growing up" in summer become "hiding" in winter, which is against the sky and does not conform to the way of keeping in good health.
As Huangdi Neijing said, "If you go against it, you will be sad; if you go against it in autumn, you will be malaria; if you have fewer recipients, you will be seriously ill in winter." In summer, you should go out properly and sweat for the sun. "Of course, people who are weak can't stand the heat in summer, especially now it's too hot in summer, so they can go out for activities in the morning."
Five, drink water
When the body particularly wants to drink water, the organs of the body have been running at the limit, which means that it is very short of water. Especially in summer, this situation can easily lead to heatstroke and other situations.
Therefore, it is best to develop the habit of drinking water regularly and replenish water regularly. Drinking ice water or cold drinks in summer will bring temporary comfort.
However, heavy drinking will lead to poor ventilation of sweat pores, difficulty in body heat dissipation, and accumulation of residual heat, which is easy to cause headache and heatstroke. The correct way is to drink more warm water, which will not be hot, but also help to eliminate sweat in time and ensure good health.
Sixth, the law of work and rest
Going to bed late is not advocating staying up late in summer, but according to the characteristics of day and night changes in summer, I suggest you work and rest on time.
Chinese medicine believes that "spring grows and summer grows". In summer, the human body is full of yang. If you often sleep late, it will violate the seasonal variation law of human yang. Not only will you not get a rest, but you will feel more tired.
Huangdi Neijing mentioned that it is necessary to "lie down at night and get up early" in summer. Some people rightfully stay up late, but it is not. "You must fall asleep before midnight, that is, before 1 1 at night, and it is best to sleep at noon."
At midnight (from 23: 00 to the next day 1: 00), yin is the heaviest in a day. At this time, rest can nourish yin, have the best sleep effect and high sleep quality. Take a nap at noon (1 1 to 13) and rest for about 30 minutes, at most 1 hour.
"Even if there is no condition for a nap, you should be' quiet', that is, in a quiet state, don't engage in activities or work, and let your body make a balanced transition."
Seventh, substitute tea.
People who go to work can choose to make a cup of tea, which is simple and convenient, and can also cool off the heat. A faint scent of tea can also relieve work pressure. The following two are recommended:
Summer chrysanthemum tea: chrysanthemum 5g, perilla leaf 10g, cassia seed 15g, medlar 5g, hot water 1000ml. Dried tangerine peel Pu 'er tea: 3-5 shreds of dried tangerine peel or 2g pieces of dried tangerine peel, and 5g leaves of Pu 'er tea soaked in water, which is the most economical and healthiest drink, reducing fat and moistening lung.