People should go to bed late and get up early, especially middle-aged and elderly people. Although the sleep time is reduced, people will not feel sleepy during the day. Old people can take a nap at noon 1 ~ 2 hours. It has been found that "charging" the nap of the elderly can reduce the occurrence of heart disease.

prescribe a diet

This is an important part of summer health. Due to the high temperature, the blood vessels of human skin dilate, the peripheral blood volume increases, while the blood supply of gastrointestinal tract decreases relatively, and the digestive function and resistance also weaken. Drink more water in summer, eat less greasy food, have a light diet and eat more fresh vegetables and bean products. The whole prescription should focus on clearing away heat and dampness, clearing heart and strengthening spleen.

Drink more soups with vegetarian dishes in summer, such as loofah tofu soup, pig blood tofu soup, shredded pork tofu soup, tomato and egg soup, etc. You can also drink more porridge, which is beneficial to digestion and absorption, can stimulate appetite, dispel summer heat and prolong life.

Commonly used foods include rabbit meat, duck meat, fish, eel, bitter gourd, wax gourd, tomato, towel gourd and so on.

There are mung beans, barley, lilies, watermelons, lotus seeds and so on.

Chinese medicines for heatstroke prevention, such as honeysuckle, cassia seed, hawthorn, chrysanthemum, mint, patchouli, etc. Can be boiled in boiling water for future generations to make tea. Among them, hawthorn not only has the function of lowering blood fat, but also has been found to be effective in preventing heatstroke in recent years. People with physical deficiency and qi deficiency can make tea with ginseng.

sports

As the saying goes, "practice for three days in winter and three days in summer", and exercise in summer is also very important. Summer exercise should be carried out in the early morning, with small amount of exercise such as walking, dancing and Tai Ji Chuan 1 ~ 2 hours.

Prevention and treatment of diseases

The temperature is highest in summer. According to the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer" in traditional Chinese medicine, such as chronic bronchitis, asthma and chilblain in the elderly. Winter disease is cured in summer, all of which are cured in summer.