First: Tonifying Yang
"No matter how many tonics and medicines you eat, most of them are used to protect yang and eliminate dampness and evil spirits.
In the four seasons of the year, summer is the season with the highest yang. Chinese medicine believes that when the human body is full of yang, it should be more actively cultivated to resist invasion.
Summer health
Eat less cold drinks: the heat is unbearable. At this time, people like to drink cold drinks and eat cold food, but this will damage the spleen and stomach and consume yang. Therefore, eat less cold drinks and fruits in summer; Drink warm water; Eat more warm foods, such as red dates, medlar, angelica, meat and so on.
Suitability: Yang is strongest in summer, and outdoor activities can replenish energy, regulate qi and blood, and maintain Yang, but it is not suitable.
Warm and cold-proof: Some people stay by electric fans or air conditioners all day in summer, so that cold air will invade the human body from the skin and pores, which is easy to damage the lung-Wei Yang, leading to decreased immunity of the upper respiratory tract, and bacteria and toxins are easy to take advantage of it.
* * * Yongquan point: Chinese medicine believes that "essence is born in the sole of the foot", and essence refers to human energy. There is an important acupoint on the sole of the foot, namely Yongquan point. Huangdi Neijing said: "The kidney comes from the spring, and the spring is full of heart." In other words, the qi of the kidney meridian is like the source water, which comes from the foot and pours out to irrigate all parts of the body and limbs. Therefore, you can * * * Yongquan point every day when you are free.
Walking to strengthen yang: Walking can also protect yang, walking for about half an hour every day.
Second: damp heat
Generally speaking, summer is hot and humid, and people often have symptoms such as top-heaviness, depression, burnout and chest tightness.
Summer diet should be light, and you can eat more foods that are beneficial to moisture, such as mung bean porridge, lotus leaf porridge and red bean porridge. Or make soup with wax gourd, lotus leaf and coix seed. In addition, more windows should be opened for ventilation.
Healthy porridge
Third: sleep.
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Many people go to bed late and get up late, disrupting the biological clock.
Only by ensuring adequate sleep can we maintain the normal operation of various functions of the body. It should conform to the law of yang excess and yin deficiency in nature. Getting up early and taking a nap can make up for it. Adults are advised to get 7 hours of high-quality sleep every day.
Fourth: diet
Summer diet should not be too full, usually only eat seven or eight points full, but we must pay attention to a comprehensive and balanced nutrition. In addition, the temperature is high in summer, and leftovers are easy to eat. It is best to eat fresh vegetables. Raw fruits and vegetables should be washed and peeled; Knives and boards used to cut cooked food should be separated from those used to cut raw meat and lettuce.
Although people's physique is different, their diet should be regular and quantitative, and the principle of "eat well in the morning, eat well at noon and eat less at night" should be followed. In summer, we should try to eat less spicy and fried food to protect our stomachs.
At the same time, drink more water and increase the intake of vitamins.
have a healthy diet
Fifth: Fitness.
Many people have such a misunderstanding: they are lazy because they have too many. In fact, we should stick to proper exercise in summer, but don't exercise in the sun, and replenish water in time.
Exercise after meals 1 hour, not too strenuous. You can choose walking, jogging, swimming and other sports.
Sixth: mental conditioning
"Su Wen Si Qi Diao Ling" says: "Make ambition not angry, make Huaying put on a show, and let anger vent. Love someone outside, this summer's anger should be the way to grow up. " In other words, in summer, you should be calm, cheerful, broad-minded and energetic. Just like everything needs sunshine to grow, you should have a strong interest in external things and cultivate an optimistic and outgoing personality, which is conducive to the ventilation of qi. On the contrary, you should not be lazy, bored, angry and depressed, which will hinder the operation of qi. Ji Kang's "On Health Preservation" has a unique view on hot summer, which is considered to be hot. "pranayama is more appropriate, and often the heart is like ice and snow, and the heat in the heart will decrease. You can't turn heat into heat and then heat. " That is, "peace of mind is naturally cool". What I am talking about here is mental conditioning in summer health preservation.
Seventh: personal care.
It is very hot in summer. If you sweat too much, you will feel dizzy, chest tightness, palpitation, thirst, nausea and coma. When arranging outdoor work, you should avoid the scorching sun and strengthen protection. Reasonable arrangement of lunch break, one is to avoid the hot trend, the other is to restore the feeling of fatigue. Taking a warm bath every day is also a fitness measure worth promoting, which can not only wash away sweat and dirt, but also make the skin clean, cool and heatstroke-proof. Because the water pressure and machinery in warm water bath can reduce the excitability of nervous system, dilate blood vessels on the body surface, accelerate blood circulation, improve the nutrition of skin and tissues, reduce muscle tension and enhance resistance. In addition, summer is hot and vulnerable to wind, cold and dampness. It is not suitable for fan-type air supply when sleeping. In an air-conditioned room, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not be too large, and it is not suitable for sleeping at night.
9 Herbal tea recommended for summer health The so-called herbal tea refers to Chinese herbal medicines that are cold in nature and can eliminate internal heat. They are decocted with water to eliminate summer heat in the human body or treat diseases such as sore throat. Therefore, herbal tea is not tea, but a medicinal soup made of Chinese herbal medicines.
Summer herbal tea
Herbal tea originated in Guangdong and Guangxi, because this area belongs to subtropical warm and humid climate. In order to escape the heat, people have developed various kinds of herbal teas, such as clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and relieving depression, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and clearing the wind and heat. It's delicious and has certain functions. Even some experts predict that herbal tea is expected to become the only national beverage in China that can compete with Coca-Cola.
As a specialty of Guangdong and Guangxi, herbal tea shop has also become a local "landscape". Standing on the streets of Guangzhou and Nanning, you can always see "herbal tea shops" with various signs and ancient copper pots. Herbal tea stalls-clearing away heat and toxic materials, are usually suitable for people with sore throat, sores, hoarseness and obvious symptoms of getting angry. Their formulas are dandelion, gallbladder, honeysuckle and chrysanthemum. Clearing heat and relieving summer heat is usually suitable for people with dry mouth, sweating and heatstroke, such as grass root water, watermelon juice and mung bean water. Clearing heat and relieving depression is usually suitable for people with bloating stomach, such as Wuhua Tea, Qushi Tea and hawthorn tea. Clearing heat and moistening dryness is usually suitable for people with fever in mouth and nose and chapped lips. The formula comprises Siraitia grosvenorii and Ophiopogon japonicus. Clearing liver and improving eyesight can prevent hepatitis and eye pain. The formula contains mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, selfheal, isatis root, etc. Breeze fever can prevent colds and headaches. The formula contains honeysuckle, golden lamp and silver plate. Nine kinds of herbal tea come from the people, and many herbal teas are widely circulated among the people, such as Liangbu and Siraitia grosvenorii, which have always been highly praised by the public. Here, I would like to introduce six kinds of herbal teas commonly used by the people.
1. cassia seed tea
Raw material cassia seed 50 grams. Make cassia seed and stir-fry for later use. Take 6 ~ 10g each time, and brew with boiling water for drinking. The effects of relieving summer heat, improving eyesight and quenching thirst. Suitable for summer heat, thirst, headache, red eyes, swelling and pain, poor stool and high blood pressure. 2. burnt barley tea
Raw barley100g. Stir-fried barley, take a proper amount when drinking, and brew with boiling water. Efficacy of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, benefiting qi and relieving annoyance. Suitable for summer heat, polydipsia and dyspepsia. 3. Honeysuckle drinks
50g of honeysuckle, 50g of chrysanthemum, 50g of hawthorn and 0/00g of refined honey/kloc. Wash honeysuckle, wash hawthorn and chop it up, wash chrysanthemum, put it in a pot, inject water, cook it with slow fire for a while, and drain the medicine juice. Filtering with gauze to remove residue, cooling, slowly pouring honey into the medicinal juice, and mixing well. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness. Summer heat leads to polydipsia, palpitation, dizziness and loss of appetite. 4. Doudou drinks
The raw materials are mung bean 100g, lentil 50g and proper amount of sugar. Prepare mung beans and lentils, wash them, cook them in a pot until cooked, then add sugar and let them cool. The effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Suitable for summer fever, headache, thirst and indigestion. 5. Guadou drink
Ingredients: 200 grams of watermelon peel, 30 grams of mung bean coat, cicada slough 10 gram. Prepare watermelon Tsing Yi, mung bean coat and cicada slough, wash them, put them in a pot, and add 1000 ml water to boil. The effects of clearing heat and purging fire, clearing summer heat and expelling wind. Suitable for summer heat, polydipsia, miliaria, edema and sores on the mouth and tongue. 6. Three cups of fresh tea
The raw materials are fresh mint, fresh Eupatorium odoratum and fresh Pogostemon cablin each 15g. Chop them separately, fry them slightly, and take juice instead of tea. Efficacy of relieving summer heat, clearing heat, aromatic turbidity, regulating stomach and relieving exterior syndrome. It is suitable for common cold, heatstroke, summer sickness (editor's note that summer sickness is a common disease in summer, which is caused by physical weakness and excessive heat, manifested as fatigue, dizziness, excessive sweating, loss of appetite or low fever), headache, stuffy nose, loss of appetite, nausea and diarrhea. Later generations developed many classic herbal teas on the basis of folk herbal teas, such as the following three kinds.
1. Sangju fine bamboo tea
Bamboo leaf15g, mulberry leaf10g, chrysanthemum10g, cogongrass rhizome10g and mint 6g. Making mulberry leaves, bamboo leaves and mint, grinding, washing and chopping cogongrass rhizome, putting it in a pot with chrysanthemum, and brewing it in boiling water for tea drinking. Expelling wind, relieving exterior syndrome, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production. Suitable for thirst, bitter tongue, sore throat and wind-heat cold. -Excerpt from "Practical Selection" 2. Zhu Lan tea
6 grams of raw tea, 3 grams of cinnabar and 3 grams of mint. It is tea brewed with boiling water. Clearing heat, relieving summer heat, regulating qi, expelling wind and clearing heat. -Excerpted from Materia Medica 3. Balsam pear tea
Ingredients: bitter gourd 1 tablet, green tea. Make 1. Cut the top of bitter gourd, remove the heart, add green tea and hang it in a cool and ventilated place to dry in the shade. 2. Pick it and wash it, chop it with tea and mix well. Usage: each time 10g, brew with boiling water and drink after half an hour. Clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, quenching thirst and relieving annoyance. Use summer to relieve heat, heatstroke, fever, thirst and irritability, and urination is unfavorable.