Summer solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms, and it was also called "Summer Festival" and "Summer solstice Festival" in ancient times. The summer solstice is around June 2 1 of the Gregorian calendar every year, and it begins when the sun reaches 90 degrees of the yellow meridian.
In the 7th century BC, the shadow of the sun was measured by civil soil gauge, thus the summer solstice was determined. According to "Zunxian Manuscript", "The sun arrives in the north, the days are long and the shadows are short, so it is called the summer solstice. At best, it is excellent. "
What is suitable for the summer solstice? 1. The diet should be light, eat more miscellaneous grains, eat more fresh vegetables, hot fruits in summer and some foods that can relieve summer heat, invigorate qi, promote fluid production and quench thirst, such as tomatoes, watermelons, bayberry, melons, strawberries, peaches, plums, noodles, mung beans, adzuki beans, Chinese cabbage, celery, loofah, mung bean sprouts, wax gourd, carrots and so on.
2, a small number of meals, chew slowly, not too full. Because the summer climate is hot, people's digestive function is relatively weak, so it takes time to adapt.
3. Because with the arrival of this high temperature season, the metabolism of human body is more vigorous, it will sweat a lot, consume gas and hurt body fluids, and it is easy to get heatstroke, so lotus leaf, coix seed, lentil, lotus seed, lily, Polygonatum odoratum, Adenophora, yam, Ophiopogon japonicus, asparagus and so on can be used in Chinese herbal medicines.
What can't I eat on the summer solstice? 1, it is not advisable to eat too much fat and sweet, so as to avoid heat and stimulate the disease of boils.
2. Don't overeat spicy food, such as pepper, pepper, raw onion, raw garlic, ginger, mustard, fennel, cinnamon and so on. To avoid adding fuel to the fire.
Don't overeat cold fruits, ice cream and frozen drinks, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach and affect the digestive function of the body.
4 The principle of healthy exercise from summer solstice should not be too early, and the exercise at night should not be too "greedy". During the summer solstice, people should not exercise excessively, and should try to avoid going out when the sun is strong, so as not to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. I would like to remind the elderly not to go out for exercise too early at night, but to do more aerobic exercise such as walking and playing Tai Ji Chuan.
Avoid bathing in cold water. Taking a bath in cold water is a favorite way for many young and middle-aged men to cool off. However, the weather is hot in summer, and people's pores and muscles are in a state of venting. Therefore, cold air can easily invade the human body, leading to the loss of yang. There are visible symptoms such as cold hands and feet, hamstring twitching, blurred vision in both eyes, and even unexplained fever syndrome. At the same time, even if you take a hot bath, you should pay attention to shelter from the wind after taking a bath, especially for children.
Avoid eating cold food at night and drink tea on an empty stomach. Because the days are longer and the nights are shorter in summer, some elderly people or people with weak constitution will often feel cold in their stomachs and it is not easy to digest the food they eat. Lettuce and melons should be avoided in summer, especially at night. Also be careful not to eat meat, noodles or anything cold and sticky at night, or you will see bloating, vomiting and diarrhea.
Excessive drinking of tea, especially on an empty stomach, can easily lead to consumption of yang. If you are a salty person, the salty taste will cause tea to enter the kidney, extinguish the kidney yang of the lower jiao, and make people prone to joint pain due to hand and foot pain, and diarrhea, impotence, dysmenorrhea and other diseases due to deficiency and cold of the lower jiao. Therefore, drinking tea in summer should be two or three cups after meals, and stop drinking immediately when you are hungry.