1, summer health three words
The first word: "summer heat"-summer heat.
Three leaves: mint leaves, bamboo leaves and lotus leaves.
Peppermint leaves contain peppermint oil, which will make you feel ice in your mouth. After being brewed with water, it is a natural refreshing drink, which can refresh the mind.
Lophatherum Bambusae is a traditional Chinese medicine for clearing away heat, which is often used to prevent heatstroke. It's best to use fresh leaves, don't cook them for too long, and drink a small cup every day, which can relieve summer heat and reduce fire and quench thirst.
Lotus leaves come in handy when eating meat in summer. Wrapped with lotus leaves, or steamed or boiled, nutrients will not be lost, and alkaloids in lotus leaves can also reconcile the greasy feeling.
Three kinds of fruits: carambola, kiwi and pitaya.
In summer in love sweating, we should eat fruits to replenish water. At this time, carambola, kiwifruit and pitaya are fruits with high nutritional value and can relieve summer heat.
Carambola has a high water content, exceeding 90%, and contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, which can not only replenish water, but also replenish potassium and sodium ions lost with sweat. Kiwi is a kiwi fruit, and it is the most nutritious fruit. However, people often only eat pulp when eating pitaya. In fact, anthocyanins with rich peel have remarkable anti-aging effect, so it is best to juice the peel and pulp together for drinking.
Three melons: bitter gourd, cucumber and watermelon.
Professor Shen recommended "three melons and one bud" rich in water, namely bitter gourd, cucumber and watermelon.
Bitter gourd contains bitter gourd glycoside, also known as lipid, which can clear fat and lose weight; Cucumber contains malonic acid, which helps to accelerate the decomposition of body fat; Watermelon, also called white tiger soup, is the best fruit for heatstroke prevention and cooling in summer. Watermelon can also induce diuresis and help detoxify.
The second word: "hot"-protecting the heart
Pressing: Massage five acupoints to protect the heart.
The pericardium meridian has three acupoints, namely Laogong, Daling and Neiguan. These three acupoints are all on the forearm and palm. Laogong point is located between the palm, the second metacarpal bone and the third metacarpal bone, and points to the middle fingertip when clenching fist and bending elbow; Daling point is at the midpoint of wrist transverse stripes; Neiguan point is located on the palm of forearm, on the connecting line between Daling and Qu Ze, and the wrist is 2 inches wide. Regular pressing can calm the heart and soothe the nerves, clear the heart and purge the fire.
Ophiopogon tuber
Eat: Lily, Ophiopogon japonicus
Lily lotus seed tremella soup is used to moisten dryness and nourish yin. Spread the lotus seeds 15g and tremella fuciformis 10g, put them into the pot together with lily 30g and crystal sugar, and add water to boil until the soup is thick, one bowl a day.
Ophiopogon japonicus not only helps to moisten the lungs, but also helps to improve the symptoms of angina pectoris caused by yin deficiency and blood stasis. Nourish lung yin, just drink it directly with Ophiopogon japonicus. Usually a glass of water can put about 5 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus.
The third word: "dampness"-eliminating dampness
As soon as summer arrives, many places start the "rainy mode". Wet weather is the most painful for the body: frequent colds around, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea, and rash. These are all caused by too much humidity.
Lotus seed, pod and red bean soup
A porridge: barley and red beans.
Eliminating dampness is even worse. Diarrhea, colds and other diseases are prone to occur in rainy season, so it is necessary to get rid of dampness. It is recommended to eat more red beans, poria cocos, winter melon skin, coix seed, yam and other foods. Among them, mixing coix seed and adzuki bean to cook porridge has a stronger effect of eliminating dampness. Adzuki bean promotes diuresis. When barley is dehumidified, adzuki beans can be better discharged. The combination of the two has the effects of clearing heat, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach, and has better color and fragrance.
A box of medicine: Huoxiang Zhengqi water is indispensable.
The rainy season is humid, and sunny and rainy days alternate quickly. In addition, sweating is more at this time, eating cold drinks and blowing air conditioners. It is easy to feel the evil of cold, which leads to colds and gastrointestinal injuries. Huoxiang Zhengqi Water is a magic weapon to deal with these minor problems, which is very useful for summer-damp colds and gastrointestinal diarrhea. If you can't stand its special taste, you can choose Huoxiang Zhengqi Soft Capsule.
In addition, you can often press Fengchi, Hegu and Xiang Ying to dispel wind, Hegu can relieve headaches caused by colds, and Xiang Ying can dredge meridians, thus preventing colds.
Step 2 Get rid of summer heat
Option 1: Enjoy delicious and light food.
The temperature rises in dog days, the air humidity increases, and many people have no appetite. At this time, try to eat more light food, which can not only promote appetite, but also prevent diseases. A light diet can clear away heat, prevent heatstroke, stop sweating, replenish water and stimulate appetite. Eating more fresh vegetables and fruits can not only meet the required nutrition, but also prevent heatstroke. Staple food should be light, such as mung bean porridge, lotus seed porridge and lotus leaf porridge. You can also drink some cool drinks, such as sour plum soup and chrysanthemum tea. In addition, eating vinegar can not only stimulate appetite, but also inhibit the killing of germs and prevent gastrointestinal diseases.
Scheme 2: Two supplements can prevent diseases.
The dog days are sultry, and the human body excretes a lot of sweat, which causes a lot of consumption of various nutrients in the body, especially inorganic salts; Coupled with loss of appetite and reduced activities, the whole person's physical condition is at a relatively low level, intake is reduced and consumption is increased, so many people lose weight and cause diseases. Therefore, paying attention to supplementing vitamins and trace elements is an important part of keeping healthy.
Option 3: Bitter food cannot be less.
Many people think bitter food is not delicious, but it is healthy food in summer. Alkaloids contained in bitter food have the functions of relieving summer heat, promoting blood circulation and relaxing blood vessels. Eating some bitter food or drinking some bitter drinks such as beer and coffee in dog days can not only clear people's troubles and refresh their minds, but also stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach.