1, light diet
Summer diet should not be too full, usually seven or eight points full, but we must pay attention to a comprehensive and balanced nutritional mix, not picky eaters, partial eclipse. Some people have a bad appetite because of the weather, so they can eat lightly.
Suitable for summer consumption are: white gourd, white radish, tomato and other foods that can dispel dampness and dredge silt and help improve gastrointestinal function; It is advisable to eat more freshwater fish and less red meat in summer. You can drink cassia seed tea, barley tea, chrysanthemum tea, kudingcha, mung bean soup and other drinks.
Step 2 Adjust your mood
In summer, the weather is hot, and the mood is easy to fluctuate and get excited, which leads to the increase of blood pressure and aggravates the burden on the heart. Diseases such as angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and heart failure are easy to attack. In addition, the incidence of stroke in summer is also quite high, which needs attention. It is worth mentioning that excessive emotional fluctuation can also lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction, and respiratory diseases such as asthma are also closely related to emotions.
3. Re-damp heat
Summer is hot and humid, and people often feel headache, so they are prone to depression, burnout, chest tightness and poor appetite. For patients with respiratory diseases, more attention should be paid to maintenance in summer to prevent cough and recurrence of tracheal diseases. For people in damp heat constitution, the palms and soles of the feet often feel hot. Under the interaction of moisture and hot air, they are prone to constipation, and their stools look yellow and smelly.
Diet should be light and easy to digest. Eat more foods that can clear away heat and promote diuresis, such as mung bean porridge, lotus leaf porridge and red bean porridge. Cooking soup with wax gourd, lotus leaf and coix seed is also a cool drink to clear away damp heat. At the same time, pay attention to adjust the indoor humidity and open more windows for ventilation.
4. Have a good sleep
In summer, the days are long, the nights are short, and the temperature is high at night, which causes some people to have a bad rest at night. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this "imbalance between yin and yang" will increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension patients tend to increase blood pressure, angina patients increase the frequency of attacks. Ensure adequate sleep. Only in this way can we maintain the normal operation of various functions of the body. Adults are advised to get 7 hours of high-quality sleep every day.
Step 5 meditate and meditate
As the old saying goes, "peace of mind is naturally cool." During the hot summer, you should control your mood swings. When you are upset, you can listen to lyrical and gentle music to cultivate your body and mind.
Depression is easy to hurt the liver. Do something you like in your spare time and forget all the pressure. Psychological suggestion plays a great role in regulating emotions. When you are upset, imagine a happy picture in your mind, such as an endless grassland.
Meditation is also an excellent way to close your eyes for 20 minutes every day, put your thoughts behind you and guide yourself to imagine positive things.
What are the taboos of summer solar terms?
1, avoid drinking tea on an empty stomach.
Many people in China like to drink tea for their health. Drinking right can really nourish the body, but please remember not to drink tea on an empty stomach, otherwise it will consume the yang in the human body. It is recommended to drink two or three cups after meals. When you feel hungry, please put down your teacup immediately and stop drinking tea.
2. Avoid taking a bath in cold water
As the summer solar term approaches, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. In such hot weather, many people like to take a bath. Because it is hot and sweaty, bathing can wash away sweat and dirt on the skin surface and make the skin dry again.
Among them, some people like to take a bath with cold water, because cold water can cool down quickly. However, this practice is very harmful to health, because in hot weather, the skin is loose. If you take a bath with cold water, when the cold water rushes through the skin, cold air will enter the body from the pores, consuming a lot of yang in the body for a long time.