Seeing that the dog days are coming, the temperature is the highest in a year, and it is humid and sultry. The dog days are very painful. At this time, it belongs to the most vigorous time period between heaven and earth. As the saying goes, "winter disease is cured in summer", and Yang Can's warming is the best golden age.

The so-called dog days can be understood as dog days, that is, the weather is too hot, so it is better to "lie down" than to move.

During this period, the body surface is full of yang, while the interior is in a state of yang deficiency and less cold, which is particularly obvious for many people with yang deficiency. If you are not careful, you will easily have diarrhea, abdominal pain and even dysmenorrhea.

People with cold constitution will feel more comfortable in this season, but when the yang is weak in autumn, it is easy to induce or even aggravate the condition.

But in the opinion of health experts, dog days can be said to be the most important stage of health in a year. We should always follow the mantra of "raw and cold, not eating cold" and try to avoid raw and cold foods, such as mung beans and watermelons.

But for many people, it will be too hard if there are no watermelons and mung beans in summer, especially in the dog days without air conditioning.

Then why is it that the dog days are the hottest time of the year, and air conditioners and watermelons should be arranged together? Why do you advocate eating cold food instead of eating cold food?

As the name implies, you can eat cold food during the hot period, but you can't eat cold food.

Of course, some people think that knowing it is good, but not knowing it is cold. Don't the two belong to the same category? Isn't it inconsistent?

Learn to distinguish between cold and not cold. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, qi in human body can be divided into good and evil, cold and heat.

The same is true of food. Different foods have different characteristics. Some foods are spicy and exciting, which will make people feel hot. Some foods can cause colds.

Dog days, the hottest period of the year, are more likely to arouse the heat evil of the human body if you are always greedy for cold and afraid of cold.

Of course, from the point of view of modern medicine, long-term intake of cold food will stimulate the digestive system, lead to abnormal contraction of gastric mucosa, severe symptoms such as indigestion, diarrhea and abdominal pain, and even affect the spleen and stomach to induce spleen and stomach weakness. Once spleen deficiency means decreased immunity, it will further affect health.

Incubation, intermediate and final lodging are called dog days.

Summer blesses people in the river. I hope it is early autumn, but people are more used to calling it long summer.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, all diseases begin with cold. Catch cold in dog days, it is easier to leave the root of the disease, which seriously affects your health. On the contrary, if we grasp the principle of attacking heat with heat at this time, it will be easier to warm up the vitality and replenish the yang, and effectively avoid all kinds of discomfort and even diseases caused by cold chill entering the body.

For example, allergies, qi deficiency, arthritis, rheumatism and other diseases that are prone to attack in winter have better effects, and are called "winter diseases are treated in summer".

Besides, it's hot in dog days. Although the body temperature is very hot, it can promote human metabolism and blood circulation, relieve summer heat, and prevent some diseases related to cold, making the body more comfortable.

There are many benefits in dog days, but it is not a simple matter. The hotter the better. It is necessary to master certain methods. For example, the following five things can be done well, and the dog days are actually very simple.

1, don't be greedy.

Even if the weather is hot and there is no excessive greed, being in an air-conditioned environment for a long time will cause short-term temperature difference changes and unbalanced adaptability, so don't turn on the air conditioner for a long time, especially in a low-temperature environment.

This is air conditioning. The temperature difference between the air conditioner and the ambient temperature should not exceed 7, and it is best to maintain it at around 26. At the same time, the air outlet of the air conditioner should be upward or blocked by objects as far as possible to avoid blowing directly to people.

Finally, we should pay attention to protecting joints in air-conditioned environment, especially for the elderly, teenagers and patients with respiratory diseases. Of course, people with cold and allergic constitution should pay more attention.

Don't eat a lot of cold food in your diet.

2, the diet should be appetizing

In the hot season, many people want to eat some spicy food to stimulate the stomach and achieve the purpose of appetizing because the weather is too hot, their appetite is poor and their food is tasteless.

In fact, you might as well eat more bitter food to increase your appetite than spicy and irritating food.

Reminder: Bitter foods such as bitter gourd are cold, and people with weak spleen and stomach, heavy body cold or gastrointestinal diseases should not eat more.

3, pay attention to dampness

In dog days, we should also pay attention to moisture. It is necessary to soak your feet before going to bed. The water temperature should be controlled at about 40℃ as far as possible, so that the water in the body can be discharged with sweat, so as to relax muscles, relieve stress and promote sleep.

4. Go to bed late and get up early for a nap

The human body also has a sleep cycle, that is to say, it should be active when it is active and sleep when it is time to sleep. This is also what we call the biological clock, which is more conducive to good health and the best way of life.

If this rule is broken, there will be side effects. According to scientific research, there are seven prime periods for people's sleep, namely 1 1 to 6 o'clock the next morning. Therefore, it is recommended that people go into deep sleep before 1 1 in the afternoon.

5. It's better to move when it's quiet in dog days.

Medical research found that the atmospheric environment, temperature and humidity over 80%, sunshine hours over 12 hours, temperature over 35℃, led to abnormal changes in human mood, irritability, especially in the elderly, the symptoms are more obvious.

In hot summer, it is more suitable to sit still on a hot day, which helps to calm the mood and relieve stress, and is also a way to promote health.