Health knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine in dog days. Dog days are an important time. As the saying goes, "Cold is in March 9th, heat is in dog days". Now it's time to enter the dog days. The weather is extremely hot, the temperature is extremely high, and it is as hot as an ant in a hot pot ... Let's take a look at the knowledge of Chinese medicine health care and related materials in the dog days.
Health knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine in dog days 1 1 invigorating qi
It is easy to catch cold in summer, which will lead to insufficient physical strength and vitality and decreased physical function. Therefore, summer health care should pay special attention to "invigorating qi" to prevent the lack of yang in winter.
Health preservation strategy
1, American ginseng tea
The best tonic in summer is American ginseng, which is the only ginseng that does not get angry or hurt yin.
2. Eel
There is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus wins glory for summer ginseng". Monopterus albus is the most nourishing one month before and after the light summer. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, expelling wind and dampness, and strengthening bones and muscles.
Step 2 nourish the heart
In summer, you sweat more, feel sad and yin, and consume your heart and yang. Therefore, summer is the most tiring season for the heart, and the heart in the five internal organs corresponds to summer, so people should give priority to nourishing the heart in summer.
Health preservation strategy
Eat red food often.
Li Yonghua, a national senior nutritionist, said that red food should be eaten in summer. Such as red dates, cherries, grapefruit and saffron.
3. Spleen
Loss of appetite in summer is a common problem of many people. Spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow. If you don't eat well, there will be many problems.
Dog days TCM health knowledge 2 What is dog days?
The origin and definition of dog days in China can be simply understood as: "Dog days" means that it is too hot to lie still. The dog days are the hottest 30-40 days in a year in the Central Plains, which is between mid-July and early August in the solar calendar according to the lunar calendar.
There are ***40 days in dog days this year, more than last year 10 days. On July 65, 438+03, it was "head lying", on July 23, it was "middle lying", and on August 65, 438+02, it was "last", and on August 22.
According to the climate law of the lunar calendar in China, predecessors have long stipulated that "the third Geng day after long summer begins with the first day, the fourth Geng day begins with the second day, and the first Geng day after beginning of autumn ends with the third day, with the first ten days, the middle ten days, the twentieth day, and the third forty days.
The specific date of the dog days is determined by the solar term date and the dry branch date. According to the traditional calculation method in our country, the lodging time is not fixed every year, and the lodging length is not the same. It needs to be calculated by looking up the almanac, and the lodging date can be simply expressed by the formula of "three Geng on the summer solstice".
The third and fourth Geng days from summer to the future are the first (head) and second (middle) lodging dates respectively, and the first Geng day after beginning of autumn is the first day of the last (third) lodging. The so-called Geng day refers to the day when the Chinese calendar is dry and Geng. * * There are six kinds of "Geng Zi Geng Yin Chen Geng Geng Wu Geng Shen Geng Shou", which take turns every ten days (that is, six Geng Days in sixty Jia Zi).
Because the third and fourth Geng days are the first days of initial lodging and intermediate lodging, and the interval between each Geng day is 10 day, the initial lodging time is 10 day, and the final lodging rule is 10 day. The incubation time is long or short, which may be 10 day or 20 days. Every year, the third Geng day after the summer solstice solar term appears in the morning and evening, so the number of days in the middle is different, so there is a difference of 30 days in some years and 40 days in some years.
Sanfu healthy diet
It is a traditional custom to eat jiaozi on the head, because when it rains, people have a bad appetite and can't eat anything, while jiaozi is a food that stimulates and satisfies the appetite in the traditional customs of China people. It's better to eat noodles in rainy days. There is a saying in the north that "jiaozi lies on his head and pancakes stand on his feet".
As the saying goes, "the heat is at three volts." The outdoor sunshine is burning, and the indoor air conditioner is blowing coldly. Even healthy people will inevitably suffer from dizziness, irritability, loss of appetite and gastrointestinal dysfunction. So, in dog days, what should we pay special attention to in our diet?
1, hydrating health
The theory of traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to "Yin-Yang and Five Elements" and "Harmony between Man and Nature". Winter is Yin, summer is Yang, and summer is the season when Yang is in full bloom, which means that the yang tends to rise and flourish in summer, and the cold in the body is in a state of easy solution. In dog days, people will sweat a lot when they are working or exercising a little, and then they will have a strong thirst. Therefore, hydrating health has become the top priority in dog days.
2. The more sour, the sweeter
Ancient scholars believed that "summer heat and dampness should be cleared and replenished". In hot summer, people like cold drinks and drink plenty of water, so that moisture invades the human body, while external moisture enters the body, making water wet and invigorating the spleen, lifting the spleen and stomach, causing digestive dysfunction, stagnant water and loss of appetite.
According to the viewpoint of TCM health preservation, dryness and dampness in summer do great harm to the spleen, while bitter food has the effect of purging dryness and should not be eaten more, so it is advisable to eat more sweet and cold or sweet and cold in daily diet. And in summer, you return to your heart, but your heart likes cold and wants to eat sour, so you should eat more sour in summer. Such as pineapple and watermelon.
3, the true qi to fire
The hot summer days not only bring us physical discomfort, but also easily lead to more and more people's anger rising, which is manifested as emotional irritability, anxiety, excitability, insomnia and so on. These symptoms are called "summer mood disorder" in medicine.
Therefore, "removing fire" is also a compulsory course for summer food supplement. The best choice for summer food is bitter gourd, tomatoes and other cool fruits and vegetables. At the same time, milk is slightly cold, which can replenish water, nourish yin and reduce fever, and is also a good product for "dispelling fire". Duck is a good tonic in summer.
Dog days Chinese medicine health knowledge 3 dog days these things should be paid attention to.
First of all, we should pay attention to eating less melons, especially watermelons, in summer. Although they can relieve summer heat, we should not eat more. Because of its cold nature, some brown sugar and ginger tea can be added every day to balance its cold nature. For ice drinks, it is not advisable to eat more in summer, especially for the elderly, and it is not advisable to drink cold drinks, ice cream and other foods.
Secondly, we should pay attention to the details of daily life. In summer, people often take a bath. Some people sit in air-conditioned rooms with wet hair and even sleep without drying their hair, which leads to the "wet evil" invading the body unconsciously. Therefore, dry your hair before going to bed in summer. Don't point your cervical spine and waist at the air conditioner. Come back after sweating or exercising outside.
Blowing cool air against the air conditioner, moisture will take the opportunity to enter the human body along the open sweat pores, damaging the yang. In an air-conditioned room, you should wear clothes on your elbows and shoulders. Women should not show their waists, and men should not show their cervical vertebrae. Staying up late to enjoy the cool is also a big taboo. Lack of sleep is a symptom of spleen deficiency, indicating that the body is too wet, and you should take a nap for 30 to 60 minutes in dog days.
In addition, although it is hot in summer, we should exercise properly and should not sit still for a long time. Sedentary will make people lack blood supply, aggravate fatigue and muscle aches, and affect the elimination of moisture. Practice dog days in summer, but don't be silly.
In summer, when the temperature exceeds 35℃, the sunshine exceeds 12 hours, and the humidity is higher than 80%, people will sweat. Moreover, the emotional regulation center will be obviously affected, and people will be easily agitated. At this time, the practice method is very simple: sitting up, closing your eyes and swallowing body fluid is a good method.
How to keep fit in dog days?
In dog days, we should grasp two principles: first, treat winter diseases in summer; The second is to make up in summer. As for dog days, there are many ways to keep fit: dog days moxibustion, Chinese medicine therapy, dog days tonic and proper physical exercise.
1, winter disease treated in summer
Because the dog days are the hottest, the highest temperature and the most vigorous yang in a year, at this stage, people's skin is slack, so choosing acupoint application, drugs can easily penetrate from the skin to acupoints and meridians, and can directly reach the affected area through meridians and blood, so treating winter diseases in summer can often achieve the best effect.
2, dog days moxibustion
Dog days moxibustion is the most distinctive dog days health care therapy in traditional Chinese medicine, which is similar to modern preventive medicine. As early as thousands of years ago, Chinese medicine advocated the treatment of "preventing diseases before they occur", which is the earliest preventive medicine in the world, and the "dog moxibustion" of "treating winter diseases in summer" is the most representative method.
This therapy is to make use of the dog days when the yang is the most abundant in the middle of the year. People's body is full of yang, and Chinese medicine is coated to make medicine cakes. After dialectical analysis by experienced acupuncturists, the corresponding acupoints were selected for moxibustion treatment.
Step 3 tonic in dog days
There is a folk saying that "there is a chicken on the head, a dog on the second, and a turtle with red dates on the third". Xuzhou people often say that "a bowl of soup for a sheep in Pengcheng does not require a doctor to prescribe a prescription". In dog days, we must grasp the characteristics of dog days: high temperature, high humidity, long days and relatively little sleep time. Tonifying should be combined with the actual situation of the individual, and it is best to make tonic according to the symptoms under the guidance of a doctor.
4. Practice three volts in summer
As the saying goes, "practice three or nine in winter and three volts in summer." This is a summary of the experience of long-term health preservation in ancient times. In summer, we should dialectically avoid high temperature and prevent heatstroke. It is best to choose early morning or evening for exercise, and pay attention to hydration during exercise. In addition, the elderly should pay special attention to moderate exercise during exercise to avoid the phenomenon that the body is difficult to load.