As the saying goes: "After the little summer, it is three points hot every day." After the slight heat, the temperature began to rise gradually, and the hot summer officially began. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that summer heat is yang evil, damp and hot, and it is most likely to hurt the heart and yang. Therefore, we should pay special attention to meditation, heatstroke prevention and cooling, and eliminate moisture.
How do people keep fit in summer?
1, heat is sad, so be calm. Chinese medicine believes that the heart is enlightened by the tongue, and the five flavors are bitter. It is the joy of the heart and the sweat of the liquid. It should be four o'clock in summer, and it should be nourishing. Emotionally, emotional joy can be used with peace of mind. If euphoria is excessive, it is easy to lose blood and lose your mind; If the five ambitions go too far, everyone will be sad. So keep a happy mood and keep calm, which will help to calm your mind.
Small summer solar terms advocate siesta. 1 1 point-13 is the season of heart meridian. Taking a nap in the afternoon can not only nourish the soul, but also relieve the fatigue of work in the morning and improve the efficiency of work in the afternoon. However, you should pay attention to taking a nap: First, don't be too full before going to bed; Second, sleep time should not be too long; Third, you can't exercise immediately after sleeping.
2, hot and humid in summer, appropriate heatstroke prevention and moisture. After the slight summer heat, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, so it is necessary to prevent heatstroke and heatstroke. Prepare for heatstroke prevention and listen to the "high temperature alarm" issued by the meteorological department. You can use a sun umbrella, sunscreen clothes, sunscreen and so on. Do a good job in outdoor heatstroke prevention. Try to choose cool mornings and evenings for outdoor sports.
Summer heatstroke prevention should prepare heatstroke prevention drinks and medicines. Carry with you heatstroke prevention drugs such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, Ten Drops of Water and Ren Dan. Watermelon is a seasonal fruit in summer, rich in juice, which can relieve summer heat and produce fluid; Mung beans have the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, relieving cough and diuresis; Sour plum and hawthorn can quench thirst; Honeysuckle and chrysanthemum can clear away heat and detoxify; Adzuki bean can clear away heat and promote diuresis. Drinking watermelon juice, mung bean soup, sour plum soup, honeysuckle tea, chrysanthemum tea, red bean porridge and other products that clear away heat and promote fluid production in summer can relieve summer heat and prevent heatstroke.
Summer heat is often mixed with dampness, which is easy to trap the spleen and stomach and limbs, and people are prone to anorexia, eating less, sleepiness, fatigue and other symptoms. Health care should pay attention to removing moisture. Methods: (1) Soaking feet with hot water at night and sweating slightly can get rid of moisture in the body. (2) The air conditioning temperature should not be adjusted too low in summer, so as to avoid moisture staying in the body; (3) Eat products with the function of eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen, such as dried tangerine peel, coix seed, poria cocos and lentils to cook porridge.
3. Summer days should be treated in winter and summer. "Hot dog days", entering the summer solar terms, the hottest dog days of the year are coming. The duration of dog days this year is 40 days, and dog days are the peak of yang in nature. "Su Wen's Theory of Four Seasons Tune the Spirit" said: "People who are yin and yang at four seasons are the root of all things, so saints raise yang in spring and summer and yin in autumn and winter to follow their roots." According to the theory of "correspondence between man and nature", this is the best time to treat winter diseases in summer.
Dog-day patch and dog-day moxibustion are Chinese medicine methods to prevent or treat some diseases through application and moxibustion, which are mainly suitable for patients with cold syndrome such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchial asthma, diarrhea and rheumatism. The cold diseases in winter can be cured or alleviated mainly by eliminating cold pathogens and warming Yang Qi. In daily life, we should pay attention to protecting the yang and consolidate the role of treating winter diseases in summer. Don't be greedy for cold drinks, taking a bath, sweating in the wind, etc. Mutton, ginger and pepper can be eaten properly and supplemented at the same temperature, which plays the role of warming meridians, dredging collaterals and dispelling cold.
How do kidney patients eat, drink and exercise in summer?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that summer poison should be steamed outside and the diet should be salty and sweet. There are also folk customs such as drinking tea, drying ginger tea and burning incense. When cooking, you can put some ginger, onion, garlic and vinegar, try to eat warm and soft food, and avoid excessive consumption of cold and sweet food. During the summer solar term, patients with kidney disease should pay more attention to health preservation, so as not to damage healthy qi and aggravate the condition.
Summer diet should be light, not fat and sweet. Don't overeat hot food, mainly low-fat, digestible, cellulose-rich food, eat more fruits and vegetables and coarse grains, try to avoid frozen drinks and drink less water. It is not advisable to overeat, especially cold drinks and fruits. You can eat some ginger properly, which will help boost your temper. As the saying goes, "Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer doesn't need a doctor's prescription".
Proper physical exercise is beneficial to the recovery of kidney disease, such as walking, playing Tai Ji Chuan and practicing Qigong. But pay attention to the time of exercise, sooner or later, and never exercise at noon or when the sun is strong. Although swimming is a good exercise in summer, patients with kidney disease should not go swimming or crowded places to avoid infection, because swimming requires great physical strength and the hygiene of swimming places is not guaranteed.
Life can sometimes ensure the quality of sleep. In summer, patients with kidney disease should adapt to the changing rules of the weather and develop good living habits. It is best to arrange a lunch break of about half an hour at noon to ensure physical strength and facilitate recovery. The room should be spacious and bright, ventilated and ventilated, and keep a certain temperature. Be sure to cover your abdomen when sleeping, protect your stomach and prevent colds.
In summer, people are prone to fidgety, especially patients with kidney disease who are unwell and easily fidgety. Therefore, in summer, we should "abstain from dryness and anger", avoid exultation and great sorrow, keep quiet, relax and always smile.