Health care in summer is very important. nourishing heart
Get up early and do morning exercises to nourish yang and heart. The rest time should be to observe the four seasons. After summer, when the sun rises, people should get up early to do morning exercises to promote the rise of yang. Drink a cup of boiled water after getting up in the morning, and then do short morning exercises. Don't exercise too hard.
It is wise to take a nap at noon. Chinese medicine believes that the heart is the master of the internal organs. Taking a nap not only helps to make up sleep, but also improves coronary blood supply, strengthens physical strength and eliminates fatigue. Noon refers to 1 1:00 to 13:00. When the heart meridian is in full season, it is advisable to take a nap for 30 minutes to 1 hour to nourish the heart. Even if you can't sleep, closing your eyes is good for your body and mind.
Drinking a cup of health tea in the afternoon is hot in summer, and trace elements such as potassium closely related to cardiovascular diseases in the human body are easily lost with sweat. Drinking tea regularly in summer can relieve summer heat and supplement potassium.
In addition to tea, you can also mix it with some simple herbal tea to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, nourish your heart and soothe your nerves. For example, lotus leaves and lotus seeds soaked in water can nourish the heart and improve intelligence, and clear the heart and relieve summer heat. 6 pieces of American ginseng and 0/0 pieces of Ophiopogon japonicus, brewed with boiled water instead of tea, suitable for people who are tired, dizzy, thirsty and sweaty; For insomnia and oral ulcer caused by inflammation of heart fire, 6 grams of lotus seeds, 6 grams of gardenia and 6 grams of Ziziphus jujuba seeds can be brewed with boiling water. Without drinking tea, it has the effects of clearing away heart fire, calming the heart and calming the nerves. You can also cook medicated diet to nourish the heart, such as porridge for invigorating qi and nourishing the heart: 30g of yam, 30g of radix Pseudostellariae, 30g of lotus seeds (lotus plumule) and 200g of glutinous rice. When cooked into porridge, it has the functions of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, nourishing yin and clearing heart.
Relaxing at night is good for your body and mind. In summer, your mind is easily disturbed. Your mind should be quiet. You can do some stretching and relaxation exercises in summer evening, mainly to relax skeletal muscles, which can promote night sleep. The way to exercise is to recommend soothing exercise, such as walking and doing exercise. Stretching limbs can promote blood circulation throughout the body, thus reducing the load on the heart.
Soaking feet at night in summer, with high humidity, is the easiest to invade the human spleen. Dampness sleepy the spleen, and it is easy to be sad for a long time. Soaking feet at night combined with Yongquan point massage is helpful to dispel summer heat and dampness, prevent colds, make people feel refreshed, stimulate appetite and promote sleep. Massage Yongquan point can also stimulate kidney essence and nourish the soul.
Besides, we should keep a good mood and a peaceful mind to cultivate our hearts. Middle-aged and elderly people should avoid exultation and prevent emotional heatstroke. Hot weather will inevitably make people feel annoyed. Keep smiling, keep quiet and empty. You can practice calligraphy, listen to music, plant flowers, raise fish and so on. , so as to adjust their irritability, keep a good mood. It not only helps to improve the function of blood vessels, but also coordinates various organs of the human body to keep you healthy in hot summer.
Please remember that three should and three should not.
Eat more fruits and vegetables. It is very hot in summer, and the human body loses water quickly. Diet must pay attention to hydration. Besides drinking more water, eat more food, fruits and vegetables. Such as watermelon, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, cucumber, tomato and so on. Especially some dark fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, red and yellow tomatoes and grapefruit, are rich in vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that are beneficial to health. If eaten every day, they can enhance immunity, benefit cardiovascular health and prevent cancer.
It is advisable to clear away heat and reduce fire. In summer, the temperature is high and the anger is strong. If the internal heat cannot be discharged from the body, it will easily cause constipation, acne, sores on the mouth and tongue, etc. Summer diet should be light, mainly to clear away heat and reduce fire. Eat more Chinese cabbage, mung bean sprouts, soybean sprouts, kelp, fungus, mushrooms, cucumbers, melon, bitter gourd and other foods that help to clear away heat and purge fire.
In summer, the metabolism of human body is faster, and the function of spleen and stomach is relatively low. In order to reduce the burden of the spleen and stomach and ensure the health of the spleen and stomach, we should eat more stomach-nourishing foods, such as some soft and light ingredients, such as millet, oats, coix seed, yam, lotus seeds and other spleen-invigorating and appetizing foods, which can play a role in nourishing the stomach.
Spicy and greasy is not desirable. It is very hot in summer, and people get angry easily. Eating spicy food will only aggravate internal heat and toxins. Try to eat less or no spicy food, such as spicy hot pot. Eat less greasy food, which helps to calm your mind. Eating too much greasy food will increase the burden on your stomach, make you feel bloated, make you feel tired and eat less.
The weather should not be too cold. Fruits and vegetables are abundant in summer. People often like to eat fruits, seafood and other foods raw. But the temperature is high in summer, and all kinds of germs and parasites are easy to breed. If you don't pay attention to food hygiene, you are likely to get sick. Sweating in summer will make you thirsty. Don't drink too many cold drinks. Will stimulate the spleen and stomach, affect the secretion of gastric juice, thus causing anorexia, indigestion, anorexia, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal diseases. Especially for women, too much cold food can cause problems such as palace cold.
It is not advisable to drink more sugary drinks. In summer, people like to drink sugary drinks to quench their thirst. Studies have found that drinking too many sugary drinks will increase the risk of dental caries and obesity and have a negative impact on health, so drink less. Boiled water is recognized as the best drink, and water plays the role of material transportation, body temperature regulation and lubrication in the body. Drink plenty of water every day, a little boiled water for many times, or drink green tea water, mung bean soup or sour plum soup to quench your thirst.
Selecting points along meridians to eliminate annoyance and stagnation
After summer, the climate is hot and humid, and the body is prone to irritability and fatigue, and the digestive system of the spleen and stomach is also prone to problems. In addition to regular work and rest and diet, you can also massage acupoints to promote blood circulation and achieve the purpose of health preservation. For example, Laogong point (where the middle part of the fingertip touches when the fist is clenched), Houxi point (where the fist is clenched behind the ulnar side of the fifth metacarpal joint and behind the rear edge of the fifth metacarpal bone) and Special Envoy point (where the palm is 3 inches behind the rib and the palm is 3 inches on the wrist bar). Regular massage of these acupoints can play a good role in nourishing the heart. If the spleen and stomach are not good, you can massage points such as Zhongwan (the center of the connecting line between the lower sternum and the navel), Shu Tian (the width of the left and right thumb of the navel) and Zusanli (four fingers below the outer knee and the edge of the tibia). Press for 6 seconds every day and then relax. Repeat 10 times. You can also rub your abdomen around your navel before going to bed at night and when you get up in the morning, 50 times clockwise and 50 times counterclockwise, which can play a role in regulating the spleen and stomach, tonifying the middle energizer and benefiting qi.
So what is better to eat in summer?
aubergine
In summer, there is a great loss to the human body. Eggplant contains vitamin E, which can prevent bleeding and resist aging. Eating eggplant regularly can delay human aging. Eggplant is one of the few purple vegetables. Its purple skin is rich in vitamin E and vitamin P, which is irreplaceable by other vegetables.
Giant seaweed
Kelp is rich in soluble fiber, which can be easily absorbed and utilized by the large intestine, which can increase the smooth operation of blood, reduce cardiovascular blockage caused by thrombus or strong blood viscosity, and reduce the incidence of heart diseases such as myocardial infarction and arteriosclerosis.
lotus seed
The season of nourishing the heart is summer. At this time, the heart is the most fragile, and it is easy to be upset and sad because of the heat. Although the lotus seed core tastes bitter, it can clear the heart fire, is a good product for nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, and can also strengthen the stomach.
bitter gourd
In hot summer, the gastrointestinal function of human body is weakened, the secretion of digestive juice is reduced, and appetite is often lost. Bitter. Five flavors. First, it can stimulate people's appetite. The principle of TCM diet in Changxia is yang at the turn of spring and summer: yang is important in nourishing the heart, which accords with the physiological characteristics of nourishing the heart at the turn of spring and summer. Bitter gourd has the best effect of clearing heart.