The dog days, which appear between Xiaoshu and beginning of autumn, are the days with the highest temperature, humidity and sultry weather in a year. V means latent. The "crouching" of "dog days" means "crouching evil". That is, the so-called "six evils" (referring to "wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire"). The so-called "dog days" refers to the "dog days" of the lunar calendar, which is the hottest period of the year.

Sanfu health needs heatstroke prevention, not gluttony and moderate exercise.

Summer qi governs dampness and has summer heat, which is the heaviest time of the year and the best season to get rid of dampness. Eliminating dampness can help us get through the summer heat smoothly and achieve the effect of treating winter diseases in summer.

In summer, especially in dog days, we should do the following:

(1) light diet, give rest to the spleen and stomach, and reduce internal dampness.

② Exercise more and sweat more, expel skin moisture and promote metabolism in the body.

(3) Eat more sweaty and diuretic foods, such as red beans, mung beans, barley, melon and watermelon (green clothes), ginger, green tea and scented tea. Therefore, the water in the skin and urine can be discharged, and the metabolic operation in the body can be promoted. You can drink ginger brown sugar water, red bean mung bean barley soup, coriander loofah soup, Cui Yi corn stigma soup, green tea and so on. Achieve the purpose of diet therapy and dampness elimination.