(1) had a bitter summer.

Generally, bitter food has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and nourishing yin, and entering the spleen and stomach meridians. After the summer solstice, we can eat more bitter food, such as bitter gourd, bitter chrysanthemum, lotus seeds, cabbage, buckwheat, lettuce and so on. This is of great benefit to the human body. It is said that bitter summer is not bitter.

(2) "Drink acid" to relieve summer heat

Sour taste can stop sweating, diarrhea and dampness. Some sour fruits, such as ebony, hawthorn, lemon, grape, strawberry, tomato, pineapple, mango and kiwi fruit, have the functions of dispelling summer heat, benefiting qi, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. You can eat it raw or drink it by juicing. Eating more after the solar term from summer solstice can alleviate the symptoms of excessive sweating and causing gas consumption and yin injury.

(3) Eat porridge to nourish the spleen and stomach.

Li Shizhen, an ancient medical scientist, suggested that porridge in summer is the best diet. Mung beans, lotus seeds and lilies can cook porridge with millet, coix seed and japonica rice, which is very suitable for summer solstice. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold can choose warm ingredients to cook porridge, which can effectively avoid damaging spleen and stomach yang.

(4) "Clean up" energy

In the past, people attributed summer fatigue, lack of sleep, poor spirit and decreased resistance to "too hot weather", but rarely thought it was related to insufficient nutrition intake. "Qing Bu" is to choose foods that can dispel summer heat and promote fluid production to supplement human consumption. Emphasis is placed on supplementing nutrition, and at the same time clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.

(5) "Meditation" is naturally refreshing.

During the summer solstice, we should adjust our mood, work and rest rules, avoid going out in high temperature, pay attention to heatstroke prevention and sun protection, form the habit of taking a lunch break, take a bath and change clothes frequently, keep a calm mind, conform to the law of long days and short nights, mobilize the full operation of qi and blood, and maintain a good mental state in hot summer.

2. Hygienic taboos in summer solstice

(1) Avoid eating cold at night and drink tea on an empty stomach.

People who have a short summer night, are older, or have a weak constitution often have cold stomachs and indigestion, such as lettuce and melons. It is forbidden in summer, so you should pay special attention to eating this kind of food at night. Also be careful not to eat meat, noodles or anything cold and sticky at night, or you will see bloating, vomiting and diarrhea.

Excessive drinking of tea, especially on an empty stomach, can easily lead to consumption of yang. If you are a salty person, the salty taste will cause tea to enter the kidney, extinguish the kidney yang of the lower jiao, and make people prone to joint pain due to hand and foot pain, and diarrhea, impotence, dysmenorrhea and other diseases due to deficiency and cold of the lower jiao. Therefore, drinking tea in summer should be two or three cups after meals, and stop drinking immediately when you are hungry.

(2) Avoid taking a bath in cold water

Taking a bath in cold water is the favorite way for many young and middle-aged men to cool off, but the weather is hot in summer, and people's pores and muscles are in a state of venting. Therefore, cold air can easily invade the human body, leading to the loss of yang. There are visible symptoms such as cold hands and feet, hamstring twitching, blurred vision in both eyes, and even unexplained fever syndrome. At the same time, even if you take a hot bath, you should pay attention to shelter from the wind after taking a bath, especially for children.

(3) avoid sleeping at night and being greedy.

In ancient times, a man came to consult Peng Zu, a health care master, because his family did not live long. Peng Zu followed the man to his house and searched it carefully. He found a hole in the wall of the bedroom, facing the sleeping man's head. Peng Zu had the hole plugged, and the family really lived a long life.