The dog days coincided with the long summer in ancient times. At this time, the rain is constantly rising, and the humidity is full. The air humidity is the highest in the whole year. Dampness is easy to hurt the spleen and suffer from summer heat. Damp-heat steaming often makes people dizzy and heavy, chest tightness and discomfort, limb weakness and loss of appetite; Damp-heat betting can cause enteritis and dysentery. At this time, special attention should be paid to diet, and it is not advisable to eat a lot of cold and greasy food. We can add lentils, coix seed and other products to strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis in porridge, pay attention to food hygiene and prevent "diseases from entering the mouth".

2, summer health tips: heatstroke prevention and cooling

At the peak of sunshine in the four seasons, some people with poor thermoregulation function are prone to heatstroke in high temperature environment. Therefore, we must be careful not to be exposed to the sun, not to go out at the peak of the sun, not to do strenuous exercise, and to ensure adequate sleep. It should be a small amount of drinking water. In many cases, you can choose refreshing drinks such as light salt water, green tea and mung bean soup. If you have dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. It means that you are going to get heatstroke. You should go to a ventilated and cool place as soon as possible, take off your clothes to enjoy the cool, or drink cold water and take Ren Dan.

3, summer health tips: prevent "fire"

In dog days, external dampness enters the spleen, which leads to spleen dampness, spleen and stomach fluctuation, and digestive dysfunction. Summer dampness is very unfavorable to the spleen. Therefore, in daily diet, it is advisable to eat more foods to dispel summer heat and dampness and strengthen the spleen, such as melon, cucumber, mung bean, red bean and barley.

4, summer health tips: prevent colds

In the hot summer, the human body's pores are open, sweating is constant, the yang is exhausted, the exterior and interior are not solid, and cold pathogens are easy to take advantage of it. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent both "sunny and summer heat" and "cloudy and summer heat" in dog days. The ancients said that "summer is not poor and cool", and excessive greed for cold can cause "cold", while patients with chronic bronchitis, hypertension and coronary heart disease often get worse after catching cold. Don't be greedy for cold drinks, don't sleep, and don't boast. Change clothes in time after getting wet in summer. Don't turn on the electric fan too much, and don't blow the air conditioner too low, especially for the elderly who should not live in cold air for a long time. When sleeping at night, turn off the electric fan and air conditioner and cover your abdomen.