1, precautions for diet and health care in summer solstice
The climate is hot and people's digestive function is relatively weak. Therefore, the diet should be light, not fat and sweet. Eat more miscellaneous grains to cool your body, and don't eat hot ones, so as not to help heat. Cold food should be eaten in moderation, not in excess, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach; Eat less thick and greasy food, so as to avoid hot wind and stimulate boils. During the summer solstice, we should grasp the relationship between seasons and viscera, replenish the energy consumed by the heart purposefully, and protect the heart.
2. What should I eat on the summer solstice?
It is advisable to eat sour and salty food. If you sweat more in summer, there will be more salt damage. When the myocardium is short of salt, the heartbeat will be abnormal. Chinese medicine believes that at this time, we should eat more sour food to strengthen the exterior, and eat more salty food to replenish the heart.
3. What should I not eat from summer solstice?
From the perspective of Yin-Yang theory, the hotter the body is in summer, the colder it is, which belongs to the phenomenon of heart flourishing and kidney failure. Therefore, the diet should not be too cold or too cold, and gluttony can easily lead to cold injury to the spleen and stomach, causing diarrhea symptoms. Watermelon, mung bean and dark plum are foods to relieve summer heat and thirst, but they should be eaten in moderation, and it is best not to eat them chilled.
4. What should I pay attention to during the summer solstice?
Mental conditioning: in summer, we should pay attention to maintaining an optimistic mood, learn to relax, feel refreshed, open-minded and full of energy, which is also conducive to the ventilation of Qi.
Nourishing the heart and strengthening the brain: Chinese medicine theory says that "the heart governs the blood vessels", and the heart delivers nutrients to various tissues and organs of the whole body through blood vessels to maintain normal physiological functions. For many heart and brain diseases, conditioning therapy begins with the conditioning of the "heart".
Control blood pressure: The high temperature in summer can directly affect the blood pressure fluctuation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and the high temperature and summer heat can easily make people fidgety, and excessive sweating can lead to blood concentration. Therefore, we should pay attention to controlling blood pressure, and don't go in and out of air-conditioned rooms frequently. It is easy for blood pressure to rise due to cold and hot stimulation, which will seriously lead to stroke or myocardial infarction.
Replenish water in time: Hot weather can easily lead to increased perspiration. If you don't replenish water in time, the urinary system is prone to stones. Drinking more water can prevent stones.
5. What should I pay attention to during the summer solstice?
(1) Reasonable arrangement of rest time
The daily conditioning from summer solstice should conform to the change of natural yang flourishing and yin declining, and should go to bed late and get up early; Arrange lunch break reasonably and pay attention to the adjustment of indoor and outdoor temperature difference.
(2) Pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling.
Excessive sweating in summer can easily lead to dizziness, chest tightness, palpitation, thirst, nausea and even coma. Therefore, when working or exercising outdoors, you should avoid the place with the strongest sunshine and strengthen sun protection.
(3) Take a bath with warm water
Taking a bath with warm water every day can not only wash away sweat and dirt, make the skin clean and cool, relieve summer heat and prevent diseases, but also achieve the purpose of exercising. Because of the water pressure and mechanical massage in warm water bath, it can reduce the excitability of nervous system, dilate blood vessels on body surface, accelerate blood circulation, improve skin and tissue nutrition, reduce muscle tension, eliminate fatigue and improve sleep time.