1, the beginning of health knowledge in dog days-heatstroke prevention
The dog days are the peak of the spirit of the sun in the four seasons. Under the attack of heat wave, the human body produces more heat and reduces heat dissipation. Some people with poor thermoregulation function are prone to heatstroke in high temperature environment. At this time, it is necessary to arrange the work schedule reasonably, do a good job in heatstroke prevention and cooling, and be careful not to stay in the hot sun or high temperature environment for a long time. It is not advisable to go out in the hot sun. Take a sunshade and hat when you go out, and don't do strenuous exercise.
Be sure to take a nap at noon. 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 dizziness, palpitation, nausea, vomiting and other signs of heatstroke appear, you should quickly go to the shade, unbutton your clothes, cold compress your head, drink cool drinks, and take Ren Dan or ten drops of water. In case of heatstroke in the infirm and the elderly, they should be sent to the hospital immediately for rescue.
2. The first stage of health knowledge in dog days-preventing dampness and eliminating evil spirits.
The dog days coincided with the long summer in ancient times. At this time, the rain increased, the water vapor rose, and the moisture was extremely abundant. Moisture is heavy, turbid and sticky, and it is easy to combine with heat. Because of the alternating steaming of damp and heat, sweat is difficult to evaporate and excrete. Damp pathogen is the most likely to damage the spleen, which often makes people dizzy and heavy, chest tightness and fatigue, and loss of appetite; Downflow of damp heat can cause diarrhea such as enteritis and dysentery.
At this time, we should pay special attention to diet, which should be light, nutritious and digestible. 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. You can also use fresh Pogostemon Pogostemonis and Eupatorium odoratum 10g, flyash and burnt barley/20g, and licorice/3g, and take it with water instead of tea, and pay attention to food hygiene to prevent "diseases from entering the mouth".
3. Health knowledge in dog days-preventing autumn tigers
At this time, it is autumn, and the so-called "half fire in July, steaming sweet clover in August" and "autumn tiger" are quite fierce. Because summer heat is the easiest way to make people feel sad and disturb their minds, people often show upset, fidgeting and confused thoughts. At this time, in addition to strengthening heatstroke prevention and cooling, we should consciously avoid the interference of this kind of bad mood, so as not to be disturbed by things, not to be impatient, to be cheerful and comfortable.
It is necessary to arrange personal daily life reasonably, so as to work and rest on time and live regularly, ensure proper sleep and rest, avoid excessive fatigue, and improve the body's tolerance to high temperature and resistance to "autumn tiger". At this time, the digestive function of the human body is poor, and it is not appropriate to eat a lot of meat to supplement consumption in summer. In addition, "autumn melons hurt the stomach", and watermelons should be eaten less to avoid damaging the spleen and stomach.
4. "The way of keeping in good health in dog days"
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that health care should conform to the season, it will be hot when it is hot in summer, and it will sweat when it is sweaty. In dog days, we should follow the seasonal law, and use the "heat preservation method" to raise the temperature healthily, and reduce the temperature in summer.
1. Drink more hot tea.
Cold drinks can only make the mouth feel cool, but the blood vessels contract when they are cold, which reduces the speed of body heat dissipation. Drinking hot tea or hot water can promote sweat gland secretion and relieve summer heat. It should be noted that the temperature cannot exceed 60 degrees Celsius.
Eat some hot food.
As the saying goes, "Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer doesn't need a doctor's prescription". Ginger helps to warm the middle warmer and dispel the cold. In addition, cinnamon and fennel can be used as isothermal seasonings in summer.
Hot meat such as mutton and beef can also warm yang and dispel cold, especially suitable for people with cold hands and feet and insufficient blood in summer. It should be noted that people with toothache, excessive internal heat, fever and other symptoms, or people with hot constitution, should avoid eating.
Take a hot bath.
Taking a bath with hot water will dilate the capillaries of the body, which is beneficial to heat discharge. The water temperature is generally controlled at about 30 degrees Celsius. You can also wipe your face and body with a hot towel to help your body sweat and cool down and let your skin breathe.
Soak your feet in hot water.
The foot is the second heart of the human body. Soaking feet with hot water can smooth blood, increase the blood flow rate and flow rate of feet, and enhance metabolism. When soaking feet, the water temperature should be 42 degrees Celsius, and it should be warm and comfortable.
Do moxibustion
Chinese medicine believes that moxibustion in dog days will get twice the result with half the effort. During moxibustion, you sweat moderately, and the heat in your body is discharged, so your body will feel extremely refreshed.
Sweat properly
In summer, exercise is an important way to control sweating. Exercise can also strengthen heat adaptation, improve the body's function of regulating body temperature and prevent heatstroke. You can choose jogging, Tai Chi, brisk walking, swimming and other less strenuous exercise methods. It is recommended to exercise in the morning or evening to avoid sweating and hurting qi and blood.
5, cool-comfortable dog days
If you feel sweaty and lose appetite in summer, try the method recommended by experts to relieve summer heat, and you can "naturally cool down" without turning on the air conditioner to the maximum extent.
1. A small amount of water is added many times.
Drink plenty of water in summer, but be careful not to add a lot of water (more than 500 ml) at a time. It is recommended to drink one or two glasses of water first, and then every half hour. The water temperature should not be too hot or too cold.
Step 2 eat "bitter" appetizers
It is easy to lose appetite when you enter the dog days, so you can eat more bitter food, such as bitter gourd. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that suffering into the heart can clear the heart fire and is conducive to nourishing the heart in summer. Bitter gourd is cold, and people with poor constitution and deficiency of spleen and stomach should not eat more.
3. The clothes are made of cotton and linen.
The material of clothes will affect the evaporation of sweat. It is suggested to use cotton, hemp, silk and other materials with loose moisture absorption, or to choose synthetic fiber materials with strong permeability.
4. Go to bed late and get up early
Going to bed late is not advocating staying up late, but working and sleeping on time according to the characteristics of day and night changes in summer. It is better to fall asleep before 0: 30 in the evening +065438+ get up at 6 or 7 in the morning. You can take a nap for 30-60 minutes at noon, which is beneficial to the balance of qi and blood and helps to replenish your physical strength.
Natural calm
In hot and humid weather, people are prone to "emotional heatstroke" such as upset and listlessness. Sit still, water flowers, read books, listen to music, etc. All help to relieve irritability.
Five treasures of diet in dog days
1. Lotus seeds
Eating more lotus seeds after sleeping can dispel fire. In hot days, the heart is the most fragile, the summer heat is pressing, and it is easy to be upset and sad. Although the lotus seed core tastes bitter, it can clear away heart fire and lower blood pressure, and is suitable for people with weak constitution, palpitation, insomnia and dreaminess. But people with dry stools and bloating had better eat less.
2. Mung beans
Mung beans are cool and sweet, and have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat, relieving annoyance, quenching thirst and strengthening stomach. For people with itchy skin or rash caused by three days of sun exposure, eating mung beans can alleviate the symptoms. However, it should be noted that the elderly and children with symptoms such as limb weakness and diarrhea are not suitable for eating.
Step 3: energy
As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", ginger has the effect of warming, and you can eat more ginger in dog days to supplement the yang. Ginger is pungent and warm, and has many functions such as dispelling cold and sweating, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting. Dog days are also the best time to drink ginger tea. Brew 4 slices of ginger, 4 slices of jujube and a proper amount of brown sugar in a cup of boiling water, and a cup of ginger jujube tea that warms the stomach and dispels cold will be ready. Ginger tea can be drunk all year round, and midsummer is also the most suitable season for drinking ginger tea.
4.watermelon
There is a folk proverb in our country: "Eat watermelon on a hot day, you don't need to catch medicine." Watermelon is cold and sweet. Entering the heart, stomach and bladder meridian, it has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, and diuresis to relieve annoyance. Therefore, in midsummer, people should eat more watermelons, especially those who work in the open air or indoor high temperature environment.
5. Green tea
In the afternoon of dog days, drinking a cup of green tea can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also detoxify and quench thirst. Drinking green tea has the functions of strengthening teeth, protecting capillaries and refreshing the brain. In addition, drinking green tea after sweating a lot can help the body replenish lost potassium and improve heat resistance. It should be noted that green tea is cold, and people with bad stomachs are prone to flatulence.
6. Six taboos for keeping fit in dog days
1. The stomach is afraid of cold
Spleen and stomach prefer warm to cold. Eating too many cold drinks in summer and "getting cold" inside and outside the intestine are easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhea and vomiting.
2. Cervical vertebra is afraid of blowing
Summer clothes are mostly low-necked or collarless, and the muscles behind the neck are bare. If you stay in a room with low air-conditioning temperature for a long time, or air-conditioning wind blows directly on your neck and shoulders, it will cause contraction and spasm pain of your neck and shoulders muscles and soft tissues, and it will also lead to cervical spondylosis for a long time.
Your soles are afraid of cold.
Some women don't pay attention to the warmth of their legs and feet, and are used to wearing shorts and sandals. The temperature of the indoor air conditioner is very low. However, "cold comes from the soles of the feet", common cold, cold and dampness invade the human body and damage the viscera and meridians, which is easy to cause colds, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation and gynecological diseases.
4. Drinking water is afraid of being fast
It's hot and sweaty, so don't drink water quickly and gulp. If you drink water too fast, water will quickly enter the blood, making the blood thinner and increasing the blood volume. People with heart discomfort will have symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath, which will seriously lead to myocardial infarction.
5. Bathing is afraid of cold water
On hot days, some people like to take a bath to cool down, but sudden cold water stimulation is likely to cause vasoconstriction, hypertension, even angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction or sudden death.
Don't change clothes if you are afraid of getting wet and sweating.
If you get caught in the rain or sweat a lot, your clothes will get wet. If it is not replaced in time, it is likely to aggravate the moisture in the body and lead to various skin diseases, such as beriberi and eczema.
7. How to maintain health in dog days?
First, it is advisable to supplement the yang.
Chinese medicine advocates "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter". Dog days are most suitable for warming yang and eliminating cold evil. At this time, supplementing Yang Can can remove the hidden cold evil in winter and achieve the double effect that other seasons can't achieve. Once the pathogenic factors such as wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire are driven out of the body, the disease can be cured better, and after the pathogenic factors are discharged, people will not be sultry and irritable in a hot environment.
Second, proper food supplement.
The dog days are extremely humid, and the humidity is heavy and turbid. Damp pathogen is the most likely to damage the spleen, which often makes people feel weak, chest tightness and loss of appetite. Moreover, damp-heat betting can cause enteritis, dysentery and other diseases. Therefore, at this time, the diet should be light, nutritious and digestible, and avoid being cold and greasy. China dog days dietotherapy culture has a long history and is widely spread. When taking complementary food, it is very beneficial to know the following points.
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Remove heat
Wax gourd, cucumber, bitter gourd, yam and celery are all good products for clearing away heat and dampness. Cucumber is best eaten raw, bitter gourd is the best choice for people with hot body, fried melon seeds can remove moisture, washed watermelon peel and fried vegetables can also remove heat, and barley and red beans can achieve good dehumidification effect.
Acids can promote fluid production.
Sweating too much will consume qi and hurt yin. Therefore, eating more sour food can play a preventive role, and can promote fluid production to quench thirst, enhance appetite and help digestion. Sour food includes many fruits, such as lemon, dark plum, hawthorn, tomato, grape, pineapple, mango and kiwi fruit.
Eat more fish
All kinds of fish are not only nutritious, but also have their key health care functions. For example, crucian carp soup eliminates dampness, and ordinary grass carp has the effect of warming stomach and improving eyesight; Perch can nourish liver and kidney and has no fishy smell. You can braise in soy sauce, steam it, and make soup.
Eat more beans.
There are prescriptions of mung bean, red bean and black bean in Fang Ji of Song and Zhu Dynasties. Mung beans and red beans have the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat and diuresis, while black beans strengthen the spleen and tonify the kidney. "Three bean soup" Take 20g of each of the above three kinds of beans, wash and soak them for 1 hour, then add a proper amount of water, boil them with high fire, and then turn to low heat for slow cooking 1 hour. After the beans bloom, you can also add a proper amount of rock sugar (continue to cook for 5 minutes) and drink it twice a week.
Third, the appropriate degree.
The human body has the heaviest yang in summer, and one of the principles of TCM health preservation is to conform to the laws of nature.
Don't be greedy in summer. It's okay to use cold drinks to relieve summer heat and eat cold dishes, but it's harmful to your health if you don't control it. Also, it is not advisable to drink herbal tea drinks containing chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and lotus leaves in large quantities. In addition, the air conditioning temperature should not be too low, so it is best to adjust the temperature according to the constitution.
Fourth, slow down the speed appropriately.
In hot summer, people sweat easily. If they exercise, they will sweat more easily, and excessive exercise will damage their physical function. People should choose to do moderate exercise in the morning or evening, such as practicing Tai Ji Chuan, to encourage the growth of yang-like hair and increase the excretion of sweat, so as to drive the cold body surface trapped in the body and enhance physical fitness.
Fifth, drink water in moderation.
It is most important to replenish water for health in dog days. It is easy to sweat when you move a little in the dog days, and then you feel thirsty. Drink water according to the amount of sweat, don't wait until you are thirsty to think of drinking water, but also drink water regularly. Boiled water and tea are better choices. Among them, traditional Chinese medicine drinks are mostly heatstroke prevention and heat clearing drinks, heatstroke prevention and stomach nourishing drinks and throat moistening and throat clearing tea.
In dog days, the first priority is to "raise". We should keep healthy scientifically according to the theory of TCM. Traditional Chinese medicine pays most attention to balance, so we should pay more attention to balance and supplement more in order to obtain better health care effect.
It is not advisable to do excessive exercise in dog days. You should have a calm rest, get enough sleep, and have some taboos in your diet. Today, I will share with you the "three eats and three don't eat" in the dog days. Remember these, let's get through the dog days smoothly!
8, dog days "three eat three don't eat"
What is "three eating"?
First, eat more "bitter vegetables"
"Bitter vegetables" refer to the foods we eat in summer, such as bitter gourd and bitter chrysanthemum. These foods contain many vitamins, bitter substances, alkaloids and so on. These substances have the functions of detoxifying, improving eyesight, cooling and removing fire, and are very suitable for eating in summer.
Second, eat more fruits and vegetables.
As the saying goes, "eat buds in spring and melons in summer." Summer is the season to eat all kinds of melons, not only many watermelons, cantaloupes and these fruit melons, but also melons that can be eaten as vegetables, such as loofah, wax gourd and square melon. These vegetables are rich in vitamins, dietary fiber and a lot of water. Eating in dog days can clear away heat and toxic materials, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and replenish nutrients and water lost by the body in time. Proper consumption of some loofah and wax gourd can also achieve the effects of beauty, weight loss and body shaping.
Third, eat more "white meat"
It is very hot in dog days, and the human body loses more nutrients. It is not enough to eat vegetables alone, but also to eat meat in moderation to supplement nutrition. But it is hot every day in summer, and people's appetite and stomach are weak, so it is not suitable for eating high-fat and greasy things. Therefore, some meats with high protein content but little oil are very popular, such as fish, chicken and shrimp. Here we recommend a dish-steamed bass. Fish is tender and nutritious, so it is very suitable for eating in summer.
What is "three don't eat"?
First, it is not advisable to eat "cold food"
"Eat three times and don't eat three times" in dog days.
It is hot in dog days, and people's pores are in an open state, which is conducive to detoxification and heat elimination. At this time, if you eat a lot of cold food, your body temperature will drop rapidly, your pores will shrink, and the damp heat in your body will not be discharged, which will easily lead to cough in autumn, especially for children. So try to eat less or not eat cold food in summer, especially ice cream or cold drinks.
Second, it is not advisable to eat "irritating greasy food"
In summer, people's gastrointestinal function is poor, so they are not suitable for eating irritating and greasy food, such as spicy or greasy dishes. These foods are eaten in the stomach, and if the gastrointestinal load is not enough, it is easy to cause diarrhea and vomiting. Therefore, it is still light in the dog days, which is both healthy and comfortable to eat.
Third, it is not advisable to eat "overnight leftovers"
"Do not waste food" is our traditional virtue. If there are leftovers, we usually heat them up and eat them next time. But in dog days, we must pay attention to this habit. The temperature is relatively high in dog days, bacteria multiply quickly, and some leftovers are easy to go bad, especially overnight. Even if they are kept in the refrigerator for a long time, such food is easy to eat bad. Therefore, in summer, try to cook less food and eat it all at once, which is also something that everyone should pay attention to.