I heard a patient ask the above question like me the other day. It must be said that the dog days are the hottest period in China, and during this period, the climate is hot and humid, and it is easy to induce many epidemic diseases in summer. Indeed, it is unbearably hot in the dog days of summer every year. After all, every day when the sun is shining, my body is sweating and shaking. In summer, there are also many problems. In summer, due to the hot weather, people have a large amount of activities and are prone to sweating, which will increase their blood pressure. At the same time, in the case of hot temperature, it is easy to excite people's nervous sympathetic system, and in the case of poor blood circulation and impatience, it is also easy to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, for the dog days, we should also pay attention to our health to protect our bodies.
Then I will introduce some health tips about dog days here to help you spend the hot summer while staying healthy.
On such a hot day, we must keep in mind the principle of not eating two meals and doing two things less to ensure less illness in autumn and winter.
1, don't eat cold food. In summer, because the weather is too hot, many people will be anxious. At this time, they often choose to eat some cold food to cool down, such as drinking drinks just taken out of the refrigerator and eating popsicles. But in fact, although this cold food can temporarily solve the feeling of heat in our body, it also causes irreparable harm to our body. Cold food can stimulate our stomach, cause damage to gastric mucosa and easily lead to diarrhea.
In addition, eating cold food will bring a heavy burden to our stomach and affect its digestion and absorption function. It will also stimulate our blood vessels because of the low temperature, which will lead to vasoconstriction and easily lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat cold food in summer. The food in the refrigerator can be taken out and put aside to eat. Don't eat indiscriminately.
2. Don't eat spicy and greasy food. When the weather is hot in summer, many people's appetites will deteriorate, so once they eat, they want to eat some spicy and greasy food to stimulate our taste buds. But in fact, these heavy-flavored foods will damage our spleen and stomach while stimulating our taste buds. After entering our digestive system, they will also stimulate our gastric mucosa, which will easily cause vasospasm of gastric mucosa, leading to stomach pain and bloating.
In addition, eating spicy and greasy food is easy to get angry, which makes the wound difficult to heal, thus easily causing physical discomfort. So even in the dog days, we still have to eat some light food. After all, light food can make us feel comfortable, but generally it won't harm our health.
1, don't keep blowing the air conditioner. Because it is very hot in dog days, many people will choose to blow air conditioners at home. Although it can relieve summer heat and reduce fever, blowing air conditioning all day is actually bad for your health. Blowing the air conditioner for a long time will cause the sweat accumulated in our body to be excreted, and the cold will also enter our body. Over time, the damp and cold qi in the body will accumulate and gradually increase.
For women, blowing air conditioners for a long time is even worse. Women's bodies are prone to excessive Yin Qi. Blowing the air conditioner for a long time will cause more cold in the body, which will affect the body mechanism and easily lead to dysmenorrhea. If the patient often shuttles back and forth between the air-conditioned room and the outdoor, it will cause the blood vessels in our body to contract and expand continuously, which will lead to blood pressure fluctuation and even induce myocardial infarction in severe cases.
2. Don't take a nap. In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Coupled with the hot weather, it is even more necessary to take a nap to enhance physical strength. Otherwise, a day's work and study will consume everyone's energy. If you don't take a nap, you may not have enough energy to cope with the afternoon work, leading to low work efficiency, drowsiness, emotional instability and other results. Even the vicious circle of not taking a nap for a long time will make the body too tired, leading to decreased immunity and weakened resistance, which is more likely to produce other diseases.
However, if you take a nap, in the process, you will relax the functions of your brain and body, effectively control your blood pressure and promote your health. Therefore, a proper nap is very necessary. Of course, taking a nap is also particular. It is best to take a nap for half an hour. Otherwise, long sleep will lead to discomfort and dizziness. Although it's dog days, you must cover your stomach with a blanket during a nap to prevent cold air from entering your body and causing discomfort. Since not taking a nap will bring so much harm to our health, we should have a good sleep for health.
Through today's study, I believe that it not only answers the initial questions raised by patients, but also makes people know more about some tips for keeping fit in dog days. If you do the above two meals well, you can try to make yourself less sick in autumn and winter.
So through today's study, have you learned?