Summer is the peak of yang, with a hot climate and full of vitality. This is also the most vigorous period of metabolism. When yang is outside and yin is inside, qi and blood circulation is correspondingly vigorous and active on the body surface.

Health care in summer focuses on mental adjustment, maintaining a happy and stable mood, and avoiding great sadness and joy, so as not to add fuel to the fire. Calm down and cool down, you can achieve the purpose of nourishing.

Everything in the world has the law of "spring, summer, autumn and winter". People should "keep pace with the times" and strive for "harmony between man and nature".

Second, diet nourishes the heart.

From the five elements, summer is fire, corresponding to the five internal organs as the heart and the heart as the fire. As the old saying goes, "peace of mind is naturally cool", so if you want to be really cool in summer, the key point is to cultivate self-cultivation.

It is best to eat some red food or bitter food, such as jujube, lotus seed and lily. It can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves.

Hot summer often makes people feel irritable. Based on the principle of nourishing, strengthening the spleen, dispelling summer heat and promoting diuresis, choose light and nourishing yin foods, such as duck meat, mushrooms, tremella, coix seed and so on. In addition, you can also cook porridge such as mung bean porridge and lotus leaf porridge to cool off the heat.

Third, add more water and drink hot water.

It is easy to sweat in summer, but sweating too much is bad for your health, which will not only damage your heart yin; Moreover, sweating can also lead to the loss of potassium ions in the body, making people feel tired and weak, and lose appetite.

At this time, it is necessary to replenish water in time and supplement it with hot water and hot tea. You can't just drink cold drinks for comfort. Cold drinks can only relieve summer heat temporarily, but they can't quench thirst for a long time, and may even endanger your health. Drinking hot water can stimulate capillary relaxation and lower body temperature.

Necessary heatstroke drinks in summer include mung bean soup and sour plum soup. And can also be directly soaked in honeysuckle and chrysanthemum.