1, 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, you should replenish water in time, and use hot water and hot tea to supplement it. You can't just drink cold drinks when you are comfortable and cool. Cold drinks can only temporarily relieve the summer heat, but they can't quench the fever and thirst for a long time, and may even hurt the body. However, drinking hot water can stimulate the general relaxation of capillaries and lower the body temperature.
2. Eat a light diet and eat more melons.
Many salty and spicy foods are very popular, because people in Northeast China often want to try them again. However, in summer, people's gastric acid secretion decreases, and drinking more water dilutes gastric acid, which leads to weak digestive function. Experts say that too much spicy food should be avoided in summer, because the sun is full in summer, and too much spicy food will help the sun to get angry. In addition, greasy and fried foods should be eaten as little as possible. You should eat more light food, fruits and vegetables are essential, and it is best to eat more melon foods, including watermelon, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumber and wax gourd.
3. Pay more attention to potassium supplementation when sweating.
Sweating more in summer, and more potassium ions are lost with sweat, leading to hypokalemia, which will cause fatigue, dizziness, headache, loss of appetite and other symptoms. The most effective way to prevent potassium deficiency is to eat more foods containing potassium. Fresh vegetables and fruits contain more potassium, so you can eat more strawberries, apricots, lychees, peaches and plums. Vegetables include green onions, celery, edamame, etc., and are also rich in potassium. Tea also contains more potassium. Drinking more tea in hot weather can relieve summer heat and supplement potassium, killing two birds with one stone.
4. The house should be cold.
When the indoor temperature is low in the morning and evening, open the doors and windows for ventilation. At noon, the outdoor temperature is much higher than the indoor temperature. Be sure to close the doors and windows, close the curtains, or add a layer of paper yarn to keep out the heat. In this way, the cool indoor environment will make people feel calm and comfortable, suitable for nap and rest. Stay in an air-conditioned room for a long time, you need to drink plenty of water, and often mop the floor with a mop filled with water to keep the room moist. After leaving the air-conditioned room, you should first move in the shade for a while, and then gradually move to the sun after your body adapts. People who work and study in an air-conditioned environment for a long time should often go outdoors to improve their immunity and prevent disease transmission.
5. Bitter vegetables are indispensable
High temperature and humidity in summer often make people listless, tired and weak, and lose appetite. At this time, it is of great benefit to eat hard food. Chinese medicine believes that people are unhappy in summer because the summer heat and dampness are abundant, which hurts both kidney qi and spleen and stomach. Bitter food can balance the body function through its functions of invigorating qi, tonifying kidney, invigorating spleen and drying dampness. Modern scientific research has also proved that Sophora alopecuroides is rich in alkaloids, amino acids, picroside, vitamins and minerals, and has the functions of relieving summer-heat, relieving fever, relieving restlessness, refreshing and invigorating the stomach. Bitter gourd, lettuce and celery are all good products.
6, hot sweat, careful shower
As the weather gets hotter, people "bathe" more and more frequently. Many people think it's good to take a cold bath after sweating. In fact, taking a hot bath can better relieve the heat and fatigue in summer. Even in summer, don't take a cold bath, but the water temperature should not be too high, generally controlled at around 30℃. In summer, a little exercise may make you sweat a lot. At this time, if you take a cold bath from head to toe, you will feel very relaxed at that time, but you will probably feel very tired afterwards, and some even have a headache. Bathing with hot water can accelerate the blood circulation of skin and muscle blood vessels, dilate capillaries, help the body expel heat, promote metabolism, nourish all parts of the skin, and accelerate the removal of metabolites such as lactic acid. In addition, a hot bath at a proper temperature can soothe the nerves, relax the muscle tissue of the whole body, and even play a certain role in calming, relieving itching, relieving pain and resisting allergy.
7. Wear light clothes
Dark clothes will absorb sunlight and make people's body temperature rise and dry; At the same time, mosquitoes have the habit of blackening, and dark colors are easy to attract mosquitoes, especially black. In addition, the anti-ultraviolet ability of clothes depends not only on color, but also on material. The SPF value (sun protection value) of cotton-padded jacket is about15 ~ 40; The SPF value of light-colored polyester clothing is about 7 ~10; The SPF value of light knitted clothing is about 4 ~ 9; Exposed arm skin is best protected by gauze shawls and sleeves.
8, cold drinks should not be lower than 10 degrees.
The temperature of cold drinks should not be lower than 10℃. Too hot drinks will increase sweating, but too cold is a strong adverse stimulus to the heated body. However, many people like to eat a lot of cold drinks such as frozen fruit or beer before or after meals, which not only affects normal eating, but also damages gastrointestinal mucosa and affects digestive function, because the combination of cold and dampness is the most harmful to the stomach, which in turn leads to decreased resistance and increased the risk of "heatstroke".
9. Soaking feet with hot water can remove moisture and help you sleep.
After entering the dog days, the temperature is getting higher and higher and the humidity is getting heavier and heavier. It is more necessary to soak your feet with hot water, which can not only dispel dampness but also improve the quality of sleep, and is also good for the cardiovascular system. When soaking feet, the water temperature should be 40℃, which can be adjusted according to your physical condition. The soaking time should not be too long, and the appropriate time is 15-30 minutes. If the time is too long, it will easily increase the burden on the heart, and then it is not suitable for soaking feet for half an hour after meals. It is worth noting that people with symptoms of lower limb ischemia are not suitable for soaking feet. For some people with chronic diseases, if Chinese medicine can be added to hot water, it can also play a multiplier role in strengthening the body.
10, exercise in the early morning or evening when the weather is cool.
Summer sports are best carried out in the early morning or evening when the weather is cool, and the venue should be chosen in places with fresh air such as rivers, lakes, parks and courtyards. Walking, jogging, Tai Ji Chuan and radio exercises are the best exercise programs. If you exercise too much, you will sweat profusely and sweat too much, which will not only hurt Yin Qi, but also Yang Qi, and make you prone to heatstroke. Sweating too much during exercise, you can drink light salt boiled water or mung bean brine soup appropriately. Be sure to take a few sips and stop for a while. Don't drink too much at a time, especially don't drink a lot of cold drinks, so as to avoid gastrointestinal spasm and even cause stomach pain.
Finally, I want to remind you that summer is the season when the sun is strong. Health care should conform to the characteristics of exuberant external yang, pay attention to protecting the yang, ensure that you take a nap for about half an hour every day, and let yourself have a good mental state all afternoon. The elderly and infirm should go to bed early and get up early, and try to keep 7 hours of sleep every day.