Since ancient times, the dog days are like "supernumerary personnel" in the 24 solar terms, marking the hottest period of the year. "Three volts" refers to the initial, middle and final volts. The annual accommodation time is not fixed. According to the lunar calendar, from summer to the third Geng day in the future, people enter the dog days, with head lodging 10 days, middle lodging 10 days or 20 days, and finally lodging 10 days.
Chu fu:
July11-July 20th
Zhongfu:
2 July1day to 9 August
The last volt:
August 10- August 19
As the saying goes, "three days to raise a summer", health care should take advantage of "heat" and spend the dog days healthily.
In dog days, many diseases come to you.
The dog days are "difficult", not only because it is the day with the highest temperature and humidity in a year, but also when various diseases are easy to "get together":
When the temperature is higher than 32 degrees and the humidity is higher than 70%, the number of people suffering from heatstroke increases greatly.
When the temperature is higher than 32℃, the incidence of stroke is 66% higher than usual.
Cases of sudden cardiac death in midsummer are 20% higher than those in spring and autumn.
June-September every year is the high incidence season of urinary tract infection and urinary calculi.
In high temperature environment, various pathogenic microorganisms are more likely to breed, and the possibility of causing acute gastroenteritis increases.
It gets cold in summer.
Leave a root for the body.
"All diseases begin with cold". According to Chinese medicine, although it is hot in the dog days, if you don't pay attention to cold prevention, your body will have obvious cold symptoms, such as slow metabolism, sweating, chills all over your body, chills in your limbs, diarrhea, stomachache and so on.
There are still some diseases that don't attack immediately, but lurk in the body, leaving a root cause for autumn and winter.
Dog days, the opportunity to cure winter diseases in summer.
"Hot nourishment" helps to warm the yang, so it is not easy to catch a cold in winter. People suffering from gastroenteritis, chronic diarrhea, rhinitis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases can apply and moxibustion under the guidance of doctors to prevent diseases from happening in winter.
"heat with heat"
Health care 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 should not exceed 60 C.
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. 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℃, and 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℃, 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, 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.
Cool off the heat and enjoy the cool
Comfortable dog days
If you feel sweaty and lose appetite in summer, you can try the method recommended by experts to relieve summer heat. You can "naturally cool down" without turning on the air conditioner to the maximum.
A small amount of repeated hydration
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.
Eating "bitterness" stimulates appetite
It is easy to lose appetite when you enter the dog days, so you can eat more bitter food, such as bitter gourd and bitter chrysanthemum. 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.
Don't be greedy.
Too cold air conditioning can easily cause a variety of discomforts, so it is best to adjust it to about 26℃, or ensure that the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor exceeds 7℃, so that the air conditioner can blow upward to avoid blowing directly on the body, and focus on protecting the neck, back, abdomen, waist and knees.
Don't take a cold bath after sweating. Try to eat less cold drinks. If you must eat it, you'd better eat it between noon and 3 pm.
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.
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.
Calm nature is cool.
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.