As we all know, if the dog days are not good, it is easy to get sick, leaving roots in the human body, such as heatstroke and cardiovascular diseases. Then the longest dog days are coming, how can we spend these forty days healthily? Xu Luzhou, director of the Department of Gastroenterology, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that many people think that heatstroke prevention is the most important thing in dog days, but it is not. The key to health preservation in dog days is to achieve "three defenses and one nourishment".

Heatstroke-preventing qi

Summer heat is the main qi in summer, which is transformed from fiery qi and only occurs in summer. Chinese medicine believes that it is common for summer heat to prevail, invade the human body and sweat profusely. Excessive sweating leads to decreased body fluids. If you don't replenish body fluids in time, you will have high fever, irritability, dizziness, headache, loss of appetite, and even coma and high blood pressure. Most people suffering from heatstroke are outdoor workers working in high temperature environment, and people with poor health or certain diseases.

suggestion

Outdoor activities should avoid direct sunlight, and working shirtless in the scorching sun is easy to burn the skin and suffer from heatstroke. 12 is most prone to heatstroke from noon to 3 pm, so try to reduce going out. Replenish water in time, several times, and strengthen room ventilation and cooling.

Cold resistance

Summer is not only heatstroke prevention, but also cold protection. With the improvement of living standards, people now have "summer artifacts" such as air conditioners and refrigerators in the face of hot summer days. Blowing air conditioning to enjoy the cool and eating cold drinks are all excessive. After a long time, the deficiency of middle qi, wind and cold take advantage of it and cause disease. The main symptoms are headache, sweating and chills, joint pain, gastrointestinal discomfort, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Old people, children and people with weak constitution should be especially careful.

suggestion

Summer diet should not be too greedy, pay attention to the nutritional collocation of diet, so as to avoid picky eaters or partial eclipse. The use of air conditioners and electric fans should be restrained, and the temperature should not be too low. It is best to control it at around 26 degrees, and it is not allowed to blow directly on the head.

protection against the tide

In summer, there is a lot of rain and humidity, and the body is most vulnerable to dampness when getting wet, wading or taking a bath. Besides, I don't pay much attention to eating at ordinary times. I like to eat greasy and sweet food. Overeating and cold can easily lead to spleen loss of health and eventually lead to endogenous moisture. Moisture stays in the body for too long, which often leads to health problems such as abdominal distension and abdominal pain, indigestion, dermatitis and eczema, listlessness, limb weakness, stool deformation and even arthritis.

suggestion

Keep the living environment dry and ventilated, pay attention to close the doors and windows in rainy days, and open the windows for ventilation in time after sunny days. If the indoor humidity is too high, you can use air conditioning dehumidification mode or dehumidifier to remove moisture; Eat a reasonable diet and eat less high-fat and high-calorie foods; Take rain gear when going out to avoid getting wet, and don't sit in a cold and humid place when going out.

Nourish Yang Qi

Yang is the guarantee of our health and the source of our vitality. Health experts in past dynasties have attached great importance to yang, believing that abundant yang in the body is the premise of health and longevity. Summer is the season when the sun rises. At this time, the qi of the sun in the human body is the most vigorous. However, due to unrestrained cold drinks and air conditioning, excessive greed will also hurt the spirit of the sun.

suggestion

Get enough sleep, avoid staying up late, go to bed early and get up early; The diet is light, don't be greedy, eat more low-fat and high-protein foods, and eat less spicy stimulation, fat and sweets; Intestinal infections are high in summer, so pay attention to food hygiene and reduce eating out; Insisting on physical exercise is conducive to improving human immunity, but exercise should pay attention to avoiding high temperature and strenuous exercise. Old people may wish to choose to play Baduanjin.

Here are some delicious foods suitable for dog days:

Damp-removing red bean and barley porridge

Ingredients: adzuki bean, coix seed, rock sugar and water.

Practice Coix seed and adzuki bean are not easy to cook. It is best to soak porridge for two to three hours in advance. After soaking, put adzuki beans and Coicis Semen into the pot at the same time, add appropriate amount of water and cook for about 1 hour.

Eliminating summer heat-mung bean and lily soup

Ingredients: mung bean, lily, rock sugar and water.

Soak mung beans in advance, add mung beans and lilies when cooking, turn boiling water to medium heat for half an hour, and cook until mung beans bloom and add appropriate rock sugar for two minutes.

Jianpi yam lotus seed porridge

Ingredients: yam, lotus seeds, japonica rice, sugar and water.

Practice lotus seeds, yam and japonica rice are washed and soaked, and lotus seeds are pitted. Put lotus seeds, yam and japonica rice into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook for an hour and a half, and then add sugar to cook for a while.