This summer, due to the unbearable heat, like many people, I had to eat a lot of cold drinks and fruits to relieve the heat. However, due to excessive consumption of cold drinks and fruits, there has been a phenomenon of not thinking about diet, general fatigue and even weight loss. After reading some books on traditional Chinese medicine, I learned that fruits and cold drinks are cold, although they can relieve temporary fever, they are easy to damage the spleen and stomach and produce the above symptoms. Later, I occasionally got the "four methods" of invigorating spleen from books. It's really good to use them alternately now.

Autumn is coming, and it is time to replenish the spleen. Here are four ways to strengthen the spleen:

Spleen transport: take raw garlic paste 10g and mix with a little sweet and sour, which not only has the function of strengthening spleen and stomach, but also can prevent intestinal diseases. You can also often take 20 grams of hawthorn strips and 50 grams of shredded ginger and mix them with sweet and sour, which has the effect of appetizing and strengthening the spleen.

Spleen strengthening: Choose various medicinal porridge to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, such as lotus seed, white lentil and barley porridge, or tremella lily glutinous rice porridge, or yam and Smilax glabra fried rice porridge.

Protect the spleen and nourish the spleen: the elderly should always have the abdomen, and they can lie flat on the bed, with the navel as the center and rotate clockwise with their palms for 20 times. At the same time, walking can nourish the spleen and stomach, stimulate appetite and smooth qi and blood.

Warming and invigorating spleen: Too much cold caused by eating can easily accumulate cold in the spleen and stomach, which will affect the digestive function in the future. At this time, a thick gauze bag can be used, filled with 100g of fried salt, and placed on the three horizontal fingers on the umbilicus, which has the functions of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold and relieving pain. (Qi Nianci) Beijing Tiantan affiliated to Capital Medical University

Experts remind: Fan Yongping, director of the Chinese medicine department of the hospital comments: In summer, the summer heat lasts in most parts of the country, with too much rain and too much damp heat, which is easy to cause the decline of spleen and stomach function and anorexia and lethargy. Therefore, not only in hot summer, but also in daily life, we should regulate the spleen and stomach function. The four methods of "strengthening the spleen, strengthening the spleen, protecting the spleen and warming the spleen" listed in this paper can make the spleen and stomach double-tune, thus achieving the spleen-strengthening effect of appetizing, increasing food and refreshing.

* Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow and the source of qi and blood biochemistry.

The spleen and stomach are in the middle energizer, both of which control digestion, but each has its own duties: the stomach controls appetite and the spleen controls transport and transformation. Stomach likes moistening and aversion to dryness, likes cooling and aversion to heat, spleen likes dryness and aversion to dampness, likes heat and fears cold. Stomach qi decreases, and if it does not decrease, it will cause abdominal distension, constipation, belching and hiccups. If the temper rises above the healthy level, it is easy to feel dizzy and diarrhea, sleepy limbs and drooping internal organs. Therefore, it should also be emphasized that while strengthening the spleen, we should also pay attention to conditioning the stomach.

* Whether in summer or in daily life, regulating the spleen and stomach varies from person to person.

If the spleen and stomach function is normal, moderate cold drinks will not affect the spleen and stomach function, but it should not be excessive. Although eating raw garlic paste and hawthorn listed in this paper can reduce intestinal diseases, promote digestion and guide stagnation, eating too much may hurt the stomach, especially for patients with gastritis and pantothenic acid. It is also meaningful to choose lotus seed, white lentil, coix seed or tremella, lily, glutinous rice or yam, Smilax glabra, fried japonica rice and other medicinal porridge to strengthen the spleen and benefit qi, and to eliminate dampness and promote diuresis. However, if the prescription can be changed from "Smilax glabra" to "Poria cocos", it will be more conducive to strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis. * * * Periumbilical and qi circulation also have the function of regulating the spleen and stomach, and the principle of action is similar, which can be collectively called "protecting and nourishing the spleen". "Warming the spleen" is the main method to protect the spleen, but it is necessary to avoid overeating and catching cold. At the same time, we should also pay attention to strengthening the abdominal cavity to keep warm during sleep, adding ginger powder when cooking, and drinking black tea by tea drinkers are all the best policies to protect the spleen.

In short, no matter in any season, the spleen and stomach should be conditioned according to their own actual conditions: those with stomach heat are mainly pathogenic wind, and those with spleen deficiency and cold are mainly warming. But whether it is medicine or food supplement, it is advisable to feel comfortable after taking it.

Remind you that the "four methods" are effective in invigorating spleen. This folk prescription comes from the internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before use.