Now it's summer, and the days are long and the nights are short, and the days are sunny and the nights are cloudy, so the summer is full of yang and the yin is weak. In addition, the rainy climate makes it easier for moisture to invade the human body, and the hot and humid weather makes people more love sweating, and the heart yin is easily damaged, and the mood is easily fluctuating, leading to yin-yang imbalance. Therefore, Chinese medicine emphasizes "nourishing yang in spring and summer", especially for cancer patients. Because the immunity of tumor patients is weak, and the immune function is the "Yang Qi" of traditional Chinese medicine, many patients have very strong adverse reactions after surgery and chemotherapy, and they are weak, sweaty and weak, but with the outflow of sweat, the human body's energy is also consumed. Chinese medicine says that "blood comes from sweating overnight", which is also the reason why cancer patients are weaker in summer. When the body's immune function is low and the yang leaks out, then the yin, cold and dampness will stay in the body, and the patient's condition will deteriorate.

It is a compulsory course for every tumor patient to seize the good opportunity to replenish yang in summer and improve resistance. In this regard, I make the following suggestions.

1 Pay attention to psychological adjustment.

Many cancer patients are depressed, anxious and fidgety. The hot weather in summer is more likely to stimulate patients' negative emotions, making patients upset, flustered and depressed, leading to liver failure, qi stagnation and blood stasis, and then mental stress and nutrient loss. Finally, not only the tumor can not be effectively controlled, but also the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are damaged, which is naturally not conducive to the disease. Therefore, tumor patients must pay attention to daily emotional adjustment, stay calm, and don't be irritable.

Go to bed 2 nights, get up early, and take a proper nap.

Traditional medicine emphasizes "harmony between man and nature" and carries out "four-season health preservation" according to the changes of four seasons. In summer, the human body consumes a lot of yang, and the days are long and the nights are short, so the sleep time at night in summer is shortened, and the temperature is the highest at noon, which is the time when the loss of yang is the greatest in a day. Therefore, taking a nap at noon is conducive to the recovery and maintenance of yang.

3 the diet is light and refreshing, so avoid tonic.

Summer is dominated by summer heat, and the digestive function of human body is weak. Light food should be chosen to relieve summer heat, especially for patients with digestive tract tumors and hepatobiliary tumors. Although patients can eat less cold drinks, patients with gastric cancer and intestinal cancer should not eat cold food. You can eat some foods that strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite, promote blood circulation, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, such as celery and bitter gourd. If you want to relieve summer heat, you can eat watermelon and drink mung bean soup.

4 Reduce clothing appropriately and pay attention to personal hygiene.

In summer, bacteria are easy to grow and reproduce. Many cancer patients mistakenly think that "sweating is detoxification". As we all know, excessive sweating will make the body weak, and clothes stained with sweat will become a place for bacteria to breed. Patients who have just finished surgery are prone to wound infection. Therefore, in summer, cancer patients should pay attention to reducing clothes appropriately and changing sweaty clothes in time.

In the hot summer, patients can also improve their immunity, inhibit the spread of tumors and accelerate their recovery through traditional Chinese medicine. They can also cooperate with proper exercise and take walks, yoga and other activities to relax when the weather is cool.