First, summer health knowledge
1. Maintain emotional stability and guard against arrogance and rashness.
In midsummer, people tend to be sultry, restless, lethargic and irritable. Therefore, first of all, we must be calm and calm, and avoid jumping up and down when something happens. Because of impatience, we should guard against internal fire. Keeping a relaxed state of mind will lead to peace and tranquility, and avoid anxiety, tension and other negative emotions from affecting normal life and inducing various diseases.
2. Winter disease is cured in summer, and winter disease is prevented in summer.
The so-called treatment of winter diseases in summer means that the human body and the outside world are full of yang in summer, and some diseases that are prone to occur in winter are treated by oral Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture and other external treatments. Frostbite in winter can be prevented if fresh sesame flowers are used to wipe the places that are prone to frostbite; Applying ointment to acupoints in winter can treat asthma and rhinitis.
3. Nourish the lungs and kidneys to prevent injury to body fluid and qi.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that according to the law of five elements, the heart is full of fire in summer, and the lung and kidney are weak, so it is necessary to pay attention to nourishing the yin of the lung and kidney. You can choose Lycium barbarum, Radix Rehmanniae, Lily, Mulberry, and drugs that use acid to collect lung qi, such as Schisandra chinensis, to prevent excessive sweating and damage body fluid.
4. Strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness to prevent diarrhea
Humidity is a great scourge in summer. In addition, the spleen and stomach function is low in summer, and there are often symptoms such as poor appetite, diarrhea, and white greasy tongue coating. Always take something that strengthens the spleen and promotes diuresis. Generally speaking, it is a product that strengthens the spleen, aromatizes and eliminates dampness, and lightly permeates and promotes diuresis, such as Pogostemon, Eupatorium odoratum and so on.
5. Insist on exercise, combining rigidity with softness.
The amount of exercise in summer should not be too large or too intense. Appropriate use of moderate exercise, a small amount of sweating, to avoid excessive exercise, sweating too much damage to the heart yin. Those who still insist on exercising in summer can choose to practice Tai Ji Chuan, natural calisthenics and Tai Ji Chuan. They are both dynamic and static, flexible and rigid, with moderate opening and closing, ups and downs, impartial figure and healthy qi, which are harmful to colds and combine with natural yin and yang, and can be described as the best heart-nourishing exercise in summer.
Second, the precautions for healthy eating
1. Don't eat too much cold drinks and beverages.
When the climate is hot, eating some cold drinks or drinks properly can play a certain role in dispelling summer heat and cooling down. Ice cream, ice bricks, etc. Made of milk, egg powder, sugar, etc. You can't eat too much. Overeating will reduce the gastrointestinal temperature, cause irregular contraction, and induce abdominal pain, diarrhea and other diseases. There are many kinds of drinks, most of which have low nutritional value. Might as well drink less. Drinking more will damage the spleen and stomach, affect appetite, and even lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction.
2. Bitter food
Alkaloids contained in bitter food have pharmacological effects such as relieving summer heat, promoting blood circulation and relaxing blood vessels. Eating bitter foods such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetables, beer, tea, coffee and cocoa in hot weather can not only clear the heart and relieve annoyance, but also stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach.
3. Pay attention to food hygiene
It is best to cook and eat now, and wash and disinfect raw fruits and vegetables. When making cold salad, add garlic paste and vinegar, which can not only flavor, but also sterilize and stimulate appetite. Diet should not be too greedy to prevent pathogenic microorganisms from taking advantage of it.
Supplement salt and vitamins.
Nutritionists suggest that it is best to supplement vitamin B 1 and B22mg, vitamin C 50mg and calcium 1 g every day in high temperature season, which can reduce the consumption of sugar and tissue protein in the body and is beneficial to health. You can also eat more foods rich in the above nutrients, such as watermelon, cucumber, tomato, beans and their products, animal liver and kidney, shrimp skin and so on. And you can drink some juice.
Potassium supplementation
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 in hot weather is to eat more foods containing potassium. Fresh vegetables and fruits contain more potassium, so you can eat strawberries, apricots, lychees, peaches, plums and other fruits appropriately. Vegetables such as green vegetables, green onions, celery and edamame 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.