When we feel uncomfortable, some people always tell us to drink more hot water. Whether we have a high fever, a cold or diarrhea, drinking more water can relieve the pain and symptoms. Water can promote the circulation of liquid, help the digestion of food, and also discharge metabolic waste, but you must choose the right way to drink water.

Can drinking water really strengthen your body?

1, don't drink cold water, otherwise it will hurt the yang.

If you drink cold water often, it will directly hurt the yang of the spleen and stomach and cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Some people will drink cold drinks to quench their thirst. If it goes on for a long time, it will form deficiency-cold constitution, which will lead to the symptoms of patients being afraid of cold and cold hands and feet. In addition, drinking cold water can also lead to gastroenteritis and irritable bowel syndrome. In particular, drinking a lot of cold drinks at one time will cause gastrointestinal irritation and capillary contraction, which will cause stomach pain, stomach pain, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

You should drink more warm water, which can not only provide heat for your body, but also improve the activity of digestive enzymes in your body, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help digestion and absorption of food. Chinese medicine believes that drinking warm water can improve the yang of the human body, at the same time, it can also promote the digestion and absorption of food and accelerate blood circulation and metabolism. Not only drink more hot water, but also eat more warm food, so as to dispel the cold in the body and be suitable for people with deficiency cold.

2. Drinking more hot water does not mean drinking boiled water.

When we talk about hot water, we don't mean that the hotter the better. When drinking water, we need to pass through the mouth, esophagus and stomach. Our esophageal mucosa and oral mucosa are very delicate and can only withstand the temperature of 60℃. Drinking too hot water will directly burn the mucosa, and repeated high-temperature stimulation of the esophageal mucosa will cause chronic inflammation and injury. When drinking water, the temperature should be controlled at 35℃ to 40℃, because this temperature is close to the internal environment temperature in the body, which can make our gastrointestinal tract more comfortable.

Drinking hot water can't cure all diseases.

For people with peaceful constitution and deficiency-cold constitution, drinking more hot water is beneficial to their health, but for people with fever, dry mouth, red eyes and yellow urine, we should choose water with a slightly lower temperature and control it at about 25℃.