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Knowledge of summer health and heatstroke prevention
Meteorology defines the daily maximum temperature as "high temperature day" when it is greater than or equal to 35 degrees Celsius, and "high temperature day" when it lasts for more than 5 days is called "continuous high temperature". When the temperature is too high, people's gastrointestinal function will be relatively weakened due to the stimulation of summer heat, which is prone to discomfort such as top-heavy, chest tightness and loss of appetite, and even cause heatstroke, which is harmful to health. When the weather is hot, try to avoid outdoor work or activities in strong sunlight, especially in the afternoon high temperature period and the old, weak, sick and young people; When working or doing activities outdoors, avoid being exposed to the sun for a long time and take sun protection measures: wear light or plain clothes and bring a sun hat, straw hat or umbrella; Drink plenty of water, especially salty water, and take heatstroke prevention drugs with you, such as Ren Dan, cooling oil and essential oil. In high-temperature workplaces, enterprises should take effective measures to prevent heatstroke and cool down, strengthen the publicity of workers' knowledge of heatstroke prevention and cooling down, rationally allocate workers' working hours, avoid outdoor work during high-temperature periods, and reduce labor intensity. You can also adjust your diet, drink mung bean soup, and cook porridge with lotus seeds, mint, lotus leaves, japonica rice and rock sugar. It is not only sweet and refreshing, but also a good medicine for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, which can effectively prevent heatstroke and avoid heatstroke.

Once heatstroke occurs, the patient should be carried to a cool and ventilated place, lie down and rest, unbutton the patient's clothes, apply a cold towel to the patient's head and neck, and then be sent to a nearby hospital for treatment. Summer heat, high temperature and dryness often make people eat tasteless, sleep badly, and are prone to dizziness, headache, fatigue and even nausea and vomiting. In order to spend the summer safely, it is necessary for families to prepare some heatstroke prevention drugs. These drugs are:

Ren Dan: It can clear away heat and dry dampness. Mainly used for dizziness, chest tightness, abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by heatstroke, and also used for carsickness and seasickness. Ten drops of water: it can clear the summer heat and dispel the cold. It is suitable for dizziness, nausea and vomiting, chest tightness and diarrhea caused by heatstroke.

Huoxiang Zhengqi Water: It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat and relieve exterior syndrome. It is suitable for dizziness, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea caused by common cold in summer.

Cool oil: it can clear away heat and detoxify. Can be used for treating dizziness and headache caused by summer heat or diarrhea caused by thirst.

Wuji Dan: It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and stop vomiting.

Heat-avoiding powder: a good medicine for heatstroke prevention and fever reduction. It can dispel summer heat, dispel turbidity, induce resuscitation with fragrance and relieve pain.

Honeysuckle: It has the functions of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, detoxifying and stopping dysentery. You can boil water instead of tea.

Chrysanthemum: It has the effects of relieving summer heat, calming the liver and diuresis. Patients with hypertension are especially suitable. Use boiled water instead of tea.

Lotus leaf: it is suitable for those who are upset, chest tightness, dizziness and headache caused by heatstroke. Patients with hypertension are especially suitable. Use boiled water instead of tea. To prevent heatstroke, besides paying attention to physical condition, environment and diet, and keeping some heatstroke prevention drugs such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, Ten Drops of Water and Ren Dan, drinking more heatstroke prevention drinks is also one of the best heatstroke prevention methods. Here are some cool drinks: 1. Hawthorn soup. Boil 100g hawthorn slices and 50g sour plums with 3.5kg water, then boil with 100g white chrysanthemum, take out, add appropriate amount of sugar, and drink after cooling.

2. iced watermelon dew. Peel the watermelon, remove the seeds, cut the pulp into cubes, and pour the juice into a basin for refrigeration. Then boil with appropriate amount of rock sugar and white sugar in water, skim off the floating foam and put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. When eating, pour diced watermelon into crystal sugar water.

3. Mung bean sour plum soup. Boil 150g mung bean and 100g sour plum in water, add appropriate amount of sugar, and drink after cooling.

4. honeysuckle (or chrysanthemum) soup. 30 grams of honeysuckle (or chrysanthemum), add appropriate amount of sugar, brew in boiling water, and drink after cooling.

5. Watermelon Cui Yi soup. After washing the watermelon, peel off the thin green peel, add water and boil for 30 minutes, remove the residue and add appropriate amount of sugar, and drink after cooling.

6. Coconut juice tremella soup. Wash 30g tremella, boil with warm water, remove the hard skin, and mix with 125g coconut milk, crystal sugar and water. 1, eat less and eat more: the more things you eat in one meal, the more metabolic calories your body produces to digest these foods. Pay special attention to eating less high-protein food, which produces more metabolic calories;

2, eat spicy food: doctors believe that although it is unimaginable to eat these things on a hot day, spicy food can stimulate the heat reception in the mouth, improve blood circulation, lead to a lot of sweating, and help lower the body temperature;

3, warm shower: it is best to shower or bathe with warm water slightly below body temperature, especially before going to bed;

4, drink plenty of water: doctors recommend drinking less and drinking more water, because alcohol may cause water shortage in the body, mineral water or low-sugar soda is a better choice;

5. Avoid strenuous exercise: strenuous exercise activates body energy and increases body temperature;

6, the use of ice packs: reusable ice packs are a good tool to reduce skin temperature, and the liquid pre-loaded inside has a cooling effect;

7. Choose a good pillow: use a feather or fluff pillow, the pillowcase is preferably cotton, and the synthetic fiber pillowcase will accumulate heat;

8, drink chrysanthemum tea: chrysanthemum tea can cool down and wake up;

9, cold water to the wrist: use tap water to the wrist for 5 seconds every few hours, because the wrist is the place where the artery flows, which can lower the blood temperature.