The dog days are the hottest time of the year. At this time, many people like to eat cold drinks and stay in air-conditioned rooms for a long time. Actually, this is very incorrect. Staying in an air-conditioned room for a long time or eating too many cold drinks will lead to the imbalance of the body's adjustment ability, which will lead to various discomforts, especially children, pregnant women and the elderly with arthritis, rheumatism and respiratory diseases. If you want to turn on the air conditioner, you must pay attention to the time, the temperature should be at 26℃, and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should exceed 7℃. Try to wait until the food temperature is close to the body temperature before swallowing slowly.

2, the diet should be appetizing

As soon as they enter the dog days, many people will be troubled by "bitter summer", with dry mouth and loss of appetite. At this time, you can eat more bitter food, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable and bitter buckwheat. , can play a role in relieving fever, strengthening the spleen and appetizing.

Step 3 get rid of dampness

The dog days are humid and sultry, and the body is vulnerable to moisture. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the dehumidification of the body at this time, such as properly strengthening exercise, soaking feet before going to bed, or eating more foods that strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, such as red beans, vaccines, and wax gourd, which can accelerate the excretion of accumulated water in the body.

4. Go to bed late and get up early, and make up sleep in the afternoon

Sleeping late is not advocating staying up late. It is generally recommended to sleep around 10- 1 1 in summer. The human body's schedule should conform to the characteristics of day and night changes in summer. Chinese medicine believes that "spring grows and summer grows". In summer, the human body is full of yang. Sleeping late at this time will violate the seasonal variation law of human yang, so it is better to get up at six or seven every morning. You can take a nap for half an hour at noon and replenish your physical strength in the afternoon to improve your work efficiency.

5. Low-key exercise

In summer, the human body consumes a lot of calories, so when exercising, you must do what you can. Don't do strenuous exercise. You'd better try some slightly relaxing exercise, such as jogging and swimming. Avoid strenuous exercise.

6. Keep a cool head

When the temperature is high in dog days, the human emotional regulation center will be obviously affected, and people will be easily agitated. Therefore, it is necessary to relieve the irritable mood in time, take a deep breath or sit still, and properly cooperate with some small moves, which can not only quickly achieve peace of mind, but also promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals.