1, health care precautions in summer
First, calm down and nourish the heart.
In summer, when the weather is hot, people tend to be restless, sleepy and lack of energy. Therefore, according to the characteristics of this season, in terms of health care, we should maintain the heart according to the corresponding relationship between the season and the five internal organs. Chinese medicine believes that calmness can relieve tense emotions, make people feel comfortable and ease their qi and blood; It not only contributes to the vigorous heart function, but also conforms to the principle of "nourishing Yang in spring and summer". Therefore, it is appropriate to maintain health with "peace of mind" in summer, and peace of mind is naturally cool.
Second, pay attention to food hygiene, and the diet should be light and moderate.
The rainy and high temperature in summer make the digestive tract diseases more frequent in summer. Therefore, this season's diet, we must pay attention to food hygiene, diet should be moderate, not overeating, excessive; And the diet should be light and nutritious.
Third, go out to prevent heatstroke and cool down.
Heatstroke is a common disease in summer, and the weather characteristics in summer are more prone to heatstroke. Therefore, when going out, you must do a good job of heatstroke prevention and cooling, bring umbrellas, sun hats and other tools, drink plenty of water, and try to avoid going out when the sun is hot in the afternoon.
Fourth, don't be greedy for cold showers or eat more cold food.
When the weather is hot, people like to eat cold drinks. Ice cream, ice cream and iced drinks are very popular. Some people take a bath as soon as they come back from outside, and they also like to take a cold bath. As everyone knows, these behaviors are very harmful to health, easily causing physical discomfort, or burying health risks. Pay attention to minimize the consumption of drinks that are too cold.
2. How to adjust the mentality in summer?
1, emotional adjustment must restrain anger.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive emotions will cause physical and psychological diseases of the human body and hurt the five internal organs, while anger will hurt the liver. In summer solar terms, we should keep an indifferent and quiet mind, avoid getting angry, have a peaceful mind and avoid endogenous anger.
2. Emotional adjustment and abstinence happiness
Although people like to relax, which is good for their physical and mental health under normal circumstances, excessive laughter and joy will do harm to the human body. Chinese medicine believes that being too happy is sadness, which will make people depressed, distracted or crazy. In summer, the human body itself has a strong heart fire, which will have adverse effects on the mental and cardiovascular system, causing high blood pressure and heart disease. Therefore, happiness is also to be measured.
3. Emotional adjustment focused on nourishing the heart.
Chinese medicine believes that it is appropriate to raise the heart in summer, and the most important thing to raise the heart is to be calm. The hotter, the calmer. If something goes wrong, you should learn to transfer your emotions, especially in the summer afternoon, when the weather is sultry, it is difficult for people to sleep and easy to get upset. This can be achieved by sitting still, touching calligraphy, painting, listening to music and so on.
4. Emotion regulation meditation
Meditation therapy has existed in traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times, which echoes the popular therapy of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves-yoga meditation. Every morning and evening, after getting up, you close your eyes, sit quietly before going to bed, empty your brain and focus all your attention on breathing for 5 minutes.