Six secrets of keeping healthy in dog days
Don't be greedy. Staying in an air-conditioned room for a long time can easily lead to the imbalance of body adjustment ability and various discomforts. Therefore, it is best to turn on the air conditioner less, especially for children, pregnant women and the elderly with arthritis, rheumatism and respiratory diseases. Even if it is turned on, the appropriate temperature is 26℃, ensuring that the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor exceeds 7℃; Let the air conditioner blow upward, avoid blowing directly on the body, and protect the neck, back, abdomen, waist, legs and other parts. Don't take a bath after sweating to avoid being attacked by wind, cold and humidity. Eating cold fruits and vegetables in summer is easy to cause gastroenteritis. When eating cold drinks, it is best to wait until the temperature of the food is close to the body temperature before swallowing it slowly, so as not to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, and the best time to eat is between noon and 3 pm, when the yang is the strongest. After a cold, you can drink ginger tea to sweat and dispel the cold.
Eat appetizers. When you enter the dog days, many people will be affected? Bitter summer? Trouble, dry mouth, loss of appetite. So? Appetizing? It is the focus of summer health care. Experts suggest that you can eat more bitter food in summer. Bitter gourd, bitter vegetable and bitter buckwheat can relieve fever, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite. However, bitter gourd is cold, and people with poor constitution and deficiency of spleen and stomach should not eat more. The weather is very hot, sweating a lot, and it is easy to consume gas and hurt yin. Therefore, it is also essential to replenish qi and nourish yin. Yam, jujube, honey, lotus root and fungus are all good choices. In addition, chicken and duck meat, lean meat and other meat products with flat or cool nature also have the effects of nourishing yin, nourishing stomach, strengthening spleen and tonifying deficiency.
Eliminating dampness. In the hot and humid dog days, the human body is easily attacked by moisture. To deal with summer damp heat, you can press Zusanli point, which is helpful to transport water and eliminate dampness. Soaking feet with 40℃ warm water before going to bed can eliminate dampness and improve sleep quality. You can also sweat on purpose and let the moisture go out with the sweat. It is also helpful to eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. Boiling porridge with adzuki bean, mung bean and lotus leaf, making tea with Herba Agastaches, Eupatorium odoratum and Rhizoma Atractylodis, and boiling water with ginger slices all have the effect of eliminating dampness. Although pepper can stimulate appetite and help digestion, it has a general effect of eliminating dampness. It is worth reminding that mung bean soup must not be drunk as water. Mung beans are cold, and people with weak constitution should not drink more.
? Low profile? Exercise. Always say? Practice three volts in summer? It is not for everyone to exercise regardless of time, place and occasion. In summer, the human body consumes a lot of energy, so running, playing ball games, climbing mountains and other sports methods must be done according to one's ability, and it is best to do some? Low profile? Exercise can not only have the effect of exercise, but also avoid discomfort. Three kinds of sports are better: 1. Swimming: The heat dissipation capacity of water is 15 times higher than that of air. When swimming, the human body can keep its body temperature constant and is not prone to heatstroke; 2. Fishing: Fishing requires the cooperation of the brain, hands and eyes. The help of quietness, intention and movement can alleviate the heat of the heart and spleen; 3. Tai Ji Chuan: Playing Tai Ji Chuan can not only increase vital capacity, but also promote the circulation of qi and blood between the five internal organs, which is helpful to cheer up the spirit. Summer exercise is best arranged in a cool morning or evening; In the meantime, pay attention to a small amount of drinking water many times; When the outdoor temperature exceeds 32℃ and the air humidity exceeds 60%, it is best to exercise in the shade indoors.
Go to bed late and get up early, and make up sleep in the afternoon. Sleeping late does not advocate staying up late in summer, but requires people to work and rest on time according to the characteristics of day and night changes in summer, and the sleep time should not exceed 1 1. Chinese medicine thinks? Spring grows in summer? In summer, the human body's yang is in a vigorous state. If you often sleep late, it will violate the seasonal variation law of human yang. Not only will you not get a rest, but you will feel more tired. So it's better to get up at six or seven in the summer morning. Taking a nap is beneficial to the balance of qi and blood, and can replenish physical strength and improve work efficiency in the afternoon. It is advisable to take a healthy nap for 30~60 minutes, but it is counterproductive to exceed 1 hour, which may interfere with sleep at night.
Sit quietly to get rid of troubles. Medical research shows that when the summer temperature exceeds 35℃, the sunshine exceeds 12 hours and the humidity is higher than 80%, the emotional regulation center of the human body will be obviously affected, and people will be easily agitated, and the summer irritability index of the elderly will be higher than that of the young. To relieve the fidgety mood, you can sit still. If you cooperate with some small moves, you can not only achieve peace of mind quickly, but also promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals. It's a good idea to sit with your eyes closed and swallow body fluid. The method is: put your arms down naturally, put them on your legs, close your eyes and mouth slightly, and breathe evenly; When there is a large amount of body fluid in the mouth, swallow it three times in a row; Then, knocking the upper and lower teeth 10 ~ 15 times can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, strengthen the teeth and strengthen the spleen.
Health preservation methods in dog days
How much do you know about TCM health care? Make up for three volts in summer? Said. But will there be tonic in hot Xia Zhishi? Add fuel to the fire? Or? Is it empty or not? Side effects? The answer is no.
? Three volts? At the same time, human qi and blood tend to the body surface, forming a physiological state of Yin Qi's excess in the outside and deficiency in the inside. If you sweat too much, your body will lose a lot of water, inorganic salts and vitamins. In addition, in summer, the secretion of gastric juice is relatively reduced, and its function is low, which affects digestion and absorption, resulting in a relative decrease in nutritional supplements. In addition, the hot summer night is short and mosquitoes interfere.
Relative lack of sleep can easily lead to human deficiency syndrome, according to? Not enough to make up? The principle of use only? Supplementary method? In order to regulate the body function. For people with yin deficiency, the hotter the day, the weaker the yin, and the weaker the yin, the stronger the virtual fire. Tonifying yin at this time is like a long drought, isn't it? Add fuel to the fire? .
For those with yin deficiency and internal cold, the heat is getting worse, the yang is getting worse, and the body is getting colder. Tonifying at this time is like giving charcoal in the snow, never? Can't make up for it? . The key to the problem is how to make up for it. So-called? Supplementary method? It is not simply eating delicious food or taking tonic, but a comprehensive adjustment. There are various methods of tonic, but the main ones are food tonic, food tonic and medicine tonic.
1. Is it timely? Bush? . First of all, in midsummer, it is advisable to conform to nature and arrange work and rest time reasonably. Huangdi Neijing pointed out:? In Xia San, I stayed up at night and got up early, and I was insatiable for the sun. ? It means you can stay up late, get up early and arrange lunch break at noon in summer.
In the morning or evening, you can choose parks, rivers, lakes, courtyards and other places with fresh air for a walk. Tai Ji Chuan, Taijijian, guided aerobics and Qigong exercise will make you feel comfortable, open-minded, refreshed, energetic and in a good state of mind. If you have the conditions, you can also take part in tourism and summer vacation, which will make people relaxed and happy and exercise.
2. Because people eat? Food supplement? Refers to the use of different foods to nourish and adjust the body's bias. Those who tend to be deficient in both qi and yin can choose some products with sweet and cold taste, such as soft-shelled turtle, soft-shelled turtle, duck and goose as dishes; People with yang deficiency can choose warm food supplements, such as beef, chicken and mutton. To warm the middle and replenish qi, replenish essence and strengthen the body.
However, due to the weak digestive function of the human body in summer, in addition to taking some of the above supplements properly, the diet should be cool and light, and eat less greasy and thick-flavored products. In addition, in the hot summer, it is necessary to drink some health-care summer drinks properly, but don't drink too many cold drinks. Don't overeat cold drinks after sweating. Some patients with chronic diseases should choose.
3. Take medicine according to syndrome differentiation. What is this? Medicine tonic? . People with yin deficiency can take some products that nourish yin, clear fire, promote fluid production and quench thirst, such as American ginseng, Adenophora adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis, Dendrobium nobile and Polygonatum odoratum. , as well as Shengmai Drink, American ginseng royal jelly and other proprietary Chinese medicines.
People with yang deficiency can choose Morinda officinalis, gecko, velvet antler and other products to help yang, or choose Chinese patent medicines such as Jinkui Shenqi Pill and Guilingji. Some people with qi deficiency can choose ginseng and astragalus.
How to prevent diseases in dog days?
First, when the temperature is high, try to reduce going out or exercising a lot, so that the body loses water too quickly. Dehydration heatstroke is very dangerous if it is not replenished in time. Office workers should pay attention to replenish water at any time, drink more fresh boiled water or light salt water, and drink less iced drinks. In addition, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins, especially watermelon and wax gourd.
Second, prevent colds and digestive tract diseases. Dog days are the high incidence of colds, especially in air-conditioned rooms or when blowing electric fans for a long time, there will be cold symptoms such as coughing, sneezing and runny nose. It is recommended not to stay in the low-temperature air conditioner for a long time, try to open the window for ventilation when sleeping at night, and dry the sweat before the elderly enter the air-conditioned room.
Third, the dog days are sultry, humid, and the air pressure is low. Bacteria and molds breed quickly, so special attention should be paid to food hygiene. Summer is the season with frequent gastrointestinal diseases. If people with deficiency and cold constitution are added, they will be more vulnerable to the virus. Such people try not to eat more cold and raw food. Because ice cream, ice cream and other cold drinks contain cholesterol, sugar and starch, eating cold drinks affects normal appetite and aggravates diarrhea.
Eat ginger for aphrodisiac in dog days.
As the saying goes:? Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer. ? Ginger has a warming effect. You can eat more ginger in summer to nourish yang. Ginger is pungent and warm, and has many functions such as dispelling cold and sweating, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting. It's the best time to drink ginger tea in dog days. Brew 4 slices of ginger, 4 slices of jujube and a proper amount of brown sugar in a cup of boiling water, and a cup of ginger jujube tea that warms the stomach and dispels cold will be ready. Drinking ginger tea is a simple and easy health care method, and now it seems to be more and more popular. Ginger tea can be drunk all year round, but summer is the most suitable season for drinking ginger tea.
Eating ginger in summer can prevent several diseases. The following three types of people can use some ginger appropriately.
First, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, such as vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal diseases: eating some ginger or drinking some ginger soup can play a preventive role, because ginger can play the role of some antibiotics.
Second, cold: often in an air-conditioned environment, it is easy to feel cold due to the large temperature difference between indoor and outdoor. If you can eat a few slices of ginger or drink a bowl of brown sugar ginger soup in time, it will help to dispel cold and relieve exterior syndrome.
Eating mutton for aphrodisiac in dog days.
According to Chinese medicine? Yang in spring and summer, Yin in autumn and winter? The tradition of eating mutton in dog days has a certain health foundation. Eat mutton for aphrodisiac in spring and summer, and wait until the hands and feet are cold in winter. Some people accumulate heat in dog days. After eating mutton soup, you are sweating all over, which can drive away the accumulation of heat in the five internal organs. However, everything pays attention to one degree. It is not easy to eat mutton in dog days, and not everyone is suitable for such a regimen, especially those with hot constitution. Don't try it at will.
According to Materia Medica: Mutton can tonify fatigue, invigorate qi, strengthen yang, stimulate appetite and strengthen the body. ? The dog days are the season with the highest temperature and humidity all year round, and the human body has the most abundant yang in this season. In addition, nature is also hot, so drinking mutton soup can form? Internal and external attack? So that the cold in the body can be discharged from the body, which can play the role of warming the middle and dispelling cold and warming qi and blood. So what is summer? Winter disease? The best time for treatment. Eating hot food in summer is good for your health. From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine nutrition, mutton is sweet and warm, which can replenish qi and deficiency, enrich blood and help yang, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and enhance cold resistance, and has always been regarded as a good product for tonifying yang.
Drink more porridge soup to supplement electrolytes.
Adequate water-containing food should be provided, and more importantly, various minerals lost during sweating should be supplemented, especially sodium and potassium.
Ordinary sweet drinks only contain sugar and water, but they cannot provide electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium, and do not contain vitamins. Therefore, we should not only quench our thirst with sweet drinks, but also eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible. Nutritious porridge soup and summer drinks, especially bean soup and bean porridge, should also be prepared at home, which is most helpful for supplementing minerals such as potassium and magnesium. Green tea, flower and fruit tea and sour plum soup are also better choices.
Pay attention to soup several times, because overeating may lead to sudden sweating and loss of appetite. The drink just taken out of the refrigerator must be put down at room temperature for a period of time before drinking, so as not to cause sudden contraction or even convulsions of gastrointestinal blood vessels.
Milk, eggs and beans are indispensable.
At the high temperature above 35℃, human sweat will lose a lot of protein, at the same time, the decomposition of protein in the body will also increase. Especially when the weather is sultry, people often lose their appetite and don't like cooking, so it's easy to have insufficient intake of protein. Snacks, drinks and cold drinks can't provide enough protein. I suggest: make sure 1 cup of yogurt or milk, 1 egg or salted duck egg in summer, add a bean product or a bowl of bean porridge every day, and often eat lean meat and fish to supplement iron.
Matters needing attention of four kinds of special people in dog days
Old people and children should always prevent heatstroke in the dog days. In dog days, high temperature and high humidity can easily increase the basal metabolism of the elderly, overload the body, lose water and salt, and cause electrolyte disorder in the body, thus aggravating their own basic diseases and leading to disease recurrence. The elderly should not be outdoors for a long time during the day, so they should take a nap to enhance their physical resistance.
Children should pay attention to timely hydration. Due to the imperfect development of children's immune function, the regulation ability of body temperature center is worse than that of adults, so it is usually difficult to adapt to hot and humid weather. In the past, group heatstroke often occurred in schools. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize students' outdoor sports activities and drink some salted boiled water or mung bean brine soup after exercise.
Office workers prevent air-conditioning diseases. Office workers who blow air conditioners in office buildings will immediately block the open pores when they enter the office from the outdoor high temperature, resulting in dizziness, nausea, runny nose and other symptoms similar to colds, which is what people often say? Air conditioning disease? . The doctor suggested that the air conditioner should not be turned on too low, and it should be around 28 degrees Celsius.
Workers who work in hot weather in summer, if they don't replenish water and salt in time, will lead to disorder of water and salt metabolism and easy heatstroke. Doctors suggest that workers exposed to high temperatures must ensure that they are replaced after 2 to 3 hours of work, and at the same time strengthen personal protection.
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