Preserve spleen and stomach
Pay attention to the maintenance of the spleen and stomach in dog days. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should drink less cold drinks and eat less cold dishes, and pay attention to the navel not to catch cold.
In addition, dog days are the season with frequent digestive tract diseases. In diet, we should change the bad habits of unclean diet and partial eclipse, don't drink too much cold drinks and food, and do everything in moderation.
Soak your feet in warm water.
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.
Recommended formula for soaking feet and removing dampness:
Materials: Pogostemon cablin 10g, Eupatorium odoratum 10g, Perilla frutescens 10g, Lotus leaf 10g, Flos Lonicerae 10g.
Methods: decoct a dose of prescription with proper amount of water for 30 minutes, then soak your feet at a proper temperature, and then sweat all over.
Scraping for heatstroke prevention
Dog days, heavy humidity, easy to nausea and dizziness. Scraping can be taken to prevent heatstroke.
Specific methods: Scrape the sides of the back, or the sides of the ribs or the forehead up and down with a scraping board or gauze disinfected with alcohol, and purple and black will appear. You can also apply a cool oil scraper. Or take Huoxiang Zhengqi Pill.
Suggestion: Drink more mung bean soup, lotus leaves and agastache instead of tea, and replenish light salt water in time when sweating.
Ensure a good sleep.
Adequate and high-quality sleep helps the body to repair itself, is the basis to ensure the good operation of the body, and is a natural dampness-removing medicine. You should go to bed late and get up early in dog days, but you'd better not go to bed later than 1 1 at night.
Suggestion: 1, take a nap at noon, but not more than one hour.
2, but also remember to be greedy and avoid sleeping in air-conditioned rooms with very low temperature or wet ground.
3. And don't sleep in front of the window.
Drink more ginger tea.
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. Drinking ginger tea in dog days is a simple and easy health care method, and summer is the most suitable season for drinking ginger tea.
exercise regularly
The best way to prevent and eliminate moisture is to move your limbs a little, so that the yang of your body will slowly recover and the moisture will gradually dissipate.
Suggestion: don't sweat with a large amount of exercise, so that qi will be discharged with sweat, qi will be injured, and water-moisture metabolism will be affected. Although some moisture and moisture will be released with sweat, the internal moisture will come out again, and finally the moisture will not be discharged.
Eat food that strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness.
Eating more foods that strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness will also help to prevent heatstroke and eliminate dampness, such as: red beans, mung beans, lotus leaves to cook porridge, Pogostemon, Eupatorium odoratum, Atractylodes rhizome to make tea, and ginger slices to boil water, all of which have the effect of eliminating dampness.
Tip: Although pepper can stimulate appetite and help digestion, it has a general effect of eliminating dampness.
Healthy recipes in dog days
Barley and red bean porridge
Ingredients: Coix seed and adzuki bean.
Exercise:
1, first soak the prepared materials for several hours, then put them in a pot and boil them with enough water.
2. Let the coix seed and adzuki bean stew in the pot for half an hour, then boil over high fire and stew for another half an hour, and the adzuki bean porridge will be cooked.
Efficacy: This porridge promotes diuresis to reduce swelling and strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Yam and red jujube porridge
Ingredients: yam, white lentils, red dates, pitted lotus seeds, hawthorn strips and raisins.
Exercise:
1, soak white lentils and red dates for a while, peel white lentils, core red dates, and cut Chinese yam into pieces for later use.
2, white lentils, yam, lotus seeds together in the pot stew until soft.
3. Finally, add hawthorn strips and raisins and cook for another three minutes.
Efficacy: This porridge can replenish qi and blood, protect the liver and strengthen the spleen, clear away heat and damp, and make people rosy and full of energy. Regular drinking can regulate the human stomach, improve metabolic function, eliminate excess waste, play a role in losing weight, and have a good therapeutic effect on hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Porridge porridge
Materials: japonica rice 100g, washed clean, japonica rice 100g, poria powder 20g.
Exercise:
1, put the materials together in a pot, add a proper amount of water, and adjust to boiling water on high fire.
2. After the water boils, cook it with slow fire until it erodes, then add some salt and ginger and stir well.
Efficacy: Long-term consumption can play a role in promoting diuresis, infiltrating temperature, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness.
Winter melon porridge
Ingredients: wax gourd100g, japonica rice100g.
Exercise:
1, wash wax gourd, cut it into small pieces with skin, put it in casserole with japonica rice, and add water to cook porridge.
2, simmer until rotten rice is cooked into porridge.
Efficacy: Wax gourd is diuretic and dampness-removing, and it is also a good summer product.
What kind of tea do you drink in dog days?
Chrysanthemum tea for relieving summer heat
Materials: 5g of chrysanthemum, 0g of perilla leaf10g, 5g of cassia seed15g, 5g of medlar, and 0/000ml of hot water/kloc-0.
Practice: put the materials into a cup, and then pour boiling water for brewing.
Efficacy: Eliminating fire and preventing heatstroke.
Light bamboo leaf tea
Ingredients: Lophatherum gracile10g, cogongrass rhizome 30g, lotus leaf 5g.
Practice: put the materials together in a thermos bottle and inject boiling water 15 minutes.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and purging fire, facilitating defecation.
Chenpi Pu 'er tea
Ingredients: 3-5 shreds of dried tangerine peel or 2g dried tangerine peel slices, 5g soaked Pu 'er tea leaves.
Practice: put a whole piece of dried tangerine peel into the pot, rinse it with boiling water first, then brew it with boiling water for about 15 seconds, and pour the tea soup into the cup.
Efficacy: Reduce fat and moisten lung.
What traditional food do you eat in dog days?
Chinese dumpling
It is a traditional custom to eat jiaozi on the head, because when it rains, people have a bad appetite and can't eat anything, while jiaozi is a food that stimulates and satisfies the appetite in the traditional customs of China people.
carp
The climate in summer is warm and humid, so drinking some carp soup is helpful to dispel dampness, stimulate appetite, induce diuresis and reduce swelling. From the nutritional point of view, carp is rich in high-quality protein, minerals and vitamins, which are easy to digest and absorb, and suitable for all kinds of people, including children, pregnant women and the elderly.
finless eel
There is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus participates in summer". Monopterus albus is the most nourishing recently. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, expelling wind and dampness, and strengthening bones and muscles. It is best to eat Monopterus albus in summer, which can prevent diarrhea caused by indigestion in summer and protect the cardiovascular system.
clam
Chinese medicine believes that mussel meat has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing yin and improving eyesight. Mytilus edulis is rich in protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins A and B 1 and B2, which has health care function for human body.
What vegetables are good to eat in dog days?
Seasonal bitter vegetables.
The high temperature and humidity in summer often make people feel listless, tired and weak, and lose appetite. At this time, it is of great benefit to eat hard food. Bitter weeds are rich in alkaloids, amino acids, picroside, vitamins and minerals, and have the functions of relieving summer heat, relieving annoyance, refreshing and invigorating the stomach. Bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, lettuce, celery, dandelion, lotus seed and lily are all good choices.
What fruit is good to eat in dog days?
cherry
Cherry is a fruit rich in iron and carotene. Its nutrition is very rich, and it can replenish blood and kidney for people with deficiency of both qi and blood. Eating 200-300 grams before meals can regulate gastrointestinal function, which is very beneficial to people with poor digestive function. The rich vitamin C in cherries can moisturize and whiten the skin and effectively resist the formation of melanin. In addition, the fruit acid contained in cherry can also promote the formation of stratum corneum.
strawberry
Strawberries are an irresistible temptation for girls. Strawberry contains a variety of fruit acids, vitamins and minerals, which can not only enhance skin elasticity, but also whiten skin and moisturize. Regular use of strawberries for beauty and skin care can make the skin fresh and smooth and avoid pigmentation. Strawberries are also rich in vitamin A and potassium, which is very beneficial to the health of hair.
lychee
Litchi, together with bananas, pineapples and longan, is called "the four major fruits in South China". It is rich in sugar and has symptoms such as energy supplement and mental fatigue. Litchi meat is rich in vitamin C and protein; Litchi is rich in vitamins, which can promote blood circulation of tiny blood vessels, prevent freckles and make skin smoother.
grape
Sweet and sour in nature. Raw food can nourish liver and kidney yin and strengthen bones and muscles. Those who suffer from yin deficiency of liver and kidney, palpitation and night sweat, dry cough and sore waist and legs for a long time can be used as tonic food. Eating fresh grapes often has the effects of invigorating qi and blood and diuresis, and is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and weak qi, shortness of breath and fatigue, swollen face and limbs, and unfavorable urination. Drinking decoction can cure rheumatic joint pain. Pour juice and sugar to treat dysentery.
Cherry tomato
Cherry tomato, the scientific name of cherry tomato, has high sugar content, about 7 ~ 8 degrees, sweet and delicious taste and unique flavor, and is a very good health food. It is both a vegetable and a fruit, and its vitamin content is 1.8 times higher than that of ordinary tomatoes. It is listed as one of the "four major fruits" promoted by FAO.
watermelon
There is a lot of water loss in summer, and it is the best choice to dispel summer heat and promote fluid production. Watermelon is rich in vitamins A, B 1, B2 and C, and has the function of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. However, eating watermelon is also very particular. Watermelon is a cold food, which is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach. Infants with indigestion should not eat more.
peach
Peaches are rich in vitamins, minerals and fruit acids, and the iron content ranks first among fruits. Iron is the main raw material for human hematopoiesis, which is quite beneficial to health. Peach is hot and sweet, and has the effects of nourishing, nourishing the heart, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, resolving food stagnation, moistening intestines to relieve fatigue, and clearing heat and relieving summer heat. It is "the fruit of the lung" and is suitable for people with hypoglycemia, lung disease and fatigue cough as an auxiliary diet.
What acupoints are massaged in dog days?
Chengshan point
When you get up every morning, put your legs out of the bed, let Chengshan point rest on the edge of the bed, and swing your legs left and right to massage Chengshan point. Pressing Zuchengshan point will have obvious pain, which is because there is dampness in the body; After pressing Chengshan point for a period of time, the body will feel a slight fever. This is because the yang on the bladder meridian is at work, and the moisture on your body escapes with a slight increase in body temperature.
Lie triangle
To deal with summer damp heat, you can press Zusanli point, which is helpful to transport water and eliminate dampness. Take Zusanli point, also known as the "old hen point", and make 200 fists lightly, once in the morning and once in the evening, which can achieve the effect of reconciling the qi of the camp and the guard.
Health knowledge in dog days
Lie down and get up early at night.
Summer is characterized by long days and short nights. The human body should also adapt to the laws of nature. It can sleep late at night and get up early in the morning. The reasonable sleep time in summer should be: bedtime is 22: 00 ~ 23: 00, and wake-up time is 5: 30 ~ 6: 30. If you can't go to bed early at night, a proper lunch break at noon is a good adjustment.
Suggestion: Generally, the nap time in summer is 30 minutes to 1 hour. Too short a time can't achieve the purpose of taking a nap, and too long a time will not only make people dizzy and weak, but also affect the quality of sleep at night.
Jianpi Qushi
In dog days, the humidity is heavy, mainly spleen, and the biggest feature of spleen dampness is that it can make people sleepy. Therefore, the long summer has the greatest impact on the human body is the poor digestive function of the spleen and stomach.
Suggestion: strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, and drink some porridge for breakfast and dinner, such as yam porridge, barley porridge and lotus seed porridge. Moreover, due to the hot summer, a little lotus leaf can be added to the porridge with the function of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, so as to increase the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, nourishing the stomach and clearing the intestines, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.
bland diet
Because as we said before, the dog days will lead to loss of appetite. In fact, loss of appetite will also lead to the decline of gastrointestinal digestive function. Those foods that clear the heart and relieve summer heat will be recommended because they are easy to digest, but greasy meat is difficult to digest. Eating them is likely to lead to food accumulation in the stomach.
Suggestion: be light and eat less meat.
Appetizing diet
As soon as they enter the dog days, many people will be troubled by the "bitter summer", and their mouths will be dull and their appetite will be lost. Therefore, "appetizing" is the focus of summer health. 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.
Suggestion: Foods that benefit qi and nourish yin are essential. 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.
Breathing and meditation
Summer is fire, corresponding to the heart, so in the hot summer, we should pay attention to the conditioning of the mind.
"Su Wen's Theory of Four Qi Regulating Spirit" points out: "Make ambition not angry, make Huaying put on a show, and let off steam. If love is outside, this summer gas is the way to grow. " That is to say, in summer, you should be calm, cheerful, broad-minded and energetic, just like a budding flower needs sunshine, you should have a strong interest in external things and cultivate an optimistic and outgoing personality, which is conducive to the ventilation of qi.
Moderate exercise
People often say that "dog days in summer" is not to let everyone exercise regardless of time, place and occasion. In summer, the human body consumes a lot of energy, so exercise methods such as running, playing ball and climbing mountains must be done according to one's ability. It is best to do some "low-key" exercise, which can not only have the effect of exercise, but also avoid discomfort.
Suggestion:
1, swimming: the heat dissipation capacity of water is 15 times higher than that of air, so the human body can keep its body temperature constant when swimming, and it is not easy to get 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.
Independent of air conditioning
Air conditioning disease is the most common and easily overlooked disease in modern society. For most people, especially joint patients, we should avoid being greedy for cold in summer, and do not use or moderately use air conditioners and fans.
Suggestion: In the workplace, you should tell your colleagues about your illness to gain their understanding, and try not to use air conditioning or raise the temperature appropriately. It is best to keep a long-sleeved dress and add and subtract clothes with the external environment at any time.
Invigorating yang and exorcising evil spirits
Although the temperature is high in summer, we should take good care of the human body's yang. Also known as "nourishing Yang in spring and summer". Yang is the motive force of human beings, fluctuating with the alternation of seasons and the sun and the moon. In summer, the yang is strong and often floats outside, but it is easy to be injured by external evils, such as sweating.
Suggestion: dog days are generally not suitable for doing a lot of exercise, so you should replenish water and nutrition in time after exercise.