"Summer heat" is a climate feature in summer. At this time, the summer heat rises and dissipates, which is easy to hurt body fluid and consume gas, so people often feel thirsty, short of gas and weak in summer. In addition, summer heat is often wet, people are easy to get sleepy, their mouth is not refreshing, they are easy to get angry and have a sore throat. In addition, summer heat belongs to yang evil, and people will feel very hot and upset in high temperature weather. It is precisely because of the characteristics of summer that diet and health preservation should be based on the principle of relieving summer heat, reducing dryness, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, and clearing the heart and nourishing the spirit.

However, when it comes to methods to relieve summer heat, people often think that it is very immediate to use cold to relieve summer heat, such as taking a cold bath and drinking cold drinks, but in fact these methods are not in line with the principle of TCM health preservation. Experts pointed out that the temperature in summer is close to the temperature of human body, and the heat dissipation mode of human body is mainly sweat evaporation, so heating with heat is a better way to keep fit.

Take a hot bath: Taking a cold bath in summer will shrink the skin and make it feel hotter after washing. Although taking a hot bath will sweat a lot, it will dilate capillaries and help the body to expel heat. Sweating in summer is a way to conform to the laws of nature and human rhythm.

Drink hot tea: cold drinks can only relieve summer heat temporarily, but not for a long time, nor can you eat too much, otherwise the gastrointestinal temperature will drop, causing irregular contraction and inducing abdominal pain and diarrhea. Although drinking hot Chaze can stimulate the relaxation of capillaries in the whole body, the body temperature is obviously reduced, which is a simple and easy method to relieve summer heat.

Reduce dryness and protect throat, and drink more herbal tea.

In order to achieve the purpose of relieving summer heat, reducing dryness and moistening throat in summer, experts suggest that Chinese herbal medicines can be properly selected to drink herbal tea:

Boat-fruited Sterculia: It has the effects of clearing away lung heat, relieving sore throat, detoxicating and relaxing bowels. Used for hoarseness caused by lung heat, sore throat, heat constipation and hoarseness caused by excessive use of sound.

Orange peel: it has the functions of regulating qi, harmonizing middle energizer, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm.

Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch: It has the functions of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and relieving pain.

Lotus plumule: It has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing away heat and astringent essence, stopping bleeding and quenching thirst.

Chrysanthemum morifolium: It has the effects of nourishing the liver, improving eyesight, clearing away heart fire, invigorating kidney, invigorating spleen and stomach, moistening throat and promoting fluid production.

Rock sugar: It has the effects of nourishing the middle energizer, regulating the stomach, moistening the lungs, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, and has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on lung dry cough and dry cough without phlegm.