The summer solstice has arrived, which indicates that the weather has entered the "sauna day". In order to adapt to the work and study in a high-temperature world, it is very important to adjust your life schedule according to the solar terms. There are not many skills, just remember three key words "heart, bitterness and dampness".

Nourishing heart

According to the theory of five elements in traditional Chinese medicine, the summer climate is hot, and the five elements belong to fire, which corresponds to the heart in the five internal organs of the human body, so we should pay attention to nourishing the heart in summer.

1. Breathing and meditation

In summer, it is advisable to meditate with pranayama, that is, "peace of mind is naturally cool." Listening to slow music is a good way to adjust your breathing. The notes in music also contain elements of yin and yang and five elements. Contrary to the effect that fast-paced music can enhance the yang in the body and help people get excited, soothing music can help slow down breathing and rest the heart.

2. Eat some food that nourishes the heart

Polygonatum odoratum, Ophiopogon japonicus and Lily soaked in water can nourish the heart yin and clear the heart fire. Some people are not only easy to get angry, but also taking drugs that clear away heat and toxic materials can't relieve symptoms. A large part of the reason is yin deficiency. People who often stay up late or expose themselves to the sun outdoors are particularly prone to yin deficiency. Ophiopogon japonicus and lily can not only nourish the heart, but also nourish yin and reduce fire.

Painful torture

It is hot in summer, and it is particularly easy to get angry if you don't pay attention. Urban people generally live an unhealthy life, staying up late, living irregularly, eating irregularly, drinking and smoking constantly, and often eating greasy, fried barbecue and spicy food. These unhealthy lifestyles will cause excessive internal heat.

It is easier to get angry when two fires are burned together.

Suffering hardships in summer is conducive to clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling down and reducing fire. Angry people can also eat some bitter food, such as bitter gourd, mustard, celery, bitter almond, kudingcha, lotus seed core and so on.

clear dampness

There seems to be a lot of rain this year, which leads to a high humidity in the external environment. In this environment, people's bodies are particularly vulnerable to moisture. The typical manifestations of heavy moisture are thick and greasy tongue coating, loose and sticky stool, loss of appetite, feeling bloated after eating something, lethargy, restlessness, lazy activities, heavy joints and aches all over the body.

Eliminating dampness is the focus of health preservation at present. Usually, you can eat more dampness-removing foods, such as coix seed, poria cocos, yam, white lentils, red beans and black beans, which can be used by most people. Beans are basically conducive to eliminating dampness, and mung beans also have the effect of clearing heat and reducing fire. People who are prone to get angry can eat properly, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should eat less.

When the moisture is heavy, the spleen bears the brunt, so strengthening the spleen cannot be ignored. Especially in the south, there are many people with heavy humidity and spleen deficiency all the year round. Lotus leaves, lotus seeds, Euryale ferox seeds and dried tangerine peel are all good medicines for strengthening the spleen. In addition to diet therapy, more exercise is also a good way to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, which helps to strengthen the effect of diet therapy.

Damp-removing tea recommendation

Expanded tea:

Swelling tea is a kind of tea which is composed of lotus leaf, white lentil flower, tartary buckwheat, licorice and dried tangerine peel, and has the functions of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis. These five flavors all enter the spleen, which is conducive to dampness; In addition, dried tangerine peel and licorice also enter the lung meridian, which can improve edema of lower limbs; Lotus leaf, licorice and tartary buckwheat enter the liver meridian, which is also good for edema of middle energizer.