[Health knowledge] Summer health tips

Summer is the season with the highest temperature and humidity in a year, and it is also the season when people spend a lot of physical and mental energy. Huangdi Neijing said: "Fierce heat is summer, which should be in the heart, and the heart controls blood and hides the spirit", so it is a feature of summer, and it is also a feature of summer that there is more precipitation, rapid evaporation, high moisture in the air and humidity. Therefore, the key point of keeping in good health in summer lies in clearing heat and removing dampness.

Key points of summer health care: clearing heat, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness

In summer, the temperature rises, and the summer heat and humidity are abundant. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness is heavy, turbid and sticky, and the symptoms are mainly fatigue, drowsiness, heavy limbs and drowsiness; Or gastrointestinal discomfort, loss of appetite, abdominal pain and diarrhea. In order to spend the summer safely and healthily, the ancients put forward the principle of "long summer to prevent dampness" in the accumulation of rich experience in health care. In other words, the key to treat diseases caused by summer heat and dampness lies in strengthening the spleen and drying dampness. If the human body’s own yang is sufficient, wet evil is naturally hard to invade. Therefore, don’t drink too much cold drinks, and use air conditioning in summer. Don’t be greedy for cold, and cover your navel, knees and other parts to avoid cold and damage kidney yang and spleen yang.

In summer, we should pay attention to the protection of spleen and stomach function, and the diet should be light, fresh and digestible. Glutinous rice, lotus seed meat, yam, Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Poria cocos, coix seed and Atractylodes macrocephala are all products suitable for strengthening the spleen in long summer. Here are some herbal diets suitable for summer.

1. Three beans millet porridge

Ingredients: 30g of white lentils, 30g of mung beans, 30g of red beans and 60g of millet.

Method: First, wash the materials, put them into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, and cook them with low fire for a while before eating.

Efficacy: White lentils, mung beans and red beans have the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. Millet tastes sweet and flat, and has the effects of invigorating the middle warmer, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach. It is suitable for people who are trapped in the spleen due to damp heat in summer and have poor appetite.

Hawthorn malt water

Ingredients: 15g of hawthorn, 30g of raw malt, 15g of pseudostellaria heterophylla and 10g of bamboo leaf core.

Method: Wash Fructus Crataegi, Fructus Hordei Germinatus, Radix Pseudostellariae and Folium Bambusae, boil with water and soak for 15 minutes.

Efficacy: Hawthorn and malt have the effect of invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, while Pseudostellaria heterophylla has the effect of invigorating qi and promoting fluid production, and bamboo leaf core has the effect of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, relieving annoyance and quenching thirst, which is suitable for people with spleen and stomach qi deficiency and dyspepsia.

Key points of summer health care: clearing the heart and nourishing the heart

Chinese medicine believes that the main fire in summer should be in the heart, the heart hides the spirit, and the main attitude. When summer heat enters the heart, it is easy to inflame the heart, making people fidgety, anxious and angry, and emotional fluctuation is just the taboo of summer health preservation. Therefore, when it is difficult in the dog days and hot summer, it is advisable to calm down, prevent anxiety and avoid rashness, and always maintain the tolerance of "not being angry when something happens". Let me recommend a medicated diet suitable for clearing heart and nourishing heart in summer.

Yiqi Yangxin porridge

Ingredients: Radix Pseudostellariae 30g, Rhizoma Dioscoreae 30g, plumula Nelumbinis 30g, and japonica rice 200g.

Method: Wash Radix Pseudostellariae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, lotus seeds and japonica rice, put them into a pot, add appropriate amount of water and cook them until the rice porridge is cooked, and take them warmly.

Efficacy: Pseudostellaria heterophylla has the effect of invigorating qi and promoting fluid production, while Dioscorea opposita has the effect of invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach and promoting fluid production. Lotus plumule is good at clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, and nourishing stomach with japonica rice, which is suitable for people with yin deficiency, upset and insomnia in summer.

This article on health-preserving diet and health care in summer is here. I believe everyone should know something about health-preserving in summer after reading it. I hope you will have a healthy summer.

Source/Kanghua Traditional Chinese Medicine

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