Top 10 bad habits in summer that are most harmful to the spleen and stomach:

1. Binge eating cold drinks - As soon as summer comes, cold drinks have entered a hot-selling period. Some people eat without restraint, and coldness enters the body. Yang Li pointed out that cold damages the spleen, and the common manifestations are white and greasy tongue coating, ranging from abdominal pain and diarrhea to nausea and vomiting in severe cases.

The way to relieve uncomfortable symptoms is to drink some ginger soup. If you feel nauseous and want to vomit, you can also drink some Huoxiang Zhengqi water. Experts suggest that when eating cold drinks, it is best to hold them in your mouth for a while to reduce irritation to the spleen and stomach.

2. Blowing the air conditioner hard - the cold air blown out by the air conditioner is externally cold and is also bad for the spleen and stomach. Many people are prone to cold stomach pain and even diarrhea when exposed to air conditioning and electric fans, which are all related to the invasion of the spleen and stomach by external cold. Nowadays, many white-collar workers wear thick coats to work in air-conditioned rooms. First of all, it is not environmentally friendly. Secondly, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is too large, making it easy to catch a cold.

Experts suggest that replacing air conditioners with traditional hand fans is the healthiest option. Before leaving get off work, the air conditioner temperature should be raised or turned off early to adapt to the environment after get off work.

3. Dress to expose the waist and abdomen - On the streets in summer, many fashionable girls wear midriff-baring clothes. The cost of following fashion is injury to the spleen and stomach. Yang Li said that the navel is a very important acupoint called "Shenque point", and there is also the Mingmen point behind it. Exposing the waist and abdomen will cause these two important acupuncture points to be invaded by cold evil, which will not only damage the spleen and stomach, but also damage the kidneys and bones.

Experts emphasize that this part must be covered when sleeping at night.

4. Drink too much herbal tea - Authentic herbal tea contains cooling Chinese herbal ingredients, such as chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, lotus leaf, etc., which have the effect of removing internal heat. People with internal heat and internal heat can drink it appropriately. Some. But for people whose spleen and stomach are already weak, drinking too much herbal tea will "make matters worse".

Experts suggest that herbal tea should not be consumed for a long time, and women during menstruation, expectant mothers, postpartum women, and young children should not drink too much.

5. Not eating staple foods – When summer comes, many people have a bad appetite and don’t like to eat staple foods. Chinese medicine teaches that "grains provide nourishment". If you don't eat staple food, your spleen and stomach will become weaker and weaker.

If you have a poor appetite, you can eat appetizing foods, such as Sichuan kimchi, or cook some health porridge, such as mung bean and barley porridge, yam and lentil rice porridge, sweet potato oatmeal porridge, etc. are all good choices.

6. Only eat vegetables raw, not cooked - cooking in the kitchen on a hot day is a torment, so many people choose cold dishes without turning on the fire or eat them raw. However, cold dishes are too cold, and eating them raw is not easy to digest and can harm the spleen and stomach.

Experts believe that there must be a hot dish cooked every day. Melons and beans are rich in nutrients, and you can eat more in summer.

7. Addicted to spicy and heavy flavors - On the streets in summer nights, spicy crayfish, spicy hotpot and other spicy snacks are the favorites of many people. In summer, the humidity is high. Eating spicy food can help dehumidify, whet your appetite and wake up the spleen. However, eating too much can irritate the mucous membranes of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, and can easily cause stomach fire and aphtha. At this time, you can drink some mung bean soup. Or eat some watermelon to clear away the heat.

8. Staying up late - Summer is long and hot, so many people are used to going to bed late. Staying up late hurts yin, which can easily cause yin deficiency and qi deficiency, which will not only harm the spleen and stomach, but also the five internal organs. If you want to maintain good health, you must take a good "midday nap", that is, you must not go to bed later than 11 o'clock at night, and then sleep for half an hour at noon, which is beneficial to your health.

9. Eat a meal when you are hungry and a meal when you are full - the spleen and stomach like a regular life. Regular and quantitative meals, chewing slowly and slowly are the keys to maintaining the spleen and stomach. If you are often hungry and full, eating while walking or talking during meals, it will inevitably lead to a weak spleen and stomach over time, and you will easily suffer from gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases.

10. Drinking a lot of alcohol - alcohol will also irritate the gastric mucosa and increase the burden on the liver, which is extremely detrimental to the spleen and stomach.