1, how to keep in good health in summer
1, light diet
It is rainy and humid in summer, and the moisture in the body is too heavy, which will make people feel sleepy and have no appetite, and the digestive function of the spleen and stomach will become worse. Therefore, it is very important to dehumidify and nourish the stomach in summer. Job's tears can be said to be the best food for summer heat and dehumidification. You might as well put some when making porridge, or cook some job's tears water, and take a bottle with you when you go out as a drink. In addition to coix seed, wax gourd, red beans and lentils are also good choices for eliminating dampness in summer.
The diet should be light, and do not eat too greasy food, so as not to increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Eat some fruits such as hawthorn, ebony and papaya after meals to strengthen the spleen and promote digestion. As the saying goes, "Bitter" food in hot weather is better than tonic, so we can eat more bitter vegetables such as bitter gourd and purslane to clear away heat and summer heat.
In addition, due to the hot weather after long summer, some people like to eat sorbet and drink to quench their thirst and relieve summer heat, but drinks and sorbet are too cold to stimulate the stomach, so it is not recommended to eat sorbet and drink instead of water. Water is the best drink to quench their thirst, and people who sweat a lot can drink light salt water in moderation.
2, the law of daily life
There are long sunshine hours in summer, and many people are used to getting up early and going to bed late, which is not good for their health. Keeping enough sleep in summer is of great significance for promoting the health of spleen and stomach and improving work efficiency.
In addition to adequate sleep and regular work and rest, taking a nap in summer plays a key role in ensuring health and reducing the occurrence of certain diseases. Sleeping indoors at noon can replenish the spirit and ensure normal work and life in the afternoon. But the nap time should not be too long, half an hour to an hour is appropriate.
In addition, when using air conditioner in summer, we should pay attention to not adjusting the temperature too low, avoid blowing it for a long time, and cover the bedding when sleeping to prevent the stomach from catching cold and causing stomach diseases or aggravating the original stomach diseases.
3. Adjust your mood
As the weather gets hotter, people will inevitably get upset. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that anger and depression will lead to qi stagnation and liver injury, liver failure, and nausea, which will lead to digestive system symptoms such as loss of appetite, abdominal distension and pain, diarrhea or constipation.
Therefore, in daily work and study, we should adapt to the characteristics of long days and short nights in summer and adjust our plans and life rhythm in time. Listen to music and think about beautiful things in your spare time, or go for a walk or outing in the park to relax your body and spirit as much as possible. As the saying goes, "Peace of mind is naturally cool".
4. Exercise and nourish the stomach
Although it's hot in summer, we'd better make sure to exercise slowly for about half an hour to an hour every morning or evening. Because proper physical exercise can enhance the gastrointestinal function, increase the secretion of digestive juice, promote the digestion of food and the absorption of nutrients, improve the blood circulation of the gastrointestinal tract, promote metabolism, and delay the aging of the digestive system, such as swimming, walking, yoga and other "light exercise" are good alternatives. In addition, Tai Ji Chuan combines motion and static, combines rigidity and softness, and has ups and downs, which is consistent with the natural law of the rise and fall of Yin and Yang in summer, and can be described as the best health-keeping exercise in summer.
5. Pay attention to hygiene
Summer is the high incidence period of gastrointestinal diseases such as bacillary dysentery, acute gastroenteritis and food poisoning, so the prevention of gastrointestinal diseases is particularly important.
First of all, we should pay attention to food hygiene, strictly clean cookware, utensils and food, separate raw and cooked food, and add more raw garlic to the cold salad for sterilization; Secondly, try not to eat rotten leftovers, leftovers, food should be fully heated, and it should not be eaten if it is left for too long.
In addition, pot-stewed vegetables are popular dishes in summer. If people who cook pot-stewed vegetables do not pay attention to hygiene, people who eat them will be easily infected with germs, so it is recommended to buy cooked food such as pot-stewed vegetables in regular supermarkets or restaurants.
2. Beware of misunderstandings in summer health care
As the saying goes, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, without a doctor's prescription". It is generally believed that you should eat more ginger in summer, but it is not. When we get caught in the rain in summer, or when we blow an electric fan or air conditioner and catch cold, drinking ginger syrup in time will help to expel the cold in our body. However, when we are constipated, bitter in the mouth, etc., we should not eat ginger. In addition, it should be recognized that ginger is an irritating food, and excessive consumption will stimulate gastric acid secretion, cause stomach discomfort or aggravate the condition. Whether you can eat ginger should be treated by TCM syndrome differentiation, and different prescriptions should be used for symptomatic treatment.
Drinking beer in summer is the most pleasant thing. It's hot, so it's cool to drink a few glasses of beer. It is generally believed that beer is mainly made of barley malt and rice, which can nourish the stomach. However, drinking too much beer not only does not nourish the stomach, but also hurts the stomach, especially cold beer. Beer itself contains alcohol, and there is no doubt that alcohol hurts the stomach. Moreover, when the alcohol concentration in the body is high, heat will be generated in the body, which will not only relieve the symptoms of heat, but also aggravate sweating and dry mouth.
Generally speaking, light diet, attention to hygiene, proper exercise and mood adjustment are the magic weapons to maintain the spleen and stomach in summer, and even to preserve health in summer. Doing these things can prevent the "stomach".
The above is a few common sense of summer health, I believe everyone has a new understanding of summer health. In summer, we should give priority to light diet, strengthen physical exercise, adjust mood and pay attention to hygiene, so that we can have a healthy spleen and stomach.