Summer is the first summer vacation, and the focus is on clearing the heart. Attention should be paid during the summer vacation: cool and ventilated indoors; Sunshade in time at noon; Take artificial cooling measures.
Turn on the air conditioner less in summer and sweat moderately. If the air conditioner is turned on, the room temperature should be kept at about 25℃, and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not exceed 7 degrees. Women in skirts should pay attention to protecting their knees with towels. Attention should be paid to the prevention of "air-conditioning disease", mainly manifested as fatigue, dry skin, numbness of hands and feet, headache, sore throat, gastrointestinal discomfort and so on.
In addition to the summer vacation, be sure to be pure. In summer, we should keep a quiet and happy mood, avoid getting angry, and make the human body smooth and conform to nature.
The second measure: eliminating dampness and killing insects
Summer is hot and humid, which is the most vulnerable to heartbroken spleen, and is prone to heatstroke, summer onset and other diseases. Experts say that it is necessary to replenish enough water to prevent heatstroke and dehumidify in summer. You should choose cool and antipyretic drinks, such as mung bean soup, red bean soup, sour plum soup, fresh agastache or Perrin tea, and eat more watermelon, cucumber and bitter gourd.
Insect control is also very important in summer. During the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festival in China, there are folk customs such as drinking realgar wine, calamus wine, inserting mugwort leaves and wearing sachets, which can play the role of "killing insects and exorcising evil spirits".
In addition, "treating winter diseases" in dog days is also very useful. Chronic diseases that are easy to recur in winter, such as bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis, are best nursed back to health when the yang is strong in dog days. The main methods are application therapy, ginger moxibustion and oral administration of traditional Chinese medicine. At present, many Chinese medicine hospitals treat winter diseases in summer.
The third measure: nurse the spleen and stomach.
No matter in which season, we should pay attention to the maintenance of spleen. How to nurse the spleen and stomach, the following aspects are worthy of attention: eat well, quantify on time, not overeating, not hungry; Adjust the cold temperature, don't be greedy for cold in summer nights, don't sleep in the open air, don't fan the wind after falling asleep, and prepare towels, blankets and the like to cover your abdomen to prevent catching cold; Adjust your mood and stay happy.