First, food:
1, boiled water: Chinese medicine says boiled water is the king of all kinds of medicines. In summer, the weather is hot, sweating is much, the salt in the body is reduced, and the osmotic pressure in the body will lose stability, leading to heatstroke. Drinking more salty boiled water or salty tea can replenish the salt lost in the body, thus achieving the effect of heatstroke prevention and cooling.
2, mung bean soup: Chinese medicine believes that mung bean has the effect of relieving summer heat and benefiting qi, clearing away heat and toxic materials, moistening throat and quenching thirst, diuresis and detumescence, which can prevent heatstroke.
3. Bitter gourd: The most appetizing and refreshing melon food in summer season is bitter gourd. Chinese medicine believes that bitter gourd tastes bitter and cold, and can clear away heat and purge fire. The bitter taste of bitter gourd can stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, increase appetite, and also have the effect of clearing away heat and preventing heatstroke.
4. Watermelon: Chinese medicine is called natural white tiger soup, which is a good product for clearing heat and relieving summer heat and diuresis. However, people with diabetes and weak constitution due to gastrointestinal deficiency should eat less.
Drugs: When dizziness, headache, thirst, flushing and other symptoms appear in summer, you can take heat-clearing and summer-relieving drugs to relieve symptoms, such as Ren Dan and Huoxiang Zhengqi Pill.
1, Ren Dan: mainly composed of menthol, clove, borneol, etc. Has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind and invigorating stomach, and can be used for heatstroke, carsickness and seasickness.
2. Huoxiang Zhengqi Pill: It is mainly composed of Pogostemon cablin, Folium Perillae and Radix Angelicae Dahuricae. As a summer-heat relieving agent, it usually has the effects of relieving exterior dampness, regulating qi and regulating middle warmer, and is used for heatstroke, diarrhea, colds and so on caused by summer-heat injury and summer-heat.