From the beginning of summer to the beginning of autumn this period of time, its climate is characterized by hot and rainy, the human body Yang Qi at this time is the most easy to vent, the metabolism is also extremely exuberant. This is the basic guiding principle of summer health: first, to prevent the evil of summer heat injury; second, do not in order to avoid the summer heat and injury to the human body yang, that is, but also pay attention to Yang Qi.

1., pay attention to the room cool.

Summer, be sure to move off the excess or temporarily unused furniture, so that the living room has a more spacious space. Every day, the north and south of the windows and doors open, air convection and the natural wind, can make the room full of cool and refreshing.

The sunny exterior windows are fitted with a cool canopy, which can block the heat brought by the direct sunlight from the windows. With light green, light blue, tile gray, cream and other colors to decorate the walls, ceilings, curtains, sofa sets, can be felt cool and refreshing, this is because of the color of the cold tone, which can make the human psyche to breed a sense of coolness. If you hang a picture on the wall of the "snowy peaks on the ice" or "autumn mountain maple leaves red" painting, can achieve the effect of cool heart.

2. Emphasis on diet and health.

In the dishes and vegetable soup should be appropriate to add some salt, this is due to the high temperature, a lot of sweating, the body has a considerable amount of salt with the sweat discharge. The supply of salt, including salt in the ordinary diet, there are 20-30 grams per day can be, and not too much.

Secondly, to drink more drinks, but drinking water need to pay attention to a number of times a small amount of drinking, each time no more than 300-500 ml, cool drinks temperature to 10.degree Celsius is appropriate. Tea, cocoa, coffee, green bean soup, umeboshi soup, in addition to replenishing water, there is a mild excitatory effect, helps to relieve fatigue, improve appetite. In the summer, it is best to eat more watermelon, and quench your thirst, and get rid of the heat.

And, appropriate vitamin supplementation. Water-soluble vitamins such as vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and vitamin C should be considered first. It is generally believed that it is best to have a daily diet containing vitamin B10.5 milligrams, vitamin B20.3 grams - 0.5 milligrams, vitamin C 150-200 milligrams.

Finally, more fruits, vegetables, lean meat, animal offal, chicken, duck, eggs and so on. On the contrary, the supply of fat should be appropriately reduced, if too greasy, it will cause anorexia. In summer, appetite often decreases, so pay attention to color, aroma and taste in the diet, and eat some coarse grains appropriately. Sour and spicy condiments, have an appetite-enhancing effect, can be appropriate to eat more.

3., do not ignore sleep health care.

Summer, the body of material and energy consumption is generally greater, therefore, sleep well is very important. The old saying: "Those who can sleep, can eat, can grow." This point in the summer for some weak people, high-temperature operations under the workers, especially can not be ignored. Sleep health care on the other hand, is to abstain from sex, so as not to damage the body's Yin essence.

4., physical exercise to talk about methods.

The hot summer climate often makes people bored, restless, easy to "fire", therefore, this time the fitness should be to avoid the heat from the refreshing the main. As the saying goes: "the heart is quiet and naturally cool", to maintain the mental self-tranquility, is an important element of health care in the summer. Travel, summer vacation, swimming and other activities, is the summer fitness beneficial activities. The benefits of these activities are: being in nature, the spirit of relaxation, not only to avoid the summer heat, but also exercise, is indeed a summer fitness activities.

Motherland medicine believes that the summer human yang qi is most likely to be released to the outside, it should be "night and morning, no boredom in the day", to meet the rising sun adhere to the outdoor exercise. If you can sunbathe 20-30 times in the summer, each time about 15 minutes, the resulting ultraviolet light can be used for a year.

5., disease prevention and health care.

Summer heat and rain, summer dampness is easy to take advantage of, resulting in bitter summer, heat stroke. The main manifestation of the bitter summer is chest tightness, poor appetite, limb weakness, mental depression, thin stools, this disease mainly reflects the gastrointestinal digestive function is reduced. Therefore, reduce the amount of food, eat less greasy, reduce the burden on the stomach and intestines, is the main measures to prevent the bitter summer. Heatstroke is mostly caused by longer sun exposure or high temperature, the way to prevent it is to drink more heatstroke drinks, such as sour plum soup, watermelon juice, etc., field workers to wear a hat to avoid exposure to the sun.