According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, from the day of the summer solstice, the weather is hot and stuffy, sweating more and consuming body fluids. Therefore, it is best to replenish body fluid in long summer, which can not only spend the midsummer safely, but also be of great benefit to disease prevention, fitness and longevity.
How to maintain health in summer Method 1: Eat more sour and bitter, strengthen the stomach and nourish the spleen.
Summer heat is the most harmful to body fluid and gas consumption. In addition, the capillaries on the body surface are dilated, and the blood is mostly concentrated on the body surface. The gastrointestinal blood is relatively insufficient, which is more likely to cause indigestion and loss of appetite. Therefore, in midsummer, you should eat more foods that clear away summer heat, replenish qi, promote fluid production and are easy to digest.
Mung bean porridge can clear away heat and toxic materials, promote diuresis and reduce swelling; Lotus porridge can nourish yin and nourish the mind, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and can also cure insomnia caused by heat. Laver soup can not only clear away summer heat and tonify the body, but also have medical effects on arteriosclerosis and hypertension; Eating sour and bitter foods every day, such as sour apricots and bitter melons, can prevent excessive sweating and have a astringent effect on sweat glands.
In addition, not only water and salt are excreted with sweat, but also a lot of protein, vitamins, especially calcium and zinc are excreted with sweat, so it is necessary for the old and the weak to eat lean meat, fish and eggs in midsummer.
How to maintain health in summer? Method 2: Ensure salt and refuse "ice and cold"
The temperature in long summer is the hottest season in a year, and the highest temperature can reach about 40℃. It is also a hot and sweaty season. Sweating more, salt loss is also more, if the myocardium is short of salt, the heart beat will be abnormal.
At this time, it is advisable to eat more sour taste to strengthen the exterior and eat more salty taste to replenish the heart. From the point of view of Yin and Yang, Xia Yue should not eat too cold, including Yin. Especially for the elderly and those who are usually physically weak, the yang is insufficient and the yin is endogenous.
Heart-flourishing and kidney-failing means external heat and internal cold. Because of its external heat and internal cold, it is not advisable to eat more cold food in summer, but less is acceptable. Too much greed will definitely hurt the spleen and stomach and make people vomit. Watermelon, mung bean soup and dark plum bean soup are good for quenching thirst and relieving summer heat, but they should not be drunk chilled.
How to maintain health in summer? Method 3: Drink three soups a day and have no worries in summer.
Drinking soup in summer can not only get nutrition, but also make up water, killing two birds with one stone.
Old duck soup is the best tonic soup for summer tonic. Duck meat is not only rich in protein that people urgently need in summer, but also can prevent and treat diseases. More importantly, the duck is a waterfowl, which is cold and cool. According to the treatment principle of "heat is cold" in traditional Chinese medicine, it is especially suitable for people with heat and internal heat.
Such as low fever, weakness, anorexia, dry stool and edema, etc., which are common in summer, duck can be stewed with ham and sea cucumber, and the stewed duck juice can nourish the yin of the five internal organs; Duck meat cooked with glutinous rice porridge has the functions of nourishing stomach, enriching blood and promoting fluid production, which is of great benefit to those who are weak after illness; Stewing ducks with kelp can soften blood vessels, lower blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis, hypertension and heart disease. Stewed duck and bamboo shoots can cure hemorrhoid bleeding.
Hen soup contains special disease-resistant ingredients, which can prevent and treat colds and bronchitis.
Lycopene contained in tomato soup has certain anti-prostate cancer and heart protection effects, and is most suitable for men to drink.