1, summer solstice diet and health precautions
The climate is hot, and people's digestive function is relatively weak. Therefore, the diet should be light, not fat, sweet and thick. It is necessary to eat more miscellaneous grains to cold the body, and not to eat hot food to avoid helping heat. Cold food should be eaten in moderation, not in excess, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach; Eat less thick and greasy food, so as not to turn heat into wind and stimulate boils. During the summer solstice, we should grasp the relationship between seasons and viscera, and replenish the energy consumed by the heart purposefully to protect the heart.
2. What should I eat on the summer solstice?
It is advisable to eat sour and salty foods. If you sweat more in summer, there will be more salt damage. If the myocardium is short of salt, the heartbeat will be abnormal. Chinese medicine believes that at this time, you should eat more sour to consolidate the exterior and salty to replenish the heart.
3. What should I not eat on the summer solstice?
From the perspective of Yin-Yang theory, the hotter the body is in summer, the colder the body is, which belongs to the phenomenon of heart flourishing and kidney failing. Therefore, the diet should not be too cold and cold, and greed will easily lead to cold injury to the spleen and stomach, causing diarrhea symptoms. Although watermelon, mung bean and dark plum are foods for relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, they should be eaten in moderation, and it is best not to eat them chilled.
4. What should I pay attention to in the summer solstice?
Mental recuperation: In summer, we should pay attention to maintaining an optimistic mood, learn to relax, be refreshed, be broad-minded and full of spirit, which is also conducive to the ventilation of Qi.
Nourish the heart and brain: Chinese medicine theory says that "the heart governs the blood vessels", and the heart transports nutrients to all tissues and organs of the whole body through the blood vessels to maintain normal physiological functions. For many heart and brain diseases, the recuperation treatment begins with the recuperation of the "heart".
Control blood pressure: The high temperature in summer can directly affect the blood pressure fluctuation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and the high temperature and summer heat can easily make people fidgety, and excessive sweating can lead to blood concentration. Therefore, pay attention to blood pressure control, and don't go in and out of the air-conditioned room frequently, which can easily lead to an increase in blood pressure due to cold and hot stimulation, which can seriously cause a stroke or myocardial infarction.
Replenish water in time: Hot weather can easily lead to an increase in perspiration. If water is not replenished in time, stones will easily occur in the urinary system. Drinking more water can prevent stones.
5. What should I pay attention to during the summer solstice?
(1) Reasonable arrangement of rest time
The summer solstice daily recuperation should conform to the changes of natural yang flourishing and yin declining, and should go to bed late and get up early; Arrange lunch break reasonably and pay attention to indoor and outdoor temperature difference adjustment.
(2) Pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling.
Excessive sweating in summer can easily lead to dizziness, chest tightness, palpitation, thirst, nausea and even coma. Therefore, when working or exercising outdoors, you should avoid the strongest sunshine and strengthen sun protection.
(3) Take a bath in warm water
Taking a bath with warm water every day can not only wash away sweat and dirt, make the skin clean and cool, relieve summer heat and prevent diseases, but also achieve the purpose of exercising. Because of the water pressure and mechanical massage in warm bath, it can reduce the excitability of nervous system, dilate blood vessels on body surface, accelerate blood circulation, improve skin and tissue nutrition, reduce muscle tension, eliminate fatigue and improve sleep time.