It is the most humid and muggy period of the year that lasts for 30 to 40 days. During the dog days of summer, we should not only pay attention to preventing heatstroke, but also pay attention to expelling the cold air from the body. It can be said to be a critical period of health maintenance in the year, so let’s take a look at what the first, middle and last days are. The first volt, the middle volt, the last volt 1
What is the dog days of summer?
The Dog Days appear in the period of Xiaoshu and Beginning of Autumn. They are the hottest, humid and sultry days of the year. The so-called "Dog Days" refers to the "Dog Days" of the lunar calendar, which is the hottest period of the year. It can be understood this way: "F" means that the weather is too hot and it is better to stay down than to move. But the reason why the dog days of summer are called "dog days" is because there are also many cold factors involved. Sanfu is the hottest three to forty days of the year in the Central Plains. Sanfu is calculated according to the lunar calendar, and it is approximately between mid-to-late July and early August in the solar calendar. The Dog Days start from the third Geng day after the summer solstice, which is called Chufu (10 days); the fourth Geng day after the summer solstice is called Zhongfu (10 days, there are also 20 days), and the first Geng day after the Beginning of Autumn It is the last period (10 days), and then the seasonal changes begin to enter autumn.
In classical Chinese, fu means lurking. The "fu" in "Dog Days" refers to "fu evil". It is the heat evil among the so-called "six evils" (referring to "wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire"). In summer, heat evil will gradually infiltrate the body without being noticed. If the heat evil is not eliminated, in autumn, the fire evil will overcome the metal and damage the lung qi, causing people's immunity to decline, and people will suffer from colds, coughs, fever and other diseases. After entering winter, these diseases will recur. "...Autumn is the time for malaria, and few people receive it, and the disease is serious during the winter solstice."
Therefore, the Huangdi Neijing clearly points out that "to vent the qi, if necessary, Love is out there”. Don't hide in an air-conditioned room because you're afraid of sweating. Not only can cold drinks not dispel the heat, but they can injure the spleen and stomach. You must know that tea is the best drink to relieve summer heat. Although you will sweat a little after drinking a cup of hot tea, it will be followed by bursts of coolness. Don't just look at things in front of you, look further ahead. Maintaining good health must start from now.
Six things your body is most afraid of during the dog days of summer!
1. The cervical spine is most afraid of blowing
The weather is hot and many families leave the air conditioner on for a long time. If the cervical spine is blown by the air conditioner, the surrounding soft tissue will develop lesions, forming muscle and subcutaneous tissue. Chronic inflammation, causing persistent neck spasms, back pain and other consequences. It is recommended that the indoor air conditioner temperature should not be lower than 25 degrees Celsius, and the shoulders and back should not be directly facing the air conditioner. If the temperature cannot be adjusted by itself, you can put a shawl on your shoulders and take a hot bath at night.
2. Drinking water quickly
Due to the high temperature, the body will become dehydrated faster, and many people are used to drinking water in large gulps. If you drink water too quickly, the water will quickly enter the blood and be absorbed in the intestines, causing the blood to become thinner and the blood volume to increase. People with poor heart conditions, especially those with coronary heart disease, will have symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath, which can be serious. may lead to myocardial infarction.
Therefore, you should not drink water too fast in summer, but in small amounts and often. Only drink 100~150ml each time so that the body can absorb it better. Don’t be greedy for cold water. Warm water above 10 degrees is best for the body.
3. Eyes are the most vulnerable to the sun
Under the scorching sun, the eyes are the most vulnerable organ. Experts remind that eyes like coolness and are afraid of heat. If you don’t pay attention to sun protection, it is easy to age prematurely and cause various eye diseases. If you want to go out from 10 am to 4 pm, it is best to wear sunglasses, a hat or a parasol. Brown or light green sunglasses have the best UV protection effect; you can eat more eye-catching foods, such as longan, yam, Carrots, red dates, etc.; bacteria breed quickly in summer, so rub your eyes with your hands as little as possible; washing your face with running water can reduce eye diseases.
4. Morning exercise is the worst thing to do
In summer, it gets early and many people go to the park early to do morning exercise. In the early morning, after a night of metabolism, plants absorb oxygen and exhale a large amount of carbon dioxide, which increases the concentration of carbon dioxide in places with many trees and flowers; research shows that summer air pollutants, such as nitrogen produced by coal burning and car exhaust emissions, before 6 a.m. Various harmful substances such as oxides and hydrocarbons accumulate in the air. It is the peak period of pollution. Breathing this dirty air will have harmful effects on the human body. In addition, before sunrise, because there is no photosynthesis, there is not much fresh oxygen near green plants. On the contrary, a large amount of carbon dioxide accumulates, which is harmful to health. Therefore, morning exercise time in summer should not be earlier than 6 o'clock.
5. The most afraid of dust at home
Summer is hot and humid, making it easier for dust to adhere to the air and enter people's skin and body. Because they are difficult to detect with the naked eye and people often neglect to clean them, they float in the air for a long time and adhere to the surfaces of objects in large numbers, becoming a habitat for dust mites and mold spores in the air. These dirty things will take the opportunity to enter the respiratory system, causing asthma, rhinitis and other diseases. It is recommended to increase the frequency of cleaning in summer, cleaning once every two or three days.
6. The stomach is most afraid of coldness
Summer ice cream, cold drinks, and frozen fruits taste so good! But summer is also a period of high incidence of intestinal diseases. Experts suggest that you should eat less food that is too cold during this season, especially when you get up in the morning and before going to bed at night. In order to keep the "stomach" warm in time, when eating cold food, you might as well add some ginger or mustard, which can warm the stomach and sterilize. First, middle, and last 2
How to expel cold and dampness in the dog days
1. Diet therapy to dispel cold
During the dog days, you can eat some warm and cold foods. Food, avoid eating cold food. Mutton, crucian carp, yam, wolfberry, etc. are all warming and tonic foods. You can also add some garlic, ginger and other seasonings when cooking, which can also warm the spleen and stomach and remove cold evil.
2. Sanfu Tie
"Sanfu Tie" is based on the concepts of "correspondence between heaven and man", "external treatment of internal diseases", and "treating winter diseases in summer" in traditional Chinese medicine. When applied, Chinese medicine produces thermal stimulation on acupoints, adjusts the balance of yin and yang in the human body, and achieves the effect of curing diseases and health care. Sticking is generally suitable for those who are weak and susceptible, such as asthma, rhinitis, vertebral joint diseases of the limbs, uterine cold and dysmenorrhea, etc. It can enhance immunity, especially people who are susceptible to coughs and colds and who have cold-related illnesses may consider this application. Law.
3. Soaking feet to dispel cold
There are meridians of the spleen, stomach, liver, kidney and other organs on the human feet. Soaking the feet in the dog days of summer can unblock the meridians and activate the meridians. Warms the internal organs, regulates organ function, improves blood circulation in pores, and accelerates the removal of coldness from the body. The time of soaking your feet should not be too long, and you should not soak your feet until you sweat profusely. Sweating too much will damage the qi and blood, which is the so-called "profuse sweating will destroy the yang". Therefore, it is best to use warm water around 40℃ for foot bathing in summer, specifically on the principle of not sweating.
4. Eat ginger
Ginger contains volatile zingerone and gingerol, which have the functions of promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, dehumidifying, and producing sweat. In particular, ginger has choleretic and stomachic properties. It can stop vomiting, remove fishy odor, and eliminate edema. Fresh ginger is moisturizing without damaging yin. Combined with honey, it is beneficial to the recovery of liver disease. If you often feel stomach cold and loss of appetite, you can often take fresh ginger slices in your mouth to stimulate gastric juice secretion and promote digestion.
5. Moxibustion
Moxibustion uses the warming power of moxibustion fire and the effect of drugs to stimulate acupuncture points, warm the meridians, activate blood circulation, strengthen the body and eliminate evil. Moxibustion therapy can dredge meridians, regulate qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach, warm yang and dispel cold.
6. Gua Sha
Gua Sha is generally only used for colds in the early and middle stages. It has the effect of dispersing wind, clearing away heat, dispelling wind and cold. The effect of scraping for late stage colds is much worse. . After scraping, it is best to drink a large glass of warm water to help detoxify, and do not let the scraped area get cold.
7. Drink hot water
Can drinking hot water really expel dampness and cold in the dog days of summer? Many people have questions about this, but it is actually possible. Dog days are the stage when people's yang energy is the strongest. At this time, the human body is in a state of "yang is strong outside and weak inside" in order to adapt to the weather. The purpose of drinking hot water is mainly to sweat, which is what Chinese medicine says. It has the function of sweating and relieving the surface, dredging the inside and clearing away heat. But this is just a health-preserving method. Although it is feasible, it requires long-term persistence. It is not possible to eliminate dampness and cold in the body in just one three-volt period.
8. Cupping
Cupping can expel cold and dampness, dredge meridians, and remove stasis. Many diseases can be improved by cupping therapy. It is best to control the tank retention time to about 10 minutes in summer. For ordinary people, cupping should not be performed on damaged skin or bony protrusions, otherwise it may cause infection and other consequences.