Slight summer is the first 1 1 of the 24 solar terms, and it is also the time when the human body's yang is the most vigorous, "nourishing the yang in spring and summer". Therefore, when people are working, they should pay attention to the combination of work and rest to protect the yang of the human body. "The heat is in the dog days", and this is the beginning of entering the dog days. "crouching" means hiding, so people should go out less to escape the heat. The way for people to spend the dog days is to eat cool food to cool off the heat.
When the weather is hot, you should drink porridge. The soup or porridge made of lotus leaves, Smilax glabra, lentils, coix seed, polyporus, Alisma orientalis and kapok is sweet or salty, which is very suitable for this solar term. Eating more fruits is also beneficial for heatstroke prevention, but don't eat too much, so as not to increase the burden on the stomach, which will seriously cause diarrhea.
After the summer heat, the temperature is high and the humidity is high. Wood left in the open air for a long time, such as chairs and stools, is exposed to rain and contains more water, and looks dry on the surface. However, when exposed to the sun and the temperature rises, it will emit moisture, and sitting on it for a long time can induce diseases such as hemorrhoids, rheumatism and arthritis. Therefore, especially middle-aged and elderly people, we must be careful not to sit on the wood placed in the open air for a long time.
When the weather is hot in the summer, people are easily upset and tired. In self-maintenance and exercise, we should take care of the heart yang according to the five internal organs and the heart in summer, so as to ensure the vigorous heart function and conform to the principle of "nourishing the yang in spring and summer".
Heatstroke is a common disease in summer, and the weather characteristics in summer are more prone to heatstroke. Therefore, when you go out, you must do a good job of heatstroke prevention, bring umbrellas, sun hats and other tools, drink plenty of water, and try to avoid going out when the sun is hot in the afternoon.
When it is hot, people like to eat cold drinks, and ice cream, ice cream and iced drinks are very popular with everyone. Some people take a shower as soon as they come back from outside, and they also like to take a cold shower. As everyone knows, these are very unfavorable to health, and it is easy to cause physical discomfort or bury health risks.