The hot summer has arrived. In summer, we should pay more attention to the topic of summer health care. So, how does Chinese medicine maintain health in summer? Follow me to learn more.

The method of traditional Chinese medicine to maintain health in summer

The method of traditional Chinese medicine to maintain health in summer 1. Mental recuperation

According to the Five Elements theory, summer belongs to fire, which corresponds to the heart, so it is warm under the scorching sun. In the hot summer, we must focus on taking care of our mind. We must keep our spirits calm and cheerful, and avoid being irritable or anxious.

Traditional Chinese Medicine's method of maintaining health in summer 2. Daily maintenance

In summer, you should get enough sleep, don't stay up late, and get up early to adapt to the changes in nature when Yang is strong and Yin is weak.

? Heat is easy to damage Qi? Hot weather can cause too much cold, and Qi will be lost along with fluids, causing dizziness, chest tightness, palpitations, thirst, nausea, and even coma. Therefore, when arranging labor or physical exercise, avoid the scorching sun and pay attention to strengthening protection. After lunch, it is necessary to arrange a nap appropriately, firstly to avoid the heat, and secondly to recover from fatigue.

Summer is hot, and the body fluids are prone to being invaded by wind, cold, and dampness. When entering or leaving air-conditioned places, care should be taken to avoid excessive temperature differences between indoors and outdoors and the risk of feeling hot (especially the elderly and children). You can enjoy the coolness under the shade of trees, in water pavilions, or on the verandah, but do not stay for too long to prevent the wind from getting in and causing Yin-shu syndrome.

Methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Summer Health Preservation 3. Dietary Recuperation

The Five Elements Theory believes that the heart fire is in season in summer, and if the heart fire is too strong, it will destroy the lung metal. Therefore, "Synopses of the Golden Chamber" has? Summer does not eat the heart? Things that taste bitter can also help the heart qi and control the lung qi.

The theory of yin and yang believes that the summer moon is yin, and the diet should not be too cold. It is not advisable to eat too much cold food, but it is okay to eat too much. Eating too much cold food will definitely damage the spleen and stomach, causing abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Watermelon, mung bean soup, and black plum soup are good for quenching thirst and relieving heat, but they should not be iced. The climate in summer is hot and people's digestive function is weak. The diet should be light and not fat, sweet or heavy. It is advisable to properly cook some soups that can strengthen the spleen, reduce dampness, clear away heat and promote body fluids, such as winter melon, barley and lotus leaf soup, kelp and mung bean lotus leaf soup, etc.

Traditional Chinese Medicine's method of maintaining health in summer 4. Exercise and recuperation

Summer exercise should be done away from the scorching sun, and it is best to do it in the early morning or evening when it is cooler.

It is not advisable to do excessively strenuous exercise in summer. Because strenuous exercise can lead to profuse sweating, damage to body fluids and consumption of energy. When you sweat excessively, you can drink salt boiled water or mung bean salt soup appropriately. Do not drink a large amount of cold boiled water; do not rinse your head or shower with cold water immediately. Otherwise, it will cause cold-dampness syndrome, yellow sweat and other diseases.

Methods of traditional Chinese medicine for maintaining health in summer 5. Disease prevention and health care

(1) Preventing heat from hurting people

Summer is hot and rainy, and the heat and humidity can easily take advantage of the weakness. , can easily lead to diseases such as summer heat stroke and heat stroke. If symptoms such as obvious general weakness, dizziness, chest tightness, palpitations, inability to concentrate, heavy sweating, numbness of limbs, thirst, and nausea are present, it is a precursor to heat stroke.

Methods to prevent heat stroke: Arrange work reasonably and pay attention to the balance between work and rest; avoid excessive exposure to the hot sun and pay attention to indoor cooling; get enough sleep; pay attention to dietary hygiene and be careful about eating hot and cold foods. In addition, summer-relieving drinks and medicines, such as kelp and mung bean soup, winter melon, coix seed and lotus leaf soup, ten drops of water, cooling oil, etc., are also indispensable.

(2) "Cure Winter Diseases in Summer" and Health Care

From Minor Heat to the Beginning of Autumn, it is called "Fuxia", that is, "Dog Days", when the temperature is the highest throughout the year and the Yang energy is the most abundant. season. According to the theory of "Heaven and Man Correspondence", you can take spleen-strengthening and kidney-warming products during the "Futian" according to your personal constitution, such as Fugui Lizhong Pills, Jingui Shenqi Pills, etc.; or you can perform moxibustion therapy during the Dog Day to prevent some chronic diseases. Diseases caused by deficiency and cold constitution.

For some chronic diseases that occur every winter, such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchial asthma, diarrhea, paralysis and other yang deficiency diseases, it is the best time to prevent and treat them, becoming "winter disease and summer treatment". Among them, the treatment effect of senile chronic bronchitis is the most significant.

Traditional Chinese medicine’s health care methods for different constitutions

1. Yin deficiency constitution: People with dry mouth? Eat fungus and mulberries

Characteristics: prone to dry mouth, dry skin, dry eyes, dry stool , always feel very short of water. The body shape is often lanky, intolerant to heat, and prone to insomnia.

Health recommendations: Fungus and mulberry. Black fungus and white fungus are both yin-tonifying foods, and mulberries are also good.

2. Qi depression: Sister Lin drinks rose tea

Characteristics: thin, sentimental, not gregarious, often feeling depressed, sighing for no reason, Easy to suffer from insomnia.

Health recommendations: rose tea, lemon tea, kumquat tea. Drinking dried rose flowers soaked in water can soothe the liver and relieve depression, regulate qi and activate blood circulation. Kumquats can be made into tea or eaten, and they can also regulate qi. Lemon tea can improve people's depression. It is said that Soong Meiling drank lemon tea morning and night. This was one of her health secrets.

In addition, you can choose more foods that have the effect of promoting qi and relieving depression, such as day lily, kelp, hawthorn, and participate in more group activities.

3. Phlegm-dampness: ? Big belly? Drink winter melon soup

Characteristics: Big belly, snoring loudly at night, bright and shiny on weekdays, shiny forehead, easy to sweat, and frequent Sticky. Chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension are prone to occur.

Health recommendation: Winter melon soup. Winter melon has diuretic and expectorant effects. Regular consumption in summer can also clear away heat and detoxify. People with phlegm-damp constitution must control sweets and greasy foods.

4. Special qualities: People with allergies should use Ganoderma lucidum powder

Characteristics: Commonly referred to as allergic constitutions, prone to allergies to drugs, food, smells, pollen, etc., common diseases There are measles, allergic purpura, allergic cough and asthma.