Schedule of the Dog Days in 2021: When are the first, middle and last days of the Dog Days in 2021?

The first day of the Dog Days: July 21, 2021 - July 30, 2021, *** 10 days.

Zhongfu: July 31, 2021 - August 9, 2021, ***10 days.

Mofu: August 10, 2021 - August 19, 2021, ***10 days.

How to calculate the dog days

In ancient China, the heavenly stems and earthly branches were combined to record time. There are 10 numbers for the heavenly stems and 12 numbers for the earthly branches. "Three Geng" means when 3 The word "geng" appears on the third Geng day, which means Chufu. Since there are 10 heavenly stems, a Geng day appears every 10 days. The 365 days in a year (366 days in leap years) are not integer multiples of 10. If one day this year is Geng Day, it may not be Geng Day next year. Since Geng Day changes constantly, the date of entering the ambush is different every year.

Which one is hottest, the first, middle or last volt?

Among the three volts, the middle volt is the hottest.

As the saying goes, the heat is in the middle. The middle period in 2021 will start on July 31 and last for a total of 10 days. During the 30 days of Dog Day, generally speaking, the 10 days of Dog Day are the hottest. The most prominent feature of Zhongfu is "hot" and "hot and humid". The "sauna" weather makes it difficult to breathe, as if you are in a big steamer.

After entering the ambush, the surface humidity becomes larger. The ground absorbs more heat and emits less heat every day. The heat on the surface layer accumulates, so it becomes hotter day by day. Entering mid-voltage, the heat accumulated on the ground reaches the highest value, and the weather is the hottest.

2021 Dog Days Health Principles

1. Adjustments to daily life

The light time in summer is long, so the time to fall asleep will be later, but remember to get up earlier . You can do morning exercise in the morning. When arranging exercise, you should avoid the scorching sun and pay attention to strengthening protection. After lunch, you need to arrange a nap, preferably 30 minutes. In the hot summer, taking a warm bath every day can help eliminate fatigue, improve sleep, and enhance immunity.

In summer, it is easy to be invaded by wind, cold and moisture. It is not advisable to fan your head and feet while sleeping, and it is not advisable to sleep in the open for a long time at night. In an air-conditioned room, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not be too large. You sweat more in summer, so you need to wash your clothes frequently. Wearing wet clothes often can make people sick.

2. Diet adjustment

The diet in the dog days should mainly focus on clearing away heat, replenishing qi, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. You should eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach. Summer is a time of heavy dampness, and moisture is easily trapped in the spleen. At the same time, people tend to eat cold foods such as cold drinks and ice cream in summer, which are particularly likely to irritate the gastrointestinal tract and cause gastric diseases. Therefore, it is recommended to eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach during the dog days. For example, barley, red bean porridge, mung beans, lily, etc. are easy to digest and absorb and are good foods in summer.

3. Exercise adjustment

Summer exercise is best done in the early morning or evening when it is cooler. You can choose places with fresh air such as parks, lakes, and courtyards, and you can choose some aerobic exercises such as jogging, yoga, and walking. When you sweat excessively, you can choose to drink boiled salt water. Remember not to drink a lot of cold water immediately after exercise, let alone take a bath directly, otherwise it will easily induce cold-damp paralysis and other diseases.

4. “Winter diseases are treated in summer” during the Dog Days

Diseases caused in winter can be treated by the hot weather of the Dog Days, combined with diet therapy, acupuncture and other methods to treat some chronic diseases. disease. Many diseases in winter are caused by Yang deficiency and excess, and the three-day weather is the time of year when the human body's Yang energy is strongest, and it is the best time to regulate the body. At this time, if winter diseases are treated in the summer, you should not eat any cold food, and you should use warming and tonic methods to drive away the cold.

How to treat diseases with "winter disease treated in summer"

As the saying goes, "Winter is the best time to nourish Sanjiu with supplements, and summer treatment is busy with Sanfu acupuncture." Dog days are the most yang-rich days of the year. When enough, positive medicine can be applied to the corresponding acupuncture points of the human body. When the pores of the human body are opened, it is conducive to the absorption of the medicine, thereby forcing away the cold and dampness of the human body to achieve the purpose of treating diseases.

Not only can you use Sanfu patch, but you can also use Sanfutian acupuncture, cupping, acupoint injection, moxibustion, etc. Depending on the disease and body constitution, the treatment methods chosen will be different.

The diseases treated by "winter disease and summer treatment" include asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic pharyngitis, tonsillitis, children's colds, etc., as well as some deficiencies and cold diseases, such as stomachache, arthritis, kidney deficiency and low back pain, etc.