Four principles need to be followed in the Beginning of Summer health care
As soon as the Beginning of Summer arrives, the weather will become very hot, and people tend to sweat more easily at this time. During the Beginning of Summer, you must pay more attention to health care. Only in this way can you have a good body. So do you know what are the ways to maintain health in Beginning of Summer? What foods are good to eat during the Beginning of Summer to maintain health?
Health preservation at the beginning of summer
Follow the four principles
1. Clear away heat and relieve summer heat
The temperature is high in summer, and the human body The heart fire is relatively strong, so some medicines that can clear away heat, detoxify and clear the heart fire are commonly used, such as chrysanthemum, mint, honeysuckle, forsythia, lotus leaf, etc. to dispel heat.
Recipe: Pineapple wine to relieve summer heat
Recipe: 1 Zhongxing pineapple, 300 grams of brown sugar, 2000 ml of rice wine.
Preparation method: Select 1 pineapple that is about 70% ripe, slightly sweet and slightly soft when pressed, cut off the stem and head, cut the pineapple into 4 pieces lengthwise with the skin, and cut each piece again Cut into thick slices, put into a wide-mouth bottle with a capacity of 3000 ml, pour rice wine, add sugar, seal and soak, shake slightly every 2 to 3 days, and drink after about 1 month. Take out the pineapple and peel it before eating.
Efficacy and indications: Clear away heat and quench thirst, relieve summer heat and refresh the mind, transform food and stop diarrhea. It is suitable for treating fever, polydipsia, heat-related injuries, food accumulation, diarrhea, etc. It can also refresh the mind and relieve fatigue.
Dosage: 2 times a day, 10~15ml each time.
Description: Pineapple, also known as pineapple and jackfruit, has a sweet and sour taste and is warm in nature. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "The flesh of jackfruit is sweet and fragrant, slightly sour, flat, and non-toxic. It is mainly used to quench thirst and relieve troubles, sober up alcohol, replenish qi, and make people happy. The kernels in the core have the same taste, and are mainly used to replenish qi and relieve pain. People are not hungry and are light and healthy. "Pineapple peel and pulp are rich in vitamins B and C. Wine soaking can fully dissolve the nutrients of pineapple. The bromelain contained in pineapple has anti-inflammatory, anti-edema and fibrinolytic effects. People with allergies who overeat pineapple may cause pineapple poisoning due to protease allergy, which is called pineapple disease. Therefore, people who are allergic to pineapple should not consume this wine.
2. Treat Winter Diseases in Summer
In summer, the human body and the outside world have strong yang energy. Oral Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture and other external treatment methods can be used to treat some diseases that are common in winter. If the ointment is applied to acupoints, winter asthma and rhinitis can be treated.
In addition, the daylight hours are extended after the beginning of summer, and the sun starts to light up earlier and the sun gets dark later. Therefore, people's daily routine should be adjusted accordingly. When following the principle of going to bed late and getting up early, it is best to take a nap at noon so that the brain and body systems can rest in time to eliminate fatigue and maintain abundant energy.
3. Strengthen the spleen and remove dampness
Dampness is a major evil in summer. Coupled with the low function of the spleen and stomach in summer, people often feel poor appetite, prone to diarrhea, and white tongue coating. Symptoms such as greasiness and dampness are serious, so you should often take spleen-strengthening and dampness-reducing substances. Generally, it is better to choose spleen-strengthening, aromatic and dampness-reducing products, such as Patchouli, lotus seeds, Peilan, etc.
Fresh Smilax Poria Soup for Strengthening the Spleen and Dehumidification and Pork Backbone Soup with Eyebrow Bean and Pork Backbone
Fresh Smilax cocos is combined with eyebrow bean and pig backbone soup. The smell is mellow and refreshing, and it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness. Efficacy, it is a good nourishing product when spring is warm and rainy, suitable for men, women, old and young.
Ingredients: 400 grams of fresh Smilax cocos, 80 grams of eyebrow beans, 500 grams of pork spine, 3 slices of ginger.
Smilax cocos, also known as Polyporus thorns, Polygonum cocos, and Rhizoma terrestrialis, is the massive rhizome of Sarsaparilla glabra, a plant in the Liliaceae family. It has a neutral nature, sweet and light taste, and returns to the liver and stomach meridian. It has the functions of relieving pain. It has the effect of detoxifying heat and diluting water and dampness. It can be used for skin dampness poisoning and lower burnt dampness-heat. It is mainly used to treat various skin diseases, diarrhea and kidney disease. Modern pharmacology has found that Smilax Poria can prevent and treat a variety of cancers, and mainly improves symptoms of esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, and rectal cancer. The dried product of Smilax poria is mostly used as medicine, while the fresh product is mostly used in therapeutic soups, which has a delicious and refreshing smell.
Eyebrow beans are also called rice beans, rice beans, sweet beans, and white beans. Eyebrow beans are commonly known by Cantonese people. Guangdong folk often use them to remove athlete's foot and dampness. Pork spine has the function of replenishing the marrow and increasing the marrow. When combined into a soup, it has the effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, removing dampness and diuresis, eliminating fatigue and strengthening the body.
Method: Scrape off the skin of fresh Smilax cocos, wash it, and cut it into pieces; soak the black beans for a while and wash them; wash the pork spine and crack it with the back of a knife. Put all the ingredients together with the ginger into the clay pot, add 3000 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 2.5 hours, and add an appropriate amount of salt. This amount can be used for 3 to 4 people. You can fish out the black beans and pork spine, add soy sauce and other seasonings, and eat it with meals.
4. Nourish the lungs and kidneys
According to the law of the five elements, in summer, the heart fire is strong and the lung metal and kidney water are weak. Pay attention to nourishing the yin of the lungs and kidneys. You can choose wolfberry, raw rehmannia, lily, mulberry, Ophiopogon japonicus and sour lung qi-reducing medicine, such as Schisandra chinensis, etc., to prevent excessive sweating and loss of body qi.
What to eat at the beginning of summer
In rural areas of Zhejiang, "Qijia porridge" is a must-eat at the beginning of summer, also called "Qijia tea". Qijia porridge is made by collecting rice from neighboring families, adding various beans and brown sugar, and cooking it into a big pot of porridge for everyone to share.
For Qijia Tea, each family brings their newly roasted tea leaves, mixes them, cooks or brews them into a large pot of tea, and then everyone gathers together to drink it.
There is a proverb in Suzhou that "the beginning of summer sees three new things". "Three new" refers to newly ripe cherries, green plums and wheat. At the same time, people in Suzhou eat sea clams, gluten, white bamboo shoots, shepherd's purse, salted duck eggs, and green broad beans in the summer. On the day of the Beginning of Summer, various hotels offer wine and shochu to old customers who enter the store for free, so the Beginning of Summer is also called the Beginning of Summer. "Feed Festival".
Wuxi people have always had the custom of "tasting three delicacies at the beginning of summer". The three delicacies are divided into three delicacies: ground delicacies, tree delicacies, and water delicacies. The three delicacies of the ground are broad beans, amaranth, and cucumber; the three delicacies of the tree are cherries, loquats, and apricots; the three delicacies of the water are jellyfish, pufferfish, and anchovies.
Hangzhou has the custom of eating "Wild Summer Rice" on the Beginning of Summer. On that day, children gathered in groups to beg rice and meat from neighboring families. Then go to the wild fields to collect wild vegetables and bamboo shoots, set up a stove with stones, cook it yourself and eat it for free, which is called eating "wild summer rice" or "beginning of summer rice". This custom is to compare yourself to a beggar, thinking that you can avoid disaster. After finishing the Beginning of Summer meal, the adults brought baskets and large scales. Weigh the children to see how much they are heavier than last year.
Eating eggs at the beginning of summer in Shanghai. On the day of Beginning of Summer, children always hang an egg with a red net around their necks. Shanghai also has a custom of "marking the festival and the beginning of summer clearly, and eating the food at the stall to try the treasure." On the day of the beginning of summer, pancakes made of taro and golden cauliflower are eaten, and both men, women, and children are required to weigh themselves at noon.
Everyone in Sichuan and Yantan mountainous areas eat bamboo shoots and locust beans. He said that eating bamboo shoots made his leg bones stronger, making it easier to climb mountains. They also eat green plums and make green tea to prevent "summer rot". There is also the custom of eating tofu. It is said that if you eat tofu, you will not be afraid of the rain or the stings of red bees.
In some places in the south, there is a custom of eating soft vegetables (Junta vegetables) at the beginning of summer. It is said that after eating it, you will not get prickly heat in the summer and your skin will be as smooth as soft vegetables.
In some places such as Guangxi, red beans, soybeans, black beans, green beans, mung beans and other five-color beans are mixed with white japonica rice to cook "five-color rice", which is called Beginning of Summer Rice.
Conclusion: After reading the article, I believe everyone must have some understanding of the methods of health maintenance in the Beginning of Summer. During the Beginning of Summer, we can eat more fresh vegetables such as bamboo shoots, as well as more soy products.
Develop a good living habit. No matter what season it is, a good living habit is of great benefit to your health!