this year's solar terms in the great summer came at 6: 21 on July 23, 21, when the sun reached 12 degrees of the yellow meridian. "The summer heat does not meet the heat, and it must rain and snow in three winters." The summer heat is the hottest solar term in a year, just before and after the volt. People's heart is easy to lose. Eating warm food can enhance the body's ability to resist diseases, so as to drive away summer heat and dampness. There are folk customs such as drinking tea, drying ginger and burning incense.
The summer heat is the season with the highest temperature and the highest yang in the whole year, so all chronic diseases that break out in winter are suitable to be recuperated when sleeping, such as respiratory diseases: allergic rhinitis, asthma, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, perennial cold and other daily human chronic diseases; Digestive system diseases: deficiency-cold stomachache, chronic colitis; Joint and spine problems: cervical spondylosis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, lumbar disc herniation, waist and leg pain due to deficiency and cold, rheumatoid arthritis and other common diseases in middle-aged and elderly people; There are also people who are particularly afraid of cold in winter and belong to yang deficiency constitution. Volt on Thursday, July 29th, and volt on Sunday, August 8th.
Tips for eating in a peaceful and healthy summer heat
It is suitable for steaming in the summer heat. It is suitable for salty food such as pork spine, seafood, clams, etc., and put some ginger, onion, garlic and vinegar in cooking. Eat more foods that relieve summer heat, remove dampness and strengthen the spleen. Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, highly praised the health care of medicinal porridge. He said: "Eating a large bowl of porridge every day, which is empty on an empty stomach and full of energy, is not detailed, but also extremely soft and greasy, which is compatible with the stomach and intestines, and is the most wonderful diet." Eat white lentils, loofah, broccoli, eggplant, tomatoes, beans, tofu, kelp, wax gourd, spinach, corn, pumpkin, crucian carp and other seasonal vegetables. Huaishan has the functions of invigorating spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and tonifying kidney. Eating more foods such as Huaishan, which can benefit qi and nourish yin, can promote digestion, improve waist and knees, and make people feel energetic. Fermented glutinous rice is also a seasonal dessert in summer, which can "replenish vitality". You can drink it hot with ginger and brown sugar or cold with rock sugar, but don't drink it at night. Duck meat is called a "panacea" and a nourishing top grade in "A Record of Famous Doctors". After eating in winter and spring, the old duck has stronger bones and fuller muscles, so there is a folk saying that "the old duck wins the tonic in summer". After sleeping, if there are elderly people with chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and lung yin deficiency at home, take a pig lung, rinse it repeatedly, steam it in a steamer, and take its juice. A pig lung can be steamed for 2 ~ 3 times, light food.
Eat less
Eat less cold drinks, fried, salted and roasted things, eat less animal offal, egg yolk, fat meat and roe, and eat less salty food, such as salted fish and pickles.
avoid eating
the same solar term, avoid eating greasy and spicy food, as well as mutton, leek, liver, blood and spleen. In summer, yin is heavy in the body, and yang is distributed on the body surface. Don't overeat cold and hard food. You can't overeat. Tao Hongjing, a doctor in the Liang Dynasty, pointed out in the Record of Nourishing Nature and Prolonging Life: "If you don't want to drink too much, your stomach will swell, and if you don't want to eat too much, your spleen will strain."
Tips on Exercise for Peace and Physical Fitness in Summer
Because the hot and humid weather is easy to cause moisture stagnation in the body, moderate exercise is needed to improve metabolism, sweat, detoxify and reduce fire in this solar term, and walking, swimming, jogging and barefoot walking in contact with nature are the best. Be careful of the air conditioning in the gym. It is best to wear short sleeves and don't show off your shoulders, otherwise it is difficult to exclude the cold air from entering the pores. There are six taboos in summer heat exercise, including avoiding exercise in bright light (it is best to choose one night in the morning), drinking a lot of water after exercise (a small amount of frequency), taking a cold bath immediately after exercise (taking a rest until the heartbeat slows down and the body temperature drops), eating a lot of cold drinks after exercise (cold and hot beats accumulate into a disease), and avoiding exercise for too long (no more than one hour, the heart is booming in summer, and excessive exercise increases the burden on the heart and induces heart disease).
tips for living in a peaceful constitution in summer
In summer, the weather is often sultry and humid, and people feel hot, but even if they sweat profusely, they can't relieve their fever, so they are prone to heatstroke. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid sauna days first, go out as little as possible and have less activities in hot weather, and even if you go out, you can't be exposed to the open air for a long time. In order to let out the moisture in the body, we should try to take a walk and other activities with low intensity when the temperature is slightly lower in the morning and evening. This is a "consumption" solar term. If you don't pay attention to your daily life at this time, your physical fitness will decline in autumn and winter, and your disease resistance will weaken, which will affect your physical fitness all year round. There are two purposes: one is to sweat every day and have a certain amount of activity; The second is to take a nap, lie on your back during the nap, and take a nap half an hour after lunch. "nourishing life and prolonging life record" says: "spring, once every three days; Summer and autumn, and then sperm in January. " Although you can't follow blindly, you should stick to it twice a month, but it is better to keep it as little as possible.
Emotional Tips for Peace and Physique in Summer
If people can't recuperate, they will only shorten their lives, especially in the summer weather. People often feast all night, or think too much, or work hard for wealth, or feel depressed for poverty, which is enough to lose their spirits. It is also difficult to live a long life without getting sick. If you can stay up at night and get up early, reduce your thoughts, get rid of the fatigue of fame and wealth, and get rid of the worries of poverty, then your heart will be empty in Zhan Ran, just like the blue sky, and your mind will be natural and smooth. In the Republic of China, Bu Yipeng's Notes on the Questions and Answers of Poems about Keeping Longevity
Tips for Drinking Tea in Summer
Elsholtzia has the effects of relieving summer heat, regulating qi, eliminating dampness and relieving exterior syndrome, and can drink fragrant lotus drinks in summer heat.
1g of Elsholtzia, 1g of lotus leaf (or 3g of fresh lotus leaf), 1g of dried tangerine peel and 5g of mint. First, decoct Elsholtzia, lotus leaf and dried tangerine peel for 3min, then add mint and cook for 5min. When taking, you can add appropriate amount of white sugar to taste and drink tea instead.