Source: Beijing Evening News
Original title: Suffering a bitter summer may not be just a stomach problem
Yang Liping, chief pharmacist of the Department of Pharmacy of Beijing Hospital
As the weather gradually becomes hotter and the temperature fluctuates in the recent week, many people have some small problems in the spleen and stomach, and health problems such as no appetite can't eat, stomach bloating and stomach pain, and indigestion are bothering everyone. Among them, "bitter summer" is the most common, that is, the body is affected by the increase in temperature, the appetite is significantly reduced, and what is eaten is not fragrant.
In terms of solar terms, the summer solstice is coming. For us living in the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice is the longest day of the year, but not the hottest day, from the summer solstice, it is going to enter the season of high temperature, high humidity and showers, so we must pay attention to heat and moisture. So how to maintain the spleen and stomach in the middle of summer? What problems should be paid attention to in terms of diet, work and rest? What factors are the spleen and stomach discomfort related to?
Spleen and stomach discomfort May be the scourge of liver depression
As soon as the ancient folk arrived at the summer solstice, people began to consume herbal tea, sour plum soup, qing supplement and other foods to cool down the heat to alleviate the discomfort caused by the hot and humid weather. Bitter summer is not a disease, through a light diet, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits in the season can alleviate the symptoms, you can also take some spleen and stomach, digestion of medicine. But if you have a long-term stomach upset, or if the symptoms are always repeated, then pay more attention to whether it is caused by other causes.
We often hear that liver depression, that is, liver qi depression, is one of the "culprits" that cause spleen and stomach discomfort. In the five elements of Chinese medicine, the liver belongs to the wood, the spleen belongs to the soil, and the muke soil, the liver qi depression or the liver qi leakage will affect the spleen and stomach function, resulting in no appetite, indigestion, stomach bloating and stomach pain and other symptoms.
So what causes liver depression? On the one hand, there is no "spring cover", spring is the season of liver qi rising, if it is cold, liver qi can not rise smoothly will cause liver depression; On the other hand, now people have a fast pace of life, especially the office workers are stressed, nervous, anxious, low emotional problems may cause liver depression, coupled with disordered work and rest, bad eating habits with heavy taste, many young people not only have liver depression, but also liver fire problems.
To this end, the "health debt" owed in the spring needs to be solved by soothing the liver in the summer. The earliest recorded in the Song Dynasty "Taiping Huimin and Pharmacy Bureau" in the famous prescription "Xiaoyao Pill" can not only treat liver depression, but also strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, alleviate the spleen and stomach discomfort caused by liver depression in summer, and we often hear that the flavored Yaoyao Pill is to add peony peel and gardenia in the Xiaoyao Pill Group, and their role is to clear the liver fever.
Chinese medicine prescribes medicine to pay attention to "junchen zuo envoy". In the formula of The Happy Pill, Chai Hu relieves liver depression, angelica and white peony nourish liver blood, and these three flavors are "jun medicine"; The hot gardenia of Qing Sanjiao and the peony skin of the cool blood and stasis are "medicines"; As an "adjuvant", Bai Shu, Poria and Licorice are often used to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness; "Make medicine" peppermint medicinal properties of spicy and cool rise, can help Chai Hu to thin the liver, while leading all Chinese medicine into the liver meridian.
Runaway pills are often misunderstood as gynecological prescriptions, that is because women are more likely than men to have liver depression, especially in women who are in menopause, endocrine disorders can cause liver depression, and in fact, men who meet the indications can also take it.
In the hot summer, be careful to put on fire to affect the stomach
In the hot heat of the weather, it is easy to get on fire if you are not careful, there are dizziness and headache, swollen gums and pain, mouth ulcers, conjunctivitis, skin itching and acne, constipation and a series of symptoms, and for people with weak spleen and stomach function, fire is often reflected in spleen and stomach discomfort, which is what we often hear as "stomach fire".
People who are more sensitive to temperature changes will experience "bitter summer", and people whose appetite is not affected often mistakenly think that they can still eat and drink, which is the wrong idea, summer health should have followed the principle of light diet, now heavy taste diet people are not in the minority, like to taste the early people are also many, in the summer to eat heavy, eat more are easy to cause fire. Good appetite but easy constipation is a manifestation of a large stomach fire.
What should I do if my stomach is hot? You should adjust your eating habits as soon as possible, eat less heavy foods, eat only 70% or 80% of each meal and maintain an appropriate amount of exercise, if the symptoms are obvious, it is recommended to follow the doctor's advice to take some traditional Chinese medicine to clear the heat and diarrhea.
How to eat in the end
Many people have a misunderstanding, thinking that the summer weather is hot, eating cold drinks can cool down, but in fact, it is not, eating cold drinks on hot days is actually anti-seasonal, not only will hurt the spleen and stomach, but also hurt the yang in the most yang season. Especially people with spleen and yang deficiency and stomach cold, the limbs and navel above the summer are still cold, usually easy to vomit, diarrhea, indigestion, more need to pay attention not to eat cold food, while following the doctor's advice to take some warm yang cold, qi and spleen chinese medicine.
Why does eating cold drinks in summer hurt the yang? The "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" mentions that "in May, the yang qi is on the table, the stomach is cold, and the yang qi is weak, and it cannot beat the cold, so I want to wear double clothes." Lunar May is the present, the weather is hot, the blood is "active" in the skin on the surface of the body, the spleen and stomach and other organs are not enough blood supply, eating too much cold drink to rely on yang qi to warm, so it is very hurtful to the body. On the contrary, in the autumn and winter, when the weather gradually becomes cold, it is appropriate to eat some cold foods such as frozen pears and frozen persimmons, which helps the human body to "hide" with the natural world.
So what exactly can you eat to prevent the heat and cool down? From ancient times to the present, people love to drink sour plum soup in the summer can be a good heat protection, sour diet has an astringent effect, can alleviate the fatigue caused by too much Yang Qi divergence; Hot tea can also help the body cool down, maintain the spleen and stomach while promoting sweating to take away the heat; As the saying goes, "eat turnips in winter and eat ginger in summer", ginger is warm and spicy, and eating in summer can assist the rise of yang qi and alleviate the discomfort caused by "cold in the stomach".
Live broadcast preview: "Health and Wellness Lecture Hall • Pay Attention to Spleen and Stomach Health" science lecture
In 2021, the interactive live broadcast column of the "Health and Wellness Lecture Hall" planned by Beijing Evening News "Health Weekly" was officially launched. Combined with the 24 solar terms, health days, traditional festivals and other special time nodes, invite doctors from top three hospitals, well-known health experts, health scholars and other guests to help everyone understand the knowledge of common disease prevention and treatment, distinguish the misunderstandings that will affect physical health in life, and develop good living habits through simple and easy-to-understand popular science methods and real clinic stories. The health and wellness lecture hall has been broadcast nearly 30 times so far, which has attracted the attention and love of the people.
This year, the health and wellness lecture hall has been renewed and upgraded, and it will continue to accompany the general public to pay attention to the health problems that cannot be ignored in each life with richer and more diverse contents and forms. On the day of the summer solstice, the "Health and Wellness Lecture Hall • Pay attention to spleen and stomach health" science lecture will soon be held, Yang Liping, chief pharmacist of the Department of Pharmacy of Beijing Hospital, Zhang Guangtai, chief physician of the Chinese Medicine Clinic of Beijing Tongrentang Chongwenmen Pharmacy, tong Tong, the head anchor of Himalaya healthy life and author of the best-selling book of health science, will be a guest in the live broadcast room, deeply interpret the spleen and stomach problems that are easy to occur in hot weather, and discuss the way of summer health together.
■ Live broadcast time
June 21 20∶00-21∶30
■ Live streaming platform
Beijing Daily client Beijing live broadcast
Everyone is welcome to watch the live broadcast and ask the experts about your summer spleen and stomach problems.
Editor-in-Charge: Zheng Xin