The Su Qing records that the heart, the origin of life, the change of God, its hua is in the face, it is filled with blood, it is the sun in the yang, and it is connected to the summer qi.
Summer is the time when the yang of heaven and the yin of the earth intersect, the natural world presents a prosperous scene, Chinese medicine believes that the summer sun is located in the southern position, and the south just belongs to the fire, the hottest time of the summer day is noon, which is also a kind of fire, and the heart is the main blood in the five elements, so the heart fire in summer will be more exuberant than other seasons. At this time, if you do not care for the heart, it is easy to hurt the heart, which will affect the health of the human body.
Summer sweltering heat is unbearable, people sweat a lot, easy to consume the heart yin, damage the heart yang, Chinese medicine believes that the heart is the official of the monarch, the viscera are obedient to the heart, the heartbeat is shaking in all the organs, the heart is smooth, the five organs and six intestines are peaceful. Therefore, summer health care is the first thing to purify the heart, so how should the summer heart be nourished?
First, eat more bitter food
The "Su Qing Xuan Ming Five Qi" says: The five tastes enter, the acid enters the liver, the bitter enters the heart, the sweet enters the spleen, the xin enters the lungs, the salty enters the kidneys, the heart belongs to the fire, and summer is the time when the yang qi of the heart is at its most vigorous. And the heart fire is too strong, people are easy to get on the fire, easy to impetuous, summer nourishment in daily life, diet can be more bitter food as a regulation, bitter taste into the heart can reduce the heart fire. Appropriate consumption of bitter foods can remove dryness and dampness, clear heat and detoxification, remove annoyance and refresh, cool down and strengthen the spleen, which can be described as a lot of effects.
(1) Lotus heart
Summer is easy to feel sad and irritable and there will be loss of appetite, this time should eat more calming, appetizing food. Although lotus seeds have a bitter taste, it has a good effect of purifying the heart fire, and it has a good effect of cooking porridge with japonica rice. Lotus seeds are slightly cool, sweet and astringent, and the function is to nourish the heart and spleen, and tonify the kidneys.
Lotus heart is often eaten with lilies, lilies, into the heart, lungs meridians, has the effect of calming the mind, moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough. In summer, when the heart is on fire, there will be clinical manifestations of tongue sores, oral erosion, upset insomnia, and red tip of the tongue.
The combination of the two can not only purify the heart and help sleep, but it is very effective for summer heat, insomnia and dreams, and is very suitable for summer consumption.
(2) Bitter melon
In the ancient books of Chinese medicine, it is recorded that bitter melon tastes bitter, raw is cold, and ripe is warm. Raw food to clear the heat and fire, relieve fever and eliminate annoyance; Cooked food nourishes the blood and liver, moisturizes the spleen and tonifies the kidneys. In the summer, bitter melon has the effect of clearing heat and dispelling heat, and detoxifying the eyes.
"Yunnan Materia Medica": "Eliminate evil fever, relieve fatigue, purify the mind and eyes, diarrhea six sutras of real fire, clear the heat and vitality, and quench thirst."
Second, eat more red food
Red was also called red in ancient times. Summer yang is the most abundant, red is yang, the corresponding red food into the heart into the blood, generally speaking, red food can replenish blood and nourish the heart, promote blood circulation, protect the heart and cerebrovascular vessels, activate blood and dissolve stasis, remove heart fire, and calm the mind. Eating more red food is especially beneficial for people with weak heart and yang, insufficient blood and blood stasis, cardiovascular disease, upset, palpitations and insomnia.
Our common red foods are: tomatoes, red beans, beetroot, peanut rice, carrots, red peppers and so on.
(1) Tomato
Tomato, cool, sweet and sour, to the liver, heart, spleen, stomach meridian, there is a healthy spleen appetizer, clear heat and jin, nourish the cool blood, nourish the liver and protect the heart, so the tomato has a good effect on protecting the heart, usually we can use it to cold mix, make soup, make noodles, etc.
(2) Red red beans
Red adzuki bean, flat, sweet, sour, spicy, into the heart, spleen, small intestine meridian, beneficial to water swelling, heat and detoxification effect, "with the breath of the diet" recorded: tonic spleen, water to reduce swelling, phlegm discharge, but do not eat every day, easy to dry stool, dry skin, the right amount can be.
Like all things in heaven and earth, TCM health care also has the law of opposites and constraints between yin and yang, mutual root and mutual use, balance of dissipation, and mutual transformation, and also pays attention to the "balance of yin and yang". The "spring birth, summer long, autumn harvest, winter Tibet" of the four seasons is the performance of the yin and yang changes to adapt to external factors, so there is also a saying in Chinese medicine that "the five elements should be five viscera". According to the theory of Chinese medicine, the five viscera should be five elements: liver belongs to wood, heart belongs to fire, bitter into the heart, red nourishing heart, summer health food is preferred these two types of food.
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