Summer is the most sunny season of the year, and the climate is hot and vibrant. For the human body, this is a period of vigorous metabolism, and the yang of the human body is outward, and the yin is inside. So what can we do to spend the summer healthy and get sick less? The summer body has "five fears", let's see how to deal with it.
1
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, and the sleep time at night is relatively insufficient, and people often feel weak and sleepy in the afternoon. Therefore, people should develop the habit of taking a nap during the summer months. And in summer, people love to sweat, and it is easier to dissipate the heart yang. A nap at noon can replenish the mind, and a full heart can lead to peace of mind.
There are tricks to napping
You can turn your eyes before napping, which will not only increase the quality of napping, but also effectively relieve eye fatigue.
The specific method is: turn your eyes from left to right 9 times, turn from right to left 9 times, then close for a moment, and then quickly open your eyes. Then take a nap for about 20 minutes, and the effect of restoring energy is very good.
2
Many people will have symptoms of "fire" such as general fatigue, tiredness, insomnia, irritability, swollen throat, and sores in the mouth and tongue in summer. I recommend a medicinal meal to go to the fire - lily winter melon porridge.
method
50 grams of millet, 5 grams of lilies, 100 grams of winter melon. Leave the winter melon in the bowl, peel and remove the seeds, and boil until the rice blooms and the lily winter melon is soft and rotten. This porridge has the effect of nourishing yin, dispelling dampness and dispelling heart fire.
3
The hot and humid weather in summer can easily make the population dry tongue and yellow urine upset. In this kind of weather, where the hotter and more annoying, the hotter and hotter, it is especially important to calm the mind. At this time, you can do mental exercises.
Specific steps
First, rub the Lao Gong point (the hand is clenched into a fist, where the tip of the middle finger) is clenched into a fist, and rub for 3~4 minutes to make the two palms hot, which is very good for regulating heart function.
After rubbing the palms hot, put your hands together, let the big fish in the palm press and knead the middle point (on the midline in front of the chest, between the 4th ribs, and the midpoint of the two nipples) from top to bottom), and rub for 5 minutes to make the local heat of the middle point, which helps to have a wide chest and regulate the heart and lungs.
After rubbing the middle point, push down from the middle point with the palm root, and the two hands are alternate, for a total of 5 minutes, which can play the role of rationalizing qi.
4
In summer, the summer heat is humid, and the dampness and evil are difficult for the spleen, which is easy to hinder the yang qi of the spleen and stomach. In addition, the temperature rises, everyone is easy to eat more cold food, and the cold hurts the stomach, so the spleen and stomach are most vulnerable to damage in summer. Therefore, under normal circumstances, you should eat some foods that can replenish yang qi and jin liquid in summer, but the nature should be peaceful and slightly cool, and you should not be greasy and warm. I recommend a yam jujube barley porridge, which has a particularly good effect on tonifying temper.
method
80 grams of yam, 30 grams of barley, 7 jujubes, plus 50 grams of millet or rice are boiled together to make porridge. It should be noted that although drinking porridge replenishes qi, do not drink cold.
5
In summer, the temperature is high, and many people are afraid of sweating and do not like to exercise. In fact, proper exercise is conducive to the discharge of sweat in the body and helps remove moisture from the body. Young and old people who are often sedentary are prone to different degrees of Qi stasis and blood stasis, and they always feel very stuffy in their hearts and cannot lift their spirits. This is also related to too little exercise. However, sweat is the fluid of the heart, excessive exercise, excessive sweating, will damage the heart yin, so exercise should be moderate, walking and other soothing exercises are a good choice.
suggestion
1 to 2 hours after the sun comes out in the morning, go outdoors to exercise or walk, to feel that the body is hot and slightly sweating; At this time, the sunlight and air are the most nourishing, clear and transparent, which will make people feel refreshed. You can also do more soothing exercises such as tai chi. ■