As the saying goes: "hot in three volts, cold in three nine", the hottest time of the year is also the current three volt days, during this period, the weather is hot, humid and sultry, little wind, the earth can be described as the sun like fire, people generally appear loss of appetite, physical fatigue phenomenon.
After July 11th, we will officially enter the three-volt day, and we will not go out until August 20th, so what should be paid attention to in order to ensure good health in this three-volt day? Are you ready for this forty-day bitter summer?
What should we do to survive this bitter summer safely?
After five years of jealousy, he lived to ninety-nine
"Five long years into the ambush, live to ninety-nine", this is a Chinese medicine proverb, mainly to remind everyone to avoid five long after entering the ambush day, so what is the five long?
(1) Avoid exercising for too long
"Three nines in winter, three volts in summer" is regarded by many as a guideline. Even in the heat of the heat, there are still many people who insist on exercising despite sweating, especially sports such as swimming and running, which are their passion.
After entering the Futian, the weather is hot and humid, it is easy to suffer from heat stroke, after heat stroke, the whole person will be dizzy, fatigue, waist and knees are sore, high temperature will deplete the body's yang, may make the kidney function gradually decline.
It is also easy to sweat at high temperatures, sweating will lead to blood viscosity, which is a very dangerous thing for the vast majority of people, especially the elderly, and is likely to cause cerebral infarction, heart disease and other diseases.
Three volt days is a key period to nourish the heart, should be based on the heat, appropriate to carry out some more soothing exercises, and need to pay attention to avoid noon, high temperature direct places, you can choose to walk in the shade, shade, to a slight sweat.
After the end of the outing, replenish electrolytes in time, and seek medical attention in time if you feel unwell!
People who like to swim must be careful not to swim in rivers and lakes after rainy days. The high temperature provides a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses. They multiply in large numbers during this period, which not only causes great pollution to the river, but also makes it easy for people to swim in it due to the drop in body temperature, which facilitates the invasion of bacteria and viruses, and is more likely to get sick!
(2) Avoid blowing the air conditioner for too long
In the eyes of many people, the best way to escape the heat in summer is to stay in an air-conditioned room all day, drinking cold drinks and eating watermelon, which sounds very comfortable, but when it is comfortable, you need to pay attention to it, you can't keep blowing the air conditioner!
Now most people may have a little sub-health, the cervical spine is more or less fragile, if you keep the air conditioner on for a long time, it will make the neck muscles cold, causing muscle soreness! And long-term use of air conditioners without opening windows for ventilation, air quality will deteriorate, but more likely to cause disease.
If you want to turn on the air conditioner, avoid the temperature too low, at least keep it at 26°C or a little higher.
If you feel hot and dry, you can choose to ventilate the door, it is recommended to ventilate more than twice at a time, 15 to 30 minutes each time.
(3) Avoid high-frequency consumption of heat-relieving foods
After being roasted by the sun, many people like to drink a glass of ice water or come with ice cream, cool and stimulating, and can quickly eliminate the feeling of heat, but if you eat this type of food frequently, it is very detrimental to your health!
After eating an ice cream, the sweat hair will shrink, which will affect our normal perspiration, the hot sweat in the body remains in the body, residual heat accumulation, may be heat stroke, so be sure to eat as little as possible!
So some people may choose to eat only fruits and vegetables during this period, which is actually unhealthy! Because we also need to supplement other nutrients in our body to maintain the normal functioning of the digestive system, immune system, etc.!
(4) Do not stand for a long time
Standing for a long time within three volts, due to the humid climate, standing for a long time will cause us to increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, run abnormally, and produce diarrhea and other symptoms!
If your job requires standing for a long time, you can move appropriately to reduce the burden on your legs!
(5) Avoid lying down for a long time
Three volt days the weather is hot and difficult, people will have no spirit, do everything lazy, some people may choose to lie in bed all day, long lying is actually not good for health.
If you lie prone all the time, it will compress the chest cavity, affect the normal expansion of the lungs, and cause breathing to be unsmooth;
If it is lying on the side for a long time, the stomach and intestines may be compressed, and the function of the stomach will be affected, which will lead to loss of appetite and indigestion in the long term.
Summer is hot, everyone has a poor appetite, and has been eating less, nutrient intake is very small, which is not conducive to health, especially just after eating lying down, very unfavorable to gastrointestinal peristalsis, affecting digestion. Food stagnates in the body, which is very uncomfortable!
Therefore, it is recommended that you can do stretching exercise appropriately, which is of great benefit to whether it is eating or digestion and metabolism!
In addition, in the process of eating, we must also remember not to eat only vegetarian dishes, not meat dishes.
Vegetarian dishes do not have protein and fat and other necessary nutrients for the human body, as well as some trace elements, you can choose to eat some lean meat or fish and shrimp to supplement, but don't make it too greasy, or mainly light, otherwise it will be too late!
What is recommended to eat in Sanfutian?
(1) Lamb
In our folk, there has been a saying "eat mutton in ambush, do not wear a fleece sweater in winter", this sentence to indicate that the mutton is gentle, can achieve the effect of removing cold, and achieve the effect of heat production!
(2) Rabbit meat
Rabbit meat is a high-protein and low-fat ingredient, rich in nutrients, delicious, excellent taste, "clean" but not hot, very suitable as a summer tonic ingredient!
(3) Loofah
Loofah is highly recommended as a summer food, it not only tastes excellent, but also rich in vitamins and trace elements, it can be described as a treasure! When you don't know what to eat, loofah is a good choice!
These are not recommended to eat more
(1) BBQ
Summer is always linked to barbecue, in summer nights, about three or five friends, eating barbecue, ha beer seems to be always considered by everyone to be the standard in summer, but it is still not recommended to eat more!
Barbecue heavy oil salt, beer cold, hot and cold stimulation, very easy to fire!
(2) Melon seeds
Melon seeds are also very hot food, in the hot weather of three volt days, it is very unsuitable for eating such foods that are easy to cause fire.
(3) Chives
There is a saying that "June leeks stink dead dogs", let alone three volts! The climate is hot in three volt days, and the leeks grown at this time not only have more fiber, but also smell bad, and even some leeks have a little smell, for people with poor digestion, eating leeks may increase the burden on the stomach!
These three things can be done appropriately after entering the ambush
(1) Soak your feet in hot water
There are many acupuncture points on the feet, and soaking the feet regularly has great benefits for the body. Soaking feet has the effect of unclogging meridians, promoting blood circulation, relieving fatigue, and aiding sleep. Soaking your feet is a great time to get rid of dampness and detoxification, it can help to expel cold and moisture from the body, and it will be better if you pay attention to some details during the foot soaking process!
The effect of soaking feet is best at about nine o'clock in the evening, which has a great protective effect on our kidneys; At the same time, it should be noted that the temperature of soaking feet should not be too high, and hot water should be added in time when the water temperature drops to keep the water temperature constant.
Soaking feet can achieve a slight sweating effect, so the foot soaking time should not be too long, generally the time is about half an hour!
Insisting on soaking feet is very good for the body, everyone must insist!
(2) Sunburn the back
The solar energy of the three-volt day is the highest in the year, and the yang energy of the human body is also the most vigorous and spread outward, and when the pores are most open, the sunlight can play the role of lifting the sun. The so-called annual sheep raising looks at spring and summer, and spring and summer sheep raising looks at three volts.
For many friends with cold physique, frequent loose stools and diarrhea, cold limbs and cold cold, tanning the back is definitely a very suitable activity and a very comfortable thing.
Can drying the back on a three-volt day play a role in invigorating the yang qi of the five internal organs and six lungs, unclogging the meridians, removing the cold qi in the body, regulating the physique, and reducing the symptoms of the disease!
So how do you sunburn your back properly for the best results?
1. Nude drying effect is the best, wearing clothes or drying in the glass room will be greatly reduced, men can choose to take off their tops, women can choose to wear small vests, no need to wear sunscreen.
2. Back drying time The general physique is recommended to dry for about 30 minutes, if you have not had back drying experience before, you can start with 20 minutes of drying, and then gradually increase the time. The sun at 8-9 a.m. and the sun after 3 p.m. work best!
3. In the process of basking in the sun, the human body will sweat, you must remember to replenish water in time!
4. Back drying posture: You can choose to sit or lie on the yoga mat.
5. Those with ultraviolet allergies, qi and yin deficiency or yang physique, pregnant women, after drinking alcohol, etc. are prohibited from tanning; Patients with high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high blood lipids, diabetes, and coronary heart should be sunbathed! After the sun, you cannot enter the air-conditioned room directly!
(3) Drink a bowl of light salt water in the morning
After entering the three-volt day, the trace elements in the body will be lost due to heat, you can choose to drink a glass of light salt water after waking up in the morning to lubricate the intestines and replenish the trace elements lost in the body!
In the three-volt day, you must develop the habit of drinking water regularly, drinking more hot water, hot tea, etc. has a great effect on the body's cold and detoxification, and improves immunity.
Women with heavy moisture can choose to drink ginger jujube brown sugar water, which can achieve the effect of driving away cold and replenishing qi and blood.
Friends who like cold drinks, juices, and beer, should drink as little as possible, such drinks entering the body may cause dampness and cold into the body, affecting the digestive function of the spleen and stomach!
Sanfutian is a high temperature challenge sent by nature, in this high temperature, people will become tired and tired is normal, in this season must pay attention to develop good living habits, maintain their own health, through this difficult heat, welcome the golden autumn, embrace health!
Sanfutian health preservation should be carried out according to its own physique, of course, it cannot be generalized! The same food, the same behavior, different people will produce different effects, everyone in the understanding of health knowledge, but also need to combine their own actual situation to make judgment, physical comfort and health is the most intuitive detection indicators!