/ Summer "top priority" /
Do you often feel forgetful, sleep poorly, dream frequently, or even pale?
Do you often have irritability, anxiety, palpitations, chest tightness, rapid heartbeat for no apparent reason, feeling tired and short of breath?
Do you get out of breath, lightheaded, blurred vision, lack motivation, and lose interest in things at the slightest exercise?
These problems are actually all related to heart health.
Many people understand that summer is suitable for regulating yang energy, protecting the spleen and stomach, dissipating cold and dampness, and dissolving phlegm, but they ignore that heart health is also important in summer.
╱ Summer health three taboos and three appropriates/
1 Avoid raw and cold food
As the weather gets hotter, our bodies start to use energy faster. Eat less raw and cold foods, as they may affect our digestive system and make us feel unrefreshed.
2. Avoid mood swings
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "heat is easy to hurt qi, and heat is easy to enter the heart".
Hot weather can be upsetting, and if you feel in a bad mood and have a bad appetite, learn to self-regulate, relax and maintain a cheerful, positive attitude.
3. Avoid sleeping late and sleepless
"Spring and summer yang", the key to yang is to nourish the heart. Staying up late is "working hard".
Therefore, in this season, it is necessary to develop good work and rest habits, try to avoid staying up late, and exercise more.
As the days become longer and the nights become shorter, our sleep will also be affected, so we can take a nap and catch up on sleep.
1. It is advisable to nourish the spleen, stomach and body
Lixia diet should be: more acid and less bitter, nourish the kidneys and help the liver, and regulate stomach qi.
Eat more light and easily digestible foods, such as lotus seeds. If you feel too hot to bear, you can eat watermelon, peaches and other fruits to help clear away the heat and relieve the heat.
2 It is advisable to get up early and exercise in the morning to strengthen your body
In summer, it is necessary to enhance the body's metabolism, go to bed early and get up early, and exercise moderately to enhance immunity.
However, it should be noted that morning exercise should start after 6 a.m., exercise moderately, excessive exercise may lead to excessive sweating and increased body wear.
3 It is advisable to take a proper nap to nourish the mind and calm the mind
Summer is here, and it's important to take care of your mind, and napping is essential. We often say that "closing your eyes and recuperating your mind" is actually one of the important ways to maintain your mind.
Closing our eyes and recuperating allows us to get a high-quality lunch break, and it can also relieve eye strain to a certain extent.
╱ Diet therapy cleans the heart, healthy and comfortable /
The weather is hot and the heat is heavy, and the external fire is hooked with the internal fire, people will inevitably be anxious and bored, which will objectively induce the heart to be excessively hot, making people uncomfortable.
To protect the cardiovascular and heart, you can eat more red foods such as grapefruit, carrots, cherries, and tomatoes at this time.
The main benefits of red foods for the heart are:
(1) Potassium ions stabilize blood pressure and reduce the burden on the heart;
(2) Soften blood vessels and prevent atherosclerosis;
(3) High iron content, help hemoglobin regeneration;
(4) Sweet and sour taste, which is conducive to improving digestion.
In addition, you can also eat more bitter vegetables and eat some porridge, soup and other foods with water.
Here are two recommended summer health recipes to help you cool off the summer solstice~
/ Kayane Bamboo Vine Water /
Moisturizing and detoxifying, clearing heat and diuretic
[Material]: two handfuls of white grass roots, one bamboo cane.
[Method]: Cut the bamboo cane into small sections, cut the roots and wash them. Put the bamboo cane and white grass root into the pot, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat for about 60 minutes, and then drink.
/ Bitter gourd and soybean pork rib soup /
Clear away heat and detoxify, strengthen the spleen and promote dampness
[Ingredients]: 300 grams of bitter gourd, 100 grams of soybeans, 500 grams of pork ribs.
[Method]: Wash the pork ribs and rinse them with boiling water, put them in a pot with the diced bitter gourd and soaked soybeans, and add water. Cook on high heat for 15 minutes, then change to low heat and simmer for another 60 minutes.