Twenty-four solar terms
Sudden Warm Wind · Follow the summer heat
The 30-day period from the beginning of the summer heat to the end of the summer heat is the time of the year when the body is most likely to eliminate garbage and toxins. The reason is that the hot weather during this period of time allows the yang energy in the body to reach its peak, and the pores on the body surface are opened, which is equivalent to opening a natural detoxification channel.
At this time, when you stand under the sun or move a little, your body will easily sweat and expel the "toxins" that are usually nested in your body.
Summer · It's a good time to detox
What "toxins" are generally "harbored" in our bodies?
Damp poison, also known as damp heat. No matter what kind of physique a person is, when they enter the summer heat, there will be some damp heat in the body more or less, and friends with cold and damp physique are no exception. Yellow and thick tongue coating, acne on the back or chest, dry mouth, etc., are typical manifestations. Fire poison. In summer, the weather is on fire, and if there is too much fire, it will become poisonous. Fire poison is mainly based on heart fire, if the tip of the tongue is red, it means that the heart fire is too strong.
Cold poison. People who love to blow air conditioners or eat cold drinks are prone to accumulating cold poison in their bodies. In the hot summer, the cold poison is not obvious, but in the winter, symptoms such as fear of cold, menstrual cramps, and knee pain appear. Sweating is good because the body knows how to regulate itself – whatever toxins you have in your body, it excretes. Therefore, in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", it is said that "make the qi leak out", which tells people to stretch their bodies as much as possible at this time, let the qi flow, and sweat comfortably.
Twenty-four solar terms
Summer · Sweat well
What happens if you stay in an air-conditioned room in the summer and don't sweat much? Missing out on the precious detoxification season is a small matter, the key is that these toxins that cannot be excreted from the body will also be sent out from other places in a different way, causing symptoms such as athlete's foot, eczema, and mouth ulcers.
Many people don't know the reason and are still trying to find a way to "plug it". Some girls use some medicinal powder to suppress sweating for athlete's foot. It seems that the athlete's foot has been solved, but after a while, eczema and acne may appear, and even the vaginal discharge may be abnormal, etc., because the toxins that cannot be released will definitely find a way to come out of other channels. During this summer season, what you must do is to let your body sweat actively, don't miss this precious detoxification season.
Sweating is not all the way around. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a distinction between "moving sweat" and "quiet sweating".
"Sweating" refers to actively helping the body sweat through exercise or eating something spicy. The ancients believed that "sweating is precious" because it belongs to deep perspiration. Compared with the "quiet sweat" taken out because of the temperature or steaming, this can better transport the qi and blood in our body, which is conducive to the discharge of cold qi in the body.
Regarding specific exercise recommendations, it is recommended that you start with quieter exercises such as yoga and Baduanjin. These quiet movements, although slow-paced, help us keep our qi and blood moving.
Editor: Advocacy Section