Summer Health Tips

In ancient China, health care is about changing with the four seasons, and seasonal health care also has a guiding meaning for modern health care. Summer has arrived, which are the summer health tips people should know?

Drink more water in summer because of water loss

Drink more water, and it is better to have warm water, and drink seven or eight glasses of plain water every day. The body should be kept hydrated and replenished at all times. Water plays a vital role in the human body and maintains the normal physiological functions of the body. Water is an indispensable and important part of the human body, organs, muscles, blood, hair, bones, teeth contain water, water loss in summer will be more, if not timely hydration will seriously affect health, easy to make the skin dry, wrinkles increase, accelerate human aging. In addition, mineral water, cold tea, milk, apple juice is the ideal thirst-quenching drinks.

Get up at the right time in summer

In summer, it is advisable to sleep late and get up early, and take a nap at noon if possible. Remember not to sit, lie or sleep in the shade of the building, under the eaves or in the vents for a long time. It is not advisable to use electric fans for a long time, because summer heat, sweat, pores open wide, easy to be attacked by wind and cold, blowing for too long may cause headaches, lumbar muscle strain, facial paralysis or muscle pain, etc.

Summer health care to "nourish Yang"

Huangdi Nei Jing - Su Wen - Four Qi Tuning Shen Da Lun" said: "summer in March, this is called the summer show, the sky and earth, the gas interchange, everything is flashy. Night sleep and get up early, not tired of the day, so that the will is not angry, so that Huaying into the show, so that the gas can be released, if the love of the outside, this summer gas should be, the way to maintain health." Hot summer, many people will suffer from air conditioning disease, people are open during the day and night air conditioning, indoor and outdoor temperature difference can reach more than ten degrees, plus a large number of cold drinks to eat ice, will certainly hurt Yang Qi. Therefore, we should pay attention to the living environment not too humid, do not eat too much frozen and cold food, do not turn on the air conditioning temperature too low at night, preferably above 26 degrees, do not spend the night in the open air and cold places.

Summer diet and tonic

In terms of dietary supplementation, the principle of clearing and tonifying, strengthening the spleen, and dispelling summer heat and dampness should be adopted on hot days. Fatty, sweet, thick and hot products should not be eaten, but should choose foods with light and nourishing effect.

Eat more bitter foods

The alkaloids contained in bitter foods have pharmacological effects such as cooling and clearing heat, promoting blood circulation and diastolic blood vessels. Eating bitter foods on a hot day can not only clear the mind and refresh the brain, but also improve appetite, strengthen the spleen and stomach. Bitter gourd: take its unripe young fruit as vegetables, mature fruit flesh can be eaten raw, both cold and can be fried, roasted fish, tender and refreshing, unique flavor. Bitter melon has the effect of increasing appetite, helping digestion, removing heat, relieving fatigue, clearing the heart and eyes. In addition, bitter vegetables, tea, coffee and other bitter foods can be used as appropriate. It should be noted that the consumption of bitter food should not be excessive, otherwise it may cause nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.

Eat more sweet, cool and moist foods in summer

Sweet, cool and moist foods include wheat, sorghum, barley, tofu, white lentils, black sesame, potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, lobelia, spinach, winter melon, watermelon and so on. Foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish Yin and replenish Qi: spinach, lotus root, wild rice, tomatoes, carrots, eggs, apples, milk, grapes, lotus seeds, mulberries, clams, goose meat, mackerel, carp, silver carp, barley flour, etc.

Eat more summer food to dispel heat and dampness

Foods that dispel summer heat and dampness and clear heat and detoxification include broad beans, adzuki beans, soybeans, raw radish, eggplant, cabbage, celery, water chestnuts, coix seeds, vegetable melon, watermelon, winter melon, loofah, cucumber, melon, bitter melon, chrysanthemum, lotus leaves, tea, etc.

Salt and potassium supplement in summer

In the summer, sweating is high and more potassium ions are lost with sweat. The resulting low blood potassium can cause weakness, dizziness and headache, and loss of appetite. The most effective way to prevent potassium deficiency in hot weather is to eat more potassium-containing foods. Fresh vegetables and fruits contain more potassium, such as strawberries, apricots, lychees, peaches and plums; vegetables such as onions, celery and beans are also rich in potassium. Tea also contains more potassium, hot days more tea, not only can eliminate the heat, but also potassium, can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Summer vitamin supplement

The human body sweats a lot in the summer, the loss of sodium chloride is relatively large, so you should pay attention to the supplemental salt at the same time as water. You can drink some salt water every day to keep the acid-base balance and osmotic pressure relatively stable in your body. Nutritionists also recommend that: it is best to supplement vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 with 2 mg each and 1 gram of calcium per person per day during the hot season, which can reduce the consumption of sugars and tissue proteins in the body, which is beneficial to human health. Therefore, in the summer, you should eat more food rich in the above nutrients, such as watermelon, cucumber, tomatoes, beans and their products, animal liver, shrimp, etc., and also drink some fruit juice.

Try to wear light-colored clothes

Dark clothes will absorb sunlight, so that the body temperature rises hot; at the same time, mosquitoes have a tendency to dark habits, dark colors are easy to attract mosquitoes, especially black.

Summer itchy skin precautions

Summer travel, due to the sun and skin itching, dry pain, you can apply a small amount of ointment such as skin easy, do not wash with hot water, but also should not use alkaline soap cleaning, so as not to stimulate the skin, aggravate the symptoms.

Do some heart exercises

Summer exercise should not be too large, too strenuous, should be appropriate to exercise after a little sweating, so as not to exercise too much, sweating too much damage to the heart yin. For those who still insist on exercising in summer, you can choose to practice taijiquan, taijiquan, both static and dynamic, rigid and flexible, moderate opening and closing, undulating, body end shape is not biased, the right qi is stored in the wind and evil can not invade, and the natural Yin and Yang coincide, can be considered one of the best heart exercises in summer.