Knowledge of health care in the three volt days

It's hot summer again, and people are more prone to loss of appetite, fatigue of limbs, dryness and thirst after the volcano. So let's take a look at the knowledge of the three volt days to help us better spend the "bitter summer".

What is the three volt days

The three volt days are between the summer and the autumn, and are the hottest, most humid and muggy days of the year. It is calculated according to the lunar calendar and falls between the middle and end of July and the beginning of August on the solar calendar.

Emotional well-being

The heat of the three volt days, people are prone to "liver fire", "emotional heat stroke" symptoms, such as distraction, listlessness, loss of appetite, impatience and anxiety. The hotter it is, the more "quiet the mind" must be, avoiding emotional stimulation.

Diet for health

Eat more food to prevent heat and humidity

The high temperature and rain in the three volt days, easy to make the summer humidity accumulation, causing the chest and diaphragm full of stuffy, tasteless diet, dizziness, limbs heavy and other uncomfortable symptoms. You can eat more dampness and spleen food such as mung beans, winter melon, kelp, barley, gorgonians, etc., to eliminate heat, dampness and spleen.

Eat more foods that benefit Qi and nourish Yin

The body sweats a lot on the day of three volcanoes, and it is easy to consume qi and hurt yin. In addition to timely hydration, you need to eat more food to benefit the qi and nourish the yin to strengthen the body. Yam, red dates, sea cucumber, eggs, milk, honey, lotus root, fungus, etc. are all good summer supplements.

You should not move

The human body is not enough vital energy in the three days of volcanoes, easy to move the loss of vital energy, resulting in the invasion of external evil and a variety of diseases. Therefore, this time of year should be less talk, to nourish the vital energy. Suitable exercises are yoga, Tai Chi, etc.

Winter illnesses and summer treatment

The three volt days are the highest temperature and the most vigorous yang season of the year, so in health care, there is often the saying "winter diseases are treated in summer". For those chronic diseases that are prone to attack in winter, such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, rheumatism paralysis, etc., this is the best time to treat them.

Recipes for the three volt days

Yam and watermelon fried lily

Ingredients: 200 grams of yam, 150 grams of watermelon and fresh lily. Directions: Peel and dice the yam, seed and dice the watermelon, blanch the yam and fresh lily separately. Heat oil in a pot, put onion, ginger stir-fry aroma, put yam dice, lily stir-fry, add salt to taste, then add watermelon dice fast stir-fry over high heat, thicken with water starch, drizzle sesame oil. Effect: This dish has a very good effect of heat relief.

Lotus leaf stalk barley lentil porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of lotus leaf stalks, 3 grams of willow leaves, 15 grams of barley, 20 grams of lentils. Directions: Add 3 bowls of water to a pot, add all ingredients and fry until the porridge is thick. Effect: Eating this porridge often has the effect of dispelling summer heat, strengthening the spleen and relieving dampness.