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How to keep healthy after summer

Sihaiwang: on May 5, we will usher in the solar term of summer. Lixia is the beginning of summer. Since then, the temperature will rise obviously, and the heat is near. Many physical and mental troubles will follow in summer. How should we deal with it? Today, Xiaobian comes to talk with you about Lixia regimen.

How to keep healthy after summer

Late to bed and early to rise

After the beginning of summer, the days are longer and the nights are shorter. At this time, we should adapt to the change of the nature of Yang Sheng and Yin Xu. In terms of sleep, we should also "sleep late" and "get up early" so as to accept the Qingming spirit of the heaven and earth. Pay special attention to sleeping well at noon.

In summer, Xinyang is the most vigorous and functional. When the temperature rises, people are easily upset and angry. This is because the temperature is too high, which aggravates people's tension and overzeal. At this time, people's mood is not only fluctuating, but also their immune function is relatively low. If people's daily life and diet are a little bit inappropriate, various diseases will occur. Yang cultivation in spring and summer focuses on heart cultivation. Therefore, after the beginning of summer, you may as well take a lunch break.

After lunch, in order to ensure the digestion and absorption of food, most of the blood in the body flows to the digestive system, and the blood in the brain is relatively reduced. After a morning's work or study, brain cells are also in a state of fatigue, so they feel drowsy. By taking a nap to adjust and compensate for the lack of sleep at night, people's brain and body systems can be relaxed and rested, which is more conducive to work or study in the afternoon and evening.

How to take a better nap? First of all, do not eat greasy food before going to bed, do not eat too full. Because greasy food will increase blood viscosity, aggravate coronary artery disease, aggravate the burden of stomach digestion, and affect the quality of lunch break.

Secondly, 15-30 minutes is the most appropriate time for a healthy nap. If it is more than 30 minutes, the body will enter a deep sleep period that is not easy to wake up. It is better to extend it to 1-1.5 hours to complete a whole sleep cycle.

Uneasy and attach importance to 'rest'

After the beginning of summer, when the weather turns hot, people's minds are easily disturbed and uneasy. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that 'summer Qi is connected with Heart Qi', so we should pay special attention to 'rest and recuperation'.

At the beginning of summer, we should strengthen the maintenance of the heart, especially for the elderly. We should keep quiet, have a good mood, be happy, and laugh. Don't be overjoyed or angry. You should keep a happy mood, have a good time, and keep your spirit and mood in a happy state.

At ordinary times, you can do more quiet sports activities, such as painting, fishing, calligraphy, playing chess, planting flowers, listening to light music, etc.

Conform to Yin and Yang, avoid being greedy for cool

According to Huangdi's Internal Classic, it is said: 'in autumn and winter, Yin is nourished, while in spring and summer, Yang is nourished'. The key to keeping healthy is to conform to Yin and Yang, so that Yang can grow more vigorously.

With the gradual warming of the climate, the summer heat makes the human body open and release. If you blow against the electric fan for a long time or live in the air conditioning room for a long time, it will make the cold directly enter the body, make people feel dizzy, brain swelling, limb fatigue, mental sleepiness, more prone to cold, and the serious will cause tracheitis, pulmonary inflammation, arthritis, etc. For cold drinks, we should eat less, so as not to damage the function of the spleen and stomach, resulting in long-term anorexia, abdominal pain, abnormal stool and other symptoms, which will affect the growth and development of children.

Therefore, even in summer, we should pay attention to the protection of the body's Yang, that is, less air conditioning, away from cold drinks, Yang Yang is the focus of 'do not covet cool'.

Reasonable exercise and proper drinking water

Summer belongs to fire, with a hot climate. It is the season for all things to flourish. It is also the time when the human body has the most Yang and metabolism. After the beginning of summer, the temperature gradually rises, and it is easy to sweat. Many people hide in air-conditioned rooms all day because they are afraid of heat and sweat. They are prone to different degrees of qi stagnation and blood stasis. In fact, sweating properly can lower body temperature and detoxify.

In summer, we should choose the slow-paced aerobic exercise such as walking, jogging and Taijiquan, and drink warm water and replenish body fluids after exercise. The activity intensity should not feel tired, and the time should not exceed 1 hour to reduce the heart load.

For exercise time, many people think it's best to choose the morning, and the earlier the morning exercise, the better. In fact, before dawn, the air is not fresh, not conducive to fitness. The results show that before 6 o'clock in summer, the pollutants in the air are the most difficult to diffuse, which is the peak period of pollution. Therefore, it is better to choose 7-8 o'clock in the morning or 4-5 o'clock in the afternoon.