How to keep the Xiaoman solar term healthy
Four seas net: after the small full solar term is the disease easy to appear time. It is suggested that people should have the health care consciousness of "prevention before disease", starting from two aspects: strengthening the healthy qi of the body and preventing the invasion of pathogenic diseases. How can we use reasonable diet to keep healthy in Xiaoman solar term?
How to keep healthy in Xiaoman solar term
After Xiaoman, not only the weather is hot, there is more sweat, but also there is more rain. It's better to take a fresh and light vegetarian diet as the main diet, and often eat foods with the functions of clearing away dampness and heat and nourishing Yin, such as adzuki bean, coix seed, mung bean, winter melon, cucumber, broccoli, water celery, water chestnut, black fungus, carrot, tomato, watermelon, yam, crucian carp, grass carp, duck meat, etc., instead of Gao Liang Hou Wei , sweet, fat, greasy, moistening and moistening food, of course, can also be adjusted with medicinal diet, and can often drink some Shengmai drinks to replenish qi and promote body fluid.
1. Massage Zusanli to nourish Yang
After entering Xiaoman, the temperature keeps rising, the weather is getting hotter, the heat in summer is full of pathogenic factors, and the excretion of sweat will also speed up. According to traditional Chinese medicine, Qi will be removed with sweat, and Qi is Yang, so the Yang of human body will also be damaged. In addition, people are more cool in hot days, such as air conditioning, cold drinks, etc., vulnerable to the evil of cold and dampness and hurt the Yang.
According to the book "Lingshu" of traditional Chinese medicine, if Yang Qi is insufficient and Yin Qi is surplus, then the cold midgut sounds and abdominal pain & hellip; & hellip; will be transferred to Zusanli. 'in summer and summer, it is more suitable to massage Zusanli point. The acupoint is 3 inches under the external knee, 1 transverse finger from the tibial anterior ridge, and it is on the tibial anterior muscle. During acupoint selection, measure 4 transverse fingers downward from the outer knee eye, between fibula and tibia, and measure 1 transverse finger by the side of tibia, which is.
The commonly used method is to rub Zusanli with the thumb: use the thumb finger surface to focus on the Zusanli acupoint, apply vertical force, press downward, and then rub it. The other four fingers are clenched or opened to support and force together. Let the stimulation fully reach the deep layer of muscle tissue, produce the feeling of acid, numbness, distension, pain and running. After several seconds, gradually relax, and repeat the operation for several times.
2. Often eat bitter gourd to relieve heat and fatigue
In ancient China, Xiaoman was divided into three periods: first, the show of bitter vegetables; second, the killing of weeds; third, the arrival of wheat autumn. In ZhouShu, there is a saying of "the day of Xiaoman's bitter vegetables show", that is to say, the season of Xiaoman, when the bitter vegetables are at the right time, they can be eaten properly.
The weather is getting hot, many people will also have problems such as getting angry and being sleepy. According to compendium of Materia Medica, Momordica charantia can 'eliminate heat and tiredness, eliminate heart and eyesight', relieve heat and tiredness, stimulate people's appetite, promote digestion, improve immunity and eat more. It is worth mentioning that bitter gourd cold, loose stool diarrhea, spleen and stomach deficiency cold should be less food.
3. Eat more ginger to drive away cold pathogen
According to traditional Chinese medicine, ginger has the effects of sweating, relieving the symptoms, warming the middle part of the body, stopping vomiting, warming the lungs and stopping coughing. Xiaoman is wet before and after. After eating ginger, people will feel hot. In western medicine, ginger can dilate blood vessels, speed up blood circulation, open pores on the body, and at the same time force out pathogens and cold air in the body. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that ginger can expel cold poison from the body. Therefore, there is also a folk saying that "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer". Usually, you can put some ginger in cooking, or you can eat ginger sugar water.
In addition, in summer, the secretion of human saliva and gastric juice will be reduced, affecting appetite, and many people have poor appetite. There is a folk saying that "food is not delicious and ginger is eaten". If you eat a few pieces of ginger before meals, it can stimulate the secretion of saliva, gastric juice and digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and increase appetite.
4. Eating job's tears to strengthen spleen and remove dampness
After Xiaoman, the weather is sultry and humid. People sometimes feel breathless, which is caused by the summer heat and humidity. Job's tears are cool, sweet and light in taste, which is beneficial to water and swelling, spleen and dampness, tendons and arthralgia, heat clearing and pus discharging. At ordinary times, you can often eat barley porridge, or put some barley in the soup.
In addition, red beans, mung beans, winter melon, loofah, watermelon, yam, etc. are all ingredients for invigorating the spleen and removing dampness. You can also eat more. Warm food such as lamb, duck, mango, durian should be eaten less, because these foods are prone to dampness.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, summer belongs to the heart of the five zang organs. The heart likes cool and is suitable for eating acid. It can also eat plums, peaches, olives, pineapples, celery, etc.