Four seas network: as the saying goes: 'cold in three nine, hot in three volts. Tomorrow's official 'ambush'. The 'bitter summer' with the highest temperature in the year is coming. It's the day with the highest temperature, humid and sultry in the year. People will feel the phenomena of poor spirit, weakness of limbs, loss of appetite and low efficiency. The dog days are the most vigorous stage in the whole year. In this stage, the human body is loose and the circulation of meridians and blood is conducive to the penetration and absorption of drugs, while the sun days are related to lung gold (the sun days are gold, which belongs to the large intestine, the big intestine and the lung are outside), which is warm lung meridian and Yang Qi, The best time to dispel the internal cold pathogen. How to spend the hottest day of the year comfortably and healthily? How to keep healthy in the dog days?
In the aspect of environment, heatstroke has also entered a high incidence period. In many people's impression, it is easy to get heatstroke by working in the hot sun. In fact, in the environment of high temperature and poor ventilation effect, the human body is most vulnerable to the attack of heat evil. In the environment of high temperature, it is particularly important to maintain ventilation. Frequent shuttles in high-temperature environment and low-temperature air-conditioning place, the body suddenly hot and cold can not adjust, more likely to suffer from hot and humid cold, when people walk outdoors in hot days, the sweat glands on the skin open, suddenly enter into the air-conditioning environment of more than ten or twenty degrees Celsius, at this time, the body's heat has not been exhausted, the cold air suddenly hit, it is easy to appear all kinds of discomfort and disease Do not be greedy for air-conditioned houses in the dog days. In addition, long-term wind fan, cold bath to cool, are easy to cause heat and humidity cold and various diseases.
In the aspect of water replenishment, in summer, the body Yang is the most important, the Yang is prosperous and the Yin is declining, the Yang wants to rise and the body cold is easy to dissolve. One of the principles of health care in traditional Chinese medicine is to comply with the natural law. Don't be greedy for cool in summer, especially if you move a little in the dog days, you will sweat a lot, and then you will have a strong sense of thirst. At this time, it's useless to use cold drinks to relieve the heat and cool down. Excessive craving for cold food will cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Excessive craving for cold food can easily lead to excessive internal cold, so that the Yang in the body is even worse. It is better to drink water regularly. Boiled water, tea, etc. are better choices. Do not wait until you feel thirsty to drink. Supplement water regularly and the water temperature should be warm.
In the aspect of diet, the three dog days are full of moisture, which is heavy turbid and sticky. It is easy to form with heat, and it is easy to evaporate and excrete sweat. Dampness is the most likely to hurt the spleen, which often makes people weak in limbs, chest tightness and loss of appetite. And hot and humid bet, can cause enteritis, dysentery and other diseases. Therefore, at this time, we should pay special attention to the diet, mainly light, nutritious, easy to digest, and avoid cold and greasy. Heat clearing and moisture removing foods include winter melon, cucumber, balsam pear, yam, celery, etc. Cucumber is the best to eat raw, balsam pear is the best choice for the body heat, Adlay red beans can also achieve good dehumidification effect.
In terms of work and rest, we should pay attention to regular work and rest. Chinese medicine advocates "noon sleep". At noon (11:00-13:00), we should choose a suitable environment to take a nap for 20-30 minutes. At midnight (22:00-24:00), we should be ready to go to sleep. It is better to take a rest before 12:00 in the evening to ensure adequate sleep.
The above is a little knowledge of health preservation that should be paid attention to during the three dog days. People who need to continue to understand and help can come to the outpatient consultation of the traditional Chinese medicine department. Our traditional Chinese medicine department will help you spend the three dog days together.