Traditional Chinese medicine keeps in good health in summer, and is physically and mentally healthy in summer.

Summer is a very hot solar term. At this time, you must take care of yourself and don't affect your health. Chinese medicine has a lot of suggestions on summer health, so let Lao Huangli take you to know that summer Chinese medicine health is physically and mentally healthy. Let's take a look.

First, impatience is easy to heatstroke, and peace of mind is naturally cool.

Summer solar terms, high temperature and heat, easy to get angry, often feel upset, loss of appetite, impatience and anxiety, which is a typical "emotional heatstroke" symptoms.

Second, prevent skin diseases and food poisoning.

In dog days, the hot and humid air is steaming, bacteria and viruses multiply rapidly, and the incidence of skin diseases is also increasing, such as eczema, prurigo and fungal infection. Therefore, we should pay more attention to the cleanliness of the skin, ventilate indoors and wash our hands after taking the bus.

This solar term bacteria multiply very quickly and are suitable for food poisoning. The main symptoms are fever, chills, abdominal pain, diarrhea, purulent bloody stool and severe diarrhea. Please see a doctor as soon as possible. Be sure to pay attention to food hygiene, pay attention to killing flies, and don't eat unclean meals. It is best to eat the food of the day, and cook and heat the food overnight.

Third, the summer heat diet is mainly tonic.

The diet for keeping healthy in summer heat should be supplemented by clearing heat, invigorating qi and clearing heat, strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach, and supplemented by medicated porridge. Clear food includes mung beans, lilies, cucumbers, bean sprouts, duck meat and so on. Foods for invigorating qi and relieving summer heat include mushrooms, laver, watermelon, tomatoes and so on. Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, Radix Pseudostellariae and Radix Astragali can also be selected. Foods that strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach include adzuki bean, coix seed and pumpkin. Medicinal porridge includes mung bean porridge, bean porridge, lotus seed porridge and barley porridge.

Fourth, prevent summer onset and nourish the spleen and stomach.

In summer, it is also called bitter summer. In dog days, the weather is hot, the ground is wet, and the damp heat is trapped in the spleen and stomach. The main symptoms are anorexia, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, lethargy, greasy tongue coating, oliguria and hyperhidrosis.

Sanfu Yangwei can take Huoxiang Zhengqi Pill (water) to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, or Coicis Semen, white lentils, lotus leaves and japonica rice porridge to nourish the spleen and stomach, or Xiangsha Yangwei Pill to strengthen the spleen and help digestion.

Five, Chinese medicine conditioning

The summer heat is heavy, and the tongue coating is easy to be thick. Our Chinese medicine believes that the thick tongue coating means heavy moisture, and after the moisture in the stomach is heavy, there is no appetite. Severe cases include chest tightness, nausea, poor appetite and weakness of limbs. This is what Chinese medicine calls damp-heat disease, which needs to be cleaned up at this time. Our Chinese medicine emphasizes the way of keeping in good health. In summer, people will feel better if they take cleaning medicine and clean up the damp heat.