Summer solar terms health reminder: move less and be quiet.

Little summer is the first solar term to enter long summer. At this time, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the rainfall is gradually increasing. Hot and humid weather always makes people feel irritable and even causes physical discomfort. Then today's lunar calendar will bring you a healthy reminder of the summer solar terms. Let's have a look.

Exercise less and rest in summer.

In summer, when the weather is hot and the rainfall increases, people may feel sultry, irritable, depressed, and even have various diseases of the digestive system and cardiovascular system. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the human body is full of yang in summer, which has the function of protecting the body surface and resisting external evils. Only by taking good care of our Yang Can can people be healthy, so we should move less and keep quiet.

At the same time, during the heat, the human body consumes a lot of energy. In order to avoid excessive yang leakage, it is advisable to follow the principle of less exercise and more static health preservation at this time. Work and rest regularly every day. In addition to ensuring adequate sleep, we should also pay attention to the combination of work and rest. Be sure to master the intensity when exercising to avoid excessive intensity. In summer, sunshine is long, dawn comes early and it gets dark late, so people's daily life and work and rest time should be adjusted accordingly.

In addition, the summer solar term is just before long summer. As far as daily diet is concerned, people should pay attention to clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and try to avoid eating a lot of fat and sweets, so as not to be greasy and hinder the stomach. In addition, we must pay attention to food hygiene in summer to prevent intestinal diseases.

In light summer, the diet should be light and eat less spicy and greasy products. For example, mung bean and lily porridge has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, relieving summer heat and thirst, lowering cholesterol, calming the heart and relieving cough. Pumpkin mung bean soup also has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and benefiting qi. Vegetables should eat more green leafy vegetables, bitter gourd, loofah, pumpkin, cucumber and so on. And the fruit should be watermelon.