Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - "The summer heat is the most extreme, so we should guard against sadness".

"The summer heat is the most extreme, so we should guard against sadness".

The general principle of health preservation in great summer heat: "Great summer heat is the most extreme, so be careful to prevent sadness".

1. Climatic characteristics of summer heat

Summer is 12 of the 24 solar terms, and summer is the sixth of the six solar terms, which is around July 23 of the solar calendar every year.

Great summer heat is the hottest solar term in a year, so it is called great summer heat. Most parts of our country are in the hottest time and the most rainy time. Summer heat, hot climate and high temperature. I really can't stand it. There is much rain, high humidity and low air pressure. This is the most difficult time of the year. The so-called "worry is in midsummer".

If you work in the morning and evening in hot summer, the rest time at noon should be extended appropriately, and pay attention to summer and coolness.

2. Symptoms and health care of severe heatstroke prevention and heart injury

In dog days, the temperature is high and the humidity is high, and my heart is the most uncomfortable. Heart patients must be kind, don't overwork, go to bed early and get up early, take a lunch break at noon, and pay attention to peace of mind, quiet and healthy, and be healthy at low temperature.

3. How to eat hot in summer?

Su Dongpo, a poet in the Song Dynasty, famously said that he described the changes of nature and the characteristics of "cold and warm duck prophet". Therefore, in China, old duck is a popular seasonal tonic food in summer.

Chinese medicine believes that it is appropriate to eat old duck for tonic in summer. Ducks live in water all the year round, are cold in nature, and have the effects of nourishing yin and stomach, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Old ducks are rich in nutrition. According to research, every 100g duck meat is rich in protein 16.5g, fat 7.5g, and also contains nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and carbohydrates.

After a winter and a spring, ducks have strong bones and plump muscles. In summer, the human body is attacked by summer evil, eating less and sleeping less, and gradually getting thinner. If you want to make up, you can't be fat, so ducks become an ideal food for summer tonic.

According to medical records, ducks can nourish the yin of the five internal organs, clear away deficiency heat and consumptive heat, and harmonize the way of viscera. Eating old duck in summer can not only supplement nutrition, but also dispel summer heat, which is more suitable for people with internal heat, excessive internal heat, physical weakness, anorexia and dry stool. There is a saying in China that "an old duck overcomes summer and supplements". Three-year-old Abby Mallard new duck has better nourishing effect.

Take a three-year-old duck, add a little gastrodia elata or cordyceps sinensis, steam it or cook it in soup to cure the disease and strengthen the body, which is incomparable to other tonics in hot summer.