Why keep in good health in dog days and cure winter diseases in summer?

The dog days appear between the summer heat and beginning of autumn, and it is the hottest, humid and sultry day in a year. Although the dog days are difficult, they are also the best time to keep fit. This period of time can empty the body and detoxify.

The so-called winter disease is treated in summer, so it is necessary to make good use of the three-volt solar terms to regulate the body in order to achieve the purpose of health preservation.

1, eat lotus root to nourish yin and cool blood in dog days.

Eat lotus root in dog days.

Lotus root, as a health food, has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, relaxing bowels and stopping diarrhea, invigorating spleen and stimulating appetite, nourishing blood and promoting granulation, stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis. All healthy people can eat it, especially the elderly, women and children, the infirm, especially those with high fever, hypertension, liver disease, anorexia and iron deficiency anemia. Eating more lotus roots in dog days is good for your health.

2. Summer eels participate in the competition

Monopterus albus and ginseng

As the saying goes, "Fish makes a fire and meat produces phlegm", so fish and meat that are easy to get angry should naturally be eaten less in summer. However, Monopterus albus is an exception. Monopterus albus has tender and delicious meat, rich nutrition and strong nourishing effect, and enjoys the reputation of "Monopterus albus competing for summer ginseng" among the people in China!

3, eating in the summer helps yang and winter diseases in summer.

Eat sheep on a hot day

Eating mutton in dog days is commonly known as "Fuyang", and historical legends can be traced back to the Yao and Shun period. People in southwestern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, eastern Henan and other regions in China believe that this method can "treat heat with heat and detoxify by sweating", and there is a long-standing saying that "a bowl of mutton soup needs no doctor to open in summer" and "eat mutton soup in summer and don't wear cashmere sweater in winter".