What should I do?

Summer refers to the lunar calendar from April to June, that is, from the day of long summer to the day of beginning of autumn. This period includes six solar terms: long summer, light summer, busy, summer solstice, light summer and great summer.

In the four seasons of the year, summer is the season with the highest yang, and the climate is hot and full of vitality. At this time, it is the period of human metabolism, with yang as the outside and yin as the inside, and the blood circulation is correspondingly vigorous and active on the body surface. Skin pores open to drain water and let sweat out. Adjust body temperature by sweating to adapt to the hot summer climate.

(A) the basic principles of summer health

Prevent heatstroke in midsummer; Long summer to prevent warm evil; At the same time, we should pay attention to protecting the human body's yang, and prevent excessive greed and coldness due to summer vacation, thus hurting the human body's yang.

1. Summer evil

Summer heat is the main qi in summer, which is transformed from fiery qi and only occurs in summer. Summer heat is yang evil, its nature rises and disperses, and it is easy to consume qi and hurt body fluids. It is common that summer evil invades the human body, causing sweating and sweating. Excessive sweating leads to decreased body fluid, which is the key to body fluid injury. After fluid injury, thirst causes symptoms such as drinking water, dry lips, dry stool, yellow urine, upset and boredom. If it is not treated in time, excessive catharsis will further damage the body fluid. If it exceeds the physiological metabolism limit, it will consume vitality, appear a series of symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness, and even suddenly faint and unconsciousness, leading to death. Summer heatstroke prevention should not be taken lightly.

2. Long summer moistureproof

Moisture is the main qi in long summer. In many parts of our country, especially in the south, the weather is hot and rainy. Wet diseases are more common in this season. Because the humidity in the air is the highest, and because of trauma exposure, or because of sweating, or because of wading in the rain, or because of living in humidity, or even feeling damp evil, so the most people get sick.

Dampness is yin evil, which is harmful to human yang, and is easy to be suppressed by yin, and it is difficult to heal after a long illness. Dampness is good for spleen yang. Spleen likes dryness and hates dampness. If spleen yang is not inhibited by dampness, it may lead to abnormal transportation of spleen qi, which may lead to abdominal distension, loss of appetite, loose stool and tepid limbs. Edema is usually formed after abnormal rise and fall of temper, and now it looks like a lying silkworm.

After exogenous pathogenic dampness, symptoms such as heaviness, lethargy and heavy head often appear. Also known as "joint pain", because it is sticky, invading the bones and muscles of the skin, often heavy and sour, fixed in one place. Generally speaking, dampness is a disease with a long course. Rheumatoid joint pain is caused by the invasion of rheumatic inclusions into the skin in joints, and it often occurs repeatedly. The common products of rheumatism are mostly filthy and unclean things, such as exudate from skin lesions, secretions under damp-heat belt, etc., which are sticky and smelly. The formation of dampness is often related to the evaporation of ground water, so it often hurts people from the lower part. Clinical symptoms such as lower limb ulcer, wet beriberi and leucorrhea are mostly related to dampness.

The suitable humidity for human body is 40%~60%. When the temperature is higher than 25 degrees, the relative humidity is 30 degrees.

3. Protect Yang in the body

(1) We should not only focus on the immediate comfort, but also avoid heat and get cold. When enjoying the cool, pay special attention to cover your abdomen.

(2) Beware of air-conditioning diseases. The so-called air-conditioning disease refers to a disease that people suffer from working and living in an air-conditioned environment for a long time. Mild, facial neuralgia, lower limb pain, fatigue, headache, low back pain, easy to catch a cold and different degrees of gastrointestinal diseases. In severe cases, skin diseases and cardiovascular diseases will occur, especially in the elderly.

(3) Prevent the invasion of moisture. Damp pathogen in long summer is the most likely to invade the spleen and stomach function, leading to low digestion and absorption function. The principle of long summer diet should be refreshing, less greasy, mainly warm food, and avoid humidity in the living environment.

(2) Specific measures for keeping in good health in summer

1. Mental rehabilitation

"hide in winter" and "live in summer" If the air is sufficient, the functions of the human body will be vigorous and coordinated, while if the air is lax, all functions of the human body will be destroyed. Fierce heat is summer, so you should be in your heart, and your blood should hide your spirit. Too many emotions will make you sad and uneasy. Abnormal emotions can damage the function of the heart. The function of the heart is affected, which can affect all functional activities of the human body. In this sense, summer aftercare is extremely important.

People's mental activities are closely related to the function of the heart. How to make the spirit full?

First of all, we must have good spiritual sustenance. With the goal of struggle, we can overcome all kinds of bumps on the road of life and produce conscious activities and positive emotions.

Secondly, we should always cultivate our own character. Always pay attention to check your situation, and treat unhappy people and things with an open mind and a smile. This is your proper self-restraint.

Having something to do can make the spirit not empty; Good spiritual cultivation can avoid the interference of bad external emotions. If you do it well, you will be naturally full of energy, and you will be "insatiable."

pay attention to the diet

Pay attention to diet conditioning in summer. The specific method is:

(1) Enough protein should be added. The intake of protein should be increased by 65,438+00% ~ 65,438+05% on the basis of usual, and the daily supply should reach about 65,438+000 g, especially the protein in fish, meat, eggs, milk and beans.

(2) vitamin supplementation. In summer, the human body's demand for vitamins is twice or more than the ordinary standard. Large doses of vitamins B 1, B2, C and even vitamins A and E have certain effects on improving heat resistance and physical strength. Tomato, watermelon, bayberry, melon, peach and plum are particularly rich in vitamin C, and vitamin B is rich in cereals, beans, animal livers, lean meat and eggs.

(3) Supplementing water and inorganic salts. It is best to replenish water several times in a small amount, which can slow down body perspiration and reduce evaporation of human water. Sodium supplement depends on how much you sweat. Work for eight hours, sweat less than 4 liters, and take 18 grams of salt from food every day. If you sweat more than 6 liters, you need to supplement it from the drink. Potassium salt should be supplemented with two potassium tablets every day. Foods with high potassium content, such as fruits, vegetables, beans or bean products, kelp and eggs, can be eaten.

(4) Eat more foods that can clear away heat and promote diuresis. Summer should eat heat-clearing food, such as watermelon, bitter gourd, fresh peach, ebony, strawberry, tomato, mung bean, cucumber and so on.

(5) Pay attention to drinking water knowledge. Don't drink water when you are thirsty. It is not advisable to drink more water before going to bed. It is not advisable to drink water when eating. Drinking water in the morning is good for health. It is best to drink mineral water.

3. Personal health care

(1) Sleep

Work and rest in summer, it is advisable to go to bed late and get up early to adapt to the changes of yang excess and yin deficiency in nature. After studying and working all morning, you may feel tired and need a lunch break to make proper compensation. Especially the elderly, need to have a rest at noon. The nap time should not be too long, preferably within one hour.

Don't lie down immediately after a meal, but do some exercise to help digestion. Don't sleep in the place where the flow passes during the nap, and don't sleep on the table, so as not to oppress your chest and affect your breathing. It is best to take off your coat and cover your abdomen with a towel during a nap to avoid getting cold in your stomach and abdomen.

(2) Summer clothes

Summer clothes should be light and soft. The better the permeability and heat absorption of the fabric, the more effectively it can help the human body to dissipate heat and make people comfortable and cool to wear. Wear light-colored clothes in summer to prevent radiant heat.

(3) wear a hat

In summer, strong sunlight will have a series of adverse effects on the human body, making the skin tan, which will lead to cataract, sunburn and skin cancer. At least wear a hat in the strong sunlight.

(4) Bedroom layout in midsummer

First of all, we should get rid of redundant or temporarily unused furniture to make the city have more spacious space. Open the doors and windows in the north-south direction every day and breathe the natural wind generated by convection, which can make the room full of coolness.

Secondly, decorating walls, ceilings, curtains and sofa cover with light green, light blue, tile gray and milky white can make people feel comfortable and cool.

In addition, a sunshade is installed above the sunny outer window to block the heat brought by direct sunlight. Reducing noisy noise is also the key to coolness.

(5) It is not advisable to wash feet with cold water in summer.

Often wash your feet with cold water. When your feet get cold, it will cause a series of complex pathological reactions through vascular conduction, which will eventually lead to various diseases.

(6) knowledge of blowing electric fans

Don't blow too hard, directly to people, continuously and fixed in a certain part of the body, and stop blowing. When sweating heavily, don't blow immediately when sitting or lying still.

4. Exercise and health care

(1) Travel

The main purpose of summer tourism is to cool off the heat. The destination of summer tourism should be the seaside and mountains. First, the temperature in the two places is relatively low, and second, the seaside and mountainous areas are pleasant.

There are many advantages to traveling in mountainous areas, mainly the recuperation function of mountainous climate and some longevity factors of mountainous environment. The aromatic volatile substances emitted by vegetation have certain bactericidal effect. The mountains are rich in negative ions and the air is fresh. Breathing such air can calm the mood, prevent asthma attacks and improve the ventilation function of the lungs. In addition, the temperature and air pressure on the mountain are low, the wind speed is high, and the content of solar radiation, especially ultraviolet rays, is rich, which is helpful to the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus and the improvement of immunity. The magnificent natural landscape in the mountains is even more refreshing.

(2) Swimming

Swimming not only exercises the body, but also relieves the heat. Swimming is good for people.

(3) playing fitness balls.

(4) fishing.

(5) Take an air bath.

5. Drug health care

(1) Yiqi Shengjin. Take some medicine that can tonify yang and promote fluid production, but it should be calm and cool, and avoid greasy and warm products, such as Schisandra chinensis, Polygonatum odoratum, Cordyceps sinensis, Ziziphus jujuba seeds, pigeon meat, black beans, fungus and pine nuts.

(2) Strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach. The spleen and stomach are most easily damaged in summer, especially in long summer, so we should often eat some drugs and foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as white lentils, glutinous rice, Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Atractylodes macrocephala, licorice and so on.

(3) "Winter disease is cured in summer". Chronic diseases that often occur in winter and some diseases with yang deficiency and yin excess can often be nursed back to health in summer and summer, so that the condition can be improved. Among them, the treatment effect of chronic bronchitis in the elderly is the most obvious. From light summer to beginning of autumn, it is called "midsummer", that is, "dog days", which is the time when the temperature is the highest and the sunshine is the strongest all year round. "Nourishing yang in spring and summer", treated at this time, can enrich the yang of patients and enhance their disease resistance.

6. Disease prevention and health care

Summer is hot and rainy, whether it is hot or wet, it will hurt people and cause diseases.

(1) Don't ignore the cold. A cold in summer is called "hot cold". Common symptoms include runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, even fever and sweating at the same time, as well as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. This kind of cold often cannot be recovered quickly, especially for the elderly and children, and it can easily be transformed into other diseases.

(2) Beware of furuncle. Summer onset, also called bitter summer, is a common disease in summer. The main reason is that some people have low adaptability to climate change and cannot adapt well to the hot and humid climate in summer. At this time, the brain and nervous system are in a state of inhibition, the cardiopulmonary function is reduced, and the digestive juice secreted by the gastrointestinal tract is reduced, so that food cannot be digested and absorbed well. People who are physically weak and prone to summer sickness can take some products that tonify the lungs, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi in autumn and winter.

(3) Prevention and treatment of heatstroke. Heatstroke, commonly known as cyanosis, is a disease prone to occur in hot summer. Clinically, due to different causes, the symptoms of heatstroke are very different, which can be divided into the following four types: First, heatstroke and high fever, also known as heatstroke. It is mainly caused by the inability of body temperature to diverge, which is the most serious heatstroke; The second is heatstroke failure, also known as heat failure. Mainly caused by a lot of sweating; The third type is heatstroke spasm, also called heat spasm. Mainly due to overheating, excessive sweating and excessive salt loss in the body, muscle spasms often occur at the same time of heat exhaustion. As long as you feel dizzy, headache, nausea and vomiting, you should stop working, immediately move to the shade, take off your clothes, apply cold compress or cold water bath to your head, and drink more light salt water or cool drinks.

(4) Prevention and treatment of sweat spots.

(5) Prevention and treatment of miliaria.

(6) Prevention and treatment of boils.

(7) Prevention and treatment of vegetable solar dermatitis. This disease is caused by eating a lot of certain vegetables in a short time, such as rape, spinach or wild Chinese milk vetch and gray vegetables, and excessive sunlight. There is a free substance in these vegetables and wild vegetables, which accumulates with the increase of vegetables eaten.

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Man to Middle Age Network Author: Harbor