Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Introduction of maintenance methods for light summer heat and heavy summer heat

Introduction of maintenance methods for light summer heat and heavy summer heat

1, summer heat is the hottest solar term in a year. Its climatic characteristics are: "Dou refers to C as a great summer heat, and the weather in Sri Lanka is much fiercer than a small summer heat, so it is called a great summer heat." Around midsummer, high temperature weather of 40 degrees Celsius often occurs in many areas of our country. In this extremely hot season, heatstroke prevention and cooling can not be ignored.

2, mung bean pumpkin soup: [ingredients] 50 grams of mung beans, 500 grams of old pumpkins, a little salt.

3. [Practice] Wash mung beans with clear water, add a little salt (about 3 grams) when the water is not dry, stir well, marinate for a few minutes, and then rinse with clear water. Peel the pumpkin, wash the pulp with clear water and cut it into 2 cm square pieces for later use. Add 500 ml of water to the pot, boil the mung beans for 2 minutes, pour in a little cold water, then boil, put the pumpkin in the pot, cover the pot, and cook for about 30 minutes with slow fire until the mung beans bloom, and add a little salt to taste.

4. [Efficacy] Mung beans are sweet and cool, clearing away heat, detoxifying and diuresis; Eat with pumpkin, produce fluid and benefit qi. It is the best diet for heatstroke prevention in summer.

5. In summer, "Dou Zhixin refers to the summer heat, when the weather is already hot, and it has not yet reached the silt pole, hence the name". The longitude of the sun is 105 degrees. It's already very hot, but it's not the hottest time yet, so it's called Xiaoshu. It's a little summer now, and it's around long summer. There are dense trees everywhere, and the average temperature in many areas is close to 30 degrees.

6, the weather is hot in summer, people are easy to get cold, and it is inevitable to get sick for a long time. Therefore, when the weather is hot, you should drink porridge. Soup or porridge made of lotus leaves, Smilax glabra, lentils, coix seed, polyporus, Alisma orientalis and kapok is sweet or salty, which is very suitable for this solar term. Eating more fruits is also helpful for heatstroke prevention, but don't eat too much.

7, ensure nutrition, don't eat too greasy: the human body consumes a lot in summer: on the one hand, sweating, on the other hand, more activity time, people's physical fitness will decline. Therefore, at this time, we should pay more attention to maintaining the body and supplementing nutrition. In addition, in summer, qi and blood go outside, and there is no energy in the body to consume these foods. Therefore, it is of great benefit to eat green leafy vegetables and fruits and drink porridge or soup in the morning and evening.